I was out of peanut butter the other day and in no mood to go shopping for some, but I did have a big bag of shell-roasted peanuts at home, so I tried making my own peanut butter. I used peanuts that are roasted in their shell, so they were just slightly oily, but not too much. … [Read more…]
The last breakfast around the world took us to the UK. We had sunny fried eggs, sausages, mushrooms, bacon and white peas. I am sure a true British will find many flaws in this arrangement, but we found it delightful 🙂 And very energizing. There isn’t a lot of magic in the making off – … [Read more…]
I didn’t even know you could make lettuce soup until I found myself with a big bunch of curly lettuce on it’s way to waste. This is an easy, tasty, lazy soup that you can make in less than half an hour. For 2 portions, you will need: half a medium onion a scrabble piece … [Read more…]
Making your own bread is easy. It´s a beautiful process, that can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. Because I like simplicity, I also tend to simplify all my recipes and leave room for experimenting in a conscious way. To make a loaf of bread you need 1 cup … [Read more…]
Today I had an idea of illustrating all my recipes and binding them into a book. This could work, as I am a visual learner and I’ve always been amazed how much easier it is for me to remember things that I’ve seen written or drawn somewhere. Does this happen to you too? This is … [Read more…]
We had some salty hard cheese left over the other day and we wanted to make a some quick-bake buns to go with the sunny day outside so we mixed the crushed cheese with a fork, added some fresh cheese and corn flour and a half an hour later, there it was: a dozen of … [Read more…]
This is an easy and delicious recipe that’s great to employ when you want to save those forgotten, overripe bananas. What we really like about this banana bread, is how soft it is and how well it preserves for up to a week (depending on your own eating habits:) You could change this recipe up … [Read more…]
Mucenici is a traditional holiday in Romania and Moldova on the 9th of March; it celebrates spring and the new spring brings. The legend says that the Martyrs (The Mucenici) were soldiers drowned by the roman emperor Licinius and that the 8 shape symbolises the human body. Mucenici is a type of bread that is … [Read more…]
My grandmother never bought noodles or pasta, it was simply not something you would buy. A mother and a daughter would meet and make fresh pasta together; sometimes it given as a gift, but never sold, never bought. Sometimes my grandmother would take a still-warm egg and knead it with flour and salt until a … [Read more…]
One of the most important elements of good sushi is a good sushi rice, says Jiro in Jiro Dreams of Sushi. The rice should have the right temperature (body temperature), texture (not too sticky, not too watery, not to dry) and the right amount of vinegar, salt and sugar. It’s easy to cook bad sushi … [Read more…]