Monday, October 26, 2015

Pasta with cream, bacon and mushrooms

The other day, we decided to make vegetarian pasta with Henrik. :) Sweden gives a lot of options when it comes to vegan and vegetarian food, and trying to replace animal products whenever possible for the sake of sustainability and animal welfare has become important to me. I use foods from four brands: Oatly, Hälsans Kök, Quorn and Astrid och Aporna. For this recipe, I used cooking "cream" from Oatly, which was incredibly delicious and tasted like a rich cooking cream. For bacon, I used Hälsans Kök bacon pieces, which feels more like ham, and has amazing texture and taste. I don't exaggerate, as I am quite demanding with the taste of what I eat! :D

If you want to cook it using animal products, use cooking cream and ham or bacon of your choice in the same manner used in the recipe :)

Time you'll need to make this: 30 minutes
Difficulty level: easy

Ingredients (for 2 portions):

- half a packet of pasta of your choice (we mixed gnocchi and penne, and I always prefer whole wheat)
- 2 packets of Oatly cooking cream
- 2 small cans of mushrooms, or fresh mushrooms, if you'd prefer
- 1 packet of Hälsans Kök bacon, or 500g ham or bacon of your preference
- olive oil
- half a big yellow onion
- one veggie broth
- salt
- black pepper
- oregano
- one glass of rosé wine

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Layered salmon and veggies

Another version of salmon with veggies, for all the lovers of fish and vegetables out there! :D With dressing by Henrik :)

Time you'll need to make this: 40 minutes
Difficulty level: easy

Ingredients (for 2 portions):

- 4 salmon fillets
- 500g baby spinach
- 2 tomatoes
- 300g frozen veggies (I picked green peas and carrots)
- olive oil
- salt
- lemon pepper
- oregano
- some fresh dill
- mayo
- lemon juice

Friday, October 9, 2015

Fried rice

Mmmmmm, fried rice with chicken, tuna or plain veggies! Using just veggies, or canned tuna, you reduce the cooking time significantly, from 1,5h to 30 minutes :)

Time you'll need to make this: 1,5h
Difficulty level: easy

Ingredients (for 2-3 portions):

- 300g chicken leg fillets or 2 cans of tuna or a packet of wok veggies of your preference
- basmati rice (use the portions indicated on the box)
- one small bowl of frozen veggie mix with corn, green peas and red pepper
- 3 eggs
- olive oil
- 4 small yellow onions, or 1 big
- salt
- black pepper
- grill mix spices
- nutmeg, ground
- curry powder
- 1 broth cube, either chicken, veggie or fish, depending your main ingredient