After a terribly cold and wet weather until early July we finally got some summer. The veggies and flowers were in poor condition, but became incredibly happy when the sun finally decided to grace us with its presence. I could literally see a difference from day to day. Lots of trees and plants in the […]
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Ingredients 600 g sweet potatoes 200 ml almond milk, or oat milk 2 tbsp vegan butter, block from Naturli olive oil, for frying sætkartöflukrydd, from Kryddhusid (optional, but nice if you live in Iceland and can get it) salt and black pepper Method Cut the sweet potatoes into cubes. Heat the oil in a sauce […]
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Ingredients 1 and 1/2 tbsp chia seeds and 5 tbsp water 1/4 cup almond milk and 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 banana, well riped 1 tbsp olive oil 1 cup almond flour 1 cup gram flour 3/4 cup rice flour 1/4 cup tapioca starch 1 tsp pure vanilla powder, from Rapunzel 2 tsp baking […]
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Ingredients 500 g glass noodles (I use noodles made from mung beans, but there are also glass noodles made from rice and from sweet potatoes) 500 g shrimps 1 tbsp cilli powder, from Kryddhusid 2 shallots 2 spring onions 1 yellow chilli 2 tbsp ginger, chopped 3 garlic cloves 100 g sugar snaps 1 broccoli […]
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I absolutely love having asparagus during spring and into the summer. Recently I started growing water cress and it’s incredibly simple and nice. It grows like weed in my greenhouse and in the kitchen window sill as well. Highly recommend it! Ingredients 250 g risotto rice (arborio) 16-20 green asparagus 1/2 onion 2 garlic cloves […]
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Ingredient 250 g gluten-free pasta, from Rapunzel You can also use chickpea pasta or any kind you like. about half a jar (290 g) sun-dried tomatoes, how much depends on your taste 3 tbsp oil from the tomatoes 250 g sugar snaps 1/2 lemon, the juice 1/2 small onion, or 1/4 large 1 red chilli […]
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When this is written we’re well into May. The winter in Iceland was extreme, we had the coldest December in 50 years and the coldest day since 1918, -24 degrees. I can’t remember as much snow in the city, let alone lasting this long. We had a record breaking snowfall from 16th of December until […]
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Olaf from Frozen is a great favourite of my grandchild so I decided to try to make this popular snowman for her birthday. As a banana bread cake with whipped oat cream. It was quite a success so I decided to share the recipe with you ☃️ And to celebrate the Coronation it’s nice to […]
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Recipe of a nice side dish which is super healthy and nice to serve with grilled veggies, like f.ex. Indian-spiced grilled vegetables or Spicy roasted veggies Ingredients 300 g Protein mix from Ecospira, (mung-,lentils- og fenugreeksprouts) https://vefverslun.ecospira.is/collections/fersk-vara/products/protinblanda-500g (This is something we can buy fresh in Iceland, but if you are not there you can substitute […]
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The Danish traditional celebration cake, Kransekage, is a very common centre piece in Icelandic confirmation parties. Over the last decades it’s often replaced with a tower made from chocolate, syrup, butter and Rice Krispies. Ingredients most kids are fond of. A mother contacted me a while back and asked if I could develop a recipe […]
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