The healthy forager

January is a good time of year to prepare the soil in the vegetable garden – as long as it’s not frozen solid of course! While taking out the last of the red cabbage, I was about to do some weeding, when I spotted these little chaps:

Bittercress! Often just pulled out and discarded onto the compost heap, this small plant is in fact delicious to eat and despite its size, it really packs a punch. It tastes peppery like rocket, with flashes of heat just like nasturtium flowers. Sprinkled over a salad, the tiny leaves could turn your meal from something good into something great!

Bittercress grows everywhere. If you have a vegetable patch, you probably have it growing there right now. Treasure, on your doorstep. Enjoy!