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Easy skillet flatbread with stinging nettle sprouts

Last weekend I made this tasty and easy skillet flatbread recipe together with my son. We used the stinging nettle sprouts that we had foraged in the forest to decorate the breads and to make them even healthier. Spring means edible plants Right now so many wonderful edible plants are everywhere around us. I live just right next to one of the most beautiful forests in Denmark, called Dyrehaven,…

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Bulgur wheat salad with kale

This bulgur wheat salad with kale, persimmon and pomegranate and so many other beautiful ingredients is really my favorite salad at the moment. I just love the combinations and everything just complement each other so perfectly. I’ve made this salad so many times during Winter and I think I will continue doing so while kale, persimmon and pomegranate is in season. There is nothing better than to…

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Blackberry muffins with coconut and cardamom

These blackberry muffins with coconut and cardamom are now officially my favorite kind of muffins! I love everything about them. The sweet taste of coconut and the distinct taste of cardamom, which is a spice we use A LOT here in the Nordic countries. And then of course the star of them all the sweet and little sour blackberries. Don’t we all love them?! Blackberries from our forest Me and my…

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Sugared redcurrants

Sugared redcurrants is something that many people here in Denmark make, when its the high season of redcurrants. And it is now! I just love redcurrants and luckily where we live, there is a lot of redcurrant bushes that are free to pick from. So each year, me, my husband and our two sons at 2 and 5 pick A LOT of redcurrants to take home and make somthing delicious out of in the kitchen. Sugared…

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Open faced sandwich - Two vegetarian versions

Open faced sandwich – Two vegetarian versions

When you look into a Dane’s lunchbag, you’ll probably most likely find an open faced sandwich. It is really the most popular food that we eat for lunch here in Denmark. And no wonder since it is super healthy, full of whole grains and super tasty. Typically you eat an open faced sandwich with some meat or fish topping but in this post, I want to to show how delicious open faced sandwiches also…

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Blueberry vinaigrette and the best blueberry salad

This recipe features a real summer salad and a beautiful blueberry vinaigrette that is bursting with flavour. It is one of my favorite summer salads and I love serving it for guests, as it really lights up a dinner or lunch table.

Right now there are so many blueberries. You can really tell that it’s in season. Both in the supermarkets there are many as well as out in the nature. I just went…

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Orange Date Energy Balls

Orange date energy balls will always be my favorite go-to snack when I need a little extra energy kick for example in the afternoon with a cup of coffee, or at noon before lunch. They are healthy but taste like cake and they are incredibly easy to make. Only 5 ingredients for this recipe, which we like! Right?…

My 3 year old son is totally addicted to these and so is his mother. When I pick…

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Candy striped beets with halloumi and fresh mint

I made this candy striped beets salad the other day with halloumi cheese and fresh mint and besides from tasting amazing, I think it looks so pretty.

I got the candy striped beets from a weekly vegetable basket I pick up a few blocks away from where I live. The vegetables come straight from an organic and biodynamic farmer north of Copenhagen. And every Thursday I, and many other Copenhageners,…

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Pickled herring recipe with curry, apple and dates

This pickled herring recipe with curry mayonaise, apple and dates might sound like a bit weird combination for you but in Denmark it’s pretty normal to eat pickled herring with a curry sauce. It’s simply made by mixing a good mayonaise and creme fraiche with curry powder, salt and pepper.

It’s a salad!

The little bit unusual thing about my recipe is that I made a salad with the pickled herring…

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Cottage Cheese Salad with Tomatoes

This cottage cheese salad with new Danish cherry tomatoes and fresh oregano is a real summer salad for the warm nights in the garden or on the balcony in my case! I just love that I’m able to go out on my balcony and grab some fresh oregano from my little mini balcony herb garden. Seriously, nothing beats that. Or maybe when the tomatoes out there have turned red and juicy, maybe that beats it!…

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Strawberry Summer Salad

This beautiful strawberry summer salad recipe wasn’t really planned but sort of happened, when I was in the kitchen the other day. Because when it’s summer there are loads of yummy ingredients such as fresh fruit and veggies in my kitchen. I just love this season. I love the fact that you can buy local stuff in the supermarkets. Fresh Danish fruit and berries and so many different vegetables.

Bec…

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Healthy Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms

This recipe for healthy scrambled eggs with mushrooms is the ideal breakfast for those who often don’t have time to eat lunch until later in the day. Like me! Or just people who like to eat a large breakfast just because breakfast is there favorite meal of the day. Like me!

Scrambled eggs with mushrooms, spinach and cheeeeese!

I make my scrambled eggs with spinach, that’s actually a must, always…

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Green Salad with Blueberries, Kamut Berries and Dill Oil

This is truly a Summer salad and if you have the same sunny weather, where you are, as we have here in Denmark right now, I definitely recommend you make this yummy green salad with blueberries sooooon! It’s really, really nice and keeps you full due to the whole Kamut berries, which is an ancient grain that tastes amazing and gives you a lot of good fibres. And your stomach likes that!

Love green…

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Porridge with whole grain rye, blueberries and flaxseed

I love to start my morning with a nice warm bowl of porridge with whole grain rye and especially this version with blueberries, acai and flaxseed. It gives me so much energy and keeps my stomach full for a very long time, which is nice, when you have a busy day.

Porridge with whole grain rye – the favorite grain

If there is something we love here in the Nordic countries and particularly in…

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Open faced sandwiches - vegetarian version

Open faced sandwiches – vegetarian version

If there is one thing that Denmark is known for, when it comes to the culinary world, it is Danish open faced sandwiches. The most traditional ones are with heering on top and maybe some homemade egg salad. Also fish filet with remoulade sauce is very popular.

A vegetarian version of open faced sandwiches

For this recipe, however, I’ve come up with vegetarian versions of the traditional Danish…

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Skillet meatloaf with sauteed cabbage

This skillet meatloaf is a good old traditional Danish recipe that was extremely popular in the 80’s and early 90’s. Then we seem to have forgotten it. That’s a shame because it’s really really a good recipe and best of all it brings back so many good memories from my childhood in the 80’s.

My moms skillet meatloaf

My mom used to make this one and many other classics and I’ve decided to give them…

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Baked beetroot salad with lemon ricotta

This is a super easy baked beetroot salad with lemon ricotta that you can make in no time and that tastes amazing. Plus the colors are just perfect. Love the purple color from the beets together with the green spinach and pistachios. It will look so good on a dinner table or as a light lunch, when you want something a little extra.

Baked beetroot salad with the most creamy lemon ricotta

For this…

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