Snack Hacks: Warm Cinna Spiced Apples

Recipe / Recept 

1 Apple / 1 Äpple 

1 tbsp of sugar / 1 msk socker 

0.5 tbsp of cinnamon / 0.5 msk kanel 

1 tsp of coconut oil / 1 tsk kokosolja 

yogurt / yoghurt 

1.Slice the apple. / Skiva äpplet.

2. Mix the cinnamon and sugar. / Blanda socker och kanel.

3. Lightly coat the apple slices in the cinnamon sugar. / Vänd äppelskivorna i kanel-sockret.

4. Heat up a pan with coconut oil. / Värm up en panna med kokosolja.

5. Sautée the apples for about 5 min on the first side and 2 min on the other side, or until a little golden. / Stek äppelskivorna ca 5 min på första sidan och 2 min på den andra sidan, eller tills gyllene.

6. Serve with yogurt. / Servera med yoghurt.

7. Done! / Klart!

Snack Hacks – Coconut Coated Chocolate Strawberries

Recipe / Recept

Strawberries / Jordgubbar

Chocolate Chips (or other kind of chocolate) / Choklad

Unsweetened shredded coconut / Kokosflingor

1. Start by melting the chocolate in the microwave, put in on high for 60 sec, stir and then melt again on 60 sec. / Börja med att smälta chokladen i micron, micro på hög värme i 60 sek, ta ut och rör, och micra i 60 sek till.

2. Dip the strawberries, one by one and coat in coconut. / Doppa jordgubbarna en och en och rulla i kokos.

3. Keep in the fridge. / Förvara i kylen.

4. Done! / Klart!

Mint, Lemon and Green Pea Spread – Mynta, Citron och Ärt Dip

Yeeees! I don’t know if any of you remember, but (almost 2 years…) a while ago I posted a recipe of mashed peas. I know it seems strange but it is so absolutely delicious! This recipe I found in a magazine, and tweaked it to my favor. It looks so pretty and it is seriously addicting. You could eat it with just crackers or something similar, or have it as a dip for chicken or fish. The only thing that is important is that you try it!

Recipe / Recept

200 g frozen green peas / 200 g frysta gröna ärtor

1 plant of fresh mint / 1 kruka färsk mynta

1/3 lemon, zest and juice / 1/3 citron, saft och skal

1 tbsp-ish olive oil / 1 msk-ish olivolja 

salt & pepper / salt & peppar 

1. Boil the peas. / Koka ärtorna

2. But everything into a food processor. / Lägg allt i en mixer.

3. Mix everything together and add salt and pepper after taste. / Mixa allt och smaka av med salt och peppar.

4. Done! / Klart!

Rainbow Pie – Regnbågspaj

There’s a good trend going on within the food social media sphere. We’re celebrating the equal marriage rights in the US, and the colors are filling up both instagram and blogs! There’s no better thing to celebrate than love, and here’s my contribution to the celebrations! This is a fruit pie with a sour cream filling. Delicious, quick and easy. Adjust your toppings after what you like and have at home. Enjoy!

Recipe / Recept 

Piecrust / Pajdeg

200 g of butter / 200 g smör

2 cups of flour / 5 dl mjöl

0.2 cups of sugar / 1/2 dl socker

1/2 tsp baking powder / 1/2 tsk bakpulver

Filling / Fyllning

1.3 cups of Sour cream / 3 dl Creme Fraiche

1 tbsp vanilla / 1 msk vaniljsocker

0.8 cups of icing sugar / 2 dl florsocker

Garnish / Topping 

Fruit of different kinds / Frukt i alla dess former

1. Preheat the oven to 390 F. / Sätt ugnen på 200 grader.

2. Mix together all the ingredients to the pie crust. / Mixa ihop alla ingredienser till pajdegen.

3. Bake for 15-20 min, it should be a little golden. / Grädda i 15-20 min, den ska vara gyllene.

4. Let cool. / Låt svalna.

5. Mix together all the ingredients for the filling, make sure that you powder the sugar in. / Blanda alla ingredienser till fyllningen, sikta i sockret.

6. Spread on the pie crust. / Bred på fyllningen.

7. Garnish with fruit. / Garnera med frukt.

8. Done! / Klart!

Chocolate and Vanilla Dream Swiss Roll – Dröm Rulltårta

For those of you who follow my instagram, you know I baked a swiss roll about 2 weeks ago. As a child, this was probably one of my favorite pastries. It’s a fluffy chocolate cake and a vanilla cream filling. It’s a little tricky to make it stay together, but very quick and easy to make!

Recipe / Recept

Cake / Botten

3 eggs / 3 ägg

0.6 cups of sugar / 1.5 dl socker

0.3 cups of potato flour / 0.75 dl potatismjöl

2 tbsp of cacao powder / 2 msk kakao

1 tsp baking powder / 1 tsk bakpulver

some sugar / lite socker

Filling / Fyllning

7/8 stick of butter / 100 g smör

0.8 cups of icing sugar / 2 dl florsocker

2 tsp of vanilla / 2 tsk vaniljsocker

1 egg yolk / 1 ägg gula

1. Preheat the oven to 480 F. / Sätt ugnen på 250 grader.

2. Whisk egg and sugar together until fluffy. / Vispa ägg och socker fluffigt.

3. Add in all other ingredients carefully. / Blanda i alla andra ingredienser försiktigt.

4. On a lined baking sheet, spread out the batter. / På en plåt med bakplåtspapper, sprid ut smeten.

5. Bake for 6 min. / Grädda i 6 min.

6. Prepare another baking sheet with sugar on. / Förbered ett annat bakplåtspapper strött med socker.

7. As soon as the cake comes out, flip it over on the sugared sheet. / Så snabbt kakan kommer ut, vänd ner den på det sockrade pappret.

8. Carefully peel of the baking sheet. / Dra försiktigt bort bakplåtspappret.

9. Let cool. / Låt svalna.

10. Whisk together all ingredients for the filling. / Vispa ihop alla ingredienser till fyllning.

11. Spread on the cake. / Bred på botten.

12. Roll together with the baking sheet as your help. / Rulla ihop med hjälp av bakplåtspapper.

13. Cut in pieces. / Skär i skivor.

12. Enjoy!

Mini Nutella Thumbprint Cookies – Mini Nutella Kakor

Last but not least on my cookie baking day I made these super tiny (and super cute) Nutella thumbprint cookies. These are super easy to make, and changes the game of thumbprint cookies that are usually filled with jam, and not chocolate. But, nonetheless to say, these are equally (if not more) delicious than normal thumbprint cookies. If you don’t have the patience to make mini one’s, you can just do normal sized one’s! No reason not to try them out!

Recipe / Recept 

1.8 sticks of butter / 200 g smör 

0.4 cups of sugar / 1 dl socker

1 tsp vanilla / 1 tsk vaniljsocker

1.6 cups of flour / 4 dl mjöl

1 tsp of baking powder / 1 tsk bakpulver

1 egg / 1 ägg

Nutella / Nutella

1. Preheat the oven to 430 F. / Sätt ugnen på 220 grader.

2. Mix all ingredients. / Blanda alla ingredienser.

3. Roll small balls and make a thumbprint in them. / Rulla små bollar och gör ett litet tumavtryck i dom.

4. Add some nutella to the small thumbprint in the cookies. / Lägg i nutella i de små hålen.

5. Bake for about 8 min. / Grädda i ca 8 min.

6. Done! / Klart!

Jam & Cardamom Cookies – Sylt & Kardemumma Kakor

And all of a sudden I’m at the end of my semester again. First week of school it always seems so far until the end, yet, every semester it goes by as quick. Thanksgiving break, a week of classes and then finals. This also means that this is the third semester I’m keeping up (well, at least trying to) with the blog – and I’m so happy I do. Even though it’s much harder to after 250+ posts invent new things, find the time amongst all other activities, and, maybe mostly, have the time to post it (I still have some posts since summer that are not yet up….). Here comes a recipe of Jam & Cardamom cookies. I love jam (or thumbprint) cookies, but these comes with a twist. I put an egg in the dough and decreased the amount of flour slightly, this created a much softer cookie. Cardamom can be put in anything (and make it absolutely delicious 🙂 )

Recipe / Recept 

1.8 sticks of butter / 200 g smör 

0.4 cups of sugar / 1 dl socker

1 tsp vanilla / 1 tsk vaniljsocker

1.6 cups of flour / 4 dl mjöl

1 tsp of baking powder / 1 tsk bakpulver

1 tsp of cardamom / 1 tsk kardemumma

1 egg / 1 ägg

jam /sylt

1. Preheat the oven to 430 F. / Sätt ugnen på 220 grader.

2. Mix all ingredients. / Blanda alla ingredienser.

3. Roll small balls and make a thumbprint in them. / Rulla små bollar och gör ett litet tumavtryck i dom.

4. Put in some jam. / Lägg i sylt.

5. Bake for about 8 min. / Grädda i ca 8 min.

6. Done! / Klart!

Cute Chocolate Cookies – Söta Chokladkakor

Last week I went baking-crazy. It’s funny how a lot of people see baking and cooking as very stressful, for me, it’s like therapy. These cookies I found on this blog, and been wanting to try them. Although, the original recipe called for special Swedish candies or frozen Nutella, which was out of my possession. Instead, I used chocolate chips. I baked three types of cookies, and my housemates all voted for this one as their favorite (which I disagreed with, but flavors different for everyone). So, I definitely think you should try these, and stuff them with whatever noms you have in your pantry of fridge!

Recipe (makes about 25) / Recept (ca 25 stycken)

1/2 stick of butter / 60 g smör

1/4 cup of brown sugar / 0.75 dl muscavado socker

1 egg / 1 ägg

4 tbsp cocoa powder / 4 msk kakao

1 cup of flour / 2.5 dl mjöl

0.5 tsp baking soda / 0.5 tsk bikarbonat

0.4 cups of sugar / 1 dl socker

1 tsp vanilla / 1 tsk vaniljsocker 

Garnish / Topping

chocolate chips / chocolate chips

sugar / socker

1. Preheat the oven to 390 F. / Sätt ugnen på 200 grader.

2. Mix brown sugar and butter together. / Vispa smör och muscavado socker tillsammans.

3. Add all other ingredients. / Lägg i alla andra ingredienser.

4. Roll small balls and stuff them with chocolate chips. / Rulla små bollar och fyll med chocolate chips.

5. Roll the cookies in sugar. / Rulla kakorna i socker.

6. Bake for about 7 min. / Grädda i ca 7 min.

7. Let cool. / Låt svalna.

8. Done! / Klart!

Chicken! Chicken! Chicken! – Kyckling! Kyckling! Kyckling!

Chicken was definitely what I used to cook the most. Although, since my brother and his girlfriend decided to go vegetarian (with exception for fish) this was also what I started to cook more and more. As a student though, it’s easier to get cheap(er) chicken that’s still organic. Fresh, organic fish is quite expensive…. This recipe is chicken cooked with onion and bacon and boiled (!) in broth. It might seem strange, but I’ve started to really enjoy cooking chicken by boiling it. It really let’s the flavor of whatever you boil it in absorb into the meat. So here’s another chicken recipe for you – easy and quick.

Recipe (3)/ Recept (3)

2 boneless chicken breasts / 2 kyckling filéer

1 small pack of bacon in cubes / 1 litet paket bacon i kuber

2 spring onions / 2 salladslökar 

water / vatten

1 stock cube / 1 buljongtärning

1. Start by cooking the bacon. / Börja med att steka bacon.

2. Chop the onion. / Hacka löken.

3. Quickly fry the onion. / Stek löken snabbt.

4. Bring water to boil. / Koka upp vatten.

5. Add the stock cube. / Tillsätt buljong tärningen.

6. Add bacon and onion. / Tillsätt bacon och lök.

7. Add the chicken. / Lägg i kyckling.

8. Reduce heat, let simmer until the chicken is cooked. / Sänk värmen, låt puttra tills kycklingen är klar.

9. Done! / Klart!

Quick Smoked Salmon & Vegetable Pasta – Snabb Rökt Lax & Grönsakspasta

First week of school is just finished! This is my third year at American University, and I can’t believe how fast time goes by! After an amazing summer with sun and time for longer dinners, it’s time for the quick recipes to come back! This pasta was made in a second, and is both fresh, delicious and filling at the same time. The combo of vegetables I used is not a necessity, you can put in a little of whatever you like really. I hope you’ve had a great start of this semester and are looking forward to another great year!

Recipe / Recept 

Pasta / Pasta

1 package of smoked salmon / 1 paket rökt lax

1 tomato / 1 tomat

2 green onions / 2 mini salladslökar 

Fresh Spinach / Färsk Spenat 

1 Avocado / 1 Avokado

Parmesan Cheese / Parmesanost 

1. Boil the pasta. / Koka pastan.

2. Meanwhile; cut the tomato and chop the onion. / Undertiden; skär tomaten och hacka löken.

3. Drain the pasta. / Häll av pastan.

4. In the same pot, heat it up with butter and cook the onions, tomato, salmon and spinach. / I samma kastrull, lägg i lite smör och stek löken, tomaten, laxen och spenaten.

5. Mix in the pasta and top with avocado and parmesan. / Blanda i pastan och toppa med avokado och spenat.

6. Done! / Klart!