Have you ever gone to your local park, forest or garden to collect edible weeds? My kids and I love to go out and pick our dinner in 'the wild'. It's fun, and I think it teaches them something about food and nature. Also, it motivates them to help prepare dinner (and eat it).

We've been making quiches from stinging nettles, salad from dandelion leaves and wild rocket, pesto from nasturtium, we've picked and eaten chickweed and wild garlic. All of which we've picked in the park, forest, or uncultivated parts of the garden. Isn't it intriguing how much of the plants and flowers growing around us (and are considered weeds) we can actually eat?

Our biggest discovery this year has been the bishop's weed (elder) in the the garden of my parents-in-law. It's absolutely delicious in a quiche or stir fried with some (wild) garlic. Do you know of any other delicious weeds you can eat, or maybe you have a good recipe to share?

xxx Esther