Market day and bilberry cake cups from the hell..

Market in Schärding,going there is pretty much my once a week ritual, to get fresh vegetables, meat, cheese and other things. It opens 7.30AM which is just fine for me. Kiddo to school,Mommy to market. Last week I made a mega found.Fresh forest bilberries! Juhuu!! Cultivated bilberries are all over but these fragrant forest berries are…

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Soccer,sun and Mostini..

Two times a year, Kiddo’s soccer club has a party. Christmas party has always been sweaty, overcrowded and not so fun, because it has been held in tiny restaurant space, and there has always been close 100 people present. Kids and their parents, plus the trainers. Too much noise, too hot and not really fun..But…

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Kesäkeitto – Finnish Summer Vegetable soup

Summer days..Long,hot and sunny. We have been spending lots of time outside in the garden. Kiddo water sliding ,playing in the sandbox and building all kind of things. Me digging,cutting,listening music,drinking wine and reading books.. Occasionally screaming to Tweedle Dee & Dum while they’ve gotten into their normal enterprising routines of getting in trouble. Moving…

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Red pearls from my garden.. Ribiselkuchen

Red current season is on full swing here in Austria.I have quite a bit of them this year. Only thing that I really make with them is cakes.This is one of my absolute favorite cakes in Austria. It is so simple to make and so tasty! Here’s the recipe for you , I hope you…

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Finland in my mind..

It is that time of the year again, when this expat Finn, is cursing too expensive flight tickets to Finland! Sometimes it feels, like you are being punished, for living abroad and wanting to visit home.When I looked the ticket prices and the offers,for outbound flights from Finland,they were so cheap. Not fair. In the end,…

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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…

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Peonies and such..Garden diary

Summer is my favourite time of all..Everything seems to be so much alive.Birds are going nuts, our neighbours delirious rooster cannot shut up and Zorro the cat is  spending more time outside than inside. And of course bringing his gifts to “Mommy”. And “Mommy” is chasing the poor cat out from the house. I am…

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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…

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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…

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