Minced Soybean sauce

Another typical Finnish food is "Jauhelihakastike", which is a creamy meat sauce made from minced meat. And again really simple and fast to make! Ofcourse i make my own vegetarian version, since i don't eat meat. This is the kind of food i like to make when i am tired after work and really don't have any energy or time to make any complex food. And this is really delicious too!

Here is what you need:

• Minced fake meat (minced soybeas, i used Häslans Kök frozen Sojafärsh)
• One onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Cream (optional Soy cream if you want to make a vegan version)
• Fresh Thyme
• Salt & pepper
• Paprica spice
• A hint of soy sauce
• Olive Oil

Fry the soymeat in oil on a pan with the onions and the garlic. Spice up well with salt, pepper, paprika and hint of soy sauce. Add cream and thyme, mix well and taste that you have enought spices. Serve with some boiled potatoes and steamed vegetables like cauliflower. Easy, fast and delicious!

Finnish style Vegetarian Macaroni dish

This is really typical Finnish style homefood. It's called in Finnish "Makaronilaatikko". Finnish people make this often and it's again simple and easy to make. Normally it's made with minced meat, but instead of meat i use minced soybeans. Here is the recipe how to make it:

• about 4 dl Macaroni
• About 3-4 dl minced soybeans (fake minced meat. You can find this in almost all local stores. I used Hälsans Kök frozen sojafärsh)
• One Onion
• 2 Carrots
• 3 Eggs
• about 4 dl Milk
• Breadcrumbs
• Salt & Pepper
• 3-4 cloves of Garlic
• Mixed spices like paprika, chili, herbsalt etc.
• Oil

Heat up the oven about 225 degrees hot.  Boil some water and add the macaronis and carrots in the water. Add some salt in the water. Boil them until macaronis are half soft. Pour the water out. Put a side to cool down. Add some oil on the pan and heat it up. Chop the onions and garlic. Fry the minced soy on the pan with the onions and garlic. Add salt, pepper and other spicies, like paprica and herbs. Thyme is good herb for this too. Spread some oil on a big oven bowl that it covers all the insides of the bowl. Pour the macaroni, carrots and minced soy in and mix util everything is mixed together. Then pour the milk and eggs on a separate bowl. Whip well until the milk and eggs are well mixed. Add some salt, pepper and paprica spice and additional spices like herbs if you want to. Pour the milk-egg mix on the bowl with the macaroni-soy mix. Pour it all over. It should come up almost to the top, that the macaroni is fully covered with the egg-milk. Sprinkle some breadgrumbs on top and cook in the oven about 30 minutes until the cover looks crispy and golden brown. Enjoy with some ketchup on top and sprinkle some cheese on top too if you like.

"All you can Find"

I made this veggo-plate one day when i was too lazy to go to food store and just crabbed stuff that i had at home and made food from them. I cook like this quite often, haha! So i found some dry soyballs, green longbeans, beetroots and full grain couscous. Here's how i made this delicious dish:

• Dry soyballs/Soy bites (about 2-3 dl is enough for two people)
• Beetroots 
• Green beans ( i used frozen ones)
• Couscous
• Butter
• Garlic 
• Salt & Pepper
• Olive oil
• Spices like, garlic-pepper mix, grilling spice and cummin-pepper mix

First peel the beetroots, cut them in cubes and put in a boiling water. Add a hint of salt on the water. Put the green beans on a bowl to melt. Boil some water on a waterboiler and pour it into a bowl, where you add the dry soyballs and cover it with the lit. Let them stay covered for about 10-15 minutes, until they are soft. (Optional: You can also boil them in a pot). Then when the soyballs are soft, pour the water out, run some cold water on top of them (to make them cool down quickly) and squeeze the water out of the balls with your hands. Add the balls into a bowl, add olive oil and the mixed spices. You can use your own imagination to spice them up. I always mix different spices.After that pour some olive oil on pan and heat it up. Fry the balls until they are crispy. Put them on side to wait. Add some oil on the pan and fry the green beans. Just add hint of salt and pepper. Put them on the side to wait. Meanwhile boil some water with the water boiler again. Add about 3 dl couscous into a bowl. Pour about 2 dl water in and mix, add more water if looks too dry. Add some salt and a big chunk of butter. Mixx well, cover with a lit and put a side to wait for about 3-5 minutes. The beetroots should be ready at this point. Pour the water out, add some butter, chopped garlic, salt & pepper and mix. Serve everything together and enjoy. This was delicious!

Potato-Leek soup

I eat soups often. You can make them normally quite fast and simple. There is so much great options for delicious soups! This on is one of my favourite soups, that my mom always made me when i was sick. It's fast and simple to make and really good. Here is a recipe for you to make it:

• About 8 potatoes (normal size)
• One Leek
• 1-2 Vegetarian stock cube
• 3-5 Garlic cloves
• Salt & pepper
• Some mixed herbs like thyme, tarragon, oregano ect. 
• About 1 liter water
• 1 dl cream (optional soy cream if you want to make it vegan)
• Couple drops of Olive Oil
• Some grated cheeze on top (optional)

First you peel the potatoes and cut them on small cubes. Add  the potatoes, water and the vegetarian stock in a pot, let it come to boil. Meanwhile cut the Leek and garlic. Add them to the boiling water. Let it boil about 20 minutes or so, until the potatoes are soft. Pour the stock in a bowl, leave about 2 dl on the bottom of the pot. Use a hand blender to mash the potatoes and leek into a smooth puree, add the stock a little bit more to make it more like a soup, but not too much. Save space for the cream. Put the pot back on the stove and add cream, hint of olive oil, some salt & pepper and some herbs. Sterve well. Serve with some fresh bread, sprinkle some grated cheese on top and enjoy. So good!

Delicious Fish

I have always loved Fish alot. When i was little, we used to fish with my grandpa at our summer gottage. It was him, who teached me how to fish and prepare delicious and simple food from fish. These two portions are examples of how to make fried fish tasty and good in simple ways.

Basic what you need for spice up the fish (you can use different variations):

• Salt & Pepper (Sea salt is really good with fish)
• Lemon pepper
• Garlic & pepper mix
• Dried dill
• Lemon juice

In the top picture is fish file from a fish called Pangasius. It's a genus of shark catfishes, native to Asia. You can get this frozen or fresh in your local stores mostly and it is quite cheap. The bottom fish is very common used fish in Scandinavia called Baltic Herring (Silakka in Finnish) . You can get i fresh anywhere here in Scandinavia, files or whole. 

The first step of making the fish is spice it up. Sprinkle some salt & pepper on top, use some other spices if you like, try out different things. Squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top. Lemon also starts to cook the fish with its acids so you need to do it just before you actually start frying the fish. 

You need some eggs & breadcrumps to get the crispy cover for the fish. Mixx the eggs in a bowl and either dip the fish in or smear the egg on both sides of the fish. Then pour some breadcrumps on a plate and flip the fish on both sides that it gets enough breadcrumps on it. Then fry the fish in Olive oil or butter on a hot pan until the surface looks golden brown. 

Here in these portions, i have served the fish with mashed potatoes, some peas, fried onion. On the top picture i have made a creamy wild mushroom sauce from mushrooms that i picked from a forest. On bottom picture i have made a simple sour cream sauce just by adding some lemon, honey, pepper, dill and herb salt in the mix. If you want the recipe for the mushroom sauce, just feel free to ask me. The mushrooms are called in latin: Hydnum Repandum. Just click the name to read more about the mushrooms.

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Spaghetti Soy-Bolognese

Today i made fast dinner. Spaghetti Bolognese by using Swedish product "Anamma sojafärsh". I have just recently found Anamma - vegetarian products and i really like them!  Read more about Anamma products on their webpage. Anyway, this dish is so fast and easy to make. I make it quite often, when i am tired and want to eat some simple delicious food, that i can make fast. Here is a recipe for you to make this too:

Ingredients:

• Soy "Meat" (groats) You can use the frozen one or dried one. I used one bag of frozen Anamma groats. 
• 1 Onion
• 2 Cloves of Garlic
• Tomato paste
• Pecorino cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Heinz ketchup
• Salt & Pepper
• Santamaria Garlic & Pepper and BBQ & pepper spice mixes
• Olive oil
• About 2 dl Cream
• About 2 dl water
• Full-grain Spaghetti

First put the Spaghetti on boiling (add some salt & olive oil on the water). Cut the onions and garlic. Add some olive oil on pan and pour the frozen soy in. Let it come to heat so the soy melts fast. Add some more oil and the garlic & the onions into the pan. Start frying the soy. Add the spices. When soy & onions has fried a bit (starts getting more brown), add some water and then the tomato paste. Mix well all the time. Add some ketchup also in. Pour the cream into the mix, lower the heat on low level. Grate some Pecorino cheese in, mix well and taste. Add more spices if needed. Spaghetti should be ready at this point (after about 10-15 minutes). Pour the hot water out and pour little bit olive oil into mix with the spaghetti. Place the spaghetti on a plate, add some sauce on the top and sprinkle some grated Mozzarella on top. Garnish with fresh basil. Fast, simple and Delicious!

Breakfast

I have always loved to make different kind of sandwiches. It's easy to make delicious breakfast with simple things. I Just love to use differet type of cheese like Pecorino, Mozzarella, Smoked creamy cheese, Emmental and Brie. Add some capris, jalapeno, pepper and herb salt if you want a spicier sandwich. Fresh basil, cherrytomatoes, avocado with some Garlic & pepper goes really well together. I also love Avocado with a hint of lemon pepper on top and that vegetarian caviar which is made from seaweed. Delicious!

 Bake it in oven, eat fresh, use your imagination and use spices! Those are the keys of making delicious simple sandwiches!