heatwave dinner – lemony tuna pasta

Yesterday was a very hot day again (+29C/+84F) and I didn’t feel to make my way to the supermarket. So I thought I would do a Tuna Salad, I do a fantastic Tuna Salad by the way, but I have …

easy peasy dinner – garlic salmon

Yesterday we had another fantastic summer day … and I didn’t feel for spending to much time preparing and cooking dinner. So an old recipe came out in the daylight again, after quite a long time tucked away in the …

happy music and one pan garlic chicken

… for me is the happiest of all music is ABBA. I belong to the ABBA generation … at the end of the ’70s was I working on a very little cruise liner (M/S Lindblad Explorer) that took me to …

budget dinner for one – shakshuka

Shakshuka is an exciting breakfast dish with tomato and eggs from the Middle East – great for lunch, brunch or dinner. Here I  have simplified the moderate all-in-one dish, normally I would soak up the good sauce with a piece …

sunday delicious quicky – chicken livers with spinach (martin blunos)

I just love chicken liver, probably once every week. Normally I do the same recipe every time because it’s quick and SO tasty: Marc Vetri’s pasta with chicken liver. So yesterday I decided to try something new …. a recipe where …

quick fix – asian salmon salad

The heatwave is here for another week, but they have promised slightly cooler?????!!! This is now nearly 4 weeks of blistering sunshine. It has never been this hot in Sweden … going back over 100 years. We are not built …

four fresh products dinner – bacon wrapped lamb burger with feta cheese.

Everything I used for this dish came out of my freezer except the feta cheese, the lemon, egg and the Crème fraîche. I freeze most fresh meat in portion-size for me as a lonely diner. Even the bacon – freeze the …

vegetarian conversation: pasta with fresh vegetables and add-on chicken

The dish takes about 40 min to make from scratch, so not a quick fix. But what a fantastic dish and so colorful. I got the recipe from one of morning TV programs; news mixed with fashion, culture, flowers, wine, and cooking. …

leftovers & cupboard – chorizo topped baked salmon

Time again to start working on my freezer, have far too much of everything. Honestly, I think I could eat comfortably for 6 months on it. It is all down to that the is no single package of meat, chicken …

speedy pasta – pasta with bacon, spinach & arugula

When I accompanied my friend to her hospital appointment last week, there were some really old and well-read magazines … and in of them, this dish was screaming out to me. And the day after I enjoyed it for dinner …

gone italian again – risotto with spicy sausage

“First we eat, then we do everything else.” M.F.K. Fisher This is a perfect Quick Fix dish … it takes about 15 min to prepare and after that, you will time for whatever you fancy. It is only a couple of years …

easy and tasty – marc vetri’s pasta with chicken liver

Never heard about Marc Vetri before I came across this recipe, but he is one of the big and serious names over there in the big country, USA when it comes to restaurants and great food.  I was visiting Philadelphia 1977 …

frezzer attack dinner – maple mustrad chiken

I wish I would be able to always use fresh ingredients for my everyday dinner, I could .. but I couldn’t afford it. To shop for a single person isn’t the easiest neither when everything is in packs for 4 or …

a bit of heaven ???!!!!- caesar jacket

“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” Oprah Winfrey I couldn’t call this a “quick fix” dish … at least not when there is a camera involved. I’m a big fan …

at least once a month – mint and lemon glazed lamb chops

Still working through my overloaded freezer … this is a dish I do a couple of times per month the whole year around. Lamb is without a doubt my favourite meat.  I eat it in all forms, style and shape. …