Now is the time for picking mushrooms, just make sure to do it safely. You can use them in this tasty mushroom soup. Those who don’t pick mushrooms in the wild can buy them like I did. Just use your favourite type. Ingredients 400 g chestnut mushrooms (or any other type you like) 3 garlic […]
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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 300 g cauliflower 300 g broccoli 200 g small potatoes 200 g celeriac 1 pepper 2 thyme stems 1 can butter beans olive oil, for frying salt and black pepper Method Wash and strain the liquid from the butter beans. Divide the cauliflower and broccoli into rather large florets, as shown on the photo. […]
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My Christmas present to you is this healthy and beautiful Christmas wreath. It’s a nice starter for the Christmas table, as the main is often on the heavier side. Next year you might as well use the same ingredients and have it as a main. I wish you all a delightful and delicious Christmas! ✨🎄✨ […]
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Ingredients 1 large aubergine 2-3 garlic cloves 1 tbsp tahini 2-3 sprigs of fresh rosemary 4-5 stems of thyme 1/2-1 chilli 1/2 small lemon, the juice olive oil salt and black pepper Method Preheat the oven to 220°C. Peel the garlic and divide one of the cloves in two. Take one half aside, but finely […]
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The tomatoes in my greenhouse are in their element so I needed to make good use of them. Hence the recipe. I had red and yellow tomatoes, but you can just use your favourite. It’s not possible to say exactly how many tomatoes are needed, but at least 2-3 per person. There will probably be […]
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I’m harvesting a lot from my greenhouse and grow boxes these days and the veggies and herbs in this recipe come from there. The Icelandic arctic char is quite special. If you can’t get a wild arctic char at least make sure it comes form a land-based farm. You start by making the cucumber salad […]
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Growing veggies and flowers at home is going a lot better this year because May was exceptionally sunny. Looking at photos from the same time last year I can see that everything is about the same now, on June 5th, as it was a month later in 2021. However, it’s not only the weather to […]
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“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” -T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land. One could think he was writing about Iceland. It’s the 5th of April and it’s snowing yet again. Frosty nights are forecast throughout the week. Half a month […]
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