I've been home alone this week for reasons related to someone in our household forgetting their visa and not being allowed on the plane home. I haven't particularly enjoyed this. Not
Plenty of Pizza
It's hard to believe that I haven't done a pizza post yet. Given that we make pizza maybe once a week in our house, I'll not even try to count the opportunities I have missed for doing this. The good
Turnip Greens
I have a love-hate relationship with turnip greens. Turnip roots work well in my repertoire - I know how to cook them and how to serve them. The greens are a different matter. They are very bitter,
A sweet AND savory breakfast adventure
Perhaps the success with the stewed oranges at the birthday brunch went to my head a little bit, because every fruit I've looked at since has made me wonder how well it would take to stewing. A
Curried Apple-Ginger Soup
Curried apple-ginger soup. You probably already guessed that this was a home-alone meal, because Paulus finds soup to be 'for peasants'. Without realizing that that is the best thing about it.
Lemon Soup with Kale and Meatballs
Today's post features a lemon, kale and meatball soup. The post should have happened a while ago, because that is when I actually made the soup. But because I made a 'cheat'-version with pre-made
Pomegranate Salsa
When we go shopping, we have a very fancy system. Our shopping list is a voice-controlled list in a shared digital document. Whenever I realize that we're running out of something, or I think of an
A Shrimp Salad to the Rescue
With all my recent sourdough bread failures, you must have thought that I had given up on reducing our food waste. Well, not entirely. In fact, as we say in Danish, nothing is so bad that it isn't
Sweet Potato Gnocchi
I discovered gnocchi very late in my life. And even though Tom Colicchio on Top Chef is always complaining about how the contestants make such heavy gnocchi dishes, I'm a fan of these little potato
Birthday Brunch
Last weekend, a friend of mine and I celebrated our birthdays with a birthday brunch. Both of us cooked things, and then a bunch of people came over to eat them and to hang out. It was pretty great.