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The edible garden

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:59:21 +0000

This spring, a friend asked for growing tips; she wanted to start a tiny kitchen garden that would not be too overwhelming. My two tips for anyone who wants to grow food is to start with varieties that grow naturally well in your climate conditions, and focus on plants that you use in the kitchen […]

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Labneh

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:58:58 +0000

Labneh always sounded so distant and fancy to me until I realized it’s just yogurt. To make it at home, you simply drain thick Greek yogurt so that it releases most of its liquid. For draining the yogurt, I place a sieve on top of a bowl and line it with clean double muslin cloth. […]

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Caprese Salad

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 03:54:34 +0000

You know those brown bruises you get in your apricots and peaches right about two minutes after you finished organizing your fruit bowl on the counter? Don’t you worry. Just cut around the bruises and put the fruit in your lunch Caprese. Then scan all other fruit in the house and do the same. I […]

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Rhubarb juice

admin — Thu, 21 May 2020 08:59:11 +0000

I bought rhubarb for a pie, but what turned out even more of a hit was the juice I made from the leftovers. The recipe is from Sikke Sumari’s book Nami Namaste that has plenty of nice recipes focused on Nordic summer cooking. The book is in Finnish only. But here’s the juice recipe in […]

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A little something

admin — Thu, 21 May 2020 08:58:04 +0000

I planted the first herbs of the season three weeks ago. We’ve had a couple of frosts since then, but as I was careful enough to wait the the fragile plants such as basil and flat-leaf parsley, everything’s still alive and already providing us with cooking ingredients. I love the taste and texture of flat-leaf […]

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Farro salad

admin — Thu, 21 May 2020 08:54:16 +0000

Farro salad is one of the dishes on constant rotation in my home year around – only the ingredients change depending on the season. For those of you who wonder, farro is an ancient wheat grain that’s been around for thousands of years and is still grown abundantly in Italy. In Finland, I often substitute […]

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That crunch

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:57:44 +0000

Fennel is such great vegetable. To begin with, it is a winter vegetable, and getting something this fresh and crunchy in winter is wonderful. Writing this, our neighbors in Italy have huge fennel bulbs in their kitchen gardens. We have buy ours, since we are not around in autumn to plant and water our garden. […]

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The perfect lunch

admin — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:54:27 +0000

Figs and basil from the garden, served with mozzarella di bufala, and some great olive oil, salt and pepper. This the perfect lunch in summer. This is how simple you can go, if you pay attention to the quality of the ingredients. In July, when the first figs ripen, I could eat it every day, […]

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Kale Salad

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:54:45 +0000

This is a simple basic recipe that opens up endless possibilities and variations once you get the flavors just right for your taste. The salad is built of four elements: a mustard vinaigrette, kale, pecorino cheese and almonds. Now you see already, that the ingredient list inspires tweaking! Maybe you want to make a tahini […]

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Greens

admin — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:59:49 +0000

I eat green salad almost every day, often at the end of a meal. It gives such a bright finish. One of the best things I have learned about country cooking in Italy is the liberal use of herbs in salads. The aromatic leaves of mint, basil, parsley, cilantro and chervil are not treated very […]

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