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May 17

Goodbye Food Bloggers

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our blogs.... I have finally decided to stop posting to My Recipes.There are several reasons for this decision. Once I thought blogging was the funniest thing in the world, but now it is a source (read full article)

May 09

Baked Potato Slices

The calendar is telling me it is May, but it is April weather. Here in northern part of Sweden, April weather means rain, snow, hail, and chill mixed with a moderate amount of sunshine which warms up our frozen winter bodies. We have lost spring as a (read full article)

baked, garlic, potatoes, Thyme

May 02

Recipe for homemade blueberry muffins with white chocolate

At this time of the year, there aren't many blueberries left in my freezer. What a better way of using up the last ones than by baking blueberry muffins.This recipe only uses 2 eggs ( if you have an extra large egg, make the recipe as is and use only (read full article)

blueberry, muffins

Apr 26

Garlic on crispbread

Depending on personal taste, garlic is both loved and hated. Sometimes our surroundings may have very strong opinions about the matter of garlic smell. If you do not mind garlic breath, just chop garlic cloves and place on top of buttered crispbread (read full article)

Crispbread, garlic

Apr 19

Something sweet with a cup of coffee

"Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love". I somewhat agree with this old Turkish(?) proverb. But I gave up taking sugar in my coffee many years ago. A cup of coffee along with something sweet, I don't say no to.Most Turkish (read full article)

cake, Chocolate, Greek, kormos, mosaiki, Turkish

Apr 12

Classic Frozen Cheesecake Recipe

I can't remember my husband's mobile phone number but I can with clarity remember the first time I had frozen cheesecake. It was 35 years ago. I remember where I was and whom I was with. The details are so sharp they could have happened yesterday.I w (read full article)

cheesecake, classic, frozen, ice cream, recipe

Apr 05

Peking Hot and Sour Soup Recipe

For many of us in northern climates, it's been a long, hard winter. Now we have welcomed Easter as a first sign of spring. My husband and I had a great time this weekend together with friends and family, eating traditional Easter foods, such as eggs, (read full article)

hot, Soup, Sour

Mar 29

Sparkling Strawberries

Look what I received last Friday! One bottle of Fresita Sparkling Wine arrived at my door step. Thank you so much Philipson Söderberg.In Sweden, this blend of Chilean sparkling wine and strawberries was released at Systembolaget on March 24th 2010. (read full article)

Chilean, Fresita, Sparkling, strawberries, Wine

Mar 22

Potato Au Gratin with Thyme, Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Olives

I subscribe to the weekly chicken recipes from Kronfågel, the largest producer of chickens in Scandinavia. Every Friday I get tasty recipes delivered to my email inbox. Sometimes it's not the chicken recipe itself that is the most interesting part, (read full article)

gratin, Olives, potatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, Thyme

Mar 15

Panna cotta on a round of chocolate sponge cake

Panna cotta/cooked cream doesn't sound great in my ears. But in reality it is Italian luxury at its best. A dessert typical of the mountainous northern Italian cuisine, where history and tradition always have been more generous with cream than the so (read full article)

Chocolate, Chocolate cake, jelly sugar multi, panna cotta

Mar 08

Banana Citrus Marmalade

I reckon I could live on bananas if I had to. But who would have thought that bananas also were suitable for marmalade/jam cooking? Well, at least not me anyway. When I got the recipe, it sounded so exotic, I had to try it. Then I tasted it, and it w (read full article)

banana, citrus, jam, jam sugar, marmalade

Mar 01

Milk Chocolate Sticky Cake With Lingonberries

Swedish confectioner Cloetta is the Nordic region’s oldest chocolate manufacturer. Cloetta has now launched new chocolate bars made from certified Fair-trade chocolate. There are four taste varieties: Milk chocolate, mint crisp, hazelnut and cashew (read full article)

cake, Cloetta, Fair-trade, lingonberries, milk chocolate, sticky

Feb 22

3-Layer Sandwich Cake Filled With Matjes Herring Salad

Sandwich cake (smörgåstårta) is a typical Swedish party dish. Elegant and appreciated. Excellent, since it can be made ahead of time. It can be made round, rectangular, square, or any other shapes.Look at this beautiful butterfly shaped sandwich c (read full article)

3-layer, almond potatoes, chives, dill, eggs, fish roe, lime, matjes herring, radishes, salad

Feb 15

All-in-one Sausage Pot With Root Vegetables

I do all the planning of our meals and all the shopping. I pay for our food. I do all the preparations. Then my husband eats whatever is available. I don't complain. Most of the time I enjoy it because I'm always free to cook what I want. I can do wh (read full article)

all-in-one, root vegetables, Sausage

Feb 08

No Knead Pear Yogurt Bread With Spelt

The first time I had soda bread was some time around 1980 or so. A friend of mine baked it and I got the recipe. It was loaded with sugar and syrup. My father, who was still alive then, loved the bread. Now, thirty years later, better variations on t (read full article)

bread, dinkel, flour, healthy, no knead, seeds, Spelt, yogurt

Jan 31

Swedish Farmer Cookies & Paraguayan Cane Sugar

Some weeks ago, I received a brand new package of Dansukker's cane sugar which is produced in Paraguay. This sugar is ecological and carries the international Fair-trade mark symbol (an independent consumer guarantee for the product. It helps produce (read full article)

bondkakor, cane sugar, cookies, ecological, Fair-trade, swedish

Jan 25

The Second Meatless Monday

Following on from last week’s White Fiber Lasagna With Broccoli and Tomatoes, here’s another meatless pasta dish. A classic Italian pasta recipe with a tasty mushroom sauce.Tagliatelle With Mushrooms, Garlic, Cream and ParsleyINGREDIENTS:serves 2 (read full article)

cream, garlic, italian, meatless, mushrooms, parsley, Pasta, pasta sauce, tagliatelle

Jan 18

White Fiber Lasagna With Broccoli & Tomatoes

White fiber pasta is the choice for us, who prefer white pasta over whole wheat pasta, but still want to eat healthier. It looks like regular white pasta and have the same flavor but higher fiber content.My husband doesn't like classic Lasagna alla B (read full article)

Broccoli, cheese sauce, fiber, lasagna, meatless, Pasta, tomato sauce

Jan 11

My last cake for the year 2009

Now, I'm so glad that Christmas, the longest holiday of the year, is over. (Officially, it concludes on January 13, when the Christmas tree is supposed to be thrown out). If global warming does exist, then the green house effect seems to have paused (read full article)

bananas, cake, cocoa powder, Make Ahead, pineapple, raspberries, vanilla custard, whipped cream

Dec 21

Yesterday's Dinner

For dinner yesterday we had assorted smoked meats from the Swedish company Ridderheims, together with fruits like papaya, pineapple, melon, passion fruit, grapes, cherry tomatoes, and potato gratin. It may seem like odd combinations, but we like it. (read full article)

baileys, cheesecake, Finger Food, fruit, Meat, no-bake, smoked

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