Paskoja vihanneksia

I don't consider myself much of a cook, but I do like experimenting. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't, but each time I've learned something new, and this is a place for me to keep track of and share the results I liked.

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[ernasd]

oh this is a life saver

[caffeinatedcrafting]

Who says you need to order carry out for fried rice?

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup brown whole grain rice

Onion, Diced

Carrots, Diced

1 Egg

Olive Oil

Soy Sauce

Vinegar

Instructions:

Steam Rice for 45 min, add a little bit of vinegar with the water to make sticky

Dice veggies, throw  into pan with oil

Throw on rice and cake down

Cook for 4-5 min on medium-high heat

Flip/Mix Rice

Cook for another 4-5 min

Move the rice over for the scrambled egg, dice and mix as the egg cooks

Throw on soy sauce, let simmer for ~30-45 seconds

Eat :3

[merrymacaron-deactivated2013113]

LET ME TELL YOU A THING IM THE BEST AT FRIED RICE! IM THE MOTHERFUCKING KING OF FRIED RICE!

[mipeltaja-cooks]

Pineapple-nectarine smoothie

For 2:

1 ripe pineapple (the one I used weighed 1,3kg whole) 2 nectarines ice

Blend together for a sinfully tasty smoothie.

[mipeltaja-cooks]

Egg Free Apple Pie

Note: I'm not sure if this meets the English-speaking world's - and particularly America's - definition of apple pie, but it does for a Finn like myself. Looks a little colourless but tastes great.

2 Green apples 50g butter or margarine 1 dl(1/2 cup) Sugar 2 1/2 dl (~1-1 1/2 cups) flour 1 tsp vanilla sugar 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking powder 1 dl (1/2 cup) water

Cut the apples into slices and lay the slices along the bottom of a deep baking tray or a pie pan. Sprinkle some sugar and cinnamon on top of the apples if you like.

Melt the butter or margarine and mix in the other ingredients until smooth. Spread the batter over apples and sprinkle some cinnamon on top.

Set the oven to 200C (400F) and bake for 35-45 minutes.

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Banana-Raspberry Smoothie (Non-dairy)

This is a really nice, light smoothie.

2 servings

1 banana 1 dl (1/2 cup) of raspberry juice concentrate 1 1/5 dl (≈ 1 cup) frozen raspberries 2 tbsp lemon juice ice 2 dl (1 cup) water (optional) a handful of red grapes

Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth. I find that if you're going to have grapes in the smoothie, it's good to start by blending them before you add the liquids. For the banana and the raspberries it doesn't seem to make much of a difference, but if there's already a lot of liquid, my blender tends to bounce the grapes around rather than blend them efficiently.

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Refreshing Oolong-Ginger Drink

Today I conducted an experiment and mixed two things I like: ginger beer and oolong tea.

The ginger beer I used was from a home-made batch. Here's the recipe:

-5 dl (2 1/2 cups) of water

-1 dl (1/2 cup) fresh ginger, chopped.

-1 tbsp ginger paste

-1 2/3 dl (roughly 1 cup) sweetener (sugar is fine, I used a lighter artificial sweetener)

- a bit of lemon juice

Boiled for something like 40 minutes, then strained the bits of ginger out and cooled the liquid. Mixed with carbonated water.

Be warned that the combination of ginger beer and oolong tea has a rather unusual taste. However, I personally found it very refreshing in the warm summer weather.