with Anette Larsson
I love saffron and especially this time of the year. In the Scandinavian cuisine, saffron is mainly used as a Christmas spice. This dish is so easy and quick to prepare. I found some fresh Littleneck clams at my local fish market and decided to make a pasta with saffron and the clams. If you [...]
Something I though I would never be able to live without was salty nuts. I just love it! That was until I got pregnant. I couldn't think about anything worse to eat than salty nuts. During my pregnancy, salty snacks was forbidden in our house. Now everything is back to normal and I could eat [...]
Saffron buns and Gingerbreads are both very common Christmas sweets in Scandinavia. I gave you a great recipe for Saffron buns already last years, you find it here. This recipe has the same dough, but is filled with an almond paste. I just love it! Ingredients (24 buns): Follow ground recipe here Filling and topping [...]
Gingerbread is a must for Christmas in Scandinavia. As a kid, I always baked gingerbreads at home with my siblings or my friends. This is a tradition I will give to my daughter, for her to also back her gingerbreads when she is old enough to help me in the kitchen. It's easy and convenient [...]
The beetroot salad (Rödbetssallad) has a long tradition on the Scandinavian Christmas table. We have a lot of different small dishes on our Christmas table and the beetroot salad is just one of them. This salad is delicious to serve to meatballs and that is exactly what I did with this toast - a meatball [...]
Scandinavian Christmas is no Christmas without gingerbread. That's just how it is. But if you don't prefer the small gingerbread cookies, this is a soft sponge cake with the same spices. It is really moist and tasty from the lingonberries and from the cloves, ginger and cinnamon. This is my favorite cake for Christmas. It [...]
I am from the Swedish province "Småland" which is famous for many different things (IKEA was actually founded in Småland, Sweden). When it come to food, the Swedish "cheesecake" or curd cake is from Småland. A Swedish curd cake, is not to mix up with an American cheese cake. Our traditional curd cake has a [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! This holiday is new to me after moving to USA. I love Thanksgiving and I love how you all spend time being extra thankful for what you have and to your family and friends. You know more about the Thanksgiving food than I do. 😉 What I love, and what we also eat [...]
These crescent rolls are filled with an almond paste, or marzipan as we would say in Scandinavia. This is an almond paste I bought in the store here (I know, it's not easy to find everywhere), but you can easily make your own. Just follow my recipe below. An almond paste gives so much taste [...]
I love crispbread and I have many different recipes. Here you find one. This time I share a gluten free crispbread recipe with you which I just love. I can eat it as it is or together with butter and a slice cheese or like here, some avocado. So easy to bake. Try it today! [...]
Scandinavian Simple Eating 