Over the years of living on the wild side of the Vattudalen lake, I have learned to utilize wild herbs for many different uses, mostly for home made remedies and cures for both, the dogs and us, from different teas to tinctures, salves, etc. But many of these amazing plants have sparked my interest more and more in my kitchen.
We basically use nettles the entire summer instead of spinach, which doesn´t do well in our vegetable garden and I try to avoid the one from the shops due to the heavy pesticide used when growing it.
Dandelion leaves often substitute rucola in salads and on sandwiches and I also add chickweed for its super delicious taste and health benefits.
Those of you who read my blog regularly know I´ve previously posted about our use of various dandelion parts in our dogs´ feeding program, but I realized that I actually haven´t blogged much about wild herbs in the use of my own kitchen.
So I decided to start off with this fantastic tasting, super easy recipe for dandelion pesto.
I think I´ve said it before, so pardon me, if you´ve already read or heard this: I love dandelions. I love foraging and wildcrafting and all the edible so called weeds and all the medicinal properties and health benefits of so many of them.
Summer in the North is underway!
I have always loved cheese. Soft cheese, hard cheese, fresh ones and smelly ones, goat or cow, you name it.
Today I am sharing a few random pictures from around our household. 
As much as I love dog mushing, I have to say that as of late nothing beats a walk with Jachym and the dogs in the woods, by the lake or anywhere in the nature.
So, what does one shop, when living in the wilderness and going shopping only once in a fairly long time, you ask?
This summer, although everything turned out completely differently than planned and scheduled, we somehow did manage to accomplish two projects for our house that we´ve been longing to do for quite a while.
If you read my blog and follow our life with the dogs in the Nordic wilderness, you already know that there is NEVER a dull moment here. I can´t remember ever sitting down and thinking "gosh, I am so bored".
What I absolutely adore about the life in the wilderness of the great North are the possibilities and opportunities.
Over the years of living on the wild side of the Vattudalen lake, I have learned to utilize wild herbs for many different uses, mostly for home made remedies and cures for both, the dogs and us, from different teas to tinctures, salves, etc. But many of these amazing plants have sparked my interest more and more in my kitchen.
