When I moved to Denmark I had never experienced that culture of packing your own lunch before. In Iceland they really didn’t have the same mentality for this, you usually searched for the nearest restaurant or shop if you needed something to eat. Also in every school in Iceland they have lunch for the children…
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Continue ReadingThere are probably thousands of lasagna recipes out there if not more, and people will always disagree on what is best. This recipe is my recipe, which has over the years changed and in my opinion gotten better. This is how we like lasagna in my house, and it is probably one of the…
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Continue ReadingIt’s that time of the year when you have a lot of cold, cough and all those wonderful things. The weather here has been very strange, it is unusually warm but then you get very cold days in between, which results in that it is easier to get sick. All last week my son was…
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Continue ReadingMy mom and dad came here to Denmark to spend the New Years with us, and of course we used the opportunity to spend as much time as we could together. I am really fortunate to have my sisters here in Denmark and both of them have small children so we try to meet as…
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Continue ReadingWhen I was working in Italy last year I was so lucky to be able to try some amazing food. Every day I was able to choose from so many great dishes for lunch and try some things that I never tried before. In seven weeks I don’t remember tasting anything that I didn’t like.…
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Continue ReadingPizza is fun to make and it is a great way to clean up in your fridge. Those extra bits of vegetables, sausages or whatever you have laying around and would be nice to use. This is about being creative and finding out what flavors go together, but also the chance you get your children…
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Continue ReadingIn Italy these meatballs or polpette as they call them are served with fresh salad and often put in the pick-nick basket and eaten cold. They are quite easy to make have gotten to be one of my family’s favorite recipe. I serve them quite often with tomato sauce and spaghetti, which is not at…
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Continue ReadingI could basically eat pasta almost every day and I love making pasta dishes. But with pasta less is more, and that means that maybe you should not eat it every day, but also the best pasta dishes are the simple ones. When I started making fresh pasta it was quite time consuming and sometimes,…
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Continue ReadingIn my garden, I tried for the first time to make raised garden beds and decided that one should be just for herbs. It has worked really well and I think my main problem has been that I have not harvested enough, I know kind of a luxury problem. But as with vegetables, herbs are…
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Continue ReadingAt least once a week we have pizza, here in Denmark it is very popular to have a Friday night pizza but I also make pizza when I need to clean out the fridge. I am very specific about the pizza sauce that I use and I think I have the recipe that fits me…