Remember the Swedish Chef from Sesame Street? It’s a character I didn’t know as a child, but discovered late enough to fully appreciate it. After…
Browsing Category meat
Caramelized onion relish for hamburgers
To me, August is peak grilling season. Or at least it was, until last year. Last year August was splendid: warm, sunny, perfect for eating…
Chicken livers with onion
There are flavours that we love from childhood, and flavours that we discover and learn to appreciate later in life. As a kid I used…
Roasted pork loin with hazelnut sauce
Loin of pork might be one of the cheapest cuts of meat out there. Yet if cooked the right way it can still deliver some…
Cashew chicken noodles
Browsing Thai recipes lately I found cashew chicken and thought this could be an interesting thing to try. Comparing several recipes found all over the…
Denmark-inspired beef patty smørrebrød
While flying back from Italy two months ago, I kept myself entertained reading Finnair’s inflight magazine Blue Wings. I loved everything about Finnair (it’s all here)…
Mini leek pies
Some time ago I posted the recipe to one of my favourite vegetable dishes I prepare on a regular basis: broccoli pie. I was genuinely…
Leek “lasagna”
Lasagne (in Italian we more commonly call this dish in the plural form) is my favourite food. It comes before pizza, guacamole, Norwegian chocolate, shrimps and all…
Chicken broccoli noodle stir-fry
It’s getting colder and the temperature in my apartment in the past few days has been gently dropping. I realized it the other night, when I…
Tacos meat (perfected)
Say tacos and I’ll think Norway. Norwegians love to eat tacos and all supermarkets in Norway are equipped with a large selection of items for…
Reindeer stew with polenta
I had my first portion of reindeer meat on my first trip to Finland a few years ago. It was in a fancy and pricey…
Chicken thighs with fresh herbs BBQ
One of my favourite barbeque items is deboned chicken thigh. I know that there are tougher meat parts that are more typical barbeque items, and…