Spring has sprung!

“Spring has sprung!” said the bumble bee. “How do you know?” said the old oak tree. “I just saw a daffodil blooming on a windy hill!” – Anonymous Sumbe…

Meatless Monday: Oven-roasted pepper and gnocchi with feta cheese

I find gnocchi so much more interesting than pasta recently - there's more bite to them and I love their pillowy shape. In any case, I find myse…

Braised pork chops with sautéed tomatoes

We've got a nice and pretty well-known butcher's shop near our house, and I do try to buy most of my meat from there. There other day I retu…

Swedish coffee cake aka kärleksmums

I was translating some Swedish recipes the other day, when I came across the word ' långpanna ' . I knew it was an oven sheet, but wasn't s…

Baked Lemon Cheesecake

Have you decided upon your weekend cake yet? If not, then may I recommend this lovely and creamy and very lemony baked cheesecake? One of the local d…

Easter paskha for chocolate lovers

Chocolate paskha, 2011, decorated with dried apricots It's Easter Sunday this weekend and many a festive table will have a paskha (also spelled a…

Easter lamb for one. Or two. A recipe for grilled marinated lamb

Lamb's a popular choice for Easter, especially a slow-roast leg of lamb . However, unless you're cooking a big Easter feast, buying and cooki…

Nami-Nami Easter Brunch 2011

(The post is actually written in January 2013, I just wanted to archive the menu for the traditional event) This year the Easter Brunch coincided wit…

Birthday cake 2011

I went for a fancy cake this year. A week or so ago I spotted this Limoncello, coconut and white chocolate mousse cake * at the Swedish Allt om Mat w…

Beetroot and feta tart recipe

Cooksister's Jeanne is hosting this month's Monthly Mingle , and she chose topless tarts as the theme. She's one cheeky foodblogger, you …

Quail eggs, dyed with beetroot

Another item I served at this year's Same idea , but this time I used quail eggs and "pickled" them simply in grated boiled beetroot. T…

Herbed Ricotta Bruschette

One of my newest cookbooks is How Easy Is That? by Ina Garten . It's the first Ina Garten's book in my extensive cookbook library and I love …

Västerbottenspaj aka Swedish Västerbotten Cheese Tart

Västerbotten is an excellent hard cow's milk cheese from Sweden that reminds me (and many others) of a good youngish Parmiggiano Reggiano, but it…

A healthy breakfast for one

Just wanted to share a neat breakfast idea that I got from the Swedish Allt om Mat magazine - frukostkeso . It was a lovely change from the usual yog…

Monstera deliciosa

Here's a little something we had for dessert on Sunday. My dear K's mum brought it back from her trip to Madeira. I hadn't tried this be…

Kaneelirullid aka Estonian cinnamon rolls

I know, I know. Spring is in full swing here in Estonia and I'm baking cinnamon rolls? I blame Joy the Baker , author of the Best Baking and Dess…

Baked Rhubarb Cheesecake Recipe

Nothing new under the sun :) I took last year's favourite rhubarb cheesecake recipe , tweaked it a little, and ended up with yet another definite…

Gardener's revenge: ground-elder and cottage cheese pie

Originally posted here . A well-known (and much-hated) garden pest, ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria , also known as bishop's weed and goutweed …

Crostini with Västerbotten cheese

Another little recipe using the wonderful Swedish Västerbotten cheese . The recipe is Swedish as well, from a relatively new food magazine Lantliv Ma…

Crostini with radishes and anchovy butter

Here's a little something that I served at my birthday back in April. I spotted the recipe in Anne Rosso's Flickr photostream , and knew immed…

Juiced

A delicious combination of orange, lime and apple (Granny Smith). What's your favourite freshly pressed juice? I'd love to get new ideas. S…

RHUBARB RECIPES @ NAMI-NAMI

It's rhubarb season just now, and here's a selection of delicious ideas to try: Estonian rhubarb cake with sponge topping : Rhubarb and rye brea…