My garden is starting to bear its fruits. I harvested today first heirloom tomatoes. This is a very simple and refreshing recipe from my good friend from Italy. All you need is tomatoes,mozzarella, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper…As always,I never ever stay with given recipe. Temptation to throw in some lovely herbs,, from my…
Category: Main courses
Rhubarb cheese cake – Raparperi juustokakku
Rhubarb season is in full swing, and last week, the first local Austrian strawberries came into the market. I had to do something yummy with both of them together. This is the result. My hubby and neighbor approved it. Summer welcome and all the beautiful flavors that go with it! Crust 300 g spelt flour…
Finnish Rye bread – hapatettu ruisleipä
Finland is well known for its dark sourdough rye bread. Finns are particularly crazy about 100% rye bread: it contains coarse rye flour, salt, and water. I got my mother dough from our Summerhouse neighbor in Finland. Old, wonderful lady, Sirkka gave it to me. As far as she knows, the starter is at least…
Grandmother’s Bilberry Pie – Mummin mustikkapiirakka
Bilberry season is in full swing in Finland, where we are on holiday. Forests are full of blue, big, and healthy berries to be picked. This year, there are so many of them that you just need to walk into the forest and pick! Picking wild berries from the forest is every man’s right in…
Chantarelle tart in rye crust – Kanttarellipiirakka ruispohjalla
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…
Tomahawk Steak
I have a hubby who’s carnivore with capitol C! So today was his day when it comes to food. I went shopping to Mekur Market near Wels and they had aged Tomakawk cut steaks. For some reason it is very hard to find dry aged meat in Austria. Austrians are not yet familiar with what…
Lemony Asparagus Pasta and Parmesan Chicken
I am still on my asparagus trip but it is starting to wear off. Almost moth eating pasta has taken its toll. But this is one of my new favorites and Kiddo loves it. This pasta is dead easy to make and fast. It will be a real crowd pleaser also. Simple, yet elegant in…
Asparagus and Chicken Stir Fry
Traditional asparagus dishes aside! One of my big foodie loves is Asian food. This recipe is compining couple of different world kitchens that has had influence on me. Asian cooking is one of my favorites to do. Taste,color and easiness of it is what I love. Stir fry some are so simple to do and…
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…
