Food diary

I have actually tried a new recipe every day for the last three weeks (beside those days when I've got some left overs or those days I've spent at my mum and dads). These are the dishes I have made:

Just ignore some of the larg portions. Next step: learn how to make food for only one person. And yes, I do love pasta! I guess I could have taken some more delicate pictures, but this is not a food or photo blog anyway


Chicken pie with tomatoes, zukini, red onions and peppers
(from here)

Pasta with eggplant
(from here)

Bananamuffins with chocolate topping
(from here)

Salmon with herbes, ratatouille and pasta
(from here)

green curry with lots of vegetables and chicken
(idea from here)

pancakes

pasta alfredo
(from here)

vegetable soup

sweet chili and cashew salmon
(from here)
+ fried rice

spaghetti and meatballs
(from here)

Focaccia
(recipe from my sister)

Chicken in pita wtih vegetables and homemade dressing

salmon baked in the oven with potatoes and herbes + rucola salad and carrots

Food choice

When I moved from my mum and dad I was very excited to try and not eat the same food everyday. I come from a family were we only had one kind of dish for each weekday (almost at least). When I moved, I tried to make different dishes, but then I stoped trying and started to eat the same over and over again. So I was thinking: I want to try different recipes (or at least more than just a few dishes). I spend most of my time at school and reading, so I don't want to spend alot of time making food. Still I want to try when I have the time, and to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Today I toasted a ciabatta with cheese and ham, and made a salad with peppers, carrot, spring onion and rucola salad + a banana and orange smootie


Do you have some good recipes, or some food blogs you can recommend?

Yum! Part 2: Desserts

Yoghurt with honey and nuts

Pavlova


Cheesecake with strawberries

Oak Tree Cottage Lemon Slice

Kiwi Trifle

White chocolate- and limeparfait

Fruitsalad

All pictures taken from matprat.no (and for all of you norwegians; check out the recipes there)

Yum!

As I’ve already said; I’ve just moved to an appartment. This is the first time I’ve moved from my parents and the house were I grew up, and its (almost) the first time I’ve done those things I’ve always taken for granted: cleaning the appartment, washing clothes and cooking my own dinner. It’s actually been going perfectly well. When it comes to food, I come from a family were we do not eat anything out of the ordinary. That means; pasta each Monday, sausages each Tuesday, fish each Wednesday, etc. So I said to myself that when I moved out I would try not to get stuck in those same routines. That does not mean that I have to make completly different courses each week; even the small differences makes the food more excotic.

So this is what I made yesterday and today, and what I want to make tomorrow:

Yesterday: Chicken filet in homemade marinade, with pasta in melted cheese and a salad.

Today: Chicken filet in homemade marinade, with fried rice and vegetables

Tomorrow: Burned Love: homemade mashed potatoes with cheese, garlic chives, sausagebits and champignons

And here are some pictures for inspiration:

(all taken from the Norwegian site matprat.no)

Burned Love:

homemade mashed potatoes with cheese, garlic chives, sausagebits and champignons

Chow-Chow:

pork, mushrooms, pine-apple, paprika with nuts, bananas and cucumber on the side

Focaccia:

with bacon and ham

Vegetablesoup

with pork

Potatoes

with garlic, butter and thyme

Hot Curry

Entrecôte

with Kiwi and Papaya

Jamaicapan

With pork, paprika, squash etc

Cremed fishsoup

with salmon, cod, carrot, etc

Mouton à la Bourguignonne

Mutton, bacon, champignon, etc in red wine

Pasta

with pork and crayfishtales

Jamalaya

Spanish omelet

I will show you some tasty desserts anothertime