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…
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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…
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…
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…
Potatoes,potatoes and child labour.Kiddo working his way out of being grounded..!
Sometimes life is hard even for little Kiddo.Trials of getting grounded and working his way out of it.
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…
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…
Lohilaatikko – Salmon Cassarole
This is an spin off recipe from my cooking lesson evening for Caritas. I had estimated the amount of salmon wrong. Everything else went. No left overs. I took fish with me home. And this is what I cooked yesterday with the left over salmon: It is potato and salmon casserole. Very simple and fast…
Giving a cooking lesson about Finnish food (and Salmon cassarole from left overs)
I have been involved with Caritas , for long time now. I have been mainly giving cooking lessons , on voluntary basis .We meet once a moth, and cook food from different countries. My friend who is organizing this, has sometimes problems to find replacement, when there is last-minute cancellation and this was the case this…
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…..
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