Walnut cream pasta sauce is a delicious condiment that turns a simple pasta dish into a delightful foodie experience. This creamy walnut sauce has a…
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Cornmeal cornbread, a loaf that tastes like polenta
Cornmeal cornbread is a fantastic complement to a hearty meal. Traditionally served for Thanksgiving, I find it incredibly suited year round. Entirely gluten free, it…
Apple cinnamon mini shortcrust pies
Apple cinnamon pie rhymes with comfort food (no, it doesn’t). But seriously, this might be the most basic pie, yet to so many people it…
Dark chocolate cake with coconut cream
Sweet coconut cream layers of filling in between layers of dark chocolate cake. The cake is entirely covered in coconut flakes, for an extra coconut…
Green pea and ricotta soup
The inspiration to make pea soup with ricotta came from the Ikea catalogue. I know, right? I love the Ikea catalogue, it always has those…
Nutella panna cotta with hazelnuts
Panna cotta is a recipe that comes from Piedmont, and so does Nutella. Combining the two should have been the most logical thing to do,…
Asparagus pistachio risotto
I recently had some friends over for dinner and decided to treat them to risotto. Pasta and pizza, especially when home-made by an authentic Italian…
Mini tarts with mushrooms and parmigiano
I’ve been an advocate of shortcrust vegetable pies for years. I started making them when I didn’t even have a tart pan but was using…
Szarlotka, the Polish apple juice and vodka cocktail
Szarlotka is Poland’s favourite way of drinking bison grass vodka in a cocktail. Clean vodka shots are a popular dinner accompaniment, but vodka cocktails are more…
Easy sponge cake recipe
This easy sponge cake recipe is one of my best secrets to perfect cake making. Of course everyone will focus on the filling and decoration…
Baba Ganoush, roasted eggplant dip
My mom learned to make roasted eggplant dip from a Romanian friend. This friend used to roast her eggplants on the open flame, as that is…
Walnut cupcakes with honey mascarpone frosting
Although in most of this emisphere it is still summer, in Sweden it definitely feels like fall already. There are some flavours that are just perfect…
Raspberry custard tarts
No blueberries this year. What a big disappointment. Last year when my parents visited at the beginning of August, they went out blueberry picking every day…
Rose petals in sugar
Rose petals are a popular filling for pączki, or Polish doughnuts. So popular that my Polish mom goes crazy over them. Whenever she’s in Poland…
Garlic salsa dip with canned tomatoes
I wish I could say it’s hot but it’s just not. I think all through July the temperature never reached 25 degrees. My parents are…
Red lentil burgers
As this post is being published I am spending a portion of my summer vacations in Poland. Prior to getting here, I had spent a few…
Penne al salmone e vodka
On the occasion of my mom’s birthday I am posting a recipe that I have learned from her, and since she taught me to cook…
Brown sugar panna cotta
It may seem like I have a slight obsession with brown sugar lately, especially after I made brown lemonade – the last time I made panna…
Cashew milk, oats & banana smoothie
One never stops learning. Only a few weeks ago I would have never imagined that oats in milkshakes actually work. I mean, rolled oats! Porridge…
Sweet potato and bacon fritters
This recipe came out of nowhere. Or better, I got some inspiration, not gonna lie. The inspiration was a Swedish pancake that goes by the…
Bite-sized lamingtons
Lamingtons are a type of Australian sweet treat made of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut flakes. In my family, we’ve mistakenly…
Oat cream-based zebra cake
In my everlasting quest to make the perfect cakes suitable for my food-intolerant friends and colleagues, I have started exploring oat-based products more and more….
Double chocolate banana bread
Making banana bread can be a very good strategy to get rid of overly ripe bananas that had been forgotten or just neglected. There are…
Single-serving applesauce
Let’s make things clear – applesauce is not exclusively a type of baby food. I consider it comfort food. Maybe the reason should be found…
Red wine risotto
Think Italy and carbohydrates – the first thought that comes into mind is pasta. Followed by pizza. The culinary tradition of my own country basically…
London fog
I discovered that Earl Grey tea with milk is called “London Fog” only a few months ago, when my friend Ania from Snowtoseas introduced it…
Rösti, the Swiss potato fritters
I come from a country that has a lot in common with Switzerland, including a shared border, the Alps and a language (Italian is one…
Salmon quinoa salad
Last year I started adding quinoa more and more into my eating habits. It’s an excellent alternative to pasta or rice, and works perfectly in…
Mulled wine, my kind of Christmas drink
Mulled wine reminds me of home. It is the perfect drink to fight off the cold during an outdoor gathering in the winter. Like the…
A foodie’s guide to Krakow
Krakow is the second largest city in Poland. It is a very important place for me for two reasons. First, it is where my mom…
Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes (vegan and gluten free)
For the last week of school before the Christmas break I decided to treat my mentor class to some home-made chocolate cupcakes. This is a…
Ischoklad: winter’s chocolate
Ischoklad is a chocolate praline that melts in your mouth like ice. An unexpected freshness surprises your senses as the chocolate makes its way to your…
Gingerbread Amsterdam
Earlier this year, during my Easter break, I visited Amsterdam for approximately 20 hours. My friend, co-worker, fellow expat and fellow blogger Ania (girl, the…
Pizza with feta and zucchini
Despite being Italian, I have ventured into making home-made pizza only in my late twenties. I think the reason is partially found in the fact…
Kanelbulle muffins
Among the many wonderful (and quite random) events that Sweden celebrates there is Cinnamon Bun Day on October 4th. Of course the past Octber 4th…
Mini vegan meringues
Among the good things about Instagram there is the fact that it helps me to discover new amazing foods and food photographers/bloggers. Besides my daily supply…
Falafel burgers with halloumi and guacamole
Who doesn’t love a good burger? Beef, chicken or vegetarian, I will never say no to one. As much as I enjoy burgers as street…
Autumn soup: pumpkin curry with coconut milk (vegan)
There is one type of soup that makes me think of autumn and that is pumpkin curry. It has become a favourite since we moved…
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting
Peanut butter is one of those foods I have a strange relationship with. I can live without it for months and all is fine, until…
Granola bars with honey and raisins
Around this time of the year three things happen: days get dramatically shorter, I turn one year older, and I tend to disappear from this…
Kladdkaka, the Swedish sticky cake
Kladdkaka, also known as the Swedish gooey cake, or Swedish messy cake. When uncut, it appears as a relatively harmless low chocolatey cake. Cut out…
Chocolate tart
For our soon-to-be-celebrated anniversary, I got a new tart pan from my boyfriend. We picked it on our most recent trip to the Åland islands…
Shrimp in cocktail sauce
There is a dish that I have loved ever since I was a kid, and it is shrimps drowned in creamy cocktail sauce. I made…
New York style cheesecake
Baked cheesecake is one of my favourite desserts. The first version I have tried in my life is the Polish sernik, often made by my mom…
Sachertorte, my Viennese challenge
It was the spring of 2012, a bunch of lovely warm and sunny April days, and I was finally visiting the capital of Austria with…
Cinnamon sweet bread loaf
What’s not to love about cinnamon buns? They’re the best! The wicked combination of cinnamon, butter and a yeast dough, and then all the icing…
Blueberry tart with a crumbly top
Blueberry tart is a summertime favourite. When the season is right and the bushes in the forests are exploding with the dark and delicious berries…
Baked rainbow trout with lavender
Among the perks of the Swedish summer there certainly is the possibility to go fishing, making the most of the many many lakes found in…
Caramelized onion relish for hamburgers
Need a secret ingredient to up your burger game this summer? Try caramelized onion relish. This sweet and soft red onion relish works great on…
Home-made basil cashew pesto
Learning that home-made pesto is super easy to make was a life saver. As an Italian expat, among the things that I miss the most…
Simple strawberry cake
I am back in Italy, enjoying my summer vacations. I’m back where I started this blog one year ago – WordPress was reminding me that…
Single-serving apple crumble
I think I’m not the only person out there who buys stuff with a lot of creative ideas in mind and then gets overwhelmed by…
Chocolate chip cookies
Last month while visiting the local book store I was attracted by a sign advertising a sale on food-related books. I always check out the book…
Raspberry no-bake cheesecake
School is finally over and I am currently anticipating the long summer vacations I’ve earned and deserve after working for over seven months as a…
Lemon-poppyseed Bundt cake
I made lemon-poppyseed cake a few weeks ago for fika at my Swedish language course. As I mentioned in my previous post I have started attending one…
Mini choco-cinnamon muffins
I have recently started a Swedish language course that’s being offered at my workplace, and of course, being it about Swedish culture as well, it…
Chocolate macarons
I finally made macarons again. I had promised myself I would at some point, after my first batch, and kept this promise to myself vey…
Red Velvet cake
I taught myself how to make Red Velvet cake during my stay in Toronto. I had seriously started obsessing over that cake and when a…
Mini blueberry pies
Baking smaller versions of tarts in a muffin tin can be great fun. I have uploaded proof of this on this blog when I made miniature…
Roasted pepper & walnut hummus
After trying my skills at avocado hummus and learning how rewarding it is to make it and serve it, mashed chickpeas combined with tahini have become…
Fresh egg pasta from scratch
When my parents were here, my mom and I embarked on the adventure of making some home-made fresh egg pasta. Since I don’t have a…
Pepparkakor: gingerbread cookies
Gingerbread cookies may not be a big deal in Italy, but no Swedish Christmas is complete without them. Baking gingerbread men plays a huge part…
Fale Dunaju, or Polish apple cake
As I was growing up I used to think that Poland is the country with the richest cake tradition in the world. I had two…
Baked pork loin in hazelnut sauce
Baked pork loin in hazelnut sauce is a tender pork loin served with a creamy hazelnut gravy. Sounds rather fancy, but would you believe this…
Blueberry macarons
I’ve been meaning to make macarons for ages, but there were so many things that kept me from trying. First of all, their inglorious fame:…
Walnut and chocolate cake
Last week I made another birthday cake. October seems to be a very fruitful month, if you know what I mean (I’m an October-born myself). Anyway,…
Buttercream cake with vanilla custard
Last week a friend celebrated her birthday, but unfortunately that day I was busy and didn’t get to meet her to wish her a happy…
Banana bread with chocolate chips
Banana bread is the best way to rescue overly ripe bananas from the trash. You don’t want to trash good food. So if you are…
Avocado hummus
I live in Sweden, the land of meatballs! Seriously, if there is one food from Sweden that everybody knows it will be meatballs. Ikea has…
Cinnamon bun day
The 4th of October is one of those wonderful Swedish holidays devoted to food, more specifically today it’s cinnamon bun day (kanelbullens dag in Swedish)….
Eggplant rolls with walnuts and feta
Grilled is one of the finest ways one can prepare eggplant. Eggplant rolls are a fine expression of the many ways grilled eggplant can work…
Leek & potato cream soup
As a kid I used to hate pureed soups. They just did not make sense. I hated that all the flavours were mixed together and…
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…
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
I have already made carrot cake earlier this year, and every time I eat it I feel like I could have it on a daily…
Mushroom tart
I know, I know, another vegetable pie. The truth is: I love making them! And again, I prepared a dish that features something that was…
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)…
Fish and chips
Home made fish and chips had been high on my list of foods to try to make at home for a while, so when a…
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…
Basic bruschetta (on Swedish bread)
Bruschetta is the perfect appetizer at Italian BBQs. Just think about it: the bread gets grilled straight on the BBQ, garlic and tomatoes are found in…
Lemon and lime meringue pie
A few days ago I prepared some lemon and lime curd. My ultimate intention was to use it to make lemon (and lime) meringue pie….
Avocado tuna sandwiches
Today I woke up with a taste for avocado, so I went to my local supermarket and to my delight I saw that avocados were…
Banana Digestive smoothie
When it comes to smoothies, bananas are just the perfect fruit. Once blended, they add that sweet and creamy and velvety texture that combines well…
Almond muffins
You can never go wrong with muffins. They’re easy to make and go pretty much well with everything. And they can cheer you up on…
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…
Small chocolate cake with fresh raspberries
During my vacation in Italy I purchased a super cute cake stand which I’ve been eager to use for a while. The only problem is…
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…
Fika, the Swedish coffee break
When you visit Sweden, you notice many wonderful things: the beautiful landscape, the clean air, the kindness of the people. When you leave, the impression that…
Something Polish: pierogi z jagodami
Blueberry pierogi are the fruity version of one of Poland’s culinary landmarks: pierogi, a.k.a. Polish dumplings. I think that the first time I had blueberries in…
Baby shower cupcakes with mascarpone frosting
Today I was invited to a baby shower, which was quite a new experience to me as I had never attended one before. For the…
Blåbärspaj or Swedish blueberry pie
One year after I moved to Sweden, the study of the language has gone disappointingly not so well. I had planned to do better, and…
Broccoli pie on pâte brisée from scratch
My Polish aunt loves to make savoury pies for dinner: on a shortcrust base she puts any kind of vegetables to make a quick and…
Frozen hazelnut mousse cake
Remember the ricotta based no-bake cake I blogged about a few days ago? In the blog post I mentioned that you can substitute chocolate with hazelnut…
Hazelnut mousse cake
Hot Italian summer, 37°C in the shade, a birthday coming up. This calls for a cake that is both refreshing and easy to make in…
Rice milk & cocoa muffins
I have a trusted recipe I use everytime I need to quickly produce baked goods. It’s one of the first recipes I tried when I…
