QUICK MONDAY DINNER - HALLOUMI & AJVAR

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APPLES & GINGER

Do you still have apples from this fall? One of my favourite things to make of autumn apples is apple mash with ginger!Apple mash is what we usually cook of apples around here; as in smoother than jam with bits and looser than a hard marmalade. I usually make one jar spiced with vanilla as well,...

MUSHROOMS AND COFFEE

Buongiorno! I am still in Italy and hopefully eating some nice pasta or gelato (not or! AND) plus enjoying myself some wine. Meanwhile, for the rest of you, we have a throwback to a creamy mushroom pasta I did some time ago with walnuts and chive from the back porch. The chives were from the back...

MANGO-LEMON VEGAN NO-BAKE CHEESECAKE

Lets start the week with some cake!The other day I was a guest at a radio show where we talked about the usual things that I tend to visit various shows for, but also had some chit chat on different things, one of them being food.But I can't really asnwer the question of weather I cook or not correctly....

MÄMMI TIME!

Altough being stacked up in every store for the moment, it still seems I am in the minority of Finns actually rejoicing that mämmi season is here! Well at least if you ask my Facebook feed, that is. It is a short and sweet (and a bitter one, if we are being literal and going after that taste here) season,...

MONDAY SOUP

When I don't "have anything at home" and need to cook dinner I tend to make this tomato-lentil-noodle soup. I still always have lentis, crushed tomatoes and coconut milk at home, and this one is ready in no-time. Double the batch of soup if you want this to be Tuesday-soup and Wednesday-stew aswell,...

PIMP MY WATER / THREE WAYS TO FLAVOUR YOUR H2O

I have noticed that keeping a jug of water on the table with stuff in helps me get closer to the goal of drinking enough water during the day (as in opposite of having a jug with just plain water, or no jug at all). And even better, it also helps the kids and man in the house to drink more too, which...

THAT ONE ABOUT EASTER

Easter. This year I managed to plan a little in advance (as in I beat my side note challenge from last year, did them the night before; tada!) and did not have to rely on what randomness I could find in the drawers. We went feather-free and decorated the willow branches with small pom poms. The kids...

FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW: 4 x BROWN

Gingerbread brown blouse that I came across for less than 5€ the other day at the Fida thrift shop.Breakfast. Or, part of it.Also: unintentionally inspired by my post a few days back, matching my snacks.1970's vintage cowboy boots that I bought via Etsy some time ago. When you live in the countryside...

FRESH AND SOUR

Fennel is a vegetable which anis-like taste I sometimes crave for, and sometimes makes me go 'Uh, not now!'. It is however mostly the first option for me, and this easy-to-put-together side dish salad suits Easter well I think. It goes well with mild foods like eggs and rice to add some sour and piquant...

PUMPKIN TREATS

You know I like it when something is more healthy than it may seem? These pumpkin treats would be something that fits that description. It is also something you can treat your gluten free friends with.Totally cake-y with a yummy frosting, they still are kind of breakfast worthy as well.You know, as...

FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW: LATE MONDAY EVENING

It looks like this when you open the door:Which a) is just so wrong as it's only the 7th of November (yes, that is my sad frozen Halloween pumpkin under all that snow  -ffs this snow fell ONE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN. So wrong.) and b) would be cozy would we be three weeks from now and would one not...

GREEN TOMATOES

I've harvested my tomatoes -from the three slices of tomato I planted we got a big bunch of beautiful green tomatoes. I started my whole tomato-project a little too late in spring in order for them to have the time to ripe properly and turn red, and now the couple of sudden sneaky frost nights...

VEGAN SANDWICH BLISS

From the list of small things (or maybe not even that small in the end) that make me happy:Going to the big super market after work at 10pm because1) nowadays it is open that late because of free opening hours.(It's so god damn great I tell you, for anyone that does not do the normal 9-5. Smaller stores...