Last school week started. My hands are full of work. Preparing for school ending party,doing teachers gifts etc. I bakes some oat strawberry cookies. Well hell..And managed to burn half of the patch in the baking process! As my hubby says: “Burned crispy bits are very important nutritional croup!” Kiddo’s teacher gets a bottle of…
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Pasta Caprese / Mozzarella-tomaatti pasta
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…
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 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…
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…
Savoury pie with Heirloom tomatoes, Jamon Serrano and four cheeses..
Tomatoes here tomatoes there..And they all are ripening at the same time. Never the less there’s nothing better than home-grown tomatoes.Sweet and tasty. I cooked today wonderful savoury pie using those tomatoes.Bit different than usual, because tomatoes on top are uncooked. Perfect for lunch,picnic or when you need something savoury but not so heavy food…
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…
Cauliflower breads
I made for us on easter lamb chops which were served with cauliflower parmesan wood garlic mash and of course there were some left overs.. I knew neither of my men would eat it if I would reheat it. I had to figure out something to with it. We have in Finland simple potato bread…
Green Asparagus and Parmesan Tartelettes
Asparagus season has started! So the spring is truly here. it is some sort of obsession of mine to have asparagus in form or a nother as soon as local asparagus is in the shops. This spring has been really cold so season has been delayed at least by a week. This is how it…
Light Parmesan Chicken and sweet potato fries
Many of my friends, have been making lately “Parmesan Chicken”. Simple recipe, and looked really delicious, but my was the huge amount of butter, in which it is cooked. I have been trying to lighten up my cooking,so I have been looking into alternative cooking methods. I started surfing in internet a bit,and found several…
Gnocchi with Wood Garlic Pesto and Parmesan Crusted Salmon
Continuing with Wood Garlic saga… I guess I am overdoing it little ,but don’t worry it will ware out soon. I spent whole morning in the kitchen today, and I had fun! Lunch turned out to be good, even though I almost managed to have green walls. Yeah,idiot me opened blender lid bit too early…..
From my garden into my kitchen 