Lunch omelet

We had some veggies in the fridge that were getting old so I decided to just throw together a quick omelet for lunch.

Ingredients
serves 1
3 eggs
4 paksoi stems and leaves
½ red capsicum
½ leek
2-3 slices of parmaham
salt and pepper

Fry off the leek and capsicum in some olive oil for about three minutes. Add the paksoi and fry for another couple of minutes. Add the parmaham last and just let it fry togehter for a minute or two. Turn the heat off. Whisk together the three eggs and season with salt and pepper. Add this to a pan greased with a bit of olive oil and fry on low heat. When omelet is almost set on the top, flip it over and add your veggies on one half of the omelet. Let it fry for a couple of minutes, then fold it in half and transfer to a plate.

Banana pancakes

We had a lot of bananas that started to become uneatable so I decided to prepare tomorrow's breakfast today already. I made a batch of banana pancakes that I can just heat up again in the morning tomorrow. Perfect.
The batter is kind of difficult to handle so I recommend that you fry very small pancakes; maybe 5 cm in diameter otherwise they are quite difficult to turn without breaking.

Ingredients
serves 2 people
4 ripe bananas
2 eggs
4 tbsp almond butter
100 ml almond flour
100 shredded coconut

Mash the banana and add the eggs. Mix together well. Add the almond butter and make sure that mixes in properly. Stir in the almond flour and coconut until everything is thouroghly mixed together. Fry little pancakes on both sides in some butter on medium heat.

Banana bread

I've been wanting to make banana bread for a while now because it seems like one of those things that would be good to keep in the freezer and just take out every now and again. I found the recipe in the Paleo Recipe book.

Ingredients
3 ripe bananas
240 ml almond butter
240 ml almond flour
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Mash the bananas with a fork in a bowl. Add the almond butter, almond flour and eggs. Mix together. Add the baking soda and baking powder and make sure it's thouroughly mixed in. Fill a greased loaf pan with the batter and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes.

The easiest dessert

Something that I think is quite underrated is fresh fruit. There is nothing better than just some pieces of fresh fruit after dinner. It really is the easiest and most delicious dessert there is.

I'm having fresh pineapple, blueberries and some shredded coconut.

Chicken with parma ham and avocado sauce

Found this recipe on tasteline.se. As usual I've modified the recipe a bit. Mostly because I don't like anchovies or parmesan cheese which was in the original recipe. Perfect for a Friday night treat.

Ingredients
serves 4
4 chicken fillets
1½ tsp paprika powder
1½ tsp herbs
2 garlic cloves
salt and pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
100 g parma ham
500 g cherry tomatoes

2 garlic cloves
½ lemon, peel and juice
2 avocados
3 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Cut the chicken fillets into three slices lenghtwise. Mix the garlic, paprika powder and herbs. Add the olive oil, salt and pepper. Rub the chicken with the spice mix. Place them in an ovenproof dish. Shred the ham and put on top. Cut the tomatoes in half and place around the edges in the dish. Bake for 25 minutes in the oven.
For making the sauce or dressing; crush the garlic cloves and mix it with the lemon juice and peel. Cut the avocados in pieces and add this to the garlic and lemon together with the olive oil. Blend together with a hand mixer until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with lettuce leaves.

Coconut tops

This is a classic little cookie that we used to have when I was little; not sure if it's typically Swedish or if it exists elsewhere as well. It's extremely simple and I modified it so that it's now Paleo friendly as well. If you like coconut than you should try to make these.

Ingredients
makes 16
50 g butter
2 eggs
1½ tbsp honey
550 ml shredded coconut

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Melt the butter. Mix together eggs, honey and coconut. Add the melted butter and mix in thouroughly. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. Prepare a baking tray with baking paper and shape the dough to little tops with your hands. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

Apple and cinnamon muffins

The banana muffins I made a few days ago were so delicious so I decided to make another batch. I also made my own version with apple and cinnamon. They were also really tasty. The recipe for the banana muffins can you find here. Here is the recipe for the ones with apple and cinnamon

Ingredients

makes 6 

3 tbsp apple sauce

2 small eggs

dash of vanilla essence

½ tbsp honey

30 ml melted coconut oil

240 ml almond flour

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp of cinnamon

pinch of salt

½ large peeled apple, cut into small pieces

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.

Mix together apple sauce, eggs, vanilla, honey and oil well. Add the salt, baking soda, cinnamon and half the almond flour. Mix together until thoroughly combined then add the rest of the almond flour together with the apple pieces. Grease a muffin tray and fill them evenly with the mixture. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Bacon wrapped cod with roasted veggies

Ok, this combination might seem a bit weird but it did actually work quite well together.

Ingredients
serves 2
1 red capsicum
1 green capsicum
1 small zucchini
1 eggplant
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp olive oil
dried basil
dried rosemary
salt and pepper
2 pieces of cod
8 pieces of bacon
pepper

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees,
Finely chopped the onion and garlic. Cut the capsicums, eggplant and zucchini in big pieces.
Put the onion and garlic in an oven proof dish together with the olive oil. Put in the oven for about 5 minutes.
Take out and add the other veggies together with salt, pepper, basil and rosemary. Cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

Put pepper on the top of the cod. Wrap each piece of cod in four pieces of bacon. Put in an oven proof dish and cook in the oven for 10 minutes.

Banana muffins

Once again I've gained inspiration from 3.2.1. Paleo blog. I've been wanting to make these for weeks now but I never seem to have any slightly overripe bananas at home. Now I decided to do them and my bananas were just ripe enough.


Ingredients
makes 6
2 ripe bananas
2 small eggs
½ tbsp vanilla essence
½ tbsp honey
30 ml melted coconut oil
240 ml almond flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 big handful shredded coconut
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of salt

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
Mix together bananas, eggs, vanilla, honey and oil well. Add the salt, baking soda, cinnamon and half the almond flour. Mix together until thoroughly combined then add the rest of the almond flour and the coconut. Grease a muffin tray and fill them evenly with the mixture. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Apple and cinnamon buns

I've tried a few times to make cinnamon buns but they usually end up too dry because I, for some reason, want to make them 'healthier' by not adding as much fat. Now I decided to make them the proper way; with lots of fat. :)

Ingredients

makes about 30-40 buns

100 g butter

500 ml milk

50 g fresh yeast

½ tsp salt

100 ml sugar

1 tsp cardamom 

1,3 l flour

Filling:

50 g butter

3 tbsp apple sauce

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp sugar

1 egg, lightly whisked

granulated sugar

Melt the butter in a pot. Add the milk and let it get to body temperature, approximately 37 degrees. Crumble the yeast into a big bowl. Add a little bit of the milk and butter mixture and mix until the yeast is dissolved. Add the rest of the mixture and also the salt, sugar, cardamom and 2/3 of the flour. Mix until smooth and shiny. Then add the rest of the flour (save a bit for the rolling). The dough is finished when it does no longer stick to the sides of the bowl. Pour some flour over the dough and put a towel or the bowl. Let it rest and rise for about an hour; until it's doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. When risen enough, take it out of the bowl and onto a surface sprinkled with flour. Knead the douch with the rest of the flour until it does not stick to the surface anymore. Split the dough in hald and roll out one half with a rolling pin to a rectangle, about 20x40 cm. Spread a thing layer of half the amount of butter on top. Then add half the amount of apple sauce. Sprinkle half of the sugar and half of the cinnamon on top. Roll the dough up and make about 2 cm thick pieces. Put them in paper cups with the cut edge up. Do the same with the rest of the dough. Line them on a baking tray and brush them with the egg. Sprinkle some granulated sugar on top. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 8-10 minutes.

Berry omelette

I think most people have this idea that omelettes should be savoury but it doesn't have to be like that. This morning I made a sweet omelette for breakfast and it was really tasty. Try it! It's quick and easy to make. I used frozen berries but it would probably be even better with fresh ones.

Ingredients
(serves 1)
3 eggs
a splash of vanilla essence
1 small handful raspberries
1 small handful blackberries
1 small hanful blueberries

Whish the eggs together with a fork. Add the vanilla essence and mix it all together. Fry the eggs on low heat in a pan greased with some butter. Fry the omelette until it is almost set on the top. Then flip it and add the berries on one half of the omelette. Fry for a couple of more minutes then fold in half and serve.

Enchiladas

Ingredients

(serves 4)

500 g mince meat

1 onion

2 capsicums

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 small can of corn

1 dl crushed tomatoes

taco seasoning

4 tortillas

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Cut the onion and capsicum finely. Fry them off together with the garlic in some butter. Once soft, add the mince meat and fry until it gets brown. Add the tomatoes and taco seasoning. Let it all simmer together for a few minutes. Put the mince meat mixture in the middle of each tortilla and fold. Put them in an oven proof dish with the opening down. Put some grated cheese on the top and cook in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Parsnip chips

We had a parsnip over from last week and I wasn't really sure what to do with it. Since I got home from work earlier than normal today I decided to make some parsnip chips. I had a go at making sweet potato chips a couple of weeks ago but they didn't end up that good. This time it went slightly better but I still need to work on how to get them crunchy without burning them.

Ingredients
1 large parsnip
2 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
paprika powder
cayenne pepper
garlic powder

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Peel the parsnip and cut it into thin slices. Try to cut them as thin as possible. Mix together the olive oil and the spices in a bowl, add the parsnip and mix together so that the parsnips get an even coating. Put the parsnip pieces separately on an ungreased baking tray. Make sure they don't overlap. Bake in the oven for about 10-15 minutes.

Baba Ghanoush

Ingredients
2 eggplants
3 garlic cloves
1½ tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp cayenne pepper
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Prick the skin of the eggplant with a fork and roast for about 35 minutes in the oven. Peel off the skin of the eggplants. Place the roasted eggplant, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, cumin and cayenne pepper in a blender and blend until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper to taste.

Thai roast chicken

Roast chicken is one of our favourite dishes; especially on a Sunday night. Today we are having a bit of a mulitcultural dish since we wanted to make use of the vegetables that we had in the fridge. We had Thai flavoured chicken together with some baba ghanoush and Thai flavoured vegetables.

Ingredients
1 whole chicken
1 tbsp red curry paste
1 tbsp coconut milk'
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper

Mix the ingredients. Score the chicken and rub it with the mixture. Roast in the oven for about 1 hour.