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ALOHA, I’M SUNNY SAVAGE

Internationally recognized wild food forager. I’ve taught thousands of people about wild foods, have traveled to every continent, and enjoy distilling my observations of the natural world into storied solutions.

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Chinese Violet (Asystasia gangetica) Edible Greens

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How fitting that the goddess Tūtū Pele has awoke

How fitting that the goddess Tūtū Pele has awoken and is flowing hot lava on Mauna Loa, while neighboring Mauna Kea has the goddess Poli`ahu present as snow on Lā Kū`oko`a - Hawaiian Independence Day. Natural fireworks. Fire & Ice baby.
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Java plum - banana - taro syrup. One of the best f

Java plum - banana - taro syrup. One of the best flavor combo’s ever…with a BS in Dietetics and an MS in Nutrition Education I can tell you unequivocally that eating purple is good for you!!! #eattheinvasives #onewildfoodeveryday #javaplum #blackplum #syzygiumcumini #sunnysavage #wildfoodlove #foraging #foodart

Deepening relationship over time. I came to Maui 1

Deepening relationship over time. I came to Maui 14 years ago, trying my first mouth-puckeringly-astringent Java plum (Syzygium cumini) shortly thereafter. Having foraged my fair share of chokecherries in North America, I wasn’t afraid, but there were no guides or recipes or preparation techniques that crossed my path. So, I experimented slowly each season and I listened to the plant and I didn’t stop when there were failures. Now, people are reaching out excitedly about this wildly abundant invasive fruit, there are recipes in the #SavageKitchenApp and my dream of creating mandala art reminiscent of the quilt patterns where I grew up (as well as here in Hawai`i) realized through @leaf_licker —- I love Java plum, my body craves the unique combination of nutrients that only it provides, art and culture are blossoming around a new way of being with this plant. Yes, many if not most still call this a junk tree…but glimmers of change to our storycrafting are visible, praise!
#syzygiumcumini #javaplum #onewildfoodeveryday #originalart #blackplum #eattheinvasives #mandala #wildfoodforaging #wildfoodlove

Java plum (Syzygium cumini) granita recipe in the

Java plum (Syzygium cumini) granita recipe in the #SavageKitchenApp - this version with that little bit of extra orange + star anise 💜🧡💜 #javaplum #blackplum #syzygiumcumini #wildfruits #foraging #hawaii #onewildfoodeveryday #eatlocal #granita #shaveice

Am so in love with this Pâté de Guava…a delici

Am so in love with this Pâté de Guava…a delicious strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) fruit paste made from the most invasive plant species in Hawai`i. yum yum yummy, it’s been on my menu nearly daily 🥰 Recipe is now up in the Savage Kitchen App. #eattheinvasives #savagekitchenapp #sunnysavage #psidiumcattleianum #strawberryguava #fruitpaste #hawaii

Giving thanks for Chinese violet greens (Asystasia

Giving thanks for Chinese violet greens (Asystasia gangetica), who will definitely be on my Thanksgiving table. So similar to spinach, with a mild flavor, and found in wild spaces around Hawai`i nei. Have you seen this wild food before? Sometimes it has purple flowers, sometimes white. #givethanks #chineseviolet #asystasiagangetica #wildgreens #wildfood #foraging #hawaii #onewildfoodeveryday #sunnysavage #wildfoodlove #thanksgiving

Too Hot to Handle…new recipe for strawberry guav

Too Hot to Handle…new recipe for strawberry guava hot sauce is now live in the Savage Kitchen App. Free to download —> link in bio. #eattheinvasives #savagekitchenapp #onewildfoodeveryday #strawberryguava #psidiumcattleianum #wildfoodlove #hotsauce

Been having so much fun with this awesome human, m

Been having so much fun with this awesome human, my Foraging Field Assistant, Maile. We’ve been working to research high quality info and experiment with recipe creation for pickleweed (Batis maritima) - which is what she’s harvesting in this photo. So many conservation groups have reached out in the last few years about what to do with this coastal invasive, so stay tuned cause we on it! #pickleweed #saltwort #batismaritima #wildfood #eattheinvasives #onewildfoodeveryday #invasivespecies #wildfoodlove

Have you checked out the Savage Kitchen app? It in

Have you checked out the Savage Kitchen app? It includes over 100 recipes, identification info, plant quizzes, videos, mapping and more. Not just for people in Hawai`i. Link in bio, where you can also sign up for wild food hikes.

So fun to feast on these delicious wild foods of t

So fun to feast on these delicious wild foods of the Sonoran Desert!
1 - fishhook barrel cactus seed tortillas (Ferocactus wislizeni) with wild wolf berries (Lycium fremontii), palo verde flowers (Parkinsonia sp.), and other yummy stuff
2 - so much free food…a parking lot pomegranate tree and cereus cactus fruits just waiting to be harvested
3 - more fishhook barrel cactus seeds with green fresh herb fava bean balls
4 - the pineapple-shaped fruits of fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni) contain hearty and nutritious seeds inside…yellow part edible as well!
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#wildfoodlove #onewildfoodeveryday #foraging #feasting

strawberry guavas are still going off Maui, get yo

strawberry guavas are still going off Maui, get your free phenol feast!

parking lots in Phoenix planted with southern live

parking lots in Phoenix planted with southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) have kept my youngest son busy harvesting and cracking and leaching their deliciously flavored acorns. Acorn pancakes topped with nutella and wild wolf berries (Lycium fremontii) were out of this world today! 💫 but so deliciously of it! Earth’s incredible biodiversity feeding us #medicinefood second photo is of the wolf berry plant and the fourth is cold leaching the acorns. #onewildfoodeveryday #foraging #wildfoodlove #biodiversity #love

Will be making more of these deeelish kiawe flour

Will be making more of these deeelish kiawe flour bars this year thanks to @waianaegold …huge thanks to Vince Dodge for milling some of my beans! Who’s had `āina bars? - recipe in my book Wild Food Plants of Hawai`i, or purchase @waianaegold bars at various locations around the island.

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#kiawe #prosopispallida #foraging #mesquite #eattheinvasives #wildfood #hawaii

processing strawberry guavas / for days! #eatthe

processing strawberry guavas / for days!

#eattheinvasives #savagekitchenapp #strawberryguava

Am adding this recipe for strawberry guava granita

Am adding this recipe for strawberry guava granita (homemade shave ice) to the #SavageKitchenApp today! So simple and easy to make with just 3 locally available ingredients (strawberry guava juice + lime juice + honey). #eattheinvasives #strawberryguava #psidiumcattleianum #wildfruit #foraging #wildfoodlove

😍 strawberry guava

😍 strawberry guava

There’s a juicy magic to harvesting wild foods o

There’s a juicy magic to harvesting wild foods on power days like the equinox. Every time throughout the year that a jar of strawberry guava juice or preserves is opened, I remember the story of that day. Any day is a good day for wild foods, but feelin those equinox blessings and the offerings made make my heart glow 💗 #strawberryguava #eattheinvasives #psidiumcattleianum #happyequinox #fallequinox #vernalequinox #maui #wildfoodlove #savagekitchenapp #sunnysavage #foraging #hawaii #alohaaina

Lunch today —> Haole Koa Green Pod Salad. Recipe

Lunch today —> Haole Koa Green Pod Salad. Recipe in the Savage Kitchen App! Swipe to see the thin pods used in this salad, ones where the seeds haven’t gotten plump and fat (use those for other things), and then they are cut thin using scissors. Processing steps and recipe in #SavageKitchenApp #haolekoa #koahaole #leucaenaleucocephala #eattheinvasives #sunnysavage #whiteleadtree

Wow, Welcoming users from China and Norway to the

Wow, Welcoming users from China and Norway to the Savage Kitchen App! There are a few places we’ve added to the tally that get sticky in terms of nation-states…like Tahiti, whose geography and culture and management reflects it as a country of its own - not France. You get the drift, people are increasingly finding the information useful and relevant to their lives in locations around the globe 🌎🌏🌍 #savagekitchenapp #sunnysavage #foraging

There’s still space in this Friday’s Wild Amar

There’s still space in this Friday’s Wild Amaranth Workshop in Wailuku from 4-6:30pm. We will cover some of the science confirming traditional knowledge of spiny amaranths ability to reduce inflammation and pain. Sign up through purchasing in my online store…link in bio. #wildfoodplantsofhawaii #onewildfoodeveryday #amaranth #amaranthusspinosus

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