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…
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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…..
salmon coulibiac – lohi kulibiakki
Long and cold winter in Finland. You need food that warms you up. I remember my mother making this quite often during the wintertime when we had guests over. Coulibiac has become one of our family’s everyday foods. We love to eat fish, which is a slightly different way of doing it. It is also…
Wien,Wien du allein… (and sashimi inspired by Restaurant Dots)
Couple of weeks ago, I had to go to Wien, in order to renew my passport. Yeah,and it was great to get out from the Hicksville too. As much as I love living in country side it does good for me to see city life now and then.. First I thought, I just take the…