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This blog is an exploration of daily magic, featuring wild plants, creative recipes, meaningful ceremonies, and writings about our shared humanity. 

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Welcome to the Wondersmith's Writings! Here you can find magical recipes featuring foraged ingredients, musings on food and ceremony, and meaningful rituals to explore your own everyday magic. Though I have been focused on other writing pursuits, I am keeping all of my blog content up as a resource for you. You can use the search bar below to find what you are looking for. (Please note that sometimes you need to refresh the page to see the search results.) Happy reading! If you'd like to support my goal to spread magic far and wide, consider contributing to my patreon program!

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Posts tagged plant based savory
The Magic Is Here: Piñon Smoked Creamy Sauce with Pine Nut Balls (Secret Recipe)

Hearty 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.

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Secret Recipe: Red Vegan Snack Platter

This 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

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Wild Fennel and Saffron Savory Solstice Galette

Happy Winter Solstice! This plant-based delight is the perfect way to celebrate the longest night of the year, and the return of the sun as we begin to move towards longer days. It’s spiced with fennel and saffron and packed full of delicious flavors and textures of apples, onions, and potatoes.

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“Lamb’s Quarter” Pounders with Chutney and Dutch Crunch Buns:

There’s no lamb to be found in these delicious plant-based burger patties, made instead out of a common (and delicious) weed! Spiced with curry and topped with chutney, cilantro, and a crunchy bun, these are a flavorful and textural late summer delight.

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The Trickster's Seafood Sampler

These delicious small plates piled high with foraged sea vegetables and edible flowers, flaky fried fish, crispy fish skin, and gorgeous caviar have a secret… not only are they positively delicious, they’re completely plant-based!

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Spring Picnics and why Productivity Doesn’t Always Look Like Working (plus recipes for plant-based “feta” brined with wild herbs and a wild garlic soda bread)

Celebrate the beginning of spring with a delightful picnic: bright green ramps soda bread (from sustainably grown ramps), plus a plant-based marinaded delight similar to feta cheese and flavored with lots of wild herbs!

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Plant-Based Celebration: Smoky Fir-Roast Mushrooms with Sage Polenta

Smoky fir-roast mushrooms full of delicious roasted red pepper sauce are the perfect pairing for creamy, umami-rich polenta with plenty of fresh sage. With a plant-based feast this good, there’s no need for a turkey!

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For The Love Of Bats: Gluten-Free Pasta With Purslane and Sunset Roasted Cauliflower (Plant Based)

This gluten-free and Plant-based savory showstopper is the perfect dinner for an elegantly spooky feast. It’s a warming dish full of zesty flavors and spices, making use of the last of the purslane (which is delightfully crunchy and tart, plus contains a slew of Omega 3s.) Celebrate bats and their contributions to environments all over the world with this meal!

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