I Tried Foraging For Food In Los Angeles, And This Is What I Made | How to Forage for Beginners

Watch Nicole learn how to forage in Los Angeles from expert forager Pascal Baudar. Will she be able to create an edible and delicious meal with her foraged foods? Watch to find out!

Foraging is searching for wild food resources. Foraging is an accessible activity, just a little bit of research is required to find areas where you can forage. Today we are picking and eating wild plants. This video will teach you how to forage and make an edible and delicious meal. Nicole and Pascal go to the Los Angeles National Forest and find chickweed, miner's lettuce, and chervil (think of it as a mix of carrot, cilantro, and parsley). In foraging, you redefine what a weed is. If you are new to foraging, do not touch anything that looks like parsley as it could be poisonous. They also find oyster mushrooms growing on a tree and an acorn jay pantry as well as stinging nettle, and oxalis.

Foraging and wildcrafting can be done in such a way that you are actually helping nature. So many chemicals are being sprayed on those plants that if you can turn them into food maybe food can be a small part of the solution and fix the environment and environmental issues. Nicole decides to make a soup, sandwich, and salad. For the soup, she puts olive oil and onions, and she adds potato, carrot, and garlic. Tip: If you are going to be picking different items, place them in different bags so they do not get mixed up with each other. The ingredients have a grassy flavor. Nicole also pan-fries the oyster mushrooms. The final product turned out delicious.