Original Finnish Salmon Soup – Lohikeitto

Salmon soup is maybe the most well-known Finnish food around the world. No wonder. It’s delicious and comforting. I think it should be called salmon Chowder in English. I love fish soup! My grandmother made this soup for me quite often. Salmon or fish soup has a funny effect on me. After I have eaten…

Finnish brined Salmon Ice Cellar style – Jääkellarin lohi

An alternative gravlax recipe Gravlax, or lox as it is called in the US, is a very important part of Nordic and Finnish food culture. Usually, salmon is dry-cured, but in this recipe, I am using brine. Brining salmon has become one of my favorite ways of curing the fish. Ice cellar salmon is a…

Salmon and Asparagus Casserole – Parsa lohilaatikko

Asparagus season started earlier in Austria and Germany this year than ever. We have been enjoying this lovely and noble vegetable since the beginning of April. People only eat asparagus with sauce, Hollandaise, or melted butter, but this wonderful vegetable can do so much more! I love making a quiche with asparagus or just baking…

Finnish Salmon and potato bake – Lohilaatikko

I am emptying my freezer, and I found a piece of salmon that I need to use away. Salmon bake or lohilaatikko, as we call this simple dish, is everyday food in Finland. Easy and fast to make. You can make it bake-ready already the previous day, and when you come home, just shove it…

Mac & Cheese

Spring means for me busy time outside. Cleaning the garden and planting the things. Cursing voles and moles, and the damage they have done in my garden during the winter time. This also means that I do not have time for fancy and time consuming cooking,so I tend to do lots of soups and casaroles….

Avocado Pasta and Turmenic Spiced Shrimps

Today has been busy day,I hardly had time to think what to cook, because there’s new baby on the block. My neighbor brought little baby girl in the world this morning, and I am all exited for her, and anxious to see little Diana Katharina 😍 Excitement aside,family needed feeding! This is my favorite avocado…

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…

BBQ day..Swordfish Cuban style served with Peach Salsa Sauce

I have been raving about our villages farmers market.Too much already,I think so..But I love the place and I am happy to do as much as of my food shopping there as I can. Couple of weeks ago I discovered new fish dealer there. Biggest problem till now what I have had, has been how…

Loimulohi – Flamed Salmon in grill, New Potatoes and Chanterelle Sauce

So it is Juhannnus? I am in Austria, and here, no one celebrates midsummer solstice.I spent my day, on Friday, sitting outside on our sauna terrace, and making “Vihta’s” for the winter.     They will be used in sauna on special occasion, to bathe.Something crazy that we Finns do in sauna.We beat ourselves with…