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NEW SITE!!!

2011-02-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

CHECK OUT

WWW.DANSGOODGRUB.COM for the new site.

It is gonna have new recipes, videos and articles about everything food related.

Baked Kale Chips

2010-12-24T13:20:00.000-08:00

In the winter months one of the things i have been getting in my local food box are bunches of kale. The other day my friend was making these kale chips, so i had to try it. They are super addictive and pretty healthy.

Start off by heating oven to 350 degree F

to prepare the kale.

remove the leaves from the thick stems of the kale.
tear into bit size pieces.
wash and dry kale in salad spinner.
drizzle olive oil onto kale (mix thoroughly)
season with salt/pepper/chili/garlic…or whatever you want
bake on the pan till edges are brown, should be 10-15 min

baked sweet potato fries w. dipping sauce

2010-12-12T18:22:00.000-08:00

One of my favourite things are baked sweet potato fries. While this has kept me interested for long enough, recently i have started to make my own dipping sauce based on the chili mayo.

start off by making the sweet potato fries. Follow the recipe on baked roots

slice up the potatoes, into wedges. (or fries or whatever shape you want)
put in bowl filled with ice cold water. (something to do with the starchs in potato.)
drain the water, pat dry.
coat potatoes in a little bit of in olive oil. (not that much is needed…so try it a few times and you can find out how much you want.)
lay potatoes on a baking tray.
put into oven at 420 F.
after 15 minutes, use spatula to make sure they are not stuck.
bake for another 20 minutes.
keep half an eye on the potatoes and make sure they don’t burn.
bake to the crispness that you want them.
season with salt and pepper.

Now for the sauce i simple mixed up

1 tbs of sour cream
1 tbs of mayonaise
1 tsp of chipotle powder
2 tsp of sweet chili sauce

try it out. im sure you will be making this all the time.

Thanksgiving with the Wasiks!

2010-12-01T08:43:00.000-08:00

Not too long ago, I was invited to a thanksgiving dinner with Sam's cousin. I was excited to be able to feast on a massive meal of turkey, ham, potatoes and sauce.

Now this was a very interesting day as i woke up to a living room in disarray.

On this busy day, they were planning to finish the framing of the floors, and put together a bathroom. Now this would be hard enough on a normal day, but to add this to a thanksgiving dinner seemed like complete insanity to me.

However, while i was helping out in the kitchen the living room turned miraculously into this.

For dinner, we started off with some appetizers. Cheese and crackers are the must at all appetizers, but we also had some sliced cucumber topped with cream cheese, smoked salmon and dill.

Now it isnt thanksgiving without a turkey, luckily for us we had two.

On the side of the turkey we had the danish specialty of brown potatoes. These are potatoes that have a caramel coating...absolutely delicious.

And finally it would not be Danish styled without some tasty sauces. Well i guess these sauces were not necessarily Danish, but the point is similar. We had gravy, cheese sauce, and the butter was being used to make danish Brown potatoes.

Dan's Good Grub at 220 King

2010-11-26T11:24:00.000-08:00

Thanks 220 King

Dan's Good Grub cookbooks now for sale at #220. The cookbook features Daniel Penn's custom and unique recipes that has the ability to satisfy anyone's tummy. This book has been sold as far as Denmark's Urban Outfitters store....So you know it's worth the purchase.

Come get your copy today!

Chocolate Peanut Brittle

2010-11-26T10:51:00.000-08:00

last week i was craving something sweet. instead of heading to the store i decided to make something. i found some raw peanuts in my cupboard, and had sugar and butter so this is what i made.

start by mixing

1 cup white sugar
1 cup of butter
1 tsp vanilla extract

in a pan at med-high heat. stir constantly. once it starts to bubble turn heat down a bit, but so its still bubbling lightly. once it gets to hard ball stage it is ready.

Now that the caramel is ready you want to layer a baking sheet with parchment paper. On the parchment paper spread out evenly.

1/2 cup of chocolate cracker crumbs (like oreo crumbs)
1 cup of peanuts (chopped up)

now poor the caramel on top of the crumbs and peanuts, trying to get it everywhere on the paper.

Now pop in the freezer for 15 minutes and enjoy

Beaux Mondes talks Good Grub

2010-11-23T22:17:00.000-08:00

Beaux Mondes has a lovely article about Dan's Good Grub. It is a great local hamiltonian blog which profiles nice local items and shops. Make sure to check it out.

http://www.beaux-mondes.com

Lavish and Squalor are selling Dan's Good Grub!

2010-11-20T19:09:00.001-08:00

Check out the lavish & squalor that is full of some really nice clothing, accessories and books.

My Dearest Jamie.

2010-11-19T09:54:00.001-08:00

Last night i was lucky enough to listen to Jamie Oliver. While a crowd of 3500 people watched, he created two simple dishes and answered a plethora of questions. Sadly my question was not asked or answered. It was probably too wordy, but if he ever does visit my site i would love for him to read the question i wanted to pose. Thus i will post it here.

Jamie,

As the food industry is a global industry, has the food revolution set up groundwork for local solutions throughout the world, including places where English is not their first language?

I am quite new at studying the food system, with only 2 years under my belt, but there have been some obvious trends. Firstly, the US does lead the way. However I do know that places like Germany, and suspect places like france, denmark, switzerland, that are also well engrained with the industralized food system. While there is already such a rich culture of food in so many of these areas, wouldnt it be easier to use go to these areas and make sure to promote this shift in these areas as well?

After last night i realize the burdun that has been bestowed upon you, and i am sure that others will help take the reign. But i cant help but wonder whether looking specifically at the US and UK will be able to muster the global change that is going to need to happen.

Well i hope you enjoyed my book.

Cheers
daniel

P.S. my email is penn.dan@gmail.com. Hopefully i can help out in a major way.

FUCK the double down.

2010-11-17T19:22:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't know, the double down has come to Canada. Its a scary time in the great white north, and in honor of this terrible event, i came up with this dish. 1 patty of organic butternut squash. 1 patty of grated organic potato. topped with organic caramelized onions and 2 types of cheese.

Start off by caramelizing onions.

dice up 1 med sized red onion
add 2 tsp of butter to a pan at med-high temp
stir in 1/2 of the onion to pan

top with 1 tsp of maple syrup turn down to med temp
stir in 1 tsp of chipotle powder
continue to cook for a couple min till they look like below
set it aside

Now for the patties. this was a bit more work.

Potato patty:

Grate up 3 good size potatoes (not huge not too small)
Soak in cold water
Drain and squeeze out water
Add the 1/2 of onion that was not cut
Mix in 1 tsp of salt
Mix in 1 egg yolk
Add flour till it is the consistency that you want (a thick pancake consistency)

Butternut squash patty

Grate in 1/2 of grated butternut squash (equal amount to potato)
follow same directions as potato patty

As you start to fry up the patties turn on broil at med high heat. Use a large saucepan that has

1 tbs of oil in it.

Fry till golden brown on both sides. (just over 5 min each side)
Once they are done, set it aside
Slice up and fry up 1 tomato (30 seconds a side)
Than start to layer it up.

So for layering it up.

From the bottom up

Potato patty
Fried Tomato
Some Grated Parmesan Cheese
Butternut Squash Patty
Carmalized Onion
Lots of Mozzarella and Parm Cheese

Adam's sautéed udon w. veggies

2010-11-10T20:08:00.001-08:00

Living with with my current room mate has some sweet perks. He knows how to make some delicious asian foods. We finally got some Mirin a japenese sweet rice wine. Adam says its perfect when combining with soy sauce, so of course that is what we did.

We started off by blanching the bok choi (3 large pieces) and used the same water to blanche the udon noodles (enough for 3 people) so they could be fried. add little dash of sesame oil to noodles and bok choi.

in a seperate bowl we made a mixture of

1 tbs of soy sauce
1 tbs of mirin
1/2 tsp of sugar

In another sauce pan we

added some vegetable oil to a saucepan at med-high temp
once oil is hot frying up some diced onion (1/2 red onion) and eggplant (3 baby ones)
after a few minutes, once the onions were soft we mixed in diced shitake mushrooms
after a few more minutes of cooking we added the noodles
frying the noodles up, we put a small pot lid to get them slightly crispy on the bottom
finally we added the sauce and mixed it all together doing the same thing with the pot lid
in the last minute add the bok choi

top it off with a bit of sesame seeds

Vanilla Date Smoothie

2010-10-31T10:40:00.000-07:00

For class i have been working on this Newton Assignment. Its a website that has to be related to Newton is some fashion or another. Ive decided to do a Newtonian Food site, of course, and came up with this recipe.

Using Newtons first principa Mass=Density * Volume i came up with this.

Morning = Dates * Vanilla

Basically i used a hand blender to mix

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup of vanilla probiotic yoghurt
5 dates (diced up)

it was really good so i decided to post it.

green and golden eggs

2010-10-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

While i try to eat less vegetables, I still try to get a healthy diet that has enough protein. Avocado is a great way to supplement it. I used to not like it, but these days I just love the texture and taste. I made an avocado goat cheese mixture and put it on top of my eggs and toast.

the mixture is made with

1 ripe avocado (diced and scooped out)
1 tbs of soft goats cheese
1 tsp of fresh thyme
juice of one lime
1 tsp of hot sauce (if you want it a bit spicy)

top scoop this on top of some eggs and enjoy.

spicy tomato pasta

2010-10-16T07:41:00.000-07:00

one of my favourite things to eat is pasta. the different sauces, the cheeses can make a simple thing so complex. this recipe, like most of my others is not complex. super simple good ingredients are needed to make this taste amazing, some make sure to get some proper tomatoes.

start off by

heating up 2 tsp of olive oil in saucepan at med-high heat
fry up a small onion (diced up)
add 1 clove garlic (smashed and sliced)
stir for a couple minutes
add 3 tomatoes chopped up
stir in 1-2 tsp of hot sauce (depending on how hot you want it)
add 1 tsp of maple syrup
add large pinch of salt and pepper
let the sauce cook for 10ish minutes so it cooks down
add some cooked pasta to sauce so the sauce coats the pasta properly

spicy shrimp and tofu

2010-10-04T07:31:00.000-07:00

this recipe is for something that was really easy and was put on top of some delicious udon noodles. we had a bag of frozen shrimp, defrosted them in coldish water and finally cooked them up with some tofu.

Start off by

putting 2 tbs of vegetable oil in a saucepan
turning to med-high heat
once oil is hot, adding a small handful of tofu
frying them till slightly brown on all sides (few minutes)
adding 1 stick of lemon grass, chopped up
adding all the shrimp (large handful, drained)
adding 1 tsp of chili garlic sauce (the asian one)
constantly stir for a couple minutes (till all pink)
try one to make sure it is cooked through.
enjoy

serve on some udon noodles...that recipe will be posted on the futurists... so check it out.

roasted almonds

2010-09-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

during our board game and vinyl music night we needed a tasty treat. i was brought some fresh almonds and we decided that the best hting to do would be to roast them.

i found this site which has some roasting recipes...so i tried one. this is what happened.

i started by

turning oven to 350 F
pouring almonds in a pan, 2 layers of almonds (not like recipe)
drizzling 1 tbs of honey on almonds
sprinkling about 2 tsp of salt on top
mixing honey throughout almonds
putting into oven for 15 minutes (once oven was hot)
taking out and checking (let cool before you pop them into your mouth)
adding a bit more salt to almonds
serving them up

such a simple recipe. but delicious. so go out and make them yourself.

arugula lime parm pasta

2010-09-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

This was an adaptation of a recipe i have made a few times. Its really tasty, simple and fresh. Perfect for summer, or in winter when you want something fresh.

start off by cooking some pasta till al dente.
drain pasta and put back in pot. at med temp.
add some olive oil (1 tbs per person).
add a clove of garlic (smashed and chopped)
add some chopped up arugula.
add juice of a lime. (try to keep pits out)
stir in some grated parm. salt. pepper.
enjoy with some friends.

Ribs...the lazy lazy way.

2010-09-09T20:44:00.000-07:00

now seriously these ribs were the easiest thing to do...BUT its not my suggestion to do them very much. They are delicious, so beware.

turn the oven to 260 f
paint ribs with a mixture of bbq sauce and hot sauce
wrap in tinfoil leaving top open
pour beer into packet and close up
put onto baking tray ( it might leak a bit)
put into oven and let bake for 2.5 hours
take them out and have them with salad/bok choy or something tasty and green

cheers
daniel

I'm Back??

2010-09-09T20:34:00.001-07:00

hey guys and gals.
So i have once again nesled myself nicely into hamilton. Spending my days finding things for the apartment, seeing old friends and sorting out school i havent had much time in the kitchen. BUT...i was quick enough and managed to order a box of organic vegetables. Even if it was done via iphone. Plan b is great and will be providing a lot of the vegetables im gonna be eating... cause its easy, cheapish and the stuff is so damn good.

THis year im gonna try to eat a lot of vegetables, with much less meat. Its a hard thing. But i have started to just get really nice meat, so that it always tastes way better. Okay. gotta get back to school work reading, but ill be online soon to post about food i actually made...

portobello bagel burgers

2010-07-28T11:24:00.000-07:00

With the amount of meat i eat, i really felt like i needed some more full vegetarian dishes. Especially as i want to make a vegetarian cookbook next year. So this is one delicious recipe for something veggie that is still grilled like a piece of meat.

I started by

going to costco and got a lot of portobello mushrooms.
rubbing off the dirt and taking the stems off
seasoning with a bit of olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper
putting on grill for a couple minutes, than flipping so lack of stem hole is facing up
putting some goats cheese in the hole
serving on a toasted bagel
putting a side of diced cucumber dressed with olive oil and balsamic glaze

Mystery Lasagna

2010-07-19T15:46:00.000-07:00

Okay. Im sorry but it has been so long since i have last blogged that I cant even remember what was in this lasagna. From closer inspection this was a meat lasagna made with a fresh bolognese sauce. This takes the most time, but it makes it a lot better if you make it yourself. Plus you can get good nice beef from a proper butcher instead of the crap that was made on the other side of the world. So here it goes...for the sauce.

http://dansgoodgrub.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-bolognese-sauce.html
But use 5-6 fresh tomatoes because its SUMMER!!!

I used a mario betaglia bechamel sauce made from:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/bechamel-sauce-recipe/index.html
but try your own. there are a lot online.

I used some of the lasagna pasta that did not need to be precooked.

I finally had 2 large handfuls of spinach to use with the bechamel sauce.

For cheese i had 2 balls of fresh mozzarrella sliced up, a large handful of grated mozzarrella and also some grated parm.

Now start from with

Painting the bottom and sides of pan with olive oil
a bottom with a layer of the lasagna pasta.
Use half of meat sauce for a layer.
than another layer of lasagna pasta.
Use all the bechamel sauce and spinach for a layer.
than another layer of lasgana pasta.
Top with sliced mozzarrella than use the last bit of meat sauce.
than another layer of lasagna pasta.
Finally top with the grated mozzarrella cheese and parm.
Put tinfoil on.

You can eat it right away, or store it for a bit.
Put oven to 350 F. Once hot add the lasagna. After 25 minutes take out. Take off tinfoil. Scrape cheese that sticks onto top of lasgana. Put back in oven for another 20-25 minutes. Use heat from top to give it a nice brown on top. Let it cool for a few minutes and than serve.

Enjoy guys and gals. Ill be back soon!
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New Blog!!!

2010-07-16T20:29:00.001-07:00

hey guys and gals.

I have a started a new blog from my phone.

It is called Dan's Phone Food.

So check it out...

Ill be back posting soon, i just need to settle myself down a little.

Thanks to everyone who is still checking out the food, dont worry ill be back with some AMAZING new photos.

Dan

carrot raddish cucumber salad

2010-06-22T13:47:00.001-07:00

This salad was made from scraps from the box of veggies. After looking at it right now, i think i might make it again very very soon. Its fresh and delicious.

Start off by slicing up

a cucumber
3 carrots (peeling before)
5 small radishs

make a sauce out of

1 tbs of olive oil
2 tsp of white wine vinegar
1 green onion (chopped up)
dash of salt/pepper

ENjoy!

baked things

2010-06-21T14:08:00.001-07:00

These potatoes are made with a bit of onion and some delicious Spanish cured meat.

Turn oven to 400 F.

Slice the potatoes length ways. and put in a big bowl of very cold water.

Thickly Slice up an onion

Drain water from potatoes.

Add a decent amount of Olive oil, some salt and pepper.

Add some diced up Spanish cured meat.

Mix and put on baking tray.

Slide tray into oven. Bake for 40 minutes.

Make sure to flip every once in while.

Top off with some grated parmesan cheese.

Enjoy with fish, or as a nice snack.

Iceland: a place which was saved by a volcano

2010-06-20T05:28:00.000-07:00

I have never really done this before, however this trip was really amazing and i think that at some point everyone should try to make it out to Iceland. Its not super cheap, but it is pretty great while nice people and amazing music. This is the coles notes version of an amazing 48 hours.

I didnt have much cash, so i decided to pitch a tent in the city, but 3 km away from the center.

I found out that it was that national birthday, so i quickly walked into town spotting this amazing steel viking boat perched ready to go out sailing.

While walking through the city, i got lost and ended up right near this massive church.

To scared to go to the top on the first day, i decided to look inside and listen to some great organ music that was being played.

I continued back into town and grabbed some lunch while watching some kids do backflips.

and then stopped by some older guys playing some great classic rock.

Needing another break from reading my great but gruesome book, eating animals. Its really great, but i needed some loosning up, so this group which combined juggling and music did the trick.

It was all great, but not nearly as impressive as the breakdancing triplets. These kids are actually in one of the icelandic air commercials, and besides be really cute and identical...can actually dance.

I decided i needed some more music, so i walked deeper into town and found a choir of men singing in icelandic. Though i had no idea what they were singing about, these well dressed guys were great and exactly what i was in the mood for.

Finally i went back up to the hill so that i could listen to some louder music, as i had been up walking around since 5:30 am. It was pretty crowded.

It was pretty busy, but why wouldnt it be, it was seabear was on stage. I had bought there CD earlier and am so glad i did.

I couldnt last much longer so went back to the tent getting ready for the next day. When i woke up, after 12 hours of much needed sleep i walked back into town. I found this great health food store and bought myself breakfast. A chicken fajita with corn and yam. So so tasty.

I kept walking about and managed to find some great street art.

I kept walking and walking so decided to get a cup of coffee. I was lucky and found the best coffee in iceland, Kaffismiðja Íslands.

On a nice coffee rush i overtook my fear and went to the top of the top of the tour. No stairs, but the elevator took 45 seconds. I was in it alone, and it creaked a lot. But i got some nice pictures of the top.

I was feeling really good about myself, so before i went on a bike tour i decided i needed to eat something tasty. I went to icelandic fish and chips. It was really good, and they use all organic stuff. Im still on the fence, but at least i feel better about eating organic than eating non organic. It was right beside the harbour.

The bike tour was great. and though i cant tell you which one it is, but one of the houses below is bjorks. Id suggest it to anyone who visits iceland, they are super nice and i made some new friends on the trip.

Finally the night was upon us, so me and my new friends decided it was time to go to listen to some music, and drink some beer.

We started off at a show at a culture house. Three icelandic bands were playing, all of which were great. My favourite though was no lo. They are really young and the music is perfect for summer.

After those bands had finshed playing, we needed something else to do for a few hours before my friends had to catch a plane. I had heard gus gus (a band i had heard at distortion) was playing in town, so we stopped by to have a listen. I was starting to crash, but the music was good enough to get me psyched for the long walk home.

Well that was my 48 hours in iceland, and yes it was the coles notes version. Ill be back with some actual food posts very soon. I have just been so darn busy.

baked artichokes

2010-05-31T05:08:00.000-07:00

I am sorry that i havent posted that often but this opening for the installation on the upcoming sunday. I have been cooking a bit, but not enough. But while my mum was here i made these delicious stuffed/baked artichokes.

I started like i usually do, by cutting out the center, scooping out all the thistley middle stuff and putting in a big pot of salted boiling water. same preparation as the other ones i made seen here.

Once they are boiled, than i cut the bottoms off, and stuffed them with a mixture of

olive oil
lemon juice
garlic
salt/pepper
touch of maple syrup
the stem (peeled)

put into an oven at 375 F for 20 minutes and Enjoy with some friends.

Settings of Good Grub

2010-05-30T10:51:00.001-07:00

Dan's Good Grub has been given yet another opportunity to share some great food, art and music to those in Copenhagen. This time replacing photos of food with different table settings where good food would be eaten.

On the 1st floor of the Urban Outfitters from June till July the gallery will showcase the settings that influenced the making of God Mad: Good Grub.

June 6th, is the opening party. From 12 -16 the upstairs will be filled wit bands, art and of course some Caramel Popcorn. It will be an event that you wont want to miss, so bring friends, have some popcorn, listen to the music and talk to dan.

We have three bands that are gonna play.

The Kites
http://www.myspace.com/thekitesofficial

Michael Wexler from Inlet Sound
http://www.myspace.com/inletsound

Cavio
http://www.myspace.com/caviomusic

the events page is
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121557651208716

Cheers
daniel

sweet and hot baked salmon

2010-05-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

in my quest to try and eat more fish i went to the fish store by my place yesterday and bought some salmon. I decided that i was going to eat the salmon with some sunchokes and make it all really simple because i was tired from a long day.

I started by

turning oven to 350 F.
lining baking pan with parchment paper
putting salmon on paper skin side up
adding a sauce that i made
baking for 20 minutes or until skin was nice and crispy

the sauce was made by mixing together

tsp of hot sauce
tsp of maple syrup
tsp of lemon juice
pinch of salt and pepper
2 tsp of olive oil

now enjoy with a side of sun chokes (Jerusalem artichoke)...except without the salami

cherry tomato pesto pasta

2010-05-24T03:10:00.000-07:00

i was starving for something hearty but easy so i decided to make a really basic pasta. In my box of veggies that i get every week i have been getting these cherry tomatoes, that i think are delicious..however i just dont like raw tomatoes.

i started by

boiling enough pasta for two people
in another pan adding 2 tsp of olive oil
turning to med-high heat
cutting in half 6 cherry tomatoes
once hot adding cherry tomatoes to pan
stirring around for a few minutes while the tomatoes fry
adding 2 tbs of pesto to the fried tomatoes
continuing to stir and than add to a large pot of pasta
stirring about

than i enjoyed it with some wine.

bacon sunchoke soup

2010-05-22T13:58:00.000-07:00

I have been pretty bad at posting these past few days...and im sorry for that, but i have been busy. Im working on an art show at urban outfitters, writing an essay about the identity of nordic food, doing scientific experiments on cider that i (and friends) have brewed and finally my mum is town. Its been great, but busy. Last week the weather was cold so i made soup. this was it...seems out of place right now, but at the time it was not. at all so so delicous.

I started by

adding 5 slices of organic bacon to a soup pot
turning to med heat and letting bacon start to cook
cutting up an onion and adding to bacon once fat is starting to melt
cooking and stirring everyone once in while for 5 minutes
adding 3 large carrots (peeled and cut)
adding a large handful of sunchoke (peeled and cut up)
adding 2 cloves of garlic (smashed and diced)
adding 2 tsp of hot sauce
adding 3 tsp of curry powder
adding half a juice of lemon
stirring for a few more minutes
adding water and turning up heat
adding beef bouillon cube and put lid on top
once boiling, turn down temp to a simmer
let simmer for 30-40 minutes
use a blender to blend it

top it off with some sour cream, chives but i had some more bacon that was put in oven till crisp and chopped up... enjoy

cauliflower yellow bean dahlish things

2010-05-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

I had some cauliflower the other day and decided to make this. I dunno, its kind of like dahl...but my version i guess. Hope you like..

I started by

slicing up a few pieces of fatty organic bacon
adding to a pot
turning to med-high heat
adding 1 onion (peeled and chopped up)
stirring for a few minutes
adding a clove of garlic (smashed and chopped)
adding 1 tbs curry powder, 1 tsp hot sauce and 1 tsp of maple syrup
stirring for another few minutes
adding 1 L water
turning to high
adding a beef bouillon cube
adding 2 large handfuls of yellow split peas
once boiling turning down
letting simmer for over an hour...till some water has evaporated
adding 2 tomatoes (diced up)
adding a large handful of cauliflower florets (smaller pieces pieces)

top with some red currants

Enjoy!!

bread in muffin

2010-05-17T12:15:00.001-07:00

I made some bread the other day.

the recipe for the dough goes as follows

Bread recipe is a simple bread recipe. Start with

2 (8 g) packages of rapid rise yeast
1 cup of warm water
2 tsp maple syrup

Let sit for 5 min, till a creamy foam

Fill a big bowl with 7 cups of flour, than add

Combine:

2 tb, olive oil
3/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
yeast mixture

Knead for 7-10 min, till it has formed together. Than let sit and put in bowl with some olive oil and a damp rag on top. Let it sit till it doubles, around an hour. Punch down and let rise again.

I than divided it up into 2 tbs balls.

i added some of

garlic (smashed, diced)
maple syrup
salt/pepper
Parmesan cheese
pesto

i than put them into the muffin cups, and baked in oven at 350 for 20ish minutes...till tops looked like this.

cucumber radish salad

2010-05-15T13:08:00.000-07:00

When its cold outside i sometimes feel like i just need something fresh and tasty to get away from the weather.

So i started out by washing and slicing up a cucumber and a handful of radishes.

I made a sauce out of

olive oil
honey mustard
white wine vinegar
salt/pepper

got a bowl and added the cucumber, radish and sauce.

roasted....

2010-05-11T05:48:00.001-07:00

At my work they are always making these 'home' fries with the burgers. They just smell delicious and as we cant eat them there i had to make some tastiers ones at home. This is all from that box of organic veggies that i get. I got these small potatoes and a couple big parsnips.

I started by

washing a big handful of potatoes and peeling a parsnip.
cutting up the roots into wedges.
setting in bowl with ice water for 10 min.
draining and turning oven to 400 F.
smashing and chopping 2 cloves of garlic.
adding a good dash of olive oil, salt, garlic to bowl with roots.
mixing all up.
putting on pan.
putting in oven once it is HOT
flipping after 15 min
flipping again after another 15 min
taking out when they are brown on outside
enjoying with while watching the nucks game

mergez w. yam and eggplant

2010-05-10T09:44:00.000-07:00

i dont usually use a fry pan with yams, but this time is an exception.

i start by

turning a pan to med-high heat.
adding a spicy mergez sausage to pan.
peeling, dicing and adding a yam to pan.
washing, dicing and adding an egg plant to pan.
stirring for 5 min.
adding touch of salt, pepper, olive oil and garlic.
taking out sausage, slicing and re adding to pan.
putting lid on.
cooking for another 10 min. stirring every once in a while.

It worked out pretty great, and will definitely make it again with a few more spices and flavours.

root cakes

2010-05-09T04:20:00.001-07:00

I made this the other day because i got a lot of vegetables from per. I had a bunch of root veggies and decided that i wanted to make a 'root cake' out of it.

I started by grating

1 decently large beetroot (peeled)
5 small potatoes (washed and scrubbed)
2 sweet potatoes (peeled)
1 parsnip (peeled)

and than a washed and finely sliced up a leek. Put it all in a bowl and it looked like this

now i added and mixed in

2 eggs
1 tsp of salt
2 tsp lius syrup
1 tsp of cayenne pepper
2 tbs of grated mozzarella
1 tbs of corn
1/2 cup of flower

once all mixted, stuff the mixture into muffin cups, as seen below

Put in oven at 350 for 40ish minutes. They will brown on the top and solidify. and be soo soo tasty. I ate it with some black beans that i made a few days ago.

mergez sausage pita

2010-05-05T14:30:00.000-07:00

I went today to the butcher and got some mergez sausage. I dont know how to spell it, but its a spicy african sausage.

I started by

frying up 2 sausages in a pan
adding a eggplant, sliced up
adding a red pepper, diced up

Let it all cook up for a few minutes. I added some maple syrup and a tsp of curry powder. I put the lid on and cooked it up for another 10 minutes...stirring occasionally. This is how it turned out.

I than added some of the mixture with a bit of

creme fraiche
mozzarrella cheese

and wrapped it up and put it on the fry pan to crisp it up a little.

frozen berry sauce

2010-05-03T15:50:00.000-07:00

I was starving after a day of work yesterday and found out that i had basically no food, except some stuff in the freezer. I found a roll of pinwheel cookies so i decided to bake them up. With that i made a sauce out of some of the frozen berries i had. I had some mixed berries and some red currant berries in the freezer. Im not usually a fan of frozen stuff, but i was in dire need of it.

I started by adding

large handful of frozen red currants
handful of frozen mixed berries
tbs of sugar
1 cup of water

to a pot and turn it to med heat. heat it till it starts to boil and simmer for a couple minutes till it thickens a bit.

Have them with some cookies... and Enjoy

stuffed onion

2010-05-02T14:14:00.000-07:00

As i like to make one recipe based on the box of veggies i get, therefore i came up with this one. Its quite different and very tasty...and as per usual quite simple. I appologize before about all the sexual connotations, however as we all know, sex and food go well together...so maybe it makes sense

Get a medium sized onion, like size of your fist. (unless you have tiny or massive hands...than adjust accordinly). some delicious monastery styled sausages.

Peel
cut top and bottom off, so you can see the inner layers
cut out a hole in center (big enough to fit the sausage into)
stuff sausage into onion
put on a sheet of tinfoil (big enough to wrap around onion)

now for the other flavouring i added

a dash of hot sauce
a dash of maple syrup (or substitute)
a dash of vegetable oil
a tiny dash of sesame oil
some black sesame seeds

wrap it all up in the tinfoil and put in oven at 350 F for 45 min. Can unwrap at end so that it makes top golden brown.

As i said, its pretty simple...pretty hands on, but will definitely impress some people.

salami onion burrito

2010-04-30T08:10:00.001-07:00

this burrito is really similar to the last one i had the other day...i'm doing a kind of double post because i have been eating these soft tortilla shells and well if you are by yourself than your gonna need another recipe so you don't get bored from the same old stuff...but the essentials are basically the same

i had the same ingredients as the last time, except the beans. so i had and layered in this order

soft tortilla shell
lettuce
corn
brown rice
salsa
buffalo mozzarella
salami/onion mixture

instead of the beans i used some salami and onion. I started by

dicing the salami and onion.
adding the salami to a pan at high temp
stirring for a couple minutes
adding the onion
stirring till its cooked (couple minutes)

and than created my burrito and put it on the pan so that it becomes a little crisp on the outside.

so create your own and enjoy it with some friends.

how i make a burrito...

2010-04-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

now this isnt the best burrito recipe out there, that is for sure. however i will tell you that it was utterly delicious. I ate two pretty big burritos for lunch today cause i was starving and this is how i made them.

i started by heating up some chili beans (i think red kidney beans) and making some brown rice.

i then layered the following on top of a tortilla

lettuce
corn
beans
brown rice
salsa
mozzarella cheese (italian boccocini style)

i folded it up and put it in a none stick pan, first folded side up with smaller lid putting pressure on top of burritos keeping them closed. then flipping and cooking for a couple more min before slicing in half and eating them.

i know other people would add other things, but this is what i had in the kitchen, so i hope you can create more. if you do make any great combos...please tell me.

sauteed Jerusalem artichoke

2010-04-26T08:24:00.001-07:00

Jerusalem artichoke can cause major problems in your gastric track, however if you can manage to make it through that...they are delicious. So make sure to get high quality ones. I had some organic ones in my box, and had no problem, but don't know why i didn't have any problems.

I tried another simple recipe.

Start up by washing and slicing up the the Jerusalem artichoke and some salami.

turn a large pan to med-high temp and add

salami
Jerusalem artichoke
tsp of olive oil
2 bay leaves
2 cloves of garlic (smashed/diced)
tsp of water

now keep cooking that with the lid on. Let it cook for 20ish minutes. Than take the lid off and cook it a little more so that it crisps on the bottom. Add a handful of walnuts if you want and Enjoy!

300th post...a simple tasty substance

2010-04-24T15:49:00.000-07:00

I seriously just made this, and though it might not look delicious...it really was a late night snack that i needed to eat. I got the veggies from sam, through an organic farm outside of copenhagen. I didnt need to add much, and honestly im not even sure exactly what i ate, as im not sure if it is cabbage...it seemed too loose and leafy...but what ever a good cabbage would be good with it too....just not the super tightly knit one...i dont like that one much.

I started by slicing up some italian salami and threw it into a saucepan at a high temp.

Once it was hot and the fat was melting into oil, i added a big handful of sliced cabbage.

I then splashed a little bit of

lius sugar syrup (like maple syrup)
balsamic vinegar
chili oil

and than put a smaller lid on it so that it had more pressure. after a minute i used tongs to move it all around and flip leaves. Put lid back on, and than cooked it for a few minutes and continued to stir/flip it. Cook for a total of 8ish minutes and than eat it up.

Enjoy!

lamb chops

2010-04-23T08:09:00.001-07:00

I'm not sure who knows it, but with two parents from Australia i sometimes just crave good lamb chops. I like to marinade them with my favorite spices for lamb.

The classic flavours for lamb are

olive oil
rosemary
maple syrup
garlic
touch of mustard
salt/pepper

Let it marinade in a plastic bag over night.

Now to cook the steak i would not suggest the way i did it. But get a griddle or something that can get nice and hot.

Once the pan/griddle is hot,

throw it in
let it sear for a 4 minutes
flip it and let sear for another 4 minutes
flip it once more and cook for another

It should be a little rare inside, but it should be fine. Serve it with fennel salad and also some beets.

asian stir fry

2010-04-22T02:39:00.000-07:00

Gah
how i love asian foods. LIke they are just DELICIOUS. So after craving some the other night i used what was left in my fridge to make this stir fry. Plus some rice noodles (or that is what i think they are).

The night before i put a lamb chop in a plastic bag with

1 clove of diced and smashed garlic
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp of honey
1/2 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of vegetable oil

i let that sit over night in the fridge.

start off my soaking rice noodles in water for 15-20 minutes. I used kind of warm water, but not too hot. While those were soaking i started to cook up the veggies and meat.

I started by cooking the veggies in a large pot by adding

2 tsp of oil to a pan
2 shallots peeled and sliced in half
a handful of broccoli florets (chopped into smaller pieces)
a handful of chopped up carrots
2 tsp of soy sauce
2 tsp of honey
1 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of white sesame seeds
1 tsp of black sesame seeds
1 tsp of hot sauce

cooking that up at med-high heat for 10 minutes so the flavours would be tramited into the veggies. Finally i took the veggies off and put onto a plate.

I than seared the lamb at a pretty high heat. Cooking for 2 minutes a side, but flipping three times, so that the inside was still juicy but still cooked properly.

i took the lamb off and let it cool for a second.

Finally i added a bit more oil to the pan (1 tbs) and added the

noodles
veggies
meat (diced up)

and cooked that up for another 5 -6 minutes at high heat, so that all the flavours would mix together.

Enjoy!

Delicious Fennel Salad

2010-04-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

This recipe comes from a family friend. And there is only need for 4 ingredients. Its great as a side if you dont have time, or attach it to your main and you wont be sorry.

start by

slicing up some fennel
adding some olive oil, lemon juice and touch of salt

Enjoy.

brie balsamic pasta

2010-04-19T03:06:00.000-07:00

yes i know how this sounds, but this pasta is actually very delicious. Interesting and i need to do some adjustments before i think of it as a complete recipe but i enjoy the idea of it.

I started up by cooking some chicken stuffed tortellini.

While the pasta was cooking i heated up a pan...that is big enough for all the pasta...and i added some onions (flat side down) that were peeled, than halfed. Drizzle some balsamic vinegar over top. about a tbs worth or more.

I chopped up a little bit of brie cheese. (small handful)

Once i cooked it up the pasta, i drained it and added some olive oil to lubricate it.

I then

added the pasta to the pan with the onion
threw in the handful of chopped brie cheese
another tbs of balsamic vinegar
fried it up for another couple minutes

Now enjoy. it doesnt always look too pretty so add some flowers to make it look nicer.

baked BÖRSENFIEBER things...

2010-04-17T08:52:00.000-07:00

On thursday i went to the BÖRSENFIEBER and i loved it. they are on the new cookbook and they were just so much fun to dance and listen to. Once i got home i was starving and decided to make something delicious. so this is what i made.

so i sliced the following into chunks

broccoli
Jerusalem artichoke

than finally i made a sauce out of

1 tsp of sesame oil
1 tbs of olive oil
1 tsp of black sesame seeds
2 tsp of soy sauce
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp of sugar

i mixed that all up and added it to a pan with the Jerusalem artichoke and broccoli.

finally i put it into the oven at 400 F for 30 minutes. I also added some water to another pan so that it would cook and steam at the same time.

Enjoy any time of the Day...but if you wanna really experience, than put on some BÖRSENFIEBER and bake these up.

i cant call it a caesar salad...

2010-04-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

The sauce and the romaine are similar to caesar but i would not really think they are too similar. This might be a caesar on acid, or something that just gives it an amazing flavour and more substance than just some lettuce.

I started by putting some diced romaine into cold water to crisp it up, and then drained it and dried it with one of those things...you know what they are, they are for salad and they spin.

I had some cooked beets in the fridge so i diced those up.

Then i got a handful of shrimp.

i then layered everything. so it went salad, beets and shrimp.

The sauce (enough for 1 big salad) was made out of

1 tbs grated parmesan cheese
1/2 juice of lime
2 tbs of olive oil
touch of hot sauce.

now add the sauce to the salad and enjoy!

tomato chicken w. green beans

2010-04-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

i made this chicken the other day with a side of green beans. It was super simple, juicy and just plain tasty. TO make the green beans check out this.

turn the oven up to 375 C.

to start up making the chicken

slice an onion
add to pan with some olive oil
add a clove of garlic (chopped/smashed)
turn to med-high heat
add 1 tbs of tandoori powder
add 1 tsp sugar
finally add the chicken breast to the pan

cook that up for 5-6 minutes in pan and than add to a container that you can put into the oven. Then add a can of tomatoes and cover with some tin foil.

Now let it cook for 30-40 minutes. serve up with green beans and maybe some sweet potato latkas if your interested.

grapefruit shrimp salad

2010-04-12T13:46:00.000-07:00

based off of the pomelo shrimp salad that i had in berlin with my ursula i decided to try to make it with some grapefruit. Use pomelo if you want a less bitter taste, but it was kind of nice with a sweeter sauce.

start by peeling and slicing up a couple grapefruits. Make sure to get all the pith (i think that is the word), the whiteish membrane in between the juicy part.

Than i made a sauce (for 4 people) out of

tbs of vegetable oil
1/2 tsp of sesame oil
2 tsp of rice vinegar
1 tsp of sugar
1 tsp of hot sauce
1 tsp of mayonnaise

Than layer bowl with some

arugula
grapefruit
shrimp
sauce

Enjoy!

my bolognese sauce

2010-04-11T08:47:00.001-07:00

For those who dont know me, i love pasta. Its really simple and i personally believe should be a staple for a lot of people. yes it is full of carbs, which could potentially lead to some weight problems, however this is quite unlikely if you cook your pasta right and make proper sauces that dont contain 50% butter. My meat sauces has come a long way, but once you understand it...its ridiculously easy to whip up. If you want a vegetarian alternative just try the sauce without the meat.

i started by boiling a big pot of water and cooking pasta. the sauce was made by

putting a little olive oil in a medium sized saucepan at med heat
adding a white onion to pan, diced up
adding 2 cloves of garlic, crushed and diced
stirring it around for 4-5 min, or till onions are see through

I then added

400 grams of organic ground beef (im not a fan of normal ground beef...it scares me)
1 can of tomatoes
1 tbs of tomato paste
a tsp of white sugar
1 pepper diced up
1 tsp of hot sauce
1/2 c of red wine
a large pinch of salt
a decent pinch of pepper

I turned it to high till it started to boil, then back to simmering at med heat while it bubbles and thickens. Constantly stirring for 30ish min most likely, or till its thick enough for you to think its a sauce, with the lid half off...so some steam can come off.

If you let it sit without stirring it will look runny, but stirring it together will make it seem like a proper chunky sauce.

Enjoy guys with some spaghetti and a touch of parm, and make sure to add sauce to pasta in pot and put back on stove for a couple minutes so sauce gets soaked up into noodles....this is KEY!

carrot parsnip soup

2010-04-09T02:22:00.001-07:00

Hey guys and gals. Im back, in the middle of my preperation of my one exam, but i decided that i need to get back on track and restart my blogging. So im starting up with a really simple, carrot parsnip soup.

now this soup is very very similar to my carrot curry soup but i have altered the recipe a bit because i had some other ingredients...ie parsnip.

To make the soup:

add a chopped onion to a pot with a tbs of olive oil
turn to med-high heat. add a clove of garlic. smashed and finely chopped.
stir for 5 min.
add 2 tsp of curry powder.
add 1 tsp of hot sauce.
add 2 carrots. chopped up.
add 2 parsnips. chopped up.
add tsp of salt/ pepper
stir. for 5 min.
add 3-4 cups of water. (the more the loner you will have to boil)
add a veggie bouillon cube
let it boil and then turn down to simmer.
let simmer for 40ish min.

Once it is all cooked through, soft enough for a fork to push through easily. Blend with a blender. You can let it simmer for another 10-15 min, if it is too thin. Or even longer.

i added some

Turkish yogurt
paprika
lime juice

to give a final flavour and for a little more enjoyment.

simple organic Sausage and cabbage...

2010-03-30T06:41:00.001-07:00

Now usually i would not just make some sausage and cabbage together, but this week is different. I just got my first food box of organic vegetables and they gave me a really nice organic cabbage. I then bought some sausages at the same places, some gorgeous organic ones. I knew i didn't really need a lot of other flavors or sauces so i made them pretty simple.

Start off by

frying a sausage a med-high temp.
adding some water so that it cooks all the way through.
once all cooked, 5-10 minutes, take off the sausages.
while sausages set, add some sliced up cabbage to pan.
add a tsp of balsamic vinegar, olive oil and touch of hot sauce
slice up the sausages and add them to the pan.
now stir every minute or so and cook for 5-7 minutes.

Now enjoy with some fresh beer!

lemon squares

2010-03-29T03:58:00.000-07:00

Since i was young, i have always loved the taste of lemon. Ive been craving some new sweets so i decided that this was the easiest thing to make. Its not exactly healthy, but it tastes good and in moderation its not too bad for ya.

start by making a crust by mixing

1/2 cup of softened butter
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of flour

in a bowl. Then press mixture into a pan and put in oven at 350 F for 15-20 min. (till golden colored)

the filling...or other mixture is made by mixing

2 eggs
3/4 cup of sugar
2 tbs of flour
1 lemon, juiced

Now pour this mixture over the baked crust. Bake for another 20 minutes.

Let them cool for a few minutes so they firm up. Cut them up. And then sprinkle powdered sugar on top of squares.

Enjoy!

Jamie Oliver's TED talk!!!

2010-03-28T03:29:00.001-07:00

now this is SUPER IMPORTANT!!! so take the 20 minutes to watch this. Seriously its quite an amazing video and very important for future considerations.

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/jamie-oliver-healthy-education.html?campaign=daylife-article

tomato bacon pasta

2010-03-28T02:33:00.000-07:00

On these lazy sundays i find myself craving a lot of vegetables. Usually having some greens gets me feeling perfect, but i have been starting to love plain tomato sauces these days. Well...as plain as a tomato sauce i can.

I started off by

cutting some bacon, and putting it into a saucepan
letting all the fat ooze off
dicing and adding an onion to saucepan
smashing two cloves of garlic and adding those in
letting it cook up for a couple minutes
adding a handful of chopped carrots
adding a can of chopped tomatoes
for some spice adding spices of 1/2 tsp of hot sauce

now continue to stir it and let it all boil down. season with

salt
pepper
sugar

Enjoy with some spaghetti!

sesame bok choi w, bacon...

2010-03-26T01:02:00.000-07:00

In copenhagen it is really hard to find good asian ingredients. But once you find the good thai supermarkets, there is nothing easier. Kind of out of the way, in the middle of the meat packing district there is a great little market that sells some great fresh veggies and all the asian treats one could want. I decided to get some bok choi (i think thats the right name) and some hot sauce.

I started by

frying up some bacon, (at med-high heat) so that i could use the fat to cook up the bok choi.
adding a tsp of hot sauce to the frying bacon
stirring that around. flipping bacon.
taking out the bacon and draining the fat from it.
adding the bok choi and stir it all around.
adding a touch (very small amount) of sesame oil. and soy sauce.
continuing to stir.
adding some white sesame seeds

serving all together this delicious treat is a feast of flavours and is kind of healthy...but not THAT healthy.

Enjoy!

salami onion arugula pasta

2010-03-25T03:30:00.000-07:00

I was starving the other day and i decided the easiest thing i could do was make up some pasta. I didnt have tomatoes to make a basic marinara sauce, so i decided to try something a little different.

I started by making a big bowl of spaghetti. Add a little bit of pesto and olive oil to it so that it had a little bit more taste. and then made a sauce out of the stuff i had.

I began the sauce making by

dicing up an onion
dicing up a decent chunk of salami
throwing them both into a small saucepan
cooking for a couple minutes at med-high heat.
adding enough pasta for yourself.
adding a handful of argula and stir it all up together.

I then added a touch of parm cheese and enjoyed everything for a great lunch.

honey soy garlic wings

2010-03-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

the last time i made wings, i just loved them so much that i needed to try another alteration. So I decided to make a honey soy garlic type of wing.

I started about the same as last time, setting aside about 20 wings. enough for me and a couple other people. Then making sure to cut them into two pieces, one with last two segments and one for the first segment. This way the wings arent TOO big.

To make them taste good i started by adding

3/4 cup of flour
1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of salt

to a resealable plastic bag. Sealed it and shook it up.

Then i added the wing. and shook it all up some the wings got completely covered with the flour mixture.

once all coated i put it in the fridge for an hour. and layered a baking sheet with parchment paper (so does not stick).

After the hour turned oven to 400 F.

Before putting them into the oven i whisked together

1/4 cup of vegetable oil
1/4 cup of hot sauce
2 tsp of honey
2 cloves garlic (smashed/diced)
2 tbs of soy sauce

And dipped the wings in this mixture before placing them on the baking sheet. Pouring the rest of the mixture ontop of the wings. I then put into oven for 45 min, turning over at around 25 min to make sure they cooked on both sides.

Enjoy!!!

Hot and Sweet Salmon

2010-03-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

I was craving some fish the other day and Sam was lovely enough to go and by half a salmon, filleted but still having the skin on. I decided the only thing i could do with it was throw it into the oven with the skin side up so that it got nice and crispy.

I started by making a sauce/marinade consisting of relatively

1/4 cup of sweet hot chili sauce
juice of 1/2 a lime
1/2 tsp of sesame oil
1 tbs of soy sauce
1 tsp of hot sauce

mixing them all up i line a baking sheet with parchment paper. I put some sauce on the parchment paper than I placed the salmon skin up on the tray. Finally i put the rest of the sauce on top of the salmon and put oven to 400 F.

When the oven was hot i through the salmon into the oven and cooked it for 15-20 min, turning up temperature at the end so that the skin would definitely be crispy (But be careful, i almost started a fire.)

I ate the salmon up with my thunderheist potatoes...well with yams.

bacon avocado sandwiches

2010-03-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

My new avocado craze has really taken a hold of me. So yesterday i decided to make myself a really simple sandwich.

Start by putting some bacon in the oven at 350 F on a pan covered in tinfoil or parchment paper. Cook it for 10-15 min, flipping so that it gets crispy on both sides.

Now while this is in the oven start

slicing and mashing the insides of an avocado in a small bowl
adding the juice of half a lime

Now throw a piece or two of bread into the toaster to get toasted, then start to create your sandwich with bacon topping the avocado mixture.

Ohh and for the sake of my dad and other jews or non pork eaters, you can use pastrami or another cure meat.

GOD MAD: GOOD GRUB RELEASE PARTY!!!!

2010-03-12T02:35:00.000-08:00

hey guys and gals.

so the first dan's good grub trilogy is finally finished.

God Mad: Good Grub is finished with a delicous CD featuring some amazing bands from canada and denmark. The band list is as follows.

Song

Band

My cross to bear
The good news

Keeps Passing By Feat Barbara Moleko
Veteran Cosmic Rockers

First
Cavio

Pressure
En Francais

Profession
Adjective

Play
The Kites

Motor Cykle
A key is a key

You’re Great
Sleep Talking Giants

Sun
Kenton Slash Demon

I wanna Take you to this place I know
Roxy Jules

Talk about the treadmill
I got you on tape

A gentleman’s harvest
The magician

From Your Friend Jule
Frank Julie

bomberman
BÖRSENFIEBER

Livret er…
Skyggen af en flamingo

17
Familia

Mademoiselle
Inlet Sound

In my need to set sails
Bird alert

Me Me Me
Lars and the Hands of Light

Come to the release party on March 21st. for some free food and to check out one of the books.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=317564644857&ref=mf

Books are 100 Kr.

fried pasta!!!

2010-03-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

Fried pasta is by no means a healthy food. However, it is DELICIOUS.

Start off with some extra pasta from the night before. Let it site in the fridge over night so the tastes infuse into all the noodles and such.

The next morning get a pan and add a bit of olive oil. Turn to med-high temp so that the oil gets nice and hot and ready to fry.

Now add the pasta and fry it up nicely and sprinkle a little parmesan cheese on top.

Let it fry up for 5 minutes, so that there are some nice crispy noodles at the end.

Now enjoy with some wine.

mint ginger cod

2010-03-09T06:05:00.000-08:00

I have been checking out this flavour website which has been very nice and helpful for finding out some new cool flavours. I had some butter in the fridge and some mint so i decided to make some cod with mint ginger and butter.

I started by

melting 1 Tbs of butter
mixing in 1 tbs of chopped mint
adding 1 tsp of ground ginger
1/2 tsp of salt

i then dipped the pieces of cod in the sauce and let it sit for a couple minutes.

I put a stickfree saucepan at med-high heat. And put oven to 400 F.

I then put the cod onto the saucepan for 30 seconds a side and the placed the cod on a pan coated with parchment paper.

Put the fish into the oven for 10 minutes and enjoy with some rice.

Sesame Hummus

2010-03-08T00:27:00.000-08:00

Hummus is one of the easiest dips to make. I usually make sure i have a can of chick peas on my top shelf at all times. This time i decided to add a little sesame flavour to the hummus to give it something a little different.

Start by

draining a half the juice out of a can of chickpeas. (keep half so that it is viscous enough)
adding chickpeas and the juice to a container suitable for a blender

then add

2 tbs of lemon juice
2 tbs of olive oil
1 tsp of sesame oil (very strong stuff so watch out)
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of black pepper

Now blend that all together til its a nice consistency. If its too thick, add a little bit of olive oil or lemon juice...but make sure to adjust it to your taste.

Now once you have it tasting almost how you want it, put it in a bowl to serve.

To give a nice look sprinkle on some

black sesame seeds
paprika
cayenne pepper (spicy)

Now enjoy with some pita and friends.

Chicken wings!!!!

2010-03-07T09:03:00.000-08:00

Okay so i was craving some chicken wings the other day. They arent an easy item to get, so i had to go to a butcher to get a big bag of them.

I set aside about 20 wings. enough for me and a couple other people. Then make sure to cut them into two pieces, one with last two segments and one for the first segment. This way the wings arent TOO big.

To make them taste good i started by adding

3/4 cup of flour
1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of garlic salt

1/4 cup of melted butter
1/3 cup of hot sauce
1 tsp of maple syrup

And dipped the wings in this mixture before placing them on the baking sheet. I then put into oven for 45 min, turning over at around 25 min to make sure they cooked on both sides.

they were completely deilicous, so i tried them with some other sauces...but that is for another day.

fried rice in denmark

2010-02-24T13:40:00.000-08:00

Now fried rice might be one of my favourite asian dishes. Or actually, one of my favourite dishes period. Its good with almost all flavours that one wants to put in it. Personally i love with some meat or shrimp and some egg, with veggies.

I started out with a decent amount of brown rice from last nights dinner. I also had precooked shrimp, an egg whisked with some garlic, and some sliced carrots.

I started by adding a tiny bit of oil to a pan, heating it up and scrambling an egg in it. Once the egg is scrambled i set it to the side.

Now i made a dressing of

oil
garlic
ginger
sweet and spicy thai sauce
sesame oil (just a drop or two)
soy sauce

Finally i added the carrots to the saucepan and then added half the sauce to them so it would all cook up together. Letting it cook for a couple min i then added the rice, shrimp and egg. Frying that all up ( adding a little oil so it fries up nicely). Make sure to continue to move the rice around so it doesnt burn or stick to the bottom, but the longer you let it set the crispier it will get.

Now enjoy this delightful dish whenever you please.

smorrebrod with leverpostej and pickled beets

2010-02-21T06:55:00.000-08:00

Ive been having this for a couple days in the morning. Creating a smorrebrod from toast, liverpost (chopped liver), pickled beets and a little bit of horse radish.

I made my own pickled beets with a very simple pickling recipe that is usually used for pickling cucumbers.

I started by baking beets in oven at 400 F for an hour.

Mix...in a small pot

1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp of salt
2 tbs of sugar
1/2 tsp of pepper
1/3 cup of water
1 tsp of dried dill

stir at med-high heat till its all super saturated. Let cool.

Slice beets up, put into jar for pickling and pour the mixture over beets.

Now let it sit for a day or two and enjoy.

supreme pizza

2010-02-19T10:37:00.000-08:00

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I started by making a batch of pizza dough.

paint the baking pan with a bit of oil. sprinkle a little bit of corn meal. this preps the pan so the pizza does not stick.

i rolled the dough out thin and coated it with

some tomato paste
a dash of tobasco sauce
sliced mushrooms
diced green peppers
diced salami
a lot of mozzarella cheese
a little bit of feta cheese

Put it into an oven at 350 F for 15-20 min and Enjoy with some beer.

supreme omlette

2010-02-18T13:34:00.000-08:00

This omlette has everything that a supreme pizza has, except the pizza dough and tomato sauce have been substituted with eggs.

Its a really easy prep by beating 4 eggs in a small bowl with a smashed/diced clove of garlic.

start by dicing into small pieces a

handful of salami
handful of green pepper
handful of mushrooms

Now start by adding the salami to a saucepan. turn to med-high heat so the fat drips as it heats up. Once there a bit of fat in the bottom add the green pepper and mushrooms. stir that all up and let it cook for a couple min. Finally add the egg mixture and sprinkle a handful of mozzarella cheese on top. Keep it cooking for a couple min so the egg sets. Flip half of omlete over so that it is cooked on both sides. Flip one more time so it cooks all the way through.

Enjoy with some toast.

Tequila in the winter

2010-02-16T09:07:00.000-08:00

i bought some tequila on the way back from Spain and now i have to drink it. Shots are nice but a good mixed drink is just happiness.

we made a jug of it. about a L worth drink, but it was not that strong.

I started by

layering a lot of ice at the bottom of the Jug.
add 1/2 cup of frozen red currants
pouring 6 shots of tequila
1 tbs of lime-hydelberry syrup
2 tsp of cranberry syrup
finally fill the rest of with sparkling water

God it was good. Enjoy

tandoori ribs

2010-02-15T15:08:00.000-08:00

Now ribs are so amazing. They are delicious, not super healthy but just delicious.

I started be rubbing ribs with a rub made of

2 tsp of tandoori spice
2 tbs brown sugar
1 tsp of cayenne powder

Wrap them in tinfoil, put in fridge for a few hours.

In another bowl i mixed up a sauce made from

2 cloves of garlic
1 cup of red wine
a touch of worcheshire sauce

Than i filled the tinfoil pockets with the sauce and put in oven at 250 F. For 2.5 hours.

Once it is all cooked. Drain the sauce into a saucepan. Turn the heat up, so it boils off the water.

Then cut the ribs up. and coat them with the sauce that is left.

Now enjoy with a beer!

polenta with tomato pea stuff

2010-02-14T12:18:00.000-08:00

Ive had this polenta mix for quite some time. And decided it was time to use it with something else.

I followed the directions of the polenta mix. which was adding 1/4 packet of polenta with 2 cups of warm water. whisking till all mixed up. putting heat up to high and stirring with a wooden stick constantly for 35 min. After 35 min i filled re-usable muffin molds with the polenta mixture. let them stand for an hour. Then you can slice them up and fry them slightly, before having with some tomato pea stuff from the other night.

Enjoy on a cold winter night.

pea tomato tastyness

2010-02-12T13:03:00.000-08:00

I got a big bag of yellow/orange peas. I decided i need to start to cook them up soon.

Start off by rinsing out a cup of peas. in some cold water. Then drain.

In a pot

add the rinsed cup of peas
4 cups of water
1 vegetable boullion.
stir.
turn to high heat. till starts to boil.
put lid on. turn to low.
stir. take off foam. if it forms.
let cook for 35 min.

After the peas have cooked, in another pan

add tbs of olive oil
turn to med-high heat
add 1/2 diced onion
2 cloves of garlic. smashed. diced.
2 tsp masala curry powder
1/2 can of corn.
3 carrots. grated. chopped up.

stir all around so it kind of sears it. Then add a can of tomatoes.

Add all this to the pot of peas and cook it all together. Stir. Let cook for another 20 ish min.

Now enjoy with some bread.

Mum's Musli

2010-02-11T13:47:00.000-08:00

Now everyone in Denmark seems to eat Musli in the morning. If you go out for brunch, there is musli with yoghurt and berries. And why not? its delicious and from what i can tell, pretty healthy. The recipe i got from my mum actually

get a mixture of grains that look like rolled oats.
mix them together with slivers of nuts (almonds are probably best).

Make a dressing ( emulsion) with equal quantities of

either honey or maple syrup.
oil- generally safflower oil.

add a touch of cinnamon or vanilla if you want a more specific flavor. to either the dry mixture or the dressing

mix all the dry ingredients with the dressing so its all lightly coated.
spread out on baking tray about 1 inch thick. like cookies.
Bake at low heat. 280 F for about an hour or until golden brown.

stir/toss once so flavour/moisture is evenly distributed.

after all is baked add in

toasted pumpkin seeds. sunflower seeds.
dried fruit of your choice. raisins.

Now enjoy with some fresh berries and yoghurt. or if its winter, just some yoghurt, but enjoy!

American Breakfast...just a little different

2010-02-08T06:02:00.000-08:00

Every once in a while i love a big american breakfast. I had bacon, eggs, and some mashed potatoes from the other day. I decided i wanted to be nice and full for the long morning of classes so i decided to cook it all up again.

I started by frying up bacon. Putting in pan at med heat, starting when pan is cold.

Once the bacon is cooked, take it out of the pan and take off the heat so fat does not burn.

in a small bowl stir up

2 eggs
2 tsp of tandoori spice
1 tsp of lius syrup
1 tsp of tobasco sauce

Put the pan back onto the heater, and once it is hot add the eggs mixture. Now cook the up like you would cook scrambled eggs, moving around constantly.

Add the mashed potatoes to the other side of the saucepan to heat those up.

Now cook it all up for a couple min and Enjoy with a cup of OJ! or some coffee.

chicken feta stuffed squash

2010-02-07T11:54:00.000-08:00

i decided to buy a squash the other day cause i wanted to cook it. I found a few recipes of how to cook it, but the basic one was, cut in half, gut out seeds, add sugar, butter and put in oven for 40ish min. I wanted to do it a bit different but i kept it pretty simple.

I started by

washing the outside so there was no dirt.
cutting in half. long ways.
scooping out the seeds and stringy parts.
putting in a baking dish. flesh side up.
adding a tbs of butter to each side.
sprinkling 2 tsp of sugar on top.
covering pan in tin foil
putting in oven at 375 F
waiting an hour.
taking out of oven.
scooping the insides of squash into a bowl. (making sure shell remains)

In bowl mixing up

cooked squash
1/3 cup of diced up feta
1 cup of chopped up cooked chicken (from other night)
1 tsp of tobasco sauce

I then restuffed the squash with that mixture and put in oven for another 15 min.

It was delicious and cant wait to try again with some other things i can scrounge up.

Avocado and shrimp salad...x2

2010-02-06T11:57:00.000-08:00

ive been really happy eating avocadoes lately, even though its not the right time of year but it is just way too damn tasty. This salad was eaten on some bread.

It was made with a mixture of

an avocado
half the juice of a lime
1/2 tsp of tobasco sauce
2 tsp of creme fresh
1 tsp of salt

then mix in

1 small tomatoe (diced up)
150 g of pre cooked shrimp

And slop it onto a piece of toast and Enjoy!

balsamic dip

2010-02-06T01:15:00.000-08:00

It seems like carrots are the only really crispy veggies right now at a decent price so ive been eating a LOT of them. They are fine by themselves but i have been playing around with some dips to make them extra scrumptious.

This dip can be made in any tiny container just

add 1/3 cup of creme fresh (sour cream can work too)
add 1.5 tsp of balsamic vinegar
add 1 tsp of sugar syrup
add dash of cayenne pepper or Tabasco sauce

mix it all up and dip your carrots into it. Enjoy!

tuna tomato pasta

2010-02-05T00:33:00.000-08:00

I needed to clear out some things from my pantry and pasta is always so delicious so that is what i made. I started by making a simple tomato sauce in the usual fashion.

put a pot with a touch of olive oil on the stove at med temp
dice up a small onion and add to pot. stir.
add a clove of garlic, smashed and diced
give a couple min to get the flavours out
add 2 carrots diced up into small pieces. stir.
give another couple min to cook the carrots slightly
add a can of crushed tomatoes. stir.
add a tbs of tomato paste. stir.
add a tsp of sugar. stir.
add a dash of salt/pepper
add a dash of cayenne powder (for some spice)

now let the water cook off for a bit at med temp stirring ocasionaly. should take at least 15 min.

once you are ready with pasta grab a can of tuna. Flake up the tuna so it is lighter and absorbs more of the tasty sauce. Now stir it into the sauce and Enjoy with your pasta.

I topped it off with some Parmesan cheese.

mashed potatoes

2010-02-04T14:13:00.000-08:00

i cant believe i have never really made mashed potatoes yet. But actually i dont remember if i have. But tonight i ate them with a guac-a-shrimp sandwich.

mashed potatoes is one of the least screw up able recipes on the planet.

Start by washing some potatoes (however much you fell you can eat) and chopping them into equal sized chunks. I like the size of dice sized.

Now throw the diced potatoes into a pot with a ton of cold water. give 1/2 inch of extra water over top of potatoes.

Now add a pinch of salt and turn temp high so it boils. Now Let it all boil using a lid, but be mindful it doesnt foam too much.

The potatoes will vary in cooking time length, but once you can put a fork through them very easily, like with no effort than you are set.

Now you drain the potatoes from water and are ready to add the flavouring.

So there are a few options but you need at least a dash of milk and then some fat. Fats can be

olive oil
butter

dont add TOO much, but then again i know people who do half potatoes half butter, though i do not suggest this.

You need a bit of flavour my favourites are

dash of salt (to taste)
oven baked garlic (i use toaster oven to save energy)
dash of maple syrup
dash of tobasco sauce

Now these flavourings are up to you, so play around with it. and mostly just enjoy!

avocado and shrimp sandwich

2010-02-03T00:14:00.000-08:00

now i know it is not the right time for avocado but somehow they were selling them for really cheap at the little market i buy my food at.

I started by scooping out the inside of the avocados into a small bowl. I then

added juice of 1/2 lime
added 2 tsp of cilantro
added 2 tsp of creme fresh (sour cream) to make more creamy

now mush it all up with a fork so its nice and smooth.

finally mix in a handful of shrimp.

Now slop that onto a piece of toast or bread and ENJOY!!!

classic american cinnamon buns

2010-01-27T07:00:00.001-08:00

These are different then my usual cinnamon buns, but are really tasty and are easy to make for a large group of people. (ie not as great if you want 2 fresh ones every day)

Get a small bowl
add 1/2 cup of warm water
dissolve package of instant dry yeast
add tsp of sugar
stir around
let sit for 10 min

In a saucepan

warm the 1/2 cup of milk bubbles
remove from heat
mix in 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
tsp of salt
stir until melted
let cool until lukewarm.

In large bowl

combine the yeast mixture and milk mixture
add 2 eggs
add 1 1/2 cup flour
stir well to combine
stir in 2 1/2 cups of flour. 1/2 cup at a time
beat well after each addition.

When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes

Put in large bowl, coat with tsp of oil. cover with a damp cloth. let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume. about 1 hour.

While dough is rising, get a small saucepan at med heat

add 3/4 cup butter
stir in 3/4 cup brown sugar, whisking until smooth.

Pour into greased 9x13 inch baking pan.

Sprinkle bottom of pan with 1/2 cup pecans: set aside.

In a small bowl 1/4 cup of melted butter; set aside. Combine remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup pecans, and tbs of cinnamon.

The rest i copied from some guy is prof. And it works.

I used to make cinnamon rolls and stick buns professionally. Here is how we rolled tight buns. Make sure you roll your dough out to 1/4". Apply butter evenly, then sugar/cinnamon mixture. Holding the rolling pin, gently roll over the sugar/cinnamon mixture. At the beginning of the roll only 1/2" of dough and pinch down. Now you must begin rolling from each corner, middle, working your way back and forth. Curve your corners toward the center to avoid too much overlap (exess) IMPT: after about 2-3 rolls, carefully lift up each portion and pull away from you, this will "tuck" in the dough, be careful not to tear the dough. A lot to remember, but after you get the hang of it, it's like second nature and you will have picture perfect cinnamon rolls and sticky buns

its complicated but worth it. my short hand is

roll into an 18x14 inch rectangle.
brush with 2 tablespoons melted butter, leaving 1/2 inch border uncovered
sprinkle with brown sugar cinnamon mixture
starting at long side, tightly roll up, pinching seam to seal
brush with remaining 2 tablespoons butter
with serrated knife, cut into 15 pieces
place cut side down, in prepared pan
cover and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in volume

Heat oven to 375 F.

once risen put in oven for 25 to 30 minutes, until golden brown.

Let cool in pan for 3 minutes, then invert onto serving platter. Scrape remaining filling from the pan onto the rolls.

Enjoy! they are f**king amazing.

asian styled pickled herring

2010-01-26T08:43:00.001-08:00

I made pickled herring with curry the other day. Check it here. But now i have been playing with some other spices, so i decided to make the pickled herring with some Asian spices. My recent favourite is the chinese 5 spice.

Get some fillets of herring. Cut off the fin and slice into 2 inch strips.

In a pot mix

3/4 cup of white wine vinegar
3/4 cup of water
2 kaffir lime leaves
1.5 Tbs of 5 spice powder
2 tbs of sugar...or a little more

turn to med-high to reach a boil. stir.

Let the mixture cool

Then begin to layer the fish. with

a tbs of ginger sliced finely.
a red onion sliced finely.

let it sit for a couple days and enjoy.

Cheers

baked pasta

2010-01-24T01:42:00.000-08:00

Baked pasta is easy, great and well one of my favorite ways of having pasta. All you need to start up with is some already cooked pasta.

Once you have the pasta, miz it up with a bit of olive oil and make a layer of it at the bottom of a glass baking pan.

Sprinkle a layer of grated mozzarella cheese and then your sauce. Sometimes I just put some tuna but i had some extra bollagnese sauce, so i made a layer of that.

Then another layer of the pasta and a little more cheese on top.

Bake it in the oven at 350 F for 15-20 min.

Enjoy!!!

gourmet sloppy joes

2010-01-22T03:14:00.000-08:00

As i make most of my own sauces for pasta, and i sometimes eat alone, i can come across times where i have too much sauce and not enough pasta. So i store the extra sauce in the fridge and see what other wonders i can create with it. This alteration of the sloppy joe, i think thats the name im referring to, is pretty healthy, easy and so f**king scrumptious.

Use the recipe for pasta sauce from my spaghetti bolognese

if it is cold, heat it up in a saucepan for a couple min at med temp. stir around constantly.

Now slice a piece of bread and put it into the toaster for a light toast.

Once it is toasted (lightly) put the sauce on top of the toast. Sprinkle a touch of parm on top.

You can eat it now...but if you have a small toaster oven, put the sloppy joe in that for a couple min so it call crisps up a bit more.

Now enjoy for a snack or even as a whole meal.

curry pickled herring

2010-01-20T11:26:00.000-08:00

I have been having this crazy curry crave lately and decided to make pickled herring, though with curry flavor. Its a couple day process, but well worth it.

I started by getting 3 herring fillets (skin on). And letting them sit in water over night.

Drain water and slice, so you get the round circles, up a golden onion

In a pot mix

3/4 cup of white wine vinegar
3/4 cup of water
2 kaffir lime leaves
3 tsps of curry powder
2 tbs of sugar...or a little more

turn to med-high to reach a boil. stir.

Once it reaches a boil, take it off burner and let it cool.

Now in a ziplock container (not bag) layer the herring and onion.

Poor the cooled mixture into container and let it sit for 2 days.

Enjoy with some heavy rye bread.

curry lettuce wraps

2010-01-19T10:10:00.000-08:00

I had this iceberg lettuce in my fridge and needed to figure a fun use for it. We decided to make lettuce wraps. Now this is not the ideal lettuce, though im not sure which one is, for it. but it worked out all right.

I pulled apart lettuce so there were a few leaves that could handle a little meat inside of them.

The meat mixture was a pretty easy one i threw together.

Started like i usually do wiht

tbs of olive oil
1 small onion diced up at med temp in saucepan
stir around with wooden spoon for 2 min
add a clove of chopped garlic
stir for another min
add 150 g of ground beef.
stir that all around
add a tbs of curry powder
add 1/2 cup of corn and a tbs let it all cook up with the lid on for 10ish min.
constantly stir

once it is all cooked just stuff some of it into the lettuce wraps and enjoy.

carrot curry soup...

2010-01-17T15:11:00.000-08:00

Now what is better than a mojito? A mojito and a curry carrot soup.

To make the soup:

add a chopped onion to a pot with a tbs of olive oil
turn to med-high heat. add a clove of garlic. smashed and finely chopped.
stir for 5 min.
add 2 tsp of curry powder.
add 1 tsp of hot sauce.
add 4 carrots. chopped up.
add tsp ginger. grated.
add tsp of salt/ pepper
stir. for 5 min.
add 3-4 cups of water. (the more the loner you will have to boil)
add a veggie bouillon cube
let it boil and then turn down to simmer.
let simmer for 40ish min.

Once it is all cooked through, soft enough for a fork to push through easily. Blend with a blender. You can let it simmer for another 10-15 min, if it is too thin. Or even longer.

Add coconut milk just before you serve.

Enjoy!

Cold drinks for cold nights.

2010-01-17T14:45:00.000-08:00

So for those cold nights, i love having a nice cold drink. Now, if you dont have ice then leave your lemonade and rum in freezer for at least half an hour.

Now you will need:

a lime
mint leaves
sparkling lemonade
white rum
ice...if you got it

start by slicing lime into segments.
add 1/2 lime to bottom of cup. mash
add 10ish leaves of mint. mash.
add 50 ml of rum. add ice. stir.
top with lemonade.
Stir and garnish with fresh mint.

Now enjoy with something hot or cold.

Oh and i just found out the average shot size varies throughout the world. I never realized that until i just looked it up. Check wiki site on it.

sufganiot

2010-01-15T05:00:00.000-08:00

I know the ironic photo of Sufganiot in a christmas tin. I also realize that these are meant for holiday season, but why not have them at all times of winter.

Start with some Sufganiot dough.

Roll them into just larger than a Tsp size dough balls.

Get a saucepan and add so there is 1/4 inch of oil. Turn to med-high temp and add a piece of dough to the pan. Once there are bubbles all around it then you know you are ready.

Now add the dough balls to oil and cook them for a couple min, then flip sides and cook for another couple min. It should be brown on outside.

Now once they are all cooked, slice them open with a thin, sharp knife and fill with a tsp of jam. (i used black current)

Now sprinkle some powdered sugar on top and you are golden.

donut rolls

2010-01-14T02:31:00.000-08:00

so i used the same dough from my sufganot.

instead of dropping dough into hot oil, i rolled it out flat. After i rolled it out flat like a massive pancake, then make a layer of jam on the pancake.

Simply cut it into strips and then roll them up. pinch the end so that

put them into oven at 350 F for 15ish min, till slightly brown on top and ENJOY with some powdered sugar.

lamb stew

2010-01-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

These days in copenhagen seriously are freezing. SO i decided the easiest way to deal with it was making soups and stews. This lamb stew is a little different, but has some great flavours and is not much different than most stews.

Start by adding 1 tbs of oil to a pot and turning to med-high. then add

an onion (diced)
2 cloves of garlic (crushed and diced)
1 tsp of hot sauce
2 tsp of 5 spice mixture

stir around for a few minutes to soften onions and get it all smelling nice.
stir a bit more then add a pound of diced lamb, used for stewing.
add a tsp of salt and pepper
stir a for another couple min.
add 3 carrots (largely diced up) or sliced.
add veggie boullion cube.
fill with a litre of water.
let it boil then turn down to simmer for an hour or two.

I served them with some raisins and sunflower seeds.

Parm Crisps!!!

2010-01-11T06:15:00.000-08:00

These are such easy things to make and would be great over some pasta if you wanted to well step up your game. All you need is a baking sheet, nonstick cover , some grated parm cheese, some basil and oven and your set to go.

Now put a nonstick cover, ie parchment paper or other, on a baking sheet.

Make a mixture of 1 tbs of parm for each 1 tsp of shredded basil (fresh is best).

Put dollops of this mixture on the covered baking sheet and put in oven at 400 F for 5 min.

Enjoy!

carrot soup with fried saithe

2010-01-10T09:48:00.000-08:00

Hanging around copenhagen on these chili days has made me so excited that i know how make soups. This is one i made the other day with Brianna. It was great, and then we added some fried fish, because we were really hungry.

I started off by adding

1 peeled then chopped white onion
2 cloves of garlic, smashed and finely chopped up
1 tbs of olive oil

to a pot at med-high heat. I used a wooden scraper/stirrer thing i got at the christmas market. It is perfect for soups.

Once they had softened i added

3 carrots washed and chopped up
1 top of thumb sized piece of chopped ginger
1 medium sized kaffir lime leaf
2 tsp curry powder

then let cook for a couple min, stirring. Then add

2.5 cups of water
a vegetable bouillion cube

Let boil for 20 min.

Blend, then add 1/2 cup of coconut milk and continue to cook for a couple min before serving. At low.

Now for the fish, i bought some saible...im pretty sure thats the right name and i heard it good for frying. So i decided to crust them up and have them with the soup.

I started by having two bowls.

one filled with mixture of an egg and a tbs of coconut milk
one filled with mixture of breadcrumbs and tsp of salt

I used one hand to dip the fish into the first bowl and then another hand to remove it from the second bowl so doesnt get sticky. Its important to not get the bad clumps in your hands...hand work is everything.

Dip it in first bowl and then second bowl. Then flip and make sure they are completely coated with bread crumbs.

Fry them in a tbs of olive oil, ill got some nice brown edges. Should not take more then 4 min a side.

They were so delicious, with just a slice of lime to give them a touch more flavour.

Enjoy guys.

Potato leek soup...just another hot shot

2010-01-09T09:09:00.000-08:00

Okay, so a few weeks ago i made a potato soup but i decided to change a few things up. See if you can see what they are.

I started by adding a tbs of butter to a pot at med heat so it melt. Turning up heat and adding

adding 2 leeks (chopped up and rinsed so free from dirt)
2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped up)

stirring that around and then adding

2 large potatoes (chopped up) and stir again for a couple min at med/high heat
1 L of cold water with a veggie stock boullion
1 tsp cayenne pepper (for a touch of spice)
1 tsp maple syrup (for some sweetness)

2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of pepper

then cooking it for another 30ish min. once boiling, lowering the temp and letting simmer.

now blending it all together so it becomes smooth.

Cherry Milkshake for those Cool Nights.

2010-01-08T11:17:00.000-08:00

I have just come back from my Christmas, and i WILL post about it...because well it was AMAZING, with So much food.

My family went to Australia for the break and even though it is over, i was really craving a milkshake. They are the easiest and tastiest things. I have also been having a yogurt base, so its has a sharper taste but i feel much fresher.

It depends on who you are, but my amounts were

1/3 thick turkish yogurt
1 /3 vanilla ice cream
1/3 cherry juice

It depends on who you are though, as you could add more ice cream to have it thicker, or juice to hvae it more sugary and thiner.

Now add it to a blender, or use a hand blend it and enjoy the tasty milkshake.

Off for my vacation...

2009-12-20T03:49:00.000-08:00

Now im off to Aarhus, another city in Denmark, and then Sam and I are going to berlin. So, i wont be back for a while, and well im NOT bringing my computer. Its vacation and family time, so good bye big internet with all your information...for at least a little bit.

On another note, cookbook prep is going well and we home to have one out by March.

Cheerio and have a merry old time.

after work munchies...

2009-12-18T08:08:00.000-08:00

so finishing a late night shift can kind of suck. but coming back and getting a few things and making some pretty simple but tasty things. I needed fruit, milky thing and popcorn.

I started by making popcorn adding the following too taste.

salt
pepper
olive oil

The smoothie was made with

2/3 cup vanilla turkish yoghurt
1/2 cup of milk
1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

I then blended it with a blender. and just drank it straight from the container i made it in.

I then had some mangoes (which i got from my local grocery shop) and small cucumbers.