This week’s Wondercrew Wednesday features a Secret Recipe for lovely pink crepes filled with sweet ricotta and topped with huckleberry sauce and dianthus whipped cream for a delightfully indulgent breakfast treat!
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Happy Wondercrew Wednesday! Today I am sharing a recipe that is very dear to my soul: it's what I used to make for myself every time I went to visit my beloved Pacific Ocean.
Read MoreThis deliciously moist, naturally-sweetened carrot cake is an introduction to the Umbel family where you’ll find the sweet, the sneaky, and the deadly. Approach with caution!
Read MoreThese decorative cookies are delicately flavored with homemade wild fennel extract and are a fun modern version of a forgotten classic.
Read MoreThese soothing botanical bath bombs are as beautiful as they are effective! Packed full of plant-based goodness and natural colors, they make a wonderful gift or moment of self-care.
Read MoreThis stunning appetizer is the perfect ode to late winter’s magic: a complex mole sauce is topped by flaky pastry bulbs filled with sweet chestnuts and roasted garlic.
Read MoreThis gently-perfumed elixir is soothing, calming, and intensely grounding. It’s a wonderful way to reconnect to the Earth if you’re feeling distant.
Read MoreGet ready for spring’s foraging season by crafting tough, versatile, and beautiful bowls out of wool!
Read MoreA mysterious ancient spellbook, full of secrets...wait, is that gingerbread I smell? A flaky bite. A creamy, tangy center. This ancient spellbook holds an unexpected interior: a cheesecake unlike any other you’ve had before. I can honestly tell you that this realistic fairytale book was a joy to create. Why? Because projects like this are all about honoring and exploring creativity!
Read MoreHearty plant-based “meat”balls and pasta are cloaked in a creamy sauce full of flavor, infused with the magic of pinion pines and intention. This post is about learning to find the magic in the (seemingly) mundane.
Read MoreThis beautiful array of tasty colors and textures is surprisingly easy to whip together for a winter celebration! Everything is plant based and full of the wonderful flavors of foraged ingredients. This Wondercrew Wednesday post shares all the goodness with my patrons at patreon.com/thewondersmith
Read MoreThis stunning cake is a delight of flavors and textures. It has a rich, strong maple flavor with a slight kick of alcohol swirled through a silky ganache, layered between tender gluten-free crepe-like cakes. It’s all the woodsy, earthy, warmth you’d want from a log cake, without tasting even a little bit like firewood.
Read MoreCome explore the storied history of the Mandrake Root, and create your own realistic edible version as well!
Read MoreThis show stopping Dessert is s’mores taken up a notch: delightfully malty mesquite flour cake, rich chocolate ice cream, and toasty meringue crowned with flame, all surrounded by fresh forest mist! It’s more than just a dish, it’s an entire experience.
Read MoreLean in to the longer evenings by cooking a hearty and delicious meal by candlelight. It’s as much of a ritual as a recipe, and it will leave you feeling nourished in more ways than one.
Read MoreYou’ll be the most popular squirrel on the block with these golden pastries filled with a rich chicken pot pie filling full of fruit and spices (and a cap-full of turmeric thyme mashed potatoes!) This is a Wondercrew Wednesday Post!
Read MoreTake a peek into the inspiration behind these adorably delicious little treats!
Read MoreFor this week’s Wondercrew Wednesday, I’m sharing a really special Secret Recipe for a gorgeous green star bread packed full of foraged autumnal flavors! It’s accompanied by a love letter to you (yes, you!) that I really hope you’ll read <3
Read MoreHappy Wondercrew Wednesday AND Rosh Hashanah! It’s my pleasure to share this unique take on Challah with you today - full of the warm flavors of cinnamon and black walnuts, coated in poppyseeds, and purple inside (just because) This Secret Recipe is a special gift to my Patrons. You can learn more at patreon.com/thewondersmith
Read MoreWild flavors and hearty textures of the local landscape are paired with bright traditional spices, all wrapped up in a soft butterfly wing pancake: the perfect way to start a new day.
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Join me for a little winter night magic as we bake this cake full of rich seasonal flavors and black cocoa!