This is the second episode in our new mini series where we travel around Sweden, explore local ingredients and traditions and cook with friends. A few weeks ago we were out in Tullinge forest learning about new (to us) edible mushrooms that we cooked over open fire together with our friend and professional forager Niki Sjölund: http://instagram.com/neonatur. We learned that mushrooms often grow around trees and under the moss. And that there are a lot more edible varieties out there than just chanterelles and porcini mushrooms. Not only did we cook with the mushrooms we found, but also with some wild forest herbs that Niki found. It might be an old cliché but outdoor cooking truly is the best. Although next time, I think we will bring spoons and bowls :)
Sometimes mornings can be hectic. Enjoy these 5-minute vegan breakfast meal ideas and ensure you're staying nourished throughout the morning! This post consists of two featured videos today and they are from Pick Up Limes, and the creator is Sadia. I first found her through the Bento boxes ideas and Vegan food. Before, her profession was a nutritionist but she'd recently decided to quit that and became a full time YouTuber. I admired her courage, honestly.
Pick Up Limes
5 meals I eat each week » vegan & healthy
5 meals I eat each week » vegan & healthy
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Vani guides you through a 48-hour Toxin Takedown to rid your pantry, and your body, of harmful chemicals--a quick and easy plan that anyone can do. A blueprint for living your life without preservatives, artificial sweeteners, additives, food dyes, or fillers, eating foods that truly nourish you and support your health, Feeding You Lies is the first step on a new path of truth in eating--and a journey to your best health ever.
About Vani Hari
Vani Hari started FoodBabe.com in April 2011 to spread information about what is really in the American food supply. She teaches people how to make the right purchasing decisions at the grocery store, how to live an organic lifestyle, and how to travel healthfully around the world. The success in her writing and investigative work can be seen in the way food companies react to her uncanny ability to find and expose the truth.
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Lisa Bryan Downshiftology
https://downshiftology.com
Downshiftology is Lisa Bryan's online home, nestled in the sweet spot between health, wellness and happiness. It’s where you’ll find nutrient-dense recipes, healthy travel tips, kitchen how-to’s and personal stories…all of which are meant to inspire your own wellness journey, where life is a little more simple and far more vibrant! Lisa is a real food lover, gluten-free recipe developer, world traveler and wellness blogger. She's also a big advocate of self-care and taking life “down a notch” – while chasing adventures half-way across the globe! Because it’s all about balance.
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Vegan Recipes
How to live a cheap lazy vegan lifestyle!!! Join me, whether you are a vegan, a vegan enthusiast, a vegetarian, a non-vegan interested in a more sustainable and ethical lifestyle.... whoever you may be :) www.thecheaplazyvegan.com
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This Christmas, my husband gifted me this new food processor, BOSCH MultiTalent 3. It has more than 50 functions, has a space saving design, and most of the parts are dish washer safe.
It takes 800W and comes with a 1-litre liquidiser, 2.3-litre bowl, Universal cutter blades, blending blades, grinding jug, two cutting discs, beating disc, kneading hook and a multi-level knife.
It was a big box: H36.9 x W26.3 x D39.7cm,
And one of the heaviest presents ever, 3.7kg
I kind of appreciate the Jenga-esque stack design as it really can help to save space. Our present apartment's kitchen is one of the largest I ever have, but still a great design like this in a kitchen gadget is very much welcomed. The standard tools can be stored inside the processor bowl, plus integrated cable storage. I would say this MultiTalent 3 is a lean machine that can chop, slice, shred, beat, knead, whisk, grate, grind, crush, whip and blitz in a smart and compact package.
It has a sleek base unit, with the controls: a fast and slow speed, plus pulse; the latter is labelled M, for ‘moment’.
Each container (the main bowl, liquidiser jug and grinding jug) twists and locks easily into place, with the tools for the bowl slotting onto a spindle.
There are two blade inserts that are compatible with both jugs, although only the blending blade is intended for use with the liquidiser. The universal cutter jug, meanwhile, can handle anything from a small amount of food, such as herbs, hard cheese and meat, to grinding coffee, nuts, spices and grains.
There are two blade inserts that are compatible with both jugs, although only the blending blade is intended for use with the liquidiser. The universal cutter jug, meanwhile, can handle anything from a small amount of food, such as herbs, hard cheese and meat, to grinding coffee, nuts, spices and grains.
So far, I've made pizza, dumplings, lasagne, pasta, pancakes & chicken nuggets.
There is blade-less whipping disk for whipping egg whites. The dough blade (kneading hook) can easily mix the dry ingredients in the bowl in 10 seconds. There is a lid where you can pour liquid through. The dough is springy and good. Thereafter, it is also very easy to clean.
Tomorrow for New Year's Eve, I am planning to bake a Carrot Cake. So for that, I am planning to whipped some egg whites til stiff with the whipping disk. Then with the shredding function, to shred the carrots and mixed the dry ingredients together.
One of the most frequently used multi-level knife is for chopping quartered onion. In the bowl, I just pulse (M), it gives a consistent chop in seconds! I am planning to bake a casserole, a Hungarian dish called 'Layered Potatoes' after our trip back from Tromso next week. For this, I am planning to use the slicing disc to process the potatoes, on slow speed with lid's pusher for a consistent slices of potatoes.
For New Year's Day, I have frozen some strawberries, and I plan to use the liquidiser (blending blade) to make a frothy and smooth Strawberry Milkshake (ice, strawberries and milk). For the very first day, I've used a tray of ice-cubes to make ice shavings, and with a Raspberry tea and honey, it was a nice cool beverage.
I've also tried the coffee bean grinding jug with some Segafredo Coffee Beans to make a fresh Espresso coffee. My husband likes it very much.
Overall, I am happy with this kitchen gadget and I think it is very useful and helpful.
One of the most frequently used multi-level knife is for chopping quartered onion. In the bowl, I just pulse (M), it gives a consistent chop in seconds! I am planning to bake a casserole, a Hungarian dish called 'Layered Potatoes' after our trip back from Tromso next week. For this, I am planning to use the slicing disc to process the potatoes, on slow speed with lid's pusher for a consistent slices of potatoes.
For New Year's Day, I have frozen some strawberries, and I plan to use the liquidiser (blending blade) to make a frothy and smooth Strawberry Milkshake (ice, strawberries and milk). For the very first day, I've used a tray of ice-cubes to make ice shavings, and with a Raspberry tea and honey, it was a nice cool beverage.
I've also tried the coffee bean grinding jug with some Segafredo Coffee Beans to make a fresh Espresso coffee. My husband likes it very much.
Overall, I am happy with this kitchen gadget and I think it is very useful and helpful.
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What you need:
- This brew method works well with any of the Segafredo Blends; for its liveliness and complexity one of the personal favorite is the medium roast VIVACE
- Use medium ground coffee for even extraction and full body
- Kettle
- Any Pour-Over Dripper
- Paper Filters
- Scale
- Kitchen Thermometer
- Timer
- Spring water (heated to 195°F to 205°F in a kettle)
- Long spoon to stir the coffee
Brew recipes:
- Use 25 grams of coffee and 400 grams of water for 12oz of coffee
- Use 38 grams of coffee and 600 grams of water for 18oz of coffee
- Use 50 grams of coffee and 800 grams of water for 24oz of coffee
Step-by-Step
- Heat the spring water up to a temperature between 195°F to 205°F.
- Place the paper filter inside the cone. Pour hot water through the filter to wet it, allow the water to drain completely. Drain the water and dry the cone.
- Pre-heat your cup(s) then dry.
- Add the ground coffee into the wet paper filter.
- Place the cone onto the scale and tare down to zero.
- Start the timer and slowly pour in just enough hot water to saturate the coffee bed, moving the stream in a circular pattern be sure to saturate all of the grounds.
- Let the gases be released for the first 30 seconds, allowing the coffee to bloom.
- Pour the remainder of the water in a slow circular motion keeping the level about 1 inch below the top of the filter.
- According to the brew recipe selected, when you are half-way through the hot water, stir the coffee to allow for an even extraction.
- Continue pouring the hot water to the desired amount (according to the brew recipe selected).
- When the extraction is complete remove the paper filter and dispose of it.
- Pour the coffee into the cup and enjoy!
Type
Private
Industry Coffee
Founded 1973
Headquarters Bologna, Italy
Products Coffee
Website www.mzb-group.com
Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group is an Italian coffee company that owns brands such as Segafredo and MJB. With turnover of around US$1.2 billion per year, it claims to be the biggest private company in the coffee industry.[1]
Segafredo Zanetti
Today, the Bologna, Italy-based group sells 120,000 tons of coffee annually. The Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group owns more than 20 consumer brands worldwide, including Chock full o'Nuts, Chase & Sanborn, MJB, Hills Bros., Segafredo Zanetti, Meira Oy, Brodies and Tiktak; that span a variety of products from espresso and coffee to tea and spices.
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Swedish Christmas Breakfast
In this episode we visit our friends Anna & Rasmus that run the popular Stockholm cafés Pom & Flora and prepare a Christmas inspired breakfast together. We bake Swedish Saffron Buns, Lingonberry Smoothie Bowls, Gingerbread Date Truffles, Xmas Tree Smoothie and Pom's signature Christmas Porridge.
Here are all the recipes:
– Lucia Saffron Buns “Lussebullar”
Makes around 24 large buns
For a vegan version simply replace butter with coconut oil + almond butter and quark with a vegan soft cheese alternative or yogurt.
50 g fresh active yeast or 1 tbsp dry active yeast
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 g (2 sachets) saffron powder
120 g organic butter (or 100 g coconut oil + 20 g almond butter)
2 cups milk of choice (oat milk, rice milk, cow’s milk or soy milk)
100 g / 1/2 cup coconut sugar or maple syrup
250 g / 1 cup quark cheese, greek yogurt or vegan yogurt
800 g / 7 cups flour (we use half light and half whole grain)
50 raisins (approx. 1/3 cup)
Brush with
1 egg yolk, beaten (use plant milk for vegan alternative)
Crumble the yeast in a large mixing bowl. Melt butter in a medium size sauce pan, then add milk, sugar or maple syrup and saffron and heat until 37°C / 98°F. Pour the mixture into the mixing bowl with yeast. Add quark cheese and stir around until dissolved. Add 2/3 of the flour. Stir around with a wooden spoon until it is thick enough to knead with your hands. Add more flour until the dough is easy to work with and has formed into a round ball that doesn’t stick to your hands. Cover the bowl with a kitchen cloth and leave to rise in a warm place for about an hour, or until double in size and full of air pockets.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead for a minute, form it into the shape of a baguette. Divide it into 24 equal pieces and, using your hands, roll each piece into a long 1/2-inch ( about 1 cm) thick string. Then roll both ends tight in opposite direction into an S-shaped bun. Place buns, well spaced apart, on 2 baking sheets, cover with a cloth and set aside in a warm spot to rise for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 440°F (225°C). Brush the buns with an egg yolk or milk and then place one raisin in each circle. Bake the buns until golden brown on top, about 5-8 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to let cool slightly. Serve!
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– Xmas Tree Smoothie
2 glasses
2-3 large kale leaves, stems removed
1 banana
2 dates
1 tbsp hazelnut butter
250 ml / 1 cup oat milk or plant milk of choice
1/2 lemon, juice
2 tsp freshly grated ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
To serve
1 tbsp shredded coconut “snow”
2 spruce sprigs
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust the flavours to your liking. Serve in to glasses and sprinkle with coconut snow and decorate with spruce sprigs.
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To be really honest with you, I'm really curious of this dish made by Maangchi. It was from an email marketing newsletter that Maangchi sent to me today, that highlighted this dish. The main point is that she has reached 3 Million subscribers on her YouTube food recipes and cooking channel! Congratulations! Maangchi!
The preparations can be watched here:
The original recipe is here.
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Ingredients
1 Butternut Squash, washed & halved length ways
2 tbs Vegetable Oil
1 Leek, peeled, washed & chopped fine
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
2 tbs Fresh Sage, chopped
2 tbs Vegetable Oil
1 Leek, peeled, washed & chopped fine
2 cloves of Garlic, minced
2 tbs Fresh Sage, chopped
Cheese Sauce
1/4 cup Butter
1/4 cup Flour
3 cups Soy Milk/Cashew Milk
1/2 Onion
1 Bay
Pinch Nutmeg
Pinch Sea Salt & Pepper
1/2 cup Grated Vegan Cheese
1 tbs Nutritional Yeast
1 tbs Dried Chilli Flakes
1/4 cup Flour
3 cups Soy Milk/Cashew Milk
1/2 Onion
1 Bay
Pinch Nutmeg
Pinch Sea Salt & Pepper
1/2 cup Grated Vegan Cheese
1 tbs Nutritional Yeast
1 tbs Dried Chilli Flakes
Credit:
AVANTGARDEVEGAN GAZ OAKLEY
Source: https://www.avantgardevegan.com/recipes/cheesy-stuffed-squash/
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This is a lightly sweetened scone recipe, it should be British. In Hungary, we can find "pogácsa" which is very similar and always savoury with toppings like cheese. While Scone is mostly pronounced rhyming with 'gone' or 'tone', I tend to say it more with the north of England way, that is rhyming with 'gone'.
- 2 cups
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp baking powder
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter, very cold and diced into small cubes
- 1/2 cup of heavy cream
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup blueberries
- Step 1Preheat oven to 200 deg Celsius.
- Step 2In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Step 3Work the butter cubes into the flour with finger tips until a coarse meal develops. Toss in the blueberries and mix gently until combine.
- Step 4In a separate bowl add heavy cream, eggs and vanilla and whisk until combined.
- Step 5Create a well in flour mixture, pour cream mixture using a large wooden spoon.
- Step 6Turn the dough onto a floured surface, form a disk and cover with a plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30mins (or leave in freezer compartment for 10mins)
- Step 7Roll the chilled dough out to half inch thickness.
- Step 8Cut out scones using round biscuit cutter. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Step 9Whisk one whole egg, add dash of milk to prepare an egg wash and lightly glaze the tops of scones with pastry brush.
- Step 10Bake for 12 minutes til risen and golden brown. Serve with cream and jam along with your favourite tea. Enjoy!
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Since the founding of Deelish Recipes, seeing so many different publishing platform and online tools, I am very inspired by this story:
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Check it and you will see what I mean in the following post that's about to follow.
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For recipes blogging for foodies all around the world, I realised Event Triggered Actions and Multi-Campaign are one of the best features. I like that it has Audience Targeting, brand management, campaign management, categorization/grouping, conversion tracking, distribution management, Multi-Channel publishing and publish scheduling.
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