with Anette Larsson
I know the American chocolate cookie is THE cookie. But if you would like to taste something else and something coming from Scandinavia, you should really try this Swedish chocolate cookie. It has a rich taste of chocolate and is chewy. The biggest difference from the the American cookies is maybe the shape. We cut [...]
This cake is a typical birthday cake in Scandinavia. You can also get it served as a dessert if you celebrate e.g. Midsummer in Sweden. I give this cake to my mom when we were celebrating her 70th birthday here in Florida. Ingredients (1 cake): Cake 3 organic eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp [...]
It doesn't get more Danish than this; Smørrebrød or Open (Face) Sandwich! When I lived in Copenhagen for three years, I always took my international visitors to eat the Danish icon. They are normally made on a thin slice of Danish rye bread, a rich layer of butter and then with different delicious toppings. That [...]
The sun is back in Florida! It's so nice weather again after a couple of weeks with cold and gray (for being Florida) weather. Therefore, I decided to celebrate with Norwegian Sun buns today. This is how the Norwegians' do. When the dark winter time is over and the spring/summer is coming with the light, [...]
This is the most common and traditional bread in Denmark. It's also the base for the famous "Smørrebrød" or open sandwich. If you haven't tried it before, you might think when you see this bread; healthy but it doesn't taste that good. Please try it and I'm sure you will have a different opinion after. [...]
This vanilla custard is so delicious! I use it in cakes, buns and you can also serve it to just fresh berries in the summar. The recipe below is a quite big amount where I have used only half the recipe for filling a cake or buns. But I always make the whole amount and [...]
This is one of my favorite small snack or starter to serve when I have guests. It's so easy to prepare at the same time as it looks more advance than it is. In Scandinavia we always use flatbread or "tunnbröd" as we call them. You can find "tunnbröd" in the food store at IKEA [...]
I think, for the first time, I won't say that this is a traditional Scandinavian dish. Poké bowl comes from Hawaii and is normally a combination of raw fish, rice and vegetables. The last years, Poké bowl has become very popular in Scandinavia. I think the combination of fish (which we love) and vegetables (healthy) [...]
My husband loves granola! Here is my recipe of a Scandinavian granola - that means it's not so sweet as in USA. I use honey to make it a bit sweet and crunchy, but it's still healthy in your breakfast yoghurt, since it's not THAT sweet. I like to use fresh berries with my granola, [...]
It's really cold in most parts of USA at the moment, and even here in Florida. That makes me think about the Scandinavian winter. Something we are eating when it's cold outside is waffles. It's like we deserve it better then. In Norway, they call them "Vaffler", and normally bring them when they go skiing [...]
Scandinavian Simple Eating 