Food
Rose shortbread
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Soft, light and dreamy Rose Shortbread simply is the best of both worlds! A light shortbread that just melts in your mouth combined with…
Leek and Potato soup
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Leek and Potato soup – as easy as it gets! When hunger sets in and food has to be on the table quickly and…
Harissa and Chickpea soup
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Harissa and Chickpea soup is one of the fabulous recipes that can change over the year as new vegetables get ready to harvest. Even…
Nettle soup
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Nettles makes for some early foraging It has been a long winter and it is about time we start foraging for some of the…
Cooking with Cast Iron
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Sustainable cooking It has started to bother me that we do not embrace “old fashioned” cookware. We trade metal spatulas and wooden spoons for…
Swedish Nubbe
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. The Swedish medicinal tincture in disguise. The Swedish Nubbe has had a central role in most Swedish celebrations since the dawn of time, who…
Lussebulle – the Swedish saffron bun
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Lussebulle The Swedish Lucia saffron bun There are few things that bring out my Swedishness more than Lucia and the Swedish Lusse bulle or…
Food as medicine
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Food as medicine – the reason for natural additives. I’m one of those weird people who really believe we can eat ourselves to health…
Sloe/ Blackthorn
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Sloe / Blackthorn Prunus spinosa A deciduous shrub that can grow to be 5 meters tall (1). It has long sharp spines, that has…
Elder
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying sales. Elder – Sambucus Nigra What a wonderful bush or indeed tree. Elder is a truly fabulous plant with lots of both culinary and medicinal…