Delicious nettle soup: Harvesting nature’s bounty

Name: Delicious nettle soup: Harvesting nature’s bounty
Ingredients: 10 cups (2.5 L) washed nettle leaves (don’t let the raw nettle leaves come in contact with your skin); 3 Tbsp (45 mL) olive oil; ¼ cup (60 mL) flour; ½ cup (125 mL) finely chopped onion; 2-3 garlic cloves, minced; ¼ cup (60 mL) chives or green onion, chopped; 3 ½ cups (900 mL) vegetable broth; 1 tsp (5 mL) dried thyme; 1 tsp (5 mL) dried oregano; ½ tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups milk or light cream (I used half milk, half light cream)

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In addition to using stinging nettles to make soup they can be used to make beer or pesto, or added to pasta, a frittata or any dish where you would use

Keywords

Nettles
Wild Plants
Foraging
Soup
Helen Lammers-Helps

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Ingredients

10 cups (2.5 L) washed nettle leaves (don’t let the raw nettle leaves come in contact with your skin)
3 Tbsp (45 mL) olive oil
¼ cup (60 mL) flour
½ cup (125 mL) finely chopped onion
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
¼ cup (60 mL) chives or green onion, chopped
3 ½ cups (900 mL) vegetable broth
1 tsp (5 mL) dried thyme
1 tsp (5 mL) dried oregano
½ tsp each salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups milk or light cream (I used half milk, half light cream)