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Gjesteinnlegg av forfatter og illustratør Viviane Schwarz Got leaves? Got Pasta sauce. Got any edible green leaves? Foraged off a linden hedge, or left wilting in the fridge - any greens will do… Make them into a green sauce to go with pasta! Or with anything else that you might use pesto for. I used to do this with spinach and hazelnuts when I was a student, and recently I saw this recipe for salad-bag pesto by the excellent Jack Monroe which reminded me and inspired me to start making green sauce again. Wash your leaves and add a good lot of lemon juice, and some salt. Add some garlic, and herbs if you like. Add nuts if you have/like. Blend it all up. Add oil (olive or whatever you find tasty) Mix it all together. You can keep it in a jar in the fridge for a couple of days. IMPORTANT: Remember to always make sure to add acid and salt BEFORE adding oil if you want to keep dressed raw vegetables in the fridge, because if the oil coats the veg, the a...

Gjesteinnlegg av forfatter og illustratør Viviane Schwarz MAKE A FORAGING BAG Here’s a pouch for collecting berries and other small edible things! It is made from a piece of a sturdy shopping bag, lined with umbrella fabric. It attaches to your belt, and if any berries get squished in it the juice won't leak,  and it's easy to clean. Here are the instructions - I kept them simple, only straight stitch on a sewing machine. If you can sew a bit, you can make your own easily, if you can sew well you can improve on the basic design. You need a sturdy shopping bag or ikea bag for the outside, and the fabric of a broken umbrella or tent or one of those shopping bags made from that kind of stuff, a sewing machine and some sturdy cord (that's all things that wash up on the beach a lot I guess, if you want to be maximum thrifty). If you are good at pinning fabric for sewing, use pins. If not, use masking tape instead (I had a roll of washi tape to hand, p...