I save £200 a month foraging for our food

A DAD saves £200 a month on his food bill by foraging in meadows, forests and along coastlines to create tasty dips, “meat” dishes and cocktails.

- BY AMY REAST

Joshua Lawrey, 36, learned how to source wild ingredients after joining a high-end restaurant 15 years ago.

He uses his skills to make tzatziki from nettles, “meat” from mushrooms and espresso martinis from dandelions.

He reckons by foraging around St Austell, in Cornwall, he saves £50 a week on food for himself, daughter Josephine, one, and wife Jennifer, 36.