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One of those things

…you have to try at home! Here’s a photo of the superb dessert we made this afternoon. The other night I was having dinner with my Swedish/Anglo-Swedish friends and our teacher mentioned the recipe for Semlor. They are typical of this time of the year, therefore also called Lenten Buns. My housemate Jessica googled the [...]

Bento experiment #7

First ever veggie burger experiment! The burgers are made of chickpeas (cooked in water and then mashed) and diced potato, carrot, celery, a little bit of onion and some kale too, 1 egg white, salt and black pepper to taste. Patties are then rolled in breadcrumbs and cooked in a pan with just a little [...]

Bento experiment #6

Now, this one is very simple… From left to right: – salad with carrots, celery and green beans. – 1 hard boiled egg; fresh French cheese with basil (as salad dressing) – risotto with butternut squash: gently brown some onion with a little butter, add butternut squash cut in small dices, rice (half a glass [...]

Bento experiment #2

Meet the Moustached Man! From top to bottom: – steamed green beans (90 gr.), 1 egg split in half, 1 slice of cucumber split in half. I sprinkled some black pepper and parsley as dressing on the green beans before trying to make the eyes with the egg and the cucumber slice. – iceberg salad, [...]

Bento experiment #1

This morning I got a little creative with my lunch and the result almost looked like a bento lunch box. From left to right: – 1/2 cup of steamed white rice, 1 carrot cut in sticks – 1 chicken breast fillet, diced, cooked in a pan without oil, just some spices (I used Schwarz Grilled [...]

Refurbished leftovers

Yesterday I cooked some polenta. I had one of those sachets with polenta and dried mushrooms, you can easily cook in 15 minutes or so. Just boil 2 lt or water, add the polenta mix and stir for 10-12 minutes. Of course, the portions were too many, so I had put the leftover (about 4 [...]

Where Does Your Milk Come From?

Find Out The Real Source of Your Dairy Products : Planet Green. This is just one of a series of articles on milk and the dairy industry. The things we don’t know…

Why Do Some Eat Well While Others Starve?

The Global Food Market (video) Watch this interesting video and then think of what to put in your next shopping list…

Seasonal Ingredient Map

Here’s the link… Peak-Season Map at Epicurious.com. We should have one map like this one for every country

Some dinner party menu ideas

via Times Online. This article could give nice ideas for a whole dinner party menu using Fairtrade products.