Gathered my first nettles for soup this morning! Pick only the brighter green top and top leaves at this time of year (May).

about a colander full or more of nettles with stems (cleaned obviously!)

3 onions (or however many or few you want!)

3 garlic cloves (or whatever your taste is)

about 4 medium sized potatoes, sliced thinly

stock – chicken or veg

whatever you want to use to fry in, butter/oil/butter spray

Fry onion and garlic till onion translucent

Add potatoes and also fry till translucent or thereabouts

Add stock, then add nettles, simmer for 20 mins or so, I did 30.

Blend

And there you go! It’s delicious! I added milk for my 4 year old. He was there for the whole process and really impressed about eating nettles!