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!

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!

Palak Paner And Tomato-Physalis salad

I made some basic Palak Paner last sunday. It's my favourite indian dish, that you can get probably in all the indian restaurants here in Scandinavia. It's simple and quick to make and really delicious! Here is what you need to make it:

• Basmatin rice
• 2 bags of fresh spenach 
• 1 package of Ricotta cheese
• About 2 dl Cream
• 1 Onion
• 3 cloves of Garlic
• Salt & Pepper
• Chili powder
• Ginger powder
• Roasted Cummin ( I used Santamaria roasted Cummin & Pepper mix)
• Olive oil

First put the rice on a rice boiler or boil it it a pot. Meanwhile start cutting the onions and garlic to small pieces. Wash the spenach and cut it in to small mince. Cut the Ricotta cheese in cubes. Pour some olive oil in cooking pan. Let it come to heat and add the cheese on the pan. Fry the cubes on both sides, until the surface is golden brown.  Put the cheese on the side and start frying some onions and garlic in the oil. When the onions are glazed, add the spenach. Cook until the spenach is soft. Add some salt, pepper, chili powder, ginger powder and roasted cummin. Mix well. Add the cream and  the fried cheese. Mix softly that you don't brake the cheese cubes. Taste and add more spices if needed. Serve with some basmatin rice and enjoy!

I made also this Tomato-Physalis salad on a side dish. Just cutted some red onion, different types of cherry tomatoes and added some Physalis to the mix. Last i added just a hint of sea-salt and some gurmee balsamic vinegar and mixed it well. Simple and so good!