Sissi from WithAGlass.com once joked that I should probably have a beetroot blog since I have a lot of beet recipes (ok, we're not talking hundreds here, but it's definitely something I have used a great deal in the past). Who knows, maybe I should publish a beetroot cookbook. Anyway, my son is getting more adventurous and less picky with his food. Certain vegetables (ok, most vegetables) are still a no-go for him, although he seems to love celery, cucumber, and raw spinach. I figured if he...| Home Sweet Sweden
Warning: This post has a high calorie and fat content. People trying to achieve a bit of pre-Christmas weight-loss should probably not venture any further. Or perhaps they should, because this cake is awesome. Whipped cream, whipped ganache, raspberries, blueberries, all sitting atop a deliciously light sponge cake - this cake has it all (had it all... it's gone now!). Best of all, every part of this cake is as simple as you could ever want. There's no complex steps involving precise measurin...| Home Sweet Sweden
It's high time I got back into the swing of things. Months have passed and I've made only two mediocre updates. I haven't even been cooking or baking that much, but that's changing starting from now! Christmas is coming, and before that in just a week from now it's my birthday. The perfect time of year to get busy and flex one's baking muscle! For today's post I have made a spiced plum cake after finding some cheap organic plums for just 5kr. They were from Sweden, and I have no idea how the...| Home Sweet Sweden
Phew, I've been so busy the last few days! I've been meaning to write this for so long but things have always run away from me. So what I have been up to you may wonder? Well, the bulk of my time has been spent on my freelance web work (shameless plug - if you happen to know anyone looking for some assistance, feel free to give them my details!). Naturally I've been cooking, baking and eating, like these cheese and vegemite scones, although I'll get to those in just a moment, and in amongst a...| Home Sweet Sweden
I was really hoping to post something "Swedish" today, but in reading up about biskvi, I discovered that apparently they were first made in France, at the end of the 19th century. That said, I've never seen them in France, nor have I seen anything really like it outside of Sweden, so I'm going to go ahead and introduce these Chocolate Biskvi as hailing from this country. They couldn't be easier to make, although one of the main ingredients might not be widely available everywhere. Almond Past...| Home Sweet Sweden
Sissi from Withaglass.com made a funny comment on my croquettes recipe the other day about how she felt it was a little worrying if she didn't see a recipe containing beetroot once in a while. That got me thinking - perhaps I post too many beetroot recipes, especially given the fact that nobody seems to like them. Then I shook that crazy feeling off and figured that no; it's everyone else who's wrong, and that beetroot surely is the epitome of good eating (well... almost) [...]| Home Sweet Sweden
My mind was full of ideas of things I wanted to make and post this weekend. The only problem is, when you're in classes every day, you literally have a window of a weekend for cooking. Add into this mix the fact that it's dark by around 3pm then you need to get the cooking finished on the Saturday and then use Sunday for the photography. In the end I decided to go for something a little easier. It was still something I've never specifically tried before but it was a long time since I added to...| Home Sweet Sweden
Just in time for Christmas, here's a Swedish festive special for you all. "Anisbröd", or Anise Bread, which is sometimes called Anisgrisar (Anise Pigs). I have absolutely no idea why they are called the latter. Apparently someone, once upon a time, decided that the shape of these resembles little piggies and thus the name stuck. Whatever name they go by, they're delicious! Fluffy, sugary - but not too sweet, moreish little mouthfuls that are great for dunking in your morning coffee. Normally...| Home Sweet Sweden
Yes, I am horribly late to the party, and I realise that these have been done a million ways before, up, down, and sideways, but I have a good excuse! I never once saw kale when I was living in France. After visiting a myriad markets, stores, and supermarkets I just gave up and assumed that, much like things like raw beetroot, kale would be one of those things that would "eventually" turn up. Give it a few more years and I'm sure it'll be everywhere, but sadly it didn't happen during my resid...| Home Sweet Sweden
Hi folks! First of all, a shameless plug. A couple of people mentioned to me that they wouldn't be averse to the idea of buying a print of some of the photos I took on my road-trip from France to Sweden. I've set up a page now here where you can do just that. I've teamed up with FotoMoto to offer prints, canvases and cards in pretty much every size imaginable which you can order right from the page so if you like the photos, and want to send one as a card to a friend, or have one on your wall...| Home Sweet Sweden
So, much like my kind-of-sort-of-not-really-Bircher Potatoes, here's another dish from the annals of my childhood which I've forever known as "Normandy Pear Pie". As is often the case for dishes that aren't that well known, I usually have a quick peek at Google before writing out the post just to make sure I'm getting the name right, if it actually exists, or even just to see if I can find any information about this dish I know so well but others can only give me blank stares when I mention i...| Home Sweet Sweden
So what do you do when you've promised someone a Black Forest cake but can't seem to find sour cherries anywhere? I knew I would eventually encounter things which weren't widely available up here in Sweden, though I didn't think this would be it. I think we checked in two or three stores and there wasn't a can, jar, or pack of cherries in sight. None frozen, none in syrup, definitely no fresh ones at this time of year... yikes. Well, there goes that idea for a cake. Time to get creative. I co...| Home Sweet Sweden
Greetings from cold Sweden! It just wouldn't be right if my first ever recipe post from my new country wasn't something Swedish, so I present to you a (yet another) Swedish baked good. This time it's something which some of you may already be familiar with thanks to that global giant IKEA. In some countries, they sell giant boxes filled with "havreflarn", although I think they call them "dubbel havreflarn", since it's actually two, sandwiched together with chocolate. Actually, a brief search ...| Home Sweet Sweden
You'd think that for something as ubiquitous as a croque monsieur in France you wouldn't be hard-pressed to find a good one, right? Well, you'd be wrong - at least in my experience. After eight years in France I can now say that I have had only one good croque monsieur. Up until a couple of weeks ago I don't think I'd ever had a good one at all. Sadly, the vast majority of cafés and brasseries here serve up vile-looking masses of chewy sandwich, which look like they were made at best early ...| Home Sweet Sweden