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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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Spanish Needles pesto like a pro! This fab recipe

Spanish Needles pesto like a pro! This fab recipe in the #savagekitchenapp created by @beurrenoisette.maui check check it out!
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#loveyourwild #wildfood #foraging #healthylifestyle #healthyrecipes #keepitsavage #spanishneedles #pesto #bidenspilosa #blackjack #onewildfoodeveryday #wildfoodplantsofhawaii #eattheinvasives #invasivore #invasivespecies

Each human body a tapestry, woven together through

Each human body a tapestry, woven together through the microbiomes you’ve danced with and a consciously connected biology.
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I have a few friends who have already lost their health insurance. It’s time to reclaim our wild health and break free from the pharmaceutical industry.
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This beautiful mandala of Spanish needles created by @natureofsophia who made all kinds of unique artwork to accompany my recently released eBooks that are a deep dive into how cultures around the globe use the 5 invasives as Medicine, what the most current research reveals, and more info on botany and nutrition as well. Find them in my website store.
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#loveyourwild #spanishneedles #bidenspilosa #bidensalba #wildfoodlove #eattheinvasives #herbalmedicine #plantallies #foraging #invasivore #onewildfoodeveryday #wildfoodplantsofhawaii

Shoutout to Nate @sunlitfilms for his work behind

Shoutout to Nate @sunlitfilms for his work behind the lense, bringing all my videos for the Savage Kitchen app alive. Have you seen them in the Plants tab? Is there a part you love the cinematography in?
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Any guesses? There are 19 endemic species in this

Any guesses? There are 19 endemic species in this Genus, but this one is an invasive that overtakes agricultural fields.

Details. 🔎 Learn the details, then let it all g

Details. 🔎
Learn the details, then let it all go and have fun ⚔️
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Do you love pizza? Such an easy place to add wild

Do you love pizza? Such an easy place to add wild greens...here I bought a cornmeal crust, added Spanish needles pesto and cheese. If you have an already made pizza just chop up a bunch of fresh wild greens and add additional cheese on top so they don’t burn!
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#loveyourwild #wildgreens #foraging #eattheinvasives #eattheweeds #spanishneedles #bidenspilosa #bidensalba #blackjacks #kinehi #keepitsavage #savagekitchenapp #wildfoodlove #onewildfoodeveryday #wildfoodplantsofhawaii

I find more and more to love about Spanish Needles

I find more and more to love about Spanish Needles (Bidens pilosa & Bidens alba) every day. What do you love about them?
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All this delicious rain on Maui making for more fl

All this delicious rain on Maui making for more flushes of wild greens! Beautiful Spanish Needles (Bidens pilosa) in the perfect stage for harvesting.
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Like spikes emerging from the ground, new shoots o

Like spikes emerging from the ground, new shoots of Butterfly Ginger (3 species defined in the Savage Kitchen app) can be eaten after outer layers are peeled back. You are left with a tender inner core that can be sliced, chopped, smashed or otherwise used in cooking. With a floral earthiness, this unique wild food source can be found in abundance predominantly in windward, or wet, areas. .
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Spanish needles (Bidens pilosa) velouté anyone! .

Spanish needles (Bidens pilosa) velouté anyone!
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Boiled green banana “potato salad” with wild S

Boiled green banana “potato salad” with wild Spanish needles (Bidens pilosa) that were boiled, strained and chopped into the mix. Love mixing in all the pickled things too; like pickled sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) buds. The season is changing, get those wild greens before the summer heat burns them away!
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When I first moved to Maui there was a long stretc

When I first moved to Maui there was a long stretch of `opiuma (Pithecellobium dulce) in the Olowalu area. Now, I see it exploding in numbers throughout Maui as well as the other islands. It’s coming into season right now, so let’s harvest them before the birds spread them around further!
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Edible aril (white flesh surrounding seeds), as well as seeds. It’s never been a favorite of mine, but I threw yesterday’s harvest in the dehydrator and their sweetness comes out a lot more. More experimenting underway. The seeds are also wonderful for lei making, and I made a lei this morning for a friends zoom birthday party (see stories). .
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Kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum). Find out

Kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum). Find out how to identify it, where it grows, and recipes to eat it in the #savagekitchenapp Have you downloaded this free app for 5 Edible Invasive Species? Link in bio.
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#loveyourwild #eattheinvasives #invasivore #eattheweeds #hedychiumgardnerianum #kahiliginger #butterflyginger #himalayanginger #keepitsavage #onewildfoodeveryday #wildfoodplantsofhawaii #foraging #wildfoodlove

Tis’ the season for butterfly ginger shoots! Bon

Tis’ the season for butterfly ginger shoots! Bonus points for harvesting the kāhili (Hedychium gardnerianum) shoots, which prevents flower/seed formation and is a first line in community land management of an invasive species. .
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Birthday vibes 🥰 Made a lei po`o, eeek actually

Birthday vibes 🥰
Made a lei po`o, eeek actually went to the beach (it had been 2 months), ate some princess cake, 3 beautiful bouquets and a lei from friends and family (see stories). Feeling blessed for the love in my life after waking up in a funk. Another orbit, another opportunity to make the most of each precious moment.

Fruit leathers are a staple in my house, my younge

Fruit leathers are a staple in my house, my youngest son especially loves to snack on them. With bananas being so easy to grow, we get a lot of racks that need to be processed before they rot. Adding butterfly ginger flowers to bananas, with just enough water to blend, is a great way of using 2 abundant harvests. Recipe in the Savage Kitchen app...download link in bio.
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From left to right are yellow butterfly ginger (He

From left to right are yellow butterfly ginger (Hedychium flavescens), kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), and white butterfly ginger (Hedychium coronarium). These three are collectively called “Butterfly Ginger” in the Savage Kitchen mobile app, as they can be used interchangeably, and they all have the characteristic butterfly shape to their flowers. 🌿🦋🌿
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The earth speaks in roses today. I went to the gar

The earth speaks in roses today. I went to the garden this morning and found these. Harvested tulsi for fresh tulsi & rose petal tea, dropped fabric off for a friend who was wearing rose perfume and just happened to have some rose hips to gift me for the fabric. aaaaah, rose is such high vibration medicine...I could think of no other plant more for love and healing. We are healing ourselves, and thereby healing our Mother Earth. Happy Earth Day...50 Years ago began our return home to the mother. .
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Take a peek at this stand of yellow butterfly ging

Take a peek at this stand of yellow butterfly ginger (Hedychium flavescens), a common scene around the Hawaiian Islands. With Hawai’i coming in at 37% unemployment, and numbers expected to rise, we will be facing a major crisis in people being able to pay for their basic needs. These abundance species are here, available to help fill the gaps, and have the benefit of helping the earth through their conscious removal. Let’s eat what we have, growing now in our own backyards! #eatwhatget
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In the Savage Kitchen mobile app we use the term “butterfly ginger” to refer to 3 different plant species. If you find any of these 3 you can drop a pin on the map, and they can all be used interchangeably in recipes. .
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Collectively occupying hundreds of thousands of acres in Hawai’i are kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), white butterfly ginger (Hedychium coronarium), and yellow butterfly ginger (Hedychium flavescens). .
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#loveyourwild #foraging #savagekitchenapp #keepitsavage #butterflyginger #hedychiumgardnerianum #hedychiumflavescens #hedychiumcoronarium #himalayanginger #eattheinvasives #eattheweeds #innovation #landmanagement