Kawartha Lakes Mums: #Recipe - Naan: On the Wildside! Dandelion- Wild Rose Topping!

Monday, 15 June 2015

#Recipe - Naan: On the Wildside! Dandelion- Wild Rose Topping!

Kawartha Lakes Cottage Treat - Naan On the Wildside!

Are you intrigued by recipes that use natural wild ingredients?
Today's recipe features delicious June gleanings we discovered while staying at Long Beach Cottages and Trailer Resort, just outside Lindsay off Highway 35.
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Kawartha Lakes Cottage Treat - Naan with Wild Edibles

We were recently invited to spend a few days at Long Beach Cottages and Trailer Park. to our delight, we discovered that Johnny and Sarah do not use any pesticides at the resort, which means the wild vegetation is safe to use in recipes. Here is a delicious recipe we create with a touch of the wild vegetation near the 3-Bedroom Cottage we enjoyed while at Long Beach Cottages and Trailer Resort.
Do you have a delicious recipe you might suggest to us using some of these wild ingredients?

Naan on the Wildside Featuring Wild Roses

Important: Before using any wild vegetation in this recipe, be sure no pesticides are in use in the area. Do not use all the wild vegetation in the area either. This recipe uses only a touch of wild vegetation. Remember - only eat dandelion leaves before 3 pm as they are a natural diuretic.
Quantity: Makes 1 Lunch Appetizer
Ingredients:

Dandelion - 3 Baby leaves, yellow petals from 1 Blossom [Did you know Dandelions were brought here as a treasured medicinal plant?]
White Clover - petals from 3 White Clover Blossoms

Kawartha Lakes Wild Edible - White Clover Blossoms
Wild Rose Petals- petals from 5 pollinated Wild Roses
Wild Grape - 2 tendrils
Cream Cheese - 2 Tablespoons
Orange- Juice and zest from 1/4 an orange.
Naan Bread - 1 Small Round

Method:

In the morning, after the dew has dried, watch the bees as they visit the wild rose blossoms by your cottage.

Bees Pollinating Kawartha Lakes Wild Roses at Long Beach Cottages

Pluck only the petals from the wild roses after the bees have pollinated them.
Choose only the tiniest leaves from a dandelion, and use only the yellow petals from a dandelion blossom.
Finely chop 2 tendrils from a wild grape vine. Reserving a tiny curl for garnish.

Kawartha Lakes Wild Edibles Grape Tendrils
Mix orange zest and orange juice with cream cheese.
Reserving 5 Wild Rose petals, the smallest dandelion leaf, and a tiny curl of wild grape vine for garnish chop remaining ingredients and combine with cream cheese mixture.
Spread cream cheese mixture on Naan Bread round and garnish with reserved wild toppings.

Serving Suggestion: Serve as a luncheon or mid-afternoon snack flanked by orange wedges, and of course, the fresh fish you caught at Long Beach Cottages and Trailer Park!

Naan on the Wild Side Featuring Kawartha Lakes Wild Edibles

Interested in Wild Edibles?

You might enjoy this book from Random House available as an instant eBook download or paperback.

Wild Edibles - $14.95
from: Random House

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