Worlds Best Granola

I can't live without my homemade granola. I eat it almost every morning pretty much, and it's just ten times better than any kind you can buy at the store, I promise. 

Ingredients:

2 cups oats (4 dl havregryn)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup mixed nuts, chopped
1 tsp salt. 
handful of coconut slices
handful of cranberries


Directions:

Mix oats, honey, nuts and salt until all the honey is evenly spread across the oats. Bake for 1 hour at 200 degrees F (100 degrees C). When you take it out of the oven put the coconut and cranberries on the baking sheet while you let it cool down.
Let it cool down and serve on top of yogurt or chia pudding.

Kærnemælkskoldskål: Cold Butter Milk Soup

Koldskål is a thing we danes eat all the time in the summer. Either as dinner, desert or just a quick snack. It's just the best thing ever. 

Ingredients:

• 1000ml buttermilk (1 quart or 4 cups)
• 500ml plain yogurt (2 cups)
• 100g sugar (1/2 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla sugar
• Juice and zest from 1 lemon

Top with fresh strawberries, crackers or granola. 

Directions:

1. With a handmixer, beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add the buttermilk and mix well. 
3. Add the yogurt and fold.
4. Add juice and zest. If needed, add more sugar.
5. Let sit in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Stir before serving.

Pork Stir Fry on Quinoa

What to eat when you're in Barcelona in Spain? Hmmm... It has to be easy, and not "heavy" food, because it's extremely hot, and all you really wanna eat is watermelon and and ice cream. We ended up making this really delicious veggie stir fry with pork and quinoa and some tomato sauce to add some creaminess to the dish. It turned out way good. 

Ingredients:
1 lb pork cutlets
curry
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 medium bell pepper
10 mushrooms
Half cucumber
10 tomatoes
fajita spice mix
salt and pepper

1 cup quinoa
Tomato sauce (optional)

Directions:
1. Cook the chicken in a large pan
2. Meanwhile, chop the onion, garlic, bell pepper, mushrooms, cucumber and tomatoes.
3. Add the curry, onion, and garlic to the pan.
4. Cook the quinoa. 
5. Add the rest of the veggies to the pan and season
6. Serve with quinoa and tomato sauce

What to Eat in France

The last couple of days, I've spend in Toulouse, France. It's the fourth biggest city in France, and it's been some great days. While we visited we had to try the classic french crepes with nutella, which you can buy on every street corner, and also the refreshing sorbets, my favorites!

One of the other things we tried was the french macaroons. SOOOO good! You'll have to try them if you ever go to France, cause you gotta have them while in France, right? Even though they've become popular all over the world, and you can buy them at a lot of places. Here is My own recipe

One of the things the French do every day is go to the nearest bakery and buy a baguette. It's these long bread sticks which you see, and they always make a sandwich for lunch with the classic Jambon(ham) and cheese. It's really good.

A nice refreshment, the French version of a slurpee, Granita.

We also visited a really old castle (nights of the temple order) and they had tons of tourist stuff etc., but one of the things I enjoyed the most was their candy shops filled with millions of kinds of dried fruit and chocolate and french nougat and a lot of other yummy stuff.

Mini Burgers and Fries

Sorry for not blogging in forever, but I've been gone on vacation the last week and just been crazy busy, but I promise I'll make it up a bit. This next week I'm going to Spain and Portugal for three weeks though, so I might not be blogging that much meanwhile, but I promise there'll be a lot about delicious Spanish food etc.

This other evening my sister had a couple of girl friends over for a little girl party, so I offered to make these really cute mini burgers for them, and they turned out super delicious! I made my own healthier burger buns. I don't really have a recipe, so you'll have to either just buy them or find your own recipe... 

Her den anden aften havde min søster et par veninder ovre, så jeg var så sød at tilbyde at lave mad til dem i form af mini burgere og pom fritter. Jeg brugte den her opskrift på burgerbollerne og formede dem bare en del mindre. 

Ingredients:

Thausand island dressing

ketchup

Tomatoes (tomater)

Cucumber (agurk)

Lettuce (salat)

Beef burger patties (bøffer) - made as small meatballs

Fried Rice with Chicken and Shrimp

Stegte ris er en ting, som man får ofte i USA og som originalt vel er en kinesisk ret, men jeg synes faktisk det er så lækkert, at det virkelig burde blive mere populært i Danmark også. Det er som egentlig meget simpelt at lave. Man skal bare bruge nogle kogte ris, æg og så ellers hvad man lige har og roder i køleskabet og fryseren af forskellige slags kød og grøntsager. Her er en version med kylling, ærter og majs og rejer. 

Fried rice is so simple to make and super delicious. It's also one of those things where you can kinda clean up the fridge and freezer. All you need is some cooked rice, eggs, and whatever kinds of meet and vegetables you have. Here in this version I used chicken, peas and corn kernels and shrimp. 

Top with mango chutney and soy sauce.

Shrimp Salad with Avocado and Asparagus

In Denmark we loooove shrimps. Or is that an international thing? Well at least it's something we eat quite often here in Denmark, and one of the classics is the shrimp salad. Here is my own variation with avocado and asparagus.

Klassikeren rejesalat, eller rejecocktail som vi vist allesammen kender. Det er altså også bare alt for lækkert! Her er min egen variation med avokado og asparges.

Ingredients:
1 head romaine lettuce
1/2 avocado
1 medium tomato
handful cooked shrimp
2 white asparagus

1 romaine salad hoved
1/2 avokado
1 mellem størrelse tomat
En håndfuld kogte pillede rejer fra frost
2 hvide asparges 

Dressing:
1 dl creme fraiche or sour cream
1 tbsp ketchup or tomato puree
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp lemon juice
salt and pepper

Directions:
Cut lettuce, avocado, and tomato and put in a bowl. Cook asparagus for 3 minutes in the microwave. Cut as well and top with the shrimps and chopped asparagus. 
Mix all the ingredients for the dressing and put on top of the salad. 

Skær salat, avokado og tomat i skiver og kom i en skål. Kog asparges i mikroovnen i 3 minutter i en lille smule vand og med film over i en glasskål. Skær dem i små skiver og kom ovenpå salaten sammen med rejerne. 
Rør alle ingredientserne til dressingen sammen og hæld over salaten.

Enjoy!