Hannele

Wood Garlic risotto with shrimps (and other shenanigans)

It has been one of those days when WTF?? has been my first thought.. This being one of them. I am used to all kind of disturbances, but it always makes me wonder a bit, when I hear :” Booot-bo-boot-koot-ko-koo”, behind my kitchen window, because I do not have chicken! I do not have anything…

Thinking of life..

Sometimes,giving up is the hard thing to do,letting friend go, is even more difficult, but sometimes it is the only option left..

Gnocchi with Wood Garlic Pesto and Parmesan Crusted Salmon

Continuing with Wood Garlic saga… I guess I am overdoing it little ,but don’t worry it will ware out soon. I spent whole morning in the kitchen today, and I had fun! Lunch turned out to be good, even though I almost managed to have green walls. Yeah,idiot me opened blender lid bit too early…..

Easy Spelt Bread and creamy Wood Garlic soup

Wood garlic season, or Bärlauch, as it is called here in Austria has started! Nice, big leafs all over the forest to be harvested. I went to pick up some Bärlauch earlier this week, and now I will use this wonderful herb in my cooking’s during the weekend. Every year when season starts first thing what…

salmon coulibiac – lohi kulibiakki

Long and cold winter in Finland. You need food that warms you up. I remember my mother making this quite often during the wintertime when we had guests over. Coulibiac has become one of our family’s everyday foods. We love to eat fish, which is a slightly different way of doing it. It is also…

Finnish Spinach crepes – Pinaattilätyt

There are a couple of things kids do not like to eat, and spinach is one of them. But then again, pancakes or crepes are a whole different story. My kiddo requests that I make spinach crepes quite often. Spinach crepes are easy to make, and with large amounts of fresh spinach blended in, they…

Story of a happy apple (or Apple Strudel)

Once upon a time there was one very happy apple.It had grown in garden of Gabrielle.It had wonderful,clean and happy childhood.This is the story of the “Very Happy Apple” and how it became to be very delicious Apple Strudel. I have a friend, who is farming apples and strawberries close by, in Germany. German border is…

Wien,Wien du allein… (and sashimi inspired by Restaurant Dots)

Couple of weeks ago, I had to go to Wien, in order to renew my passport. Yeah,and it was great to get out from the Hicksville too. As much as I love living in country side it does good for me to see city life now and then.. First I thought, I just take the…

Apple Strudel

The visit to Gabi’s apple shop was to buy apples and juice like I always do on Fridays. I love those happy, starry, good-luck apples that she has! They smell so good! For some reason, I have had itch to make apple strudel. I am not a great baker. Usually, whatever I bake turns out…

Walk in the woods..

Spring has finally arrived to Austria..Yeah I know I am gloating about it bit too much but winter was this year not really a winter! Gray and icky no snow, kind of winter. So sunshine feels so good! Friend of mine has farm not so faraway from us and she has also small parcel of forest…