My August kitchen
is still full of summer food and local produce. I love this season
when we can get so many local vegetables and berries here in
Scandinavia. Here are just some things I have been cooking lately.
Local
strawberries are a must in the summer, and I indeed managed to get
some really lovely ones from a local strawberry farm. I made a vegan
strawberry oat-milkshake
from a few of them.
I
found one of my first vegetarian cookbooks at my mum's place, and I
brought it home with me. This Finnish book, Maijan
Kasviskeittokirja, gave me
quite many valuable tips on how to improve my vegetarian cooking and
make it more nutritious. There are some lovely dishes in the book
that I have to make again.
I
bought No Fairytales carrot and beetroot tortillas
consisting 45% of vegetables.
They are a really nice product, and I can't wait for the other
flavours and the burger buns to arrive in shops close to me. The
tortillas are so vibrantly colourful, soft and tasty. I already
posted one dish, Black-eyed bean flautas,
made with these tortillas, but there will be more to come.
Then
I tasted Naturli's organic vegan and gluten-free ravioli in
basil and butternut squash and
sage flavours for the first time. They were very nice ravioli,
perfect for quick weekday meals, but I would prefer slightly bigger
packaging because I like to eat a lot.
I
quite like Fritz-Kola,
and of course I had to get a couple of bottles of the special EU
election edition. Unfortunately I only found them way after the
election.
My partner's fried rice with tofu
has become almost a weekly dish
in our household, as he makes such a nice tofu or vegan “chicken”
fried rice that I keep requesting it over and over again. It's great
that he often cooks and I can just relax on the sofa after work.
I
made a left-over burger
from beans and rice mix from the previous day, and served it with
grill cheese, wholemeal bun, roasted new potatoes and homemade
chipotle ketchup.
Then
there has been a lot of summer food on
my plate: new potatoes, peas, new onions etc., just simple cooking.
I
also made this gnocchi with bell peppers, onions and
spinach dish.
Have
a great weekend everyone!
Your
VegHog
Nice to peek inside your kitchen and admire the summer produce. The Finnish Veg cookbooks looks interesting, what is the last image topped with mangetout - is it a pie of sorts?! I do like the veg tortilla wraps, have found spinach and beet here, not carrot though. Your partners fried rice looks nice, i agree with you its nice when others cook for you and you can chill.
ReplyDeleteI like the simplicity of the food you have cooked this month, all looks lovely !!!
ReplyDeleteYour too-small package is intriguing -- we never seem to get packages that are too small. Most are too big, sometimes unimaginably big. The gnocchi look especially nice.
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I like a milkshake or smoothie with oats in it. It's a great breakfast option in summer. The beetroot tortillas are fun and would make any burrito look good with bright greens enclosed. I've done a bit of fried rice recently as a way of using up what's in the fridge. I don't know why we don't make it more often.
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Jamie saw me looking at your photo with the cooked sweetcorn and mushrooms. Most disappointed when I said you're in Finland; he thought it was a lovely veggie breakfast for sale locally! No such luck 🙂 What are on the skewers? Tofu?
ReplyDeleteSo much good food - love the photo of the burger with the sauce in the hedgehog tumbler. Those coloured tortillas are so cheerful. And beautiful strawberries (we still have them in plastic containers but I notice more photos overseas of them in cardboard. The cookbook looks very beautiful and inspiring - so lovely to revisit earlier inspirations!
ReplyDeleteit looks like you have been having lots of lovely summer meals with lots of fresh vegetables. it is strawberry season here too, as our Queensland season starts in June with the new strawbs. My hubby does lots of the cooking too, thank goodness. i can never believe that some women (most women?) end up doing all the cooking.. thanks so much for joining in IMK.. Sorry, what is your first name? thanks cheers sherry
ReplyDeleteYou have such beautiful ingredients your post is brimming with colour and health. How lucky to be able to sit and rest whilst your partner fries rice with tofu.
ReplyDeleteI love all the wonderful summer produce and meals you are cooking. That ravioli sounds interesting, on the tip of fall weather.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of those tortillas - wish we had them here!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of the No Fairytales products. We live in strawberry growing country and are very spoilt with year round berries :)
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