World’s simplest Garden Berry Crêpe Cake

“Lätty” or Crêpe is something that kids and adults both love. Beloved child has many names.In Austria it is called “Palatschinke”, In Germany Pfannkuchen. In Finland we call it “Lätty”. Yep,finnish is such a wonderful and easy language 😉 Crêpe or “Lätty” came to Finland from Russia, where it is called “Blini”. Or then again, maybe…

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…

Testing out recipes from Pinterest.Greetings from experimental kitchen!

You all have seen those brilliant ideas in Pinterest or those videos which are titled: “She did …… you won’t believe what happened?” things… Yeah,me too, and I have been wondering if they really work. I tried a couple of those recipes from two different videos. First one is stuffed hamburger cups. Looks simple enough.And I…

Asparagus Quiche and first salad from my own garden

Finally it is warm in Austria. Spring has been so cold and rainy this year. So, today, I have been working in garden the whole day.Digging and weeding. I mowed the lawn, sprayed the weeds with vinegar soap mixture to kill them,cleaned vegetable garden and planted some flower bulbs which I have been saving since…

Tortillas and pulled BBQ chicken

There are days when you just need comfort food, no matter what! This continuous rain which we have been having in Austria now for one week is getting on my nerves! Tortillas are one of those foods for me.You can eat them with your fingers, and fill them the way you like. I have been making usually the…

Hamburger Sunday..

Sunday was lazy day in our household. Hubby came back from his business trip from US, on Saturday morning, so the theme in our house was Jet Lag. I was not in much of the mood to cook anything fancy. Since the grill season is in full swing, I decided to make hamburgers. With the…

Salmon flamed in grill,asparagus and arugula potato mash.

I am Finn and Finns love fish! At least I do. If I would have a choise that would be all that I would need to eat. Hubby and Kiddo are not agreeing with this. Kiddo is passionate fisherman while we are vacationing in Finland but that’s it. I guess one reason is that it…

Green asparagus risotto and pistachio parmesan chicken

Asparagus…Asparagus.. You wait for it..You crave after it.Every spring same thing.  Waiting and checking up when asparagus stand close to us opens.Well, they are open and I bought my favourite green asparagus. Recipe is very similar to my Wood Garlic risotto. I had one small addition, which i would not normally use. I had some…