Back to work after a long lazy weekend with lots of fun and of course some home cooked deliciousness! The past weekend has really been in the spirit of R&R.
I started off Saturday with trying out a quick and healthy option of oven baking some portabello mushrooms that I filled with red onion, tomatoes, an egg and feta cheese on top. I tossed them into the oven around 15 minutes on 200 degrees which works quite well but the yolk will be fairly firm then. One thing that didn’t exactly come out the way I wanted it was actually that the portabellas releases a lot of liquid which can mix with the egg whites making them a bit runny even though they are already cooked. I definitely recommend starting the day of with these beauties and a cup of java….and the portabella really fills you up for some shopping!
For Sunday I was up early…well relatively early and cooked up some of my loves favorite banana pancakes. Easy peasy lemon squeezey, just mix half a banana, handful of oatmeal and an egg together. Fry it up on low heat, flipping the pancake once and then smother the pancake with any fruit and berry goodness you like! With the oatmeal it really proves filling breakfast…and you guessed it we also trekked off to the gym for a good Sunday workout! I’m determined to reach my goal weight in the next couple of months so the healthy cooking and working out is top priority on my list.
yummy banana pancakes
Before I let you go though I have to showcase just another couple of delicious homemade beauties: firstly my home made Moroccan chicken pie. This one does take a little bit of work but worth the result. First boil a whole chicken for an hour in a buffet of spices like turmeric, saffron, cinnamon and parsley. Once the chicken is fully boiled reduce the stock down to a couple of deciliters and stir in 8 scrambled eggs to basically make scrambled eggs with the taste of the chicken stock. Then put chicken, scrambled eggs and almonds on top in a easy filo pie and bake it off in the oven. I also kept some of the stock to top off as a sauce on top. Yummy yummy!
The other feast I whipped up was some type of Asian broth with meatballs…don’t honestly know how this one came about but I boiled up a broth made of water, fish sauce, soya sauce, lots of red peppers and ginger. Let the broth reduce while I made a few meatballs of fresh brawns and pork mince spiced with ginger, chives and salt and pepper. Then fry up the meatballs and flash boil some pak choy and some spring onions. Serve everything as a type of soup with a slice of bread on the side. Super quick work and surprisingly delicious! I already had a request on Facebook for the recipe so I hope she enjoys it. 
Happy cooking and see you soon for more recipes! PS. I did plan on becoming a chef when I finished school…and I have unhealthy levels of consumption of Masterchef so maybe the universe is trying to tell me something here;-)
On one of my recent travels across the pond to NY, I had some extra time to write this post. Amongst the heavy travels it’s a well known thruth that KLM is amongst the best in the world, if not THE BEST in the world at inflight dining. A privilege of my work and heavy traveling is that I have the luxury of traveling business class. I could definitely spend a long post just discussing the joys of flying business class, however as this post is around food I’ll restrain myself from this.
On the food note, those of you who have been flying KLM as of late may have noticed that the resident chef of the past few months is Librijes Jonnie Boer. I’ve had a few airplane meals however this beats most of them!
On the flight over I started off with a type of smoke salmon roll, named “cream of smoked salmon”, followed up with a signature dish of Librije, oven baked cod in spiced juice. After this experience teamed with my previous enjoyment of the Librije inflight food I had in February flying down to Cape Town a real life visit to the famous food destination restaurant Librije is in the cards eminently…just after I squared off Beluga in Maastricht. It’s a pain to have this many lovely restaurants to visit but somebody’s got to do it;-).
If you want to check out Librije restaurant do so here
A few pictures of the dishes and the menu!!
Main course
Starter
Menu
Hi all, ”finally” home after a few days on the beach and since I still haven’t reached my target weight and it was a standstill on the scale while in Schiermonnikoog I quickly hit the kitchen and whipped up below deliciousness!
carrot and crab salad with fruits and dressing
I just mixed together:
- Blended carrots with a splash of orange juice
- One tin of crab meat
- Harissa baked stone fruits such as plums or peaches
- Yoghurt and tahini dressing
- Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top
Pure yumminess I have to admit. I came across the recipe when my sister brought the latest edition of Top Hälsa! It’s rare treat that I get my hands on some Swedish magazines so I really make sure to make the most of them when I do!!
Truly, try the recipe. It’s fab, healthy and took me literally fifteen minutes to whip together?
The food gods were good to me last evening! After a quick stop at the local organic food hall I scored a curry marinated red perch and teamed this up with an omelet topped with anchovie, roasted peppers and arugula.
I’m going to write a separate post about my recent health journey with a personal dietician and personal trainer, note it’s so worth the money!!! But In the meantime here are some more of my homemade treats…and they’re all super healthy!!
Hi world! I’m a 35 year old Swede that left my home town of Stockholm back in 2010 and has since traveled the world! My key principles is I travel in style, I train for results, I’m a foodie and love to enjoy new experiences and most importantly of all everything I do is with the love of my life!