Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Cook's Guide entry for Bedstraw along with all the Bedstraw containing recipes presented on this site, with 1 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Bedstraw recipes added to this site.

These recipes, all contain Bedstraw as a major wild food ingredient.

Bedstraw, Galium spp represents the members of a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae (madder and coffee family) are variously known as bedstraw (most species), goosegrass (G. aparine), cleavers (G. tricornutum, G. aparine) and woodruff (G. odoratum). Anyone who's been walking in rough woodland will instantly recogize the bedstraw plant as the tendrils that clamber up banks and hedgerows. The stem of the plant is covered in barbs that hook onto clothing. The leaves are formed from five lobes and project laterally from the stems.

Interestingly the plant is edible and can be finely chopped for inclusion into salads. the next time you're grubbing this weed from your garden, why not try eating it rather than throwing it on your compost heap?