Our Nettle Pesto is a delicious, nutritious and exciting alternative to your traditional pesto. Nettle Pesto is also an excellent topping for a pizza. Just add some of your favourite vegetable oil and a splash of water and prepare just the right amount you need per use case.  Two middle-sized pizzas Pizza dough 1/2 bag of dry yeast 2 dl water 4,5–5 dl wheat flour (if possible, try out Italian tipo-00 flour!) 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp olive oil White sauce 100 g crème fraiche (for vegan/climate option choose oat fraiche) 1 tbsp lemon juice METTÄ Porcini Salt or ME ..read more

Did you know that spruce can be used in cooking all year round? In addition to enjoying the wonderful scent of your Christmas tree, you can use it in many ways at your Christmas table. The delicious and fresh citrus aroma of spruce is perfect for seasoning various dips and sauces. Spruce dip sauce can be used as a sauce for smoked fish, meat, chips or carrots, for example. A jar of spruce dip 2 dl sour cream/ créme fraiche/ yoghurt or similar a handful of fresh spruce sprouts or crushed needles or 1 tsp of METTÄ Forest Defence herbal tea powder 1 tbsp ..read more

Wherever you are working, take your coffee/tea break outside! Our tea break contains a bottle of Roseroot herbal tea enriched with a shot of 100% organic sea buckthorn berry juice concentrate, sweeted with Honey & Spruce. A mix that will for sure keep you going, yet it’s naturally caffeine-free. Brew METTÄ Roserooot Crush according to the instructions on the package and the 1-2 shots of 100% Sea Buckthorn Juice concentrate per 2dl of tea and 1-2 tsp of Finnish Honey & Spruce. Mix well and enjoy mildly heated or cold. Do you know why roseroot grown in the North is ..read more

Tasty foccacia bread with Nordic mushroom twist, made with our super easy just add Wild Mushroom Spice. Glorious add to you Christmas table. Wild Mushroom Foccacia, 1 large baking tray 5 dl water 50g fresh yeast or 15-20g dry yeast 10 dl whole wheat flour 1 dl virgin olive oil  1 bag Wild Mushroom Spice Porcini Salt Heat the water to lukewarm temperature. Crumble and dissolve the fresh yeast into the water. Or, if you are using dry yeast, mix the yeast with the flour. Add about half of the flour into the water and mix well. Knead the dough with your hands while adding the res ..read more

Missing the mossy mushroom forests? No worries, our novelty product Wild Mushroom Spice will take you to the best mushroom spots in an instant.  How does a delicious, easy, all natural, healthy and Finnish mushroom pesto sounds like? Our Wild Mushroom Spice makes a super tasty pesto type of paste. Like tapenade, but made of clean and tasty Finnish mushrooms and herbs. It’s also 100% vegan. Use the pesto like you would any traditional pesto; spread it on top of bread, mix with your favourite pasta, enjoy as an exciting salad dressing or a delicious condiment to any mea ..read more

If you love smoothies, then adding Nordic herbs to your diet is really easy. Our herb crushes can be sprinkled onto all kinds of smoothies, not just the green ones. If you don't have time to blend the smoothies yourself, you can carry our pouch in our bag and just sprinkle a few spoonfuls onto ready-to-drink smoothies bought from the store. One tablespoon of dried herbs equals one large handful of fresh plant, which is a super good daily dose of vitamins and other good stuff.   Here's few tips how to combine Nordic herbs with berry smoothies Nettle and Birch wor ..read more

  These sugar-free and milk-free “ice cream” sticks taste like Finnish summer.  Approx. 4-6 x 1 dl ice cream popsicles 4 dl of coconut milk 2-3 dl fresh or frozen crushed wild blueberries 3 tbsp METTÄ Spruce honey or METTÄ Finnish Xylitol* Mix the coconut milk with spruce honey into a smooth mixture with a blender. Whisk the mixture with a whisk if you want a fluffier texture for the ice cream. Measure the mixture and crushed blueberry in layers in the ice cream molds (about 1 dl per stick) with the sticks and put in the freezer. Alternatively, mix the blu ..read more

Fresh nettle pesto is a tasty vegan spread that goes perfectly with pastas, salads and breads. 2dl of blanched fresh nettle (dip into boiling water for 30sec) and 1dl of fresh chopped young goutweed leaves. You ca also use our dried Nettle Crush soaked. 1dl cashew nuts (or pine nuts/hemp seeds/sun flower seeds) enough quality extra virgin olive oil until the pesto is nice and smooth 1/2dl nutritional yeast flakes  METTÄ Nettle Salt 1 small garlic Blend all the ingredients with a blender, taste and add a bit of salt or oil if needed and enjoy. Stays good in the refriger ..read more

Yarrow grows literally everywhere in Finland. It has a slightly peppery taste, which goes surprisingly well with drinks such as tea, liquors, smoothies and sparkling summer drinks. You can use its lovely flowers and young leaves, either fresh or dried yarrow. If you use fresh, crush the plant first using a mortar and pestle or similar. Use 1-2 tsp of yarrow per portion.   Try combining yarrow with the following: -Sparkling rosé wine -Strawberry juice and sparkling water -Brewed yarrow ice tea with honey -Yarrow liquor* *mix the yarrow with vodka, y ..read more

Have you heard about flavoured sweeteners? In addition to berries, flowers and herbs are also perfect for bringing an extra flavour to sweeteners that are perfect for summery drinks, deserts, porridge, smoothie and tea.  To replace white sugar, we suggest trying alternatives that are healthier as they are lower GI (glycemic index, and therefore won't raise your blood sugar like regular sugar) for example, Finnish Birch Sugar, or more known by its name Xylitol. The lower the GI index, the smaller the effect on blood sugar and the more steady it is. White sugar has a GI index of 68 w ..read more