Few months ago I decided to have salad for lunch every day of the week, or at least as often as I could. The challenge was having as many types of plants as possible each week. Two weeks in I noticed I had more energy already and now it’s no turning back. This is doing […]
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Ingredients 1 pack vegan mince (324 g), I use mince from Anamma. 1 cup sunflower seeds 1 onion 3-4 garlic cloves 2 carrots, small 1 small celery stalk, or half a big 1 tbsp ‘Yfir holt og heiðar’, seasoning for lamb from Kryddhusid (if you don’t live in Iceland you can use your favourite seasoning […]
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Those who grow their own veggies and fruit know the ecstatic feeling at the peak of harvesting time. August! Day after day your tastebuds are about to explode with happiness from fresh and healthy vegetable. There’s noting like it. There are some moments of disappointment as well of course and some surprises. Here’s a flood […]
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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 250 g rice pasta, from Rapunzel 200 g romanesco, or cauliflower or broccoli 4 garlic cloves 1 red chilli 3 tbsp vegan butter, block from Naturli 1 dl pasta water salt and black pepper olive oil, for frying Method Boil the pasta according to instructions on the package. Peel and chop the garlic, slice […]
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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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Ingredients 500 g glass noodles (I use mung bean noodles) 3-4 carrots, depends on how big they are 2 shallots 2 spring onions 1 red chilli 2 tbsp ginger, chopped 3 garlic cloves 100 g sugar snaps 1 broccoli head, the florets handful of lettuce 2 tbsp sesame oil 3 tbsp tamarind sauce handful of […]
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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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An update on how things are coming along in the greenhouse and garden is long overdue. Reason is I spend more time tending to my plants these days than writing. To cut a long story short everything is going splendidly. It’s only mid July but I already have homegrown salad, cucumbers, sugar snaps, spinach, kale […]
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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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