In my kitchen in August

It’s already August, who would have thought! We’ve been spending a lot of time in the kitchen cooking summer food like the fried new potatoes with vegan “fish” and strawberry salad above. So let’s have a look what else has been in my kitchen.

We’ve had a few veggie barbecues this summer. I usually like grilling cheese and new potatoes and of course other veggies and even rye bread too.

I got these chunky local broad beans at the farmers market and made Mexican style rice and fried new potatoes with them. They were just wonderful and I hope to get some more.

I believe that this Naturli Oat Cocoa is a game changer for vegan chocolate drinks. It was so thick and had a very chocolatey flavour.

We had some vegan ice-creams at the harbour. These coffee and lemon flavoured ones were really intense in the taste.

This new Danish tofu brand is incredible. It has such a nice firm texture and especially the smoked one is very tasty.

Dough Girls is a great doughnut shop in Copenhagen. Just look at these vegan beauties!

I purchased a new silicone form. Can’t wait to bake something in it.

And from the same shop I also got a dinosaur cookie cutter. It’s so cute!

This København Kombucha is really refreshing and nice.

Tins of tomatoes, sauces and beans are always useful for many different meals.

I made stuffed courgettes with tomatoes and cheese. Courgettes are so cheap now so I’ve made a few dishes with them. I’m also growing my own and have harvested some of them.

Here is a colourful tagliatelle with an oat cream sauce.

This is a pineapple milkshake. I loved that flavour as a child. I made this one with oat milk.

More pineapple in shape of pineapple salsa. It’s so good with tacos.

My curveball this month is a blimp that just flew past our house this morning.

As always, I’m sharing this post with Sherry from Sherry’s Pickings blog, as she is hosting the In My Kitchen event.

Have a nice weekend all!

Your VegHog

 

Homemade pita bread

I have never made pita myself before, but I got a little bit tired of the hardish supermarket pitas that seemed to be the only ones that I could find here. I explored some recipes online and found this easy homemade pita bread recipe by The Mediterranean dish. It was a good recipe to follow and I think that my results were alright in the end. It made eight pitas and the dough also keeps in the fridge for a few days, if you don't want to make all of them at once. I would like to try making pita bread again in case the method can be improved, but it was a good start. I made my pitas pan-fried this time, as it was too hot to put the oven on.

The first pita dish was pan-fried pita with homemade butterbean hummus and veggies.

And the second was a topped heart-shaped pita with hummus, veggies and feta.

What is your favourite way of eating pitas? Have a nice weekend!

Your VegHog

 

Meanwhile in my balcony garden

 

I’m growing veg on my two balconies again this summer and it does give me great joy seeing the plants grow. I have tomatoes, peppers, peas, cucumber, courgette, radishes, chilli, herbs and berry bushes. We’ve already harvested peas, radishes, herbs and chilli and the other plants are starting to come along too. Here is a little peek to my urban garden in Copenhagen.

 

In my kitchen in July

 

I’m making a lot of summer food in my kitchen in July and here are some of those dishes. Otherwise it has been quiet with just going on some walks in the evenings and not doing much else. It’s a rainy day today so we will be going to Denmark’s national gallery after a long while. I’m a holder of an annual pass for two so we usually go there often. There is a special exhibition by German expressionists at the moment, which I’m quite keen to see, but now to the food and stuff.

My lovely partner bought more of these beautiful ceramic bowls for me.

I was lucky to find some qualitative fresh borlotti beans in the market so I made cheese and garlic pinwheels with a borlotti bean, pasta shell and tomato soup.

This is a nice bounty from the market.

 

Fried new potatoes with smokey bbq chunks and salad

Loaded nachos with cantina style black beans

Tacos with spicy vegan chunks and pineapple salsa

Grilled corn, potatoes and cheese

Different summer pastas with light sauces, veggies and side salads

 

As usual, I’m sharing this post with the In My Kitchen challenge hosted by Sherry from the Sherry’s Pickings blog.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Your VegHog