This is roasted sweet potatoes with aioli, yellow beet roots with chevre and bruschetta. Not an ideal combination but still pretty good.

My husband makes the most amazing pizza. The dough thin, chewy in the middle and crispy on the outside.The cook in John Irving's Last Night In Twisted River adds a little honey to his pizza dough. After reading the said novel I tried to impress my husband telling him to add a dash of honey to the dough and he kindly told me that he had done that for years. Ok. Anyway. This post is about telling you the greatness about thin sliced raw potato and garlic on top of a pizza. It sounds quite dull, I know, but it's heavenly. No tomato sauce, just potatoes, garlic, some fresh rosemary or thyme and flaked salt. And olive oil. Don't forget the olive oil. Lots.

This is cheese croquettes, pickled apples, mushrooms with parsley in olive oil and lemon, red peppers with ricotta cheese and anchovy. It was ok. The croquettes tasted kind of lame and the ricotta cheese needed more time in the fridge. But it was a fun meal to plan and prepare.

I just got home from a week at my parent's place in the south of Sweden. I have posted photos from their place many times before. It's very dear to me. Anyway, we are a family of enjoyers and this is a selection of what we cooked, baked and ate.

Veggie (no meat that is) lasagna. Not the typical summer dish maybe but very tasty. Basically it's made of a béchamel sauce with spinach, a tomato sauce with lentils (any color will do) and lots of cheese. Mozzarella on top.

Friday dinner. Haloumi, aubergin, hoummus, carrots in garlic sauce and bulgur salad. Listening to Tom Waits, having a glass of wine and quitely celebrating the weekend.

I am always looking for/thinking about recepies without meat. Here's one I came up with earlier this week and the great thing about it was that even the kids loved it.
It goes something like this:

Parboiled broccoli tossed into a sauce made of soured cream (28%fat at least)and spices/herbs (I used home made veggie stock, lemon zest, salt and black pepper). Mix the sauce with pasta and sprinkle with roasted sunflower seeds and fresh cut basil.

According to this blog all I do nowadays is cooking. And exploring the kitchens of the world. That is so not the case. But I do love to cook and I find it a rather easy way to be creative. Quick and instant satisfaction.
Anyway, this is my first gnocchi try. At the stable today while waiting for the farrier to finish I picked some nettles. Inspired by this fellow I used the nettles to make gnocchi. It wasn't easy and I used a combination of at least three recepies to get it right. The main problem was the amount of flour. Too little, the gnocchis fell apart, too much, they came out too hard. In the end some of them turned out really good and I will definitely try again.

I learned this Turkish dish from a very dear colleague. Slice carrots very thin and fry under lid in olive oil and salt until tender. Toss thick yogurt with garlic (lots), salt and black pepper. Place the carrots in a bowl and cover with the yogurt sauce. Olive oil and black pepper on top. I serve it with bulgur salad and oven baked feta cheese.

Zucchini Fritters from my favourite cookbook, Sultan's Kitchen by Özcan Ozan.
They are so easy to make and oh so delicious. Grated zucchini mixed with feta cheese, dill and parsley. Also grilled eggplant and red peppers with two sauces, garlic/yoghurt and tomato.

Making pasties filled with Swiss Chard from the garden and Feta cheese. It's so hot I can't believe I made it but we need snacks to bring to the beach.

From today. Kiwi chasing flies on the porch. Me making tzatziki in the kitchen.

Very hot and sunny. I've finished Sarah Waters' 'The Little Stranger' and find myself absorbed, amazed and disappointed at the same time.

june 21

Colorful times. Mudcake, Salvia and Peonies.

potatoes

Från Malo in the garden

Från Malo in the garden

I går skördade vi vår första potatis för i år. Den var så god och så vacker. Det är något alldeles speciellt med att odla egna grönsaker. Vi åt dem med grillad fläskkarré, granatäppelsallad, fetaoströra, vitkålssallad och hel grillad aubergine.

Yesterday, we harvested this years first potatoes.