Jag är en av dem som gillar soppor! Enligt mig ska soppor vara ganska tjocka och inte "klara" med massa bitar. En bra mixerstav är för övrigt välkommen att flytta hem till mig närsom! Den jag har nu är på 280 w vilket funkar men... Ja, lite kraftigare skulle inte skada!
Till mina soppor funkar den dock utmärkt, där är allt redan så pass mjukt tack vare kokningen att det säger slurp och så är det klart! Tycker det är synd att många anser soppor vara "tråkig" mat. De är ju geniala! Varma, enkla och (med risk att få hela texten att bli extremt tråkig då skriver jag detta, tyvärr alltför utnyttjade ord) nyttiga. Jag gillart.
Rotsaker är ju som sagt något som används flitigt i mitt kök denna årstid, och de ingår givetvis i de flesta soppor. Jag är inte så petig när det gäller VILKA råvaror jag ska ha i soppan måste erkännas. Jag tar det jag har hemma. Några potatisar, lite lök, rotsaker som legat ett par dagar för länge i kylskåpet. Är rotsakerna ekologiska skrubbar jag dem bara och skär upp dem i ca 3x3x3 stora kuber. Nej, jag står inte med någon måttstock, men på ett ungefär, så ni får ett hum om hur stora bitarna KAN vara. Mindre bitar och koktiden blir kortare, jag orkar dock inte hacka så noggrant. Löken brukar jag bara skära i klyftor. Jag kokar normalt sopporna i 15-20 min med lite buljong. Ett tips är att ta hellre för lite vatten så du kan spä ut den i efterhand. BLASKIG soppa anser till och med jag är halvdant. Har man någon typ av havre/soja-grädde hemma så är det utmärkt att toppa av med som en finish.
Jag brukar ofta slänga i färdigkokta alt. sköljda burk-kikärtor när det hela är färdigkokt och mixar med dem i soppan. Dels för proteinets skull, dels för att jag tycker de ger en fin rund smak.
Denna dag använde jag typ 4 potatisar, lika många jordärtskockor, 1 gul lök, 1 pytteliten vitlöksklyfta och en palsternacka. Koka i... tja 1 liter vatten kanske? Jag brukar ta så det som är i kastrullen täcks. Hacka i bitar och koka upp tillsammans med ca 1-2 msk buljong. Koka ca 15 min, känn med en sticka eller en gaffel så det är färdigkokt.
I med kikärtorna, på med lite svartpeppar och gärna en halv tsk sambal oelek om man vill ha lite sting!
Rosta solrosfrön i en torr stekpanna, de bränns ganska lätt så skaka pannan ofta. Rostningen tar fram den nötaktiga smaken så rosta! Var inte för ängslig, men akta som sagt för att rosta för hårt. De ska bli gyllenbruna.
Voilá!
tisdag 7 december 2010
tisdag 23 november 2010
En kortis!
Glad, ny-bodypumpad och väldigt sugen på mandelmassa så var jag inne på Hemköp för att låta mig inspireras av deras urval och där igenom kunna komma hem med något som kunde bli middag. (Blev taco för övrigt) Inne i kyldiskarna så hittar jag överraskande nog detta:
Yoghurt på havre! Den innehåller D-vitamin och Oatly har ju sedan en tid gått över till enbart D2, dvs vegetabiliskt.
Framförallt gillar jag denna produkt eftersom det är så sjukt mycket soja i allt och inget. Visst, det ÄR bra, men variation folk, variation! Jag anser även att det finnas ett värde i fler närodlade produkter med lite kortare färdsträckor för råmaterialet vilket uppenbarligen är fallet här. Fick svar på mina frågor kring detta från en av Oatlys product manager, Monika Friis-Jespersen som svarade väldigt fort och vänligt.
Produkterna tillverkas straxt utanför Landskrona o flaskorna tappas hos Milko på Grådö då de inte har den utrustningen hos sig. Glassen tillverkas uppenbarligen av SIA med ingredienser från Oatly.
Havregurt (VÄLDIGT roligt namn!) finns även i jordgubbssmak och jag har för mig att det stod något om blåbär, men jag var lite för exhalterad för att minnas helt korrekt. Av den anledningen tittade jag inte heller om jordgubben innehöll karmin, vilket ju ibland är fallet med rödaktiga livsmedel. Karmin eller inte så antar jag att den innehåller mer socker än den naturella. Och socker. Well. Det är något som hör hemma i mandelmassa! ;)
Nu; taco!
Så, till recension av denna vara. Tyvärr kan jag inte rekommenderar den. =/ Möjligen för bakning av "filmjölks-limpor" där funkar den säkert utmärkt men smaken är vattnig och sur. På helt fel sätt. Jag hoppas de fortsätter finslipa sitt recept så att vi snart får en havregurt man längtar till om mornarna!
Yoghurt på havre! Den innehåller D-vitamin och Oatly har ju sedan en tid gått över till enbart D2, dvs vegetabiliskt.
Framförallt gillar jag denna produkt eftersom det är så sjukt mycket soja i allt och inget. Visst, det ÄR bra, men variation folk, variation! Jag anser även att det finnas ett värde i fler närodlade produkter med lite kortare färdsträckor för råmaterialet vilket uppenbarligen är fallet här. Fick svar på mina frågor kring detta från en av Oatlys product manager, Monika Friis-Jespersen som svarade väldigt fort och vänligt.
Produkterna tillverkas straxt utanför Landskrona o flaskorna tappas hos Milko på Grådö då de inte har den utrustningen hos sig. Glassen tillverkas uppenbarligen av SIA med ingredienser från Oatly.
Havregurt (VÄLDIGT roligt namn!) finns även i jordgubbssmak och jag har för mig att det stod något om blåbär, men jag var lite för exhalterad för att minnas helt korrekt. Av den anledningen tittade jag inte heller om jordgubben innehöll karmin, vilket ju ibland är fallet med rödaktiga livsmedel. Karmin eller inte så antar jag att den innehåller mer socker än den naturella. Och socker. Well. Det är något som hör hemma i mandelmassa! ;)
Nu; taco!
Så, till recension av denna vara. Tyvärr kan jag inte rekommenderar den. =/ Möjligen för bakning av "filmjölks-limpor" där funkar den säkert utmärkt men smaken är vattnig och sur. På helt fel sätt. Jag hoppas de fortsätter finslipa sitt recept så att vi snart får en havregurt man längtar till om mornarna!
tisdag 9 november 2010
Time for the hidden treasures!
It's beyond autumn. Never mix the two concepts autumn and November in Sweden.
The first one, lovely! Colorful nature, a high, blue sky and a cold, vague sun trying its best to stay in place, leaving as much warmth it's capable of.
November. Dark, wet, slippery (the first blizzard of the season occured today) and, well boredom. The good thing about November; it's a great time for indoor activities like cooking, reading, watching all of those tv-shows you put on hold for a rainy day. Congrats. The rainy days are here, indulge yourself with the freedom that comes with house arrest.
Root-crops. I love them! Buried deep in the earth, ready to pop up when the axis of the earth is drawn away from the lifegiving sun, towards the great mystery of the universe.... Oh yeah, the crops! =)
Soups, roasted, raw... Well, not all of them raw but some. And of course the classical Swedish we-take-the-leftovers-and-fry-it-course "pyttipanna" which could include pretty much anything and everything. I usualy take root-crops, some beans I might have stored in the freezer or in cans and, well, what's available.
This time I used potatos (that one's a must), parsnips, swedish turnips, white beans, onion and tofu.
First out; cut the tofu into small cubes and marinate them in a mixture of 1/2 dl canola-oil, 3-4 tbls soy-sauce, 1-2 tbls (dijon)mustard, salt and pepper. Let it marinate while you make the rest.
Please, take my measurements with a grain of salt... Try and taste, you're the one who'll eat it, not me so feel free to add or subtract according to your own taste.
Chop! All the ingredients into small cubes, the size about one*one*one centimeter. Start with frying the onion in a couple of tbls oil, don't burn it! Taste awful, onion (especially garlic) burns very fast.
Then start frying the potato, after about 10 minutes add the other ingredients except the beans and the marinating tofu. Stir, stir stir, let it fry for about 10 minutes more then sprinkle 1-2 tbls bouillon (I prefer the one which's a powder, not the ones in cubes) and about 1 dl water and let it boil into the crops.
Continue to stir until it's almost done, it takes about 10-15 minutes more and add the beans and the tofu towards the end. Pour the remaining marinade into the pan as well. Fry for another 5-10 minutes, by then it should be done. (If you have time and a spare pan you can fry the tofu by itself to give it a browning and then mix it with the rest, not necessary, but you could.)
Salt and pepper will of course be needed, which you'll notice when you're tasting the dish before served.
Beetroots are splendid with this dish, I'd use raw ones, peel them first and then I'd use the peeler to make thin garlands of the beautiful red root. Yep, your finger turns red as well, but it's ok. Just don't touch anything...
This time I peeled an apple as well to add more color to the plate and it's taste worked suprisingly well! The owl recommend you to do it as well.
The first one, lovely! Colorful nature, a high, blue sky and a cold, vague sun trying its best to stay in place, leaving as much warmth it's capable of.
November. Dark, wet, slippery (the first blizzard of the season occured today) and, well boredom. The good thing about November; it's a great time for indoor activities like cooking, reading, watching all of those tv-shows you put on hold for a rainy day. Congrats. The rainy days are here, indulge yourself with the freedom that comes with house arrest.
Root-crops. I love them! Buried deep in the earth, ready to pop up when the axis of the earth is drawn away from the lifegiving sun, towards the great mystery of the universe.... Oh yeah, the crops! =)
Soups, roasted, raw... Well, not all of them raw but some. And of course the classical Swedish we-take-the-leftovers-and-fry-it-course "pyttipanna" which could include pretty much anything and everything. I usualy take root-crops, some beans I might have stored in the freezer or in cans and, well, what's available.
This time I used potatos (that one's a must), parsnips, swedish turnips, white beans, onion and tofu.
First out; cut the tofu into small cubes and marinate them in a mixture of 1/2 dl canola-oil, 3-4 tbls soy-sauce, 1-2 tbls (dijon)mustard, salt and pepper. Let it marinate while you make the rest.
Please, take my measurements with a grain of salt... Try and taste, you're the one who'll eat it, not me so feel free to add or subtract according to your own taste.
Chop! All the ingredients into small cubes, the size about one*one*one centimeter. Start with frying the onion in a couple of tbls oil, don't burn it! Taste awful, onion (especially garlic) burns very fast.
Then start frying the potato, after about 10 minutes add the other ingredients except the beans and the marinating tofu. Stir, stir stir, let it fry for about 10 minutes more then sprinkle 1-2 tbls bouillon (I prefer the one which's a powder, not the ones in cubes) and about 1 dl water and let it boil into the crops.
Continue to stir until it's almost done, it takes about 10-15 minutes more and add the beans and the tofu towards the end. Pour the remaining marinade into the pan as well. Fry for another 5-10 minutes, by then it should be done. (If you have time and a spare pan you can fry the tofu by itself to give it a browning and then mix it with the rest, not necessary, but you could.)
Salt and pepper will of course be needed, which you'll notice when you're tasting the dish before served.
Beetroots are splendid with this dish, I'd use raw ones, peel them first and then I'd use the peeler to make thin garlands of the beautiful red root. Yep, your finger turns red as well, but it's ok. Just don't touch anything...
This time I peeled an apple as well to add more color to the plate and it's taste worked suprisingly well! The owl recommend you to do it as well.
onsdag 27 oktober 2010
Fail
Sorry, didn't made that wonderful purple dish I thought I would do. Didn't cook any food at all, went out with my dear friend LE instead to grab a quick dinner. I will make a purple, homecooked meal though, soon! Just have to find a bit of time.
An idea I want to share though, chrysanthemum, along with alot of other flowers, are edible! It's comon i Japan, where the emperor rules from the chrysanthemum-throne, to use this composite plant to decorate the dishes. I dare you to copy-cat that behaviour! Just make sure to rinse the flowers throughly first...
An idea I want to share though, chrysanthemum, along with alot of other flowers, are edible! It's comon i Japan, where the emperor rules from the chrysanthemum-throne, to use this composite plant to decorate the dishes. I dare you to copy-cat that behaviour! Just make sure to rinse the flowers throughly first...
Photo from one of the many markets in Tokyo |
lördag 23 oktober 2010
A purple heads up
Next wednesday, the 27th is the "wear purple for a given cause"-day. You will wear something purple, of course, and I got to thinking about purple food. Color-theme, goodie! A completely purple dish. Mabye even a three courser!
This tuesday, I woke up feeling a bit grumpy for no reason what so ever. As usual, I turned that grumpyness towards the most logical receiver. Humankind. Ah, sweet old trustworty humans. "Oh tin-cans lalalala in the garbage with the rest of it, lalala" "Oh, I GOT to have that new hairspray, it's f-a-b-o-u-l-o-u-s!!! What? Did something have to die when they saftey-tested it? Oh, well..." "My house, my husband/wife, my car, my dog, my kids, my money, my world, my... my... my..." "No that's just fiction. Noone will suffer." Etc etc. Egoistic, simple, narrow minded. That's humankind to me. Somedays. BUT! Somedays people do do something right, people take fights, people manifests, people show a good side!
On that cold, foggy, autumn afternoon, a notification appeared on our dear social netroom. "Wear purple for a given cause". Show your sympathy for those who aren't straight and "normal". An easy thing to do, it won't change the world but that kind of thing makes me feel ok with humankind. To see that people are willing to take side at least when it comes to obvious empathy.
Well, purple. Back to food. I'm not sure what I will do yet, it's a shame that we dont have those beautiful purple broccoli here in Stockholm that I saw last time I went to London. I'll come up with something. Something with aubergine maybe...
This tuesday, I woke up feeling a bit grumpy for no reason what so ever. As usual, I turned that grumpyness towards the most logical receiver. Humankind. Ah, sweet old trustworty humans. "Oh tin-cans lalalala in the garbage with the rest of it, lalala" "Oh, I GOT to have that new hairspray, it's f-a-b-o-u-l-o-u-s!!! What? Did something have to die when they saftey-tested it? Oh, well..." "My house, my husband/wife, my car, my dog, my kids, my money, my world, my... my... my..." "No that's just fiction. Noone will suffer." Etc etc. Egoistic, simple, narrow minded. That's humankind to me. Somedays. BUT! Somedays people do do something right, people take fights, people manifests, people show a good side!
On that cold, foggy, autumn afternoon, a notification appeared on our dear social netroom. "Wear purple for a given cause". Show your sympathy for those who aren't straight and "normal". An easy thing to do, it won't change the world but that kind of thing makes me feel ok with humankind. To see that people are willing to take side at least when it comes to obvious empathy.
Well, purple. Back to food. I'm not sure what I will do yet, it's a shame that we dont have those beautiful purple broccoli here in Stockholm that I saw last time I went to London. I'll come up with something. Something with aubergine maybe...
torsdag 14 oktober 2010
Here we go
First of all a warning. Yes, you who´s not vegan or vegetarian may be inspired to actually make some of the recepies or gain inspiration by what I will present here, and belive it or not, it´s perfectly ok. My wish is to kill the idea that vegans are angry, starved and extreme. Well, ok, we might be a bit angry, a tad starved and might sometimes get extreme in one way or another, but that's not because of what we eat (or what we don't eat). It's actually just human nature that shows from time to time.
So, come and walk with me for a while! You could start with this, not the best photo, but just as an appetizer
On the big plate there's a cold salad made of butterbeans, cherry tomatoes, avocado, springleek, bellpepper and avocado. Chop into quite big pieces (too small and everything just turns mushy) and mix with a nice olive oil, balsamico, salt and pepper. If you don't have a grinder for the pepper, get it. Now. I'm serious. You'll be suprised how much flavor the pepper actually has, when it's not dried up in an old jar somewhere...
In the background there's a plate with asparagus and zuccini which was quickly fried in a pan with canola oil (the best oil to use in a frying pan) and some salt. Fried for what? About 4-5 minutes or so. It's nice when you have to use your teeth now and then.
What's hardly noticeable in the picture is the plate with roasted root crops. We had potato, parsnip and carrots all cut in sections and sprinkled with olive oil, salt and pepper (again, the grinder! See! Used twice already!) Left in the oven for about 40 minutes, a degree around 200 Celsius. Shovel around a couple of times so everything will be cooked even.
Yeah, that's right. I won't mention the olives in the front.
Enjoy!
So, come and walk with me for a while! You could start with this, not the best photo, but just as an appetizer
On the big plate there's a cold salad made of butterbeans, cherry tomatoes, avocado, springleek, bellpepper and avocado. Chop into quite big pieces (too small and everything just turns mushy) and mix with a nice olive oil, balsamico, salt and pepper. If you don't have a grinder for the pepper, get it. Now. I'm serious. You'll be suprised how much flavor the pepper actually has, when it's not dried up in an old jar somewhere...
In the background there's a plate with asparagus and zuccini which was quickly fried in a pan with canola oil (the best oil to use in a frying pan) and some salt. Fried for what? About 4-5 minutes or so. It's nice when you have to use your teeth now and then.
What's hardly noticeable in the picture is the plate with roasted root crops. We had potato, parsnip and carrots all cut in sections and sprinkled with olive oil, salt and pepper (again, the grinder! See! Used twice already!) Left in the oven for about 40 minutes, a degree around 200 Celsius. Shovel around a couple of times so everything will be cooked even.
Yeah, that's right. I won't mention the olives in the front.
Enjoy!
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