Norwegian eplekake may not be as synonymous with Norway as apple pie is with the United States, but it’s definitely something I hadn’t really heard of before moving here. This week I had a ton of leftover apples on my hands, and with tomorrow being May 17th, Norway’s Constitution Day, I wanted to make a Norwegian dessert with my leftover apples. This recipe is adapted from Tine Kjøkken’s, with a few modifications.
Gratulerer med dagen!
A healthier alternative using protein-packed bread can help make this a nutritious breakfast! Plus, another excuse to justify your waffle iron.
With Thanksgiving being a huge tradition, I’ve surprisingly never had the opportunity to cook it! I have always been invited to the house of friends or family, and never actually prepared a turkey.
This year, since I’ve moved abroad, I wanted to be able to remind myself a little bit of home. Unfortunately, my fiancé is abroad for work, so there wasn’t an opportunity to share the holiday with him, so I decided to make my own “test Thanksgiving” to see if I could knock it out of the park before maybe inviting over some friends next year! From start to finish, I managed to cook Thanksgiving dinner in just under 2 hours. (Note: this does exclude some veggie chopping the night before, marinading overnight, and the cornbread I baked the day before. I also built a rough time table in advance so that I could get it all done!)
Curious to see how my first-time Thanksgiving cooking fared? Keep reading.
Click here to see more pictures and details of my first Thanksgiving abroad.!
People keep asking me for my chicken soup recipe. I guess it’s my fault because I keep posting pictures on Instagram!
Anyway, I never use exact ratios, just sort of toss a bunch of things in so that people who asking for my recipes get frustrated at me. 😉
Here it is!
I’m in love with my slow cooker, and am constantly trying to think of new things to make in it. Recently I decided to try Gimme Some Oven‘s take on the Japanese classic dish, and I was fairly impressed!
I can tell you that this was super satisfying and relatively easy to make! It was really rich and would make a great BBQ style pulled-chicken sandwich with some cabbage slaw. Serving it up with some fresh scallions and toasted sesame seeds rounded out the flavor, and the aroma of warm jasmine rice underneath was a nice, hearty finish.