Mandy.Is.Creative

05/16/2026

Introducing...Mando's Camper Sampler!

Just in time for camping season. Four different seasoning blends in a handy dandy flip top.

The classic favorites and the newbies:

Mando's Magical Seasoning
Mando's Rub
*NEW* Wild Steak and Burger Blend
*NEWER* Kimchi Seasoning

As always, in limited quantities, and never EXACTLY the same, but always good and wild and packed full of flavor, minerals, vitamins and nutrients. ALL the goodness, and that special ingredient, LOVE 💚

05/15/2026

Thinking about mugs this morning.

I have friends who collect mugs, make mugs (Aries Earth) and create beautiful tea blends in beautiful mugs.

Recently, Healing Hills Herbals asked 'Show me your mug'.

This morning, I reached for this mug to enjoy my Kickinghorse and Dandy coffee on the sunny deck, the first relaxing morning at the end of a busy week.

This mug, I purchased nearly 4 years ago from Saffron Pottery Studios in Cochrane. It was the last thing I bought on the way out as I was moving away for a fresh start, and the first thing I bought for MYSELF, unapologetically, as I had no one to tell me I couldn't.

Mugs seem to come and go for me. They get chipped, they throw themselves off the shelf, or they wear and fade.

This is my mug. To me, it represents resilience and self-love, and I hope to enjoy Dandy coffee in it for years to come ☕️

05/14/2026

Coming soon!!!

Tickets for Wild Women Campout 2026 will be made public this weekend!

Watch for the announcement as there will only be 20 tickets sold.

To be added to our mailing list for earlybird access on future events, send us a message

Check out our website:

https://www.wildinnaturealberta.ca/

01/12/2026

Love all their goodies 👌Shop Local 💚

🎉 💵 🥩 Do you wanna win a $25 gift card to Caroline Meats? …Of course you do!! 🥩🎉💵

The best part? All you have to do is use your thumb… (or pointer? You do you!) 💕👆

Here’s how:
1️⃣ Like & Follow our page (so you don’t miss out on more tasty stuff)
2️⃣ Like this post (that’s the thumb part 😉)
3️⃣ Comment below telling us your favorite product at Caroline Meats — or tag a friend who needs to up their meat game.

⏰ Contest ends Jan 15 at 9 am, and the Winner will be announced right here, Jan 16.

💥 Bonus: Sharing this post doesn’t technically increase your chances, but we won’t stop you from showing off your thumb skills. 👍

Instagram users, you can enter too!! 💕

01/11/2026

We’re so excited to share that Wild Women Campout is returning to the pond for 2026!

We’ve officially secured the space for the long weekend in August, and we can’t wait to gather there again.

If you’re feeling the call to reconnect with nature, community, and yourself, stay tuned. Ticket sales will be announced soon.

If you have a workshop, offering, or magic you’d love to share and feel it could be a good fit for our intimate gathering, please reach out. We’d love to hear from you!

Your hosts: Wild In Nature

12/15/2025

I've been in the Wild Kitchen creating again today, but I'm on pause as I need to go to town tomorrow to pick up a few ingredients I'm lacking.

I just realized, while creating, that I haven't shared that I offer Gift Certificates. They are good for any of my offerings, including food and beverage products, body and medicinal products, pupsicles, wild crafts, art prints and custom drawing projects, foraged herbs and fungi, and any of my events INCLUDING Forage and Feast events AND EVEN the Wild Women Campout, an event that gets you outside to connect and nourish your soul 💚

As always, feel free to message me about my offerings, projects, or collaboration inquiries

12/14/2025

Oops! Got a little sidetracked prepping herbs for a new steak spice blend, and ended up making a Kimchi Seasoning using my own kimchi, dehydrated, plus other healthful additions such as shiitake mushrooms, nettle, and sea veggie blend, and sweetened with palm sugar..

Iron, iodine, vitamin C, B vitamins, minerals and more 💚

I feel like a piece of salmon would be a lovely test for this one.

Also, I'm feeling like it could use some sesame seeds, which I don't currently have. Might have to put this blend in hold and get back to the steak spice mission!

12/11/2025

Things and stuff.

In my chaotic mellow fashion, I am sharing some pics of available items in my Wild Woman Kitchen Apothecary ✌️😆

I still have other items available, just haven't had time to get it presentable.

In the works and potentially available on request:
Mando's Fire Cider (the works)
Mando Mocha (medicinal beverage packets)
Sugar scrubs (Mando Mocha and Citrus Sunshine)
Lip scrubs
Boreal Beauty Oil
Fermented honey garlic (local garlic and honey)
Wild mushroom blends
Wild Woman tea blends
Herbal Infused Syrups for fancy mocktails and cocktails
Cacao Chagalua (if you know...)

Pick up in Leslieville. Delivery may be available to surrounding areas if it works with my schedule. Delivery via Canada Post available $20 flat rate

Comment or msg me with any inquiries 💚
I'm excited to share my goodies.

12/10/2025

These look amazing! Bison shank from Caroline Meats was in my Wild Woman chili that won People's Choice at the chili cook off at Rival Trade Brewing Co. this fall. I roasted them in the oven with spruce tip salt and Mando's Rub, then continued to braise in a casserole over my wood stove with all the yummy wild ingredients, onions, garlic, jalapeños etc. It was amazing, the perfect addition 😋

🤠 Well folks… we wrangled in something special for the holiday season. 🦬

Say hello to Thor’s Hammer — a giant, bone-in Bison shank that looks like it was forged by the gods and hand-delivered by a cowboy with questionable life choices.

Slow cook it, smoke it, or throw it in the oven and pretend you’re feeding the ranch crew after a long day. However you make it, this thing turns into tender, fall-apart, show-off-to-your-guests goodness.

We’ve only got a small herd’s worth of these bad boys, so if you’ve got a meat lover in your life (or you are the meat lover), come grab one before they ride off into the sunset. 🌅🥩

Limited quantities. Holiday special. First come, first served.

12/05/2025

The 2025 Mando's seasoning blends lineup has officially arrived 🥳

I am so excited to announce this year's newest creation:

Mando's Wild Steak Spice. A steak and burger blend for the wild and Untamed. This blend features many local plants, trees and shrubs as well as the flavors you know in a steak spice. Includes organic garlic and locally harvested and fermented horseradish 👌This is a VERY limited batch and will not last.

Mando's Magical Seasoning is certainly a local favorite. I hear 'I put that s**t on everything' frequently with this one. The unique 'earthiness' of this blend comes from the mushrooms and the wild plants, and the 'freshness' comes from the home grown herbs. I made sure to make a WAY bigger batch this year because, demand. And I don't like to be out of this myself.

Mando's Rub has evolved a bit over the years, but it's was my first blend. Intended initially for smoking ribs gluten free 😋 but then got used so regularly and gifted and requested, that it was my first big batch blend. I use it as a general seasoning salt as you would for burgers, potatoes, etc, except with the peace of mind that only good ingredients go into this blend. Good sugars and salts, no additives or anti-caking agents, organic where it makes sense.

Spruce tip salt 😋 Have you tried it?!
Spruce tips are high in vitamin C and have a lovely citrusy taste. I've already gone through so much this year as it's in my big grinder, and in most situations where I grind salt, the spruce blend works. I use Celtic sea salt and pink Himalayan salt blended with the spruce tips for the most healthful and mineral rich blend. I have a few grinders available with coarse salt for a fresh grind experience. I also have a few shakers available with the salts being ground down for your convenience.

Available locally. I will put the price list in the comments