A Saturday night seafood salad where marinated rice is added to make the salad go further. The remaining ingredients are mixed with the rice right before the salad is going to be served. I usually variate this seafood salad recipe depending on what I have on hand, but the rice and the shrimps are always there. On ...

Last Sunday I bought plenty of fish from a fishmonger who usually comes to my village once every two months to sell fresh shellfish and saltwater fish. I purchased fillets of ’strömming’. (The Latin name is Clupea harengus membras). ‘Strömming’ is the Swedish name for a small, iridescent glossy food fish of the herring family. Sometimes it ...

‘Sour, said the fox about the rowan-berries’. This quote is from a fable of Aesop. A Greek author in the sixth century. The English interpretation is: ‘The grapes are sour anyway’. In Sweden the grapes have been replaced with rowan-berries because grapes don´t grow far north. It is easy to despise what you cannot get. The rowan-berries are ...

INGREDIENTS:Serves 6300 g fillets of plaice500 g fillets of salmon200 g shrimps, peeled1-2 tablespoons rapeseed oil400 g stir fry wok vegetables, frozensalt, pepper SAUCE:1-2 cloves of garlic2 tablespoons oyster sauce3 tablespoons Thai Sweet Chili Sauce400 ml canned coconut milkjuice and zest of 1 lime fresh coriander METHOD:* Cut plaice fillets into strips (ab. 2 cm).* Cut salmon fillets ...

After a heavy holiday meal, you would not serve meringues, chocolate sauce and whipped cream, would you? How about a Chocolate Raspberry Cake for dessert? Even if you are a first-time cake maker, and even if you are part of a busy urban life, this recipe does not require much in preparation time. By using store bought ...