Summer Salad? In February? When it’s cold and dark and snowy outside? Well, I was missing summer, and decided to make my favourite (summer) salad. I’m not really a salad person – frankly, I never understood why people order salads at restaurants when they can order creamy, cheesy pasta, but whatever. In the summer, about […]
Earlier this week, I was craving something chocolatey (never happened before). I rummaged the kitchen drawers and cabinets searching for something to satisfy my needs. Unfortunately, I didn’t really find anything that excited me, though I did find a ripe avocado. So.. avocado + creativeness + being really desperate for a chocolate dessert = avocado […]
We arrived back home from Kragerø yesterday, and I discovered we still had those two bananas – those two bananas which were not green enough for me on Friday and certainly not today. I thought to myself; what does one do with spotty bananas? And I concluded that the best (and easiest) thing to do […]
Easter break! Finally! I’ve been looking forward to travelling with my mother to Kragerø – a tiny, beautiful and cozy coastal town in Southern Norway. First and foremost, we’re here to visit my mother’s oldest friend, who lives in a beautiful house by the sea. Not only had we planned to visit, but I had […]
At some point during the Christmas holidays, most Norwegians eat “risengrynsgrøt” or “risgrøt”. Most people have it for dinner on December 23rd and then eat the leftovers cold with a berry sauce for dessert on Christmas Eve. When eaten cold, it’s called “riskrem”. It’s basically a rice pudding with white rice, milk, vanilla and then […]
Tzatziki is really a wonderful thing. Creamy, Greek yogurt with cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Of course, if you buy it in the store it’s filled with oil as well, but I prefere making it without myself. And then I like to add herbs; either mint, parsley or dill. When it comes the […]
