{"id":4148,"date":"2020-04-21T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T09:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurenliess.com\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2022-10-26T04:17:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T04:17:03","slug":"wild-garlic-soup-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenliess.com\/wild-garlic-soup-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Garlic Soup Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t know what it is, but I am seriously into foraging.\u00a0 Whether for flower arrangements or food, it always ends up being a good experience- one that takes us on some sort of little adventure outside that ends up making life a little prettier or tastier.\u00a0 There’s just something so satisfying to me about really working for the things you’re enjoying (though don’t get me wrong- I’m also a fan of sitting down to eat at a restaurant and being served lol)\u2026\u00a0 the kids also really seem to eat more of the food they had a hand in making too.\u00a0 We made a delicious foraged wild garlic soup on Easter that I thought I’d share with you\u2026 Things have been so sad and crazy and we’re finding that time spent outside with the kids has been really good for the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I cannot keep shoes on this girl. (Or clothes if I\u2019m being honest\u2026 she just finished potty training (OMG- first time in almost 13 years I haven\u2019t had a kid in diapers!!!!!!!) and ends up coming back from the bathroom in her underwear and losing her clothes in various bathrooms around the house. It\u2019s spread outside too and I find clothes and shoes in the yard all over.)
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We don\u2019t do pesticides in our yard and really haven\u2019t been able to do much work on our property yet, so our grass has LOTS of plants other than grass growing in it which used to drive me crazy but now makes me really happy\u2026\u00a0 BECAUSE I had NO IDEA how delicious wild garlic was!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Christian figured out how to pull out the wild garlic from its roots- no tools needed. The onion grass needs a little shovel to get scooped out because pulling up on it tears the tops off the bulbs<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I\u00a0think<\/em>\u00a0what we have on our property is both wild garlic and onion grass but I\u2019m really not positive.\u00a0 They both look really similar and at times are hard to tell apart but one of them is larger (the garlic) and the other is smaller (the onion grass.) The garlic one grows blooms in the summer (where we have tall grasses) and the onion one doesn\u2019t.\u00a0 This is all new to me so if anyone knows for sure, I\u2019d love to know!!\u00a0 Anyway, one of my favorite books that I don\u2019t spend nearly enough time with is Georgia Pelligrini\u2019s\u00a0Modern Pioneering,\u00a0<\/em>and she writes about cooking with wild garlic and shares a recipe for a sweet wild garlic soup with cinnamon, and so we decided we\u2019d try to make our own savory version of wild garlic soup.\u00a0 (we\u2019re salt fiends!!)\u00a0 It\u2019s a great excuse to get outside and have a \u201cmission\u201d to complete.\u00a0 At first, I honestly had to nag for help, but by the end they were all into it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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On Easter we headed outside to forage for wild garlic and it was such a beautiful day\u2026 Let me be clear that our kids frolicking peacefully outside in cute clothing while picking flowers and greens is absolutely NOT something that happens every day.\u00a0 This was Easter and I had to force (possibly threaten) the boys to keep on their \u201cdress\u201d clothes which are literally just khakis through dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Easter we headed outside to forage for wild garlic and it was such a beautiful day\u2026 Let me be clear that our kids frolicking peacefully outside in cute clothing while picking flowers and greens is absolutely NOT something that happens every day.\u00a0 This was Easter and I had to force (possibly threaten) the boys to keep on their \u201cdress\u201d clothes which are literally just khakis through dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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Gisele did her own thing and came back with a buttercup posy
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Of course, Lou had to see if she liked butter (she did)
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Now this one is another story\u2026 she\u2019d be in a gown daily if she could and this is her favorite dress right now that she asks for on the regular
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But they got over it fairly quickly which has definitely given me the desire to force more of this behavior lol.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Justin ended up shirtless by the end of it but I got this one pic.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We found so much more than just garlic & onion grass\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n

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Louie picked a ton of these little wildflowers from the yard (not sure what they are \u2013 they\u2019re small- but seem blubell-ish and I made little arrangements for all over the house.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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The cut glass vase is available in our new shop<\/a> and I still have this arrangement by my bedside right now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I truly get so much joy out of looking over and seeing \u201cweeds\u201d my little guy found himself and picked for me.  Wildflowers and weeds aren\u2019t always around but they\u2019re a really happy spot in life when they are.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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When we had a huge basketful of the wild garlic\/ onion grass, we brought it in and washed it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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this is about 20\u2033 high
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We then tore off the roots and cut the bulbs off to use in the soup.\u00a0 I set the green tops aside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saut\u00e9ed about a cup of wild garlic bulbs + a chopped while fennel bulb.\u00a0 Then we added in about 8 cups of chicken broth and 2 cups of chopped potatoes and simmered for about an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterward we strained it through a fine mesh strainer twice because the garlic bulbs are fibrous.\u00a0 I took the tops\/ grass and blended them with olive oil, salt and pepper and strained the solids out keeping only the oil portion to make a delish drizzle on top (inspired by a chive pesto I once had in High Point, NC and have never stopped thinking about.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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