Street Food om Søerne 2019

I had the pleasure of visiting this year's Street Food om Søerne street food festival by the Copenhagen Lakes. The festival took place last weekend and it was located close to our home, which is of course very convenient. There were a lot of vegan vendors this year, and many others had vegan or vegetarian options.

I had the best burger there that I've ever tasted, and it was made by Planteslagterne. I failed to ask what the juicy plantbased patty was made from, but in any case it tasted amazing. It was a cheese burger with pickled onions, lettuce and vegan mayo in a brioche bun. 

 

One of my other favourites were vegan kebabs with organic, gluten free and soy free tempeh made from lupin beans. The tempeh was made by Foodture, and the kebabs were made by Simple Raw, a vegan restaurant in Copenhagen. The concept of making it from lupin beans is fascinating, #from flower to plant protein". It was such a nice combination with fresh veg and really tasty tempeh. The tempeh was quite authentic looking kebab, as it came from the traditional turning skewer. I think several vegan cafés in Copenhagen serve this tempeh, so I have the chance of finding it again.

We also had tasty fries from Green Fries, a Swedish company. They served lovely dips on side and you got to select a salt for the fries. I had fries with garlic salt and roasted onion mayo and truffle mayo. We've had these fries before, and every time they just hit the spot.

As drinks we enjoyed different craft beers from Mikkeller and organic cocktails from Rebæl.

We also got acquainted with a veg box subscription idea by Grim, where the “ugly” vegetables that are rejected by supermarkets are delivered to your door once a week. I think that's a great idea and I'm considering of joining. My only problem with veg boxes is that there are long months with cabbage in season. Don't get me wrong, I really like cabbage, but it's difficult to use a lot of it for two people. What are your experiences with veg boxes? Do they make meal planning easier or more complicated?

This year's festival's main sponsor was the supermarket chain Irma, and they had brought some colourful swan boats to our lakes. We normally only have white and black swan and duck boats. On those colourful boats you could take a tasting and talking ride with some of the vendors. I think this was also quite a neat idea.

I wanted to try so many things more, but couldn't fit more food or drink in. There were rye and potato burgers, vegetarian tacos and quesadillas, fresh salads and juices, vegan ice-cream and many more tempting dishes. I can't wait for next year, as it looks like the vegan festival doesn't take place in Copenhagen this year. Here are some atmosphere photos from the street food festival.

Quesadillas with spicy potatoes and beans

This weekend we have the great Street Food om Søerne food festival taking place right at our doorstep for three days. We already went there yesterday to check out the food trucks and booths, and to have some evening snacks. I still have a long list of tasty things to try, so we will be heading there again today. I will write a post about the festival at the end of it, but now first a quick quesadilla post.

I made these vegetarian quesadillas with the amazing No Fairytales beetroot tortillas to give them more colour. They contained twice-baked new potatoes, black-eyed beans, butter beans, bell pepper, tomatoes, cheese, chipotle and Mexican spices.

Quesadillas with spicy potatoes and beans

Ingredients

8-10 new potatoes

1 red bell pepper

6 cherry tomatoes

½ cup cooked black-eyed beans

1 cup cooked butter beans

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 red chilli

1 chipotle chilli

Vegetable oil for frying

2 tbsp tomato purée

½ tsp ground cumin

½ tsp ground coriander

½ tsp smoked paprika

½ tsp Mexican oregano

100 g grated Cheddar

5 beetroot tortillas

Method

Cook the potatoes in water until done.

Chop the vegetables and start frying the onion in oil.

After the onion is softened, add the garlic, chillies and bell pepper to the pan.

After a while, also add the tomatoes, beans and potatoes to the mix, followed by the seasoning.

Let simmer under the lid until the flavours have blended.

Place some of the potato and bean mix on a tortilla with cheese, fold and fry them on both sides in a pan.

And they are ready to be served. I served the quesadillas with fresh peas on the side. Enjoy!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Your VegHog

In My Kitchen in August

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. 

 

I'm sharing this post with Sherry from Sherry's Pickings for this month's In My Kitchen edition.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Your VegHog

Eat Your Greens welcoming August recipes

We are welcoming vegan and vegetarian recipes made with green vegetables for the August 2019 Eat Your Greens challenge. I'm hosting the challenge this month, and it's created and co-hosted by the lovely Shaheen from Allotment 2 Kitchen blog.

You only need to cook a vegan or vegetarian dish featuring one or several green vegetables, post it on your blog and share the link with us in the comment box below. So easy, isn't it! If you want more guidance, you can find the full rules here.

I look forward to seeing your creations soon, and if you need some inspiration, do head to Shaheen's blog for the July round up.

I wish you all a great and productive August!

Your VegHog