From my garden into my kitchen

Crockpot Sloppy Joes

This is a little bit different Sloppy Joe recipe that the previous one. I usually make a big patch of this and freeze some of it so when I need a quick meal I just have to unfreeze it and warm it up. So get your Crockpot out and let us get cooking! This recipe…

Ripatella Grape Tart

This fall has been amazing with the fruits! My hubby and his friends took over 500 kg apples and pears for pressing on Friday and we ended up with 365l of apple juice. 150l of it will be made to apple cider. A new project that the men have. Looking forward to seeing and of…

Pineapple and Cucumber salad

I am back from the holiday that we spent in Finland in our summerhouse. Finland was gracious with us this year. Temperatures between 23-32c all two weeks. Lake and seawater were also soooo warm. I who hates cold water went swimming into the Baltic sea!! So last night we returned to Austria. 910km and eight…

Hungarian Sour Cherry Soup – Meggykeszőce

I have a friend who works a lot in Hungary. And of course, she is posting beautiful pictures from Budapest and about what she eats there. One day she posted a picture of this red, delicious looking soup. I asked her what is it? She told me that it was a cold soup made from…

Spuckkuchen – Cherry “spitting” cake

Jippii it is cherry time! I was so happy to be able to pick first juicy cherries. We have three cherry trees in our yard and every year it is the same competition. Me versus starlings! Those little buggers will not eat sour cherries, only the sweet ones! Because the spring was so warm there…

Whipped Rhubarb porridge and cold Strawberry soup

Hot summer days in Austria. I am more or less melting while working in the garden. Unfortunately, the heat does not melt off the accumulated winter fat 😉 Peonies are blooming so beautifully and kiwi is going crazy too. I got rhubarb from my friend again and I started to think what I could do…

Simple asparagus pizza or a pie… As you wish..

Spring is finally in Austria! My garden is in full bloom and we have started grill season. Lovely slow afternoons spent with friends and family. Asparagus season is in full swing in Austria. Field fresh asparagus is all over the place. Last weekend we had friends over for lunch and I prepared this simple pizza…

Finnish Split Pea Soup in Crockpot

There is nothing more satisfying on a cold and snowy day than this soup.This is a true Nordic favorite. Every Thursday, Finns across the country (and many Scandinavians across the other Nordic countries) gather for a ritual of deep meaning – the ceremonial meal of pea soup with ham and pancakes with jam! In…

Creamy Pecorino Garlic and Chantarelle Pasta

Last school week started. My hands are full of work. Preparing for school ending party,doing teachers gifts etc. I bakes some oat strawberry cookies. Well hell..And managed to burn half of the patch in the baking process! As my hubby says: “Burned crispy bits are very important nutritional croup!” Kiddo’s teacher gets a bottle of…

Cold Honeydew Melon Soup

Geesh is hot! Not complaining,not at all. I like summer in Austria. Just figuring out something to eat is problem.Not much appetite. So I foraged the fridge. I had one Honeydew melon there. Melon and air-dried ham is alway good.. Then I got an idea. How about cold soup? What should I say?! It was…

Poppies

I did a short bicycle run around us and found blooming poppy fields. So gorgeous ! Poppy is used in Austria for baking,cooking and oil. Here are some pictures I took this morning.

Lilac liquor / Syreeni likööri

Lilacs are one of my favourite spring early summer flowers. The smell is so intoxicating and the blooms are delicate. Long time ago while visiting friends in Vienna I got as aperitif sekt that had some Lilac liquor in it. It was something else! The smell,wow.. Since that I have been making Lilac liquor myself….