Tomato mustard mini tarts are a quick and simple appetizer that is both tasty and easy to make. They require only 4 ingredients – puff pastry, mustard,…
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Ragù bolognese, the Italian meat sauce
Ragù bolognese, or the Italian meat sauce, is the ultimate pasta sauce. Adding meat to tomato sauce is not the only asset that make bolognese…
Creamy chicken and mushroom skillet stew
A skillet stew is a quick way to get away with a full meal in a short time. Add a side to that and you’re…
Creamy chanterelle mushroom risotto
Chanterelle risotto is the perfect recipe for an autumn day. That is when chanterelle mushrooms are in season. Make a mushroom risotto using chanterelles, white…
Quiche with sweet potato and chèvre
Making a quiche with sweet potato and chèvre had been long on my mind. The combination of these two is really lovely, even visually. When you…
Black olive paté on bruschetta
Black olive paté, or black olive paste, is just one of the many toppings that you can use to make bruschetta. When I have stale…
Holy chunky guacamole!
Guacamole is one of my all-time favourites. I could eat it with anything. My love is not just for the avocado alone, but for that…
Quiche with zucchini, feta and mint
Dear readers of this blog, let me present to you a lovely quiche made with zucchini, feta and mint leaves. It is basically a concentrate…
Cream cheese and hazelnut stuffed mushrooms
Cream cheese stuffed mushrooms may sound like a very easy and cheap combination, and in fact this is a very “student friendly” meal to make….
Zoodles with peanuts and chili flakes
I’m new to the zoodle game. Zucchini spiralizers have been out for a while now and I’ve constantly been procrastinating getting one. But now I…
Sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter
In Italy gnocchi is a Thursday business. I don’t really know where that originates from, but there’s a saying that goes “giovedì gnocchi”, which translates…
Quinoa salad with roasted cherry tomatoes, feta and pesto
Quinoa salad is a very nice meal option, and the one I’m featuring in this post can work as starter, main course or even snack….
Leek mascarpone pizza bianca
Leek mascarpone pizza is the answer to the question “What is your favourite pizza?” lately. Of course my heart will always beat for Quattro Formaggi,…
Swedish meatballs with cream sauce
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…
Zupa Pomidorowa, the Polish tomato soup
Zupa pomidorowa translates from Polish as tomato soup. If you ask me, that name’s just a mere description. That soup is so much more. Zupa…
Baked sweet potato fries
As much as french fries are the most heavenly of junk foods, and a mean side dish to any meat roast, they’re somewhat not ideal…
Beetroot hummus, a deep pink dip
Beetroot hummus stands out for its bright pink colour. As a hummus, it is of course made with chickpeas, but beets play a significant role…
Roasted pumpkin salad with feta and walnuts
Adjusting to Sweden’s food availability I noticed one thing: pumpkins are not very popular. Butternut squash is available year round, and I feel lucky because it’s my…
Walnut cream pasta sauce
When I want to impress my guests or just treat myself to a good meal I’ll pull a recipe from my Italian tradition. More than…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pizza with avocado and fresh tomatoes
There is evidence of flatbreads being baked in many ancient cultures, but pizza as we know it nowadays has a much more modern history. Legend…
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…
Farro salad with baked cod, peas and feta
Summer is finally here, this time it’s for real and that calls for one thing: salads! No, I’m kidding, summer in Sweden equals barbeque. Only…
Creamy pasta with roasted cherry tomatoes
We Italians can be awfully picky eaters. We pride ourselves for coming from one of the places in the world with the best food, and…
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…
Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes
Last week I bought cherry tomatoes with the intention of eating them on Thursday, the day that I start working at 12:00 and I usually have…
Cilantro Lime Rice
It all started two months ago, when I stumbled upon a very interesting recipe on one of the first food blogs I have ever followed, cilantro…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tuna and feta stuffed zucchini
Back in June, when I had not yet started my summer vacations and my boyfriend was already in Italy (I flew to him as soon…
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…
Sun-dried tomato and ricotta pesto (pesto rosso)
Since I recently gave up on store-bought pesto and started making my own, I decided it is worth at this point getting a little more…
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
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…
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…
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 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…
Butternut squash soup
I learned what a butternut squash is when I was in Canada. I had never had one before. That autumn in Toronto butternut squash was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Salmon avocado sushi
Among the perks of living in Sweden there is cheap salmon found at every grocery store. Maybe not as cheap as I used to find…
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…
Smooth guacamole spread
Since I came back from the US in 2012, I’ve had a huge crush on guacamole. Pre-America, avocado had been quite an exotic fruit to me,…
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…