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…
Category: Appetizers
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…
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…
Chantarelle tart in rye crust
Joys of early summer in Austria. Our local weekly market is full on yummy things! Today I found some “Eierschwammel”, translated it mean egg mushrooms. Do your guess what they could be? Well they are chanterelles, the season is just starting. Chanterelles looked so good so I deside to make tarte from them for lunch…
Asparagus wrapped in FILO
Today’s recipe is so simple but really good. I will have my wine club ladies over next weekend for wine tasting and I have been racking my head over what to serve? It has to be something light and fit into the wines I will be serving. I also would like to stick with the…
Asparagus soup with twist
There are so many Cream of Asparagus Soup recipes but I have always stayed with the good old one,but today I desired to try something new! This soup has lemon and Parmesan cheese in it, not so common combination with the tender asparagus taste. But belive me, it works fabulously. The tangy taste of lemon…
Asparagus wrapped in Spinach Crêpes
Asparagus is in full season in Austria. The time, that I have waited ,since last August is here. The time,to eat asparagus so that it comes out from your ears! Asparagus is such a tasty, versatile and simple vegetable to prepare! I love to eat it traditional way with sauce Hollandaise but now and then…
Spring Vegetable and Ricotta Quiche for Easter Brunch
I have been racking my head for Easter Brunch ideas. It should be something reasonably easy to make but same time pretty and have spring spelled all over it. Last fall I made simple quiche with Parmesan crust and topped it with tomatoes from my own garden. The taste was amazing and texture great,so I…
Spinach Waffles and Salmon Mousse
Sometimes you need a fast and fun food to eat. I like waffles because they are fun and fast to make And Kiddo loves them. My only issue has been that normal Waffels are so heavy and full of not so good things. So I decided to make a new recipe and give. Change for…
Spinach Soup and Feta Börek
Spinach soup is one of my favorite soups. It is served in Finnish school as lunch,usually with some meat filled pierogi and hard-boiled egg. I have lots of vegetarian friends,and they ask very often from me recipes. So this time I converted this classical recipe into something new. I used soy milk instead of the normal milk…
Pumpkin soup.. Fast food for busy day and stressed mom.
Soup day in our family! Delicious and very variable recipe for me,well, Austrian pumpkin soup..Enjoy!
Zucchini alarm.. Zucchini fritters…
My veggie garden was two weeks unattended, and yesterday I had a look where my zucchini plats grow..Well,I found this whopper! 3,4 kg of overgrown zucchini. I know,it is not that tasty anymore but somehow I felt bad just to dump it away. So I had to figure out something to do with it. Yesterday…
From my garden into my kitchen 