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Almond mussels - large round mussels

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I thought almond mussels were cookies, but apparently not only. When we were at the Coop yesterday, we found a type of mussel that we had never seen before and it was called almond mussels. Curious as we are, we bought a net.

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Grilled golden asparagus - a really tasty fish

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We have always called this fish seabream, but now we have seen that it can also be called guldsparid in Swedish. Many people may recognise it from the Mediterranean countries, where it is usually called dorada, dourada or similar depending on the country.

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Salad with blue cheese and walnuts

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For starters today we made a small salad with blue cheese and walnuts. We got the inspiration for the salad when we looked at the deli counter at Coop. It turned out really good!

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Rack of lamb with parsnip mash

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Tonight we tried cooking lamb racks in the oven, which we served with parsnip mash. It was really good! Here is the recipe for how we did it, for the two of us.

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Cheese balls for pre-drinking

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Tonight we had both sons and their girlfriends home for dinner, and before that we watched "Hobbit" at the cinema. For the pre-drink we served small cheese balls, which we tried to make from a recipe on the fine food blog Just one more cake.

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Making your own sushi - nigiri, maki and california rolls

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Last night we finally tried making our own sushi. It was really fun! The rice took the longest to make. It had to be rinsed, boiled, mixed with sushi-su (a mixture of rice vinegar, rice wine and sugar) and then cooled. Anyway, we were happy with the result, and it was really, really good!

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Stuffed mini peppers - with three different cheeses

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Stuffed mini peppers make a nice little starter or a snack with a drink. We came across these sickly sweet mini peppers on Friday. Here's what we did with them.

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South American dinner at home

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Yesterday it was time for our South American dinner. Peter's son Robin and his wife Alexandra hosted the dinner. Everyone had prepared a dish, on the theme of South America, and the end result was a wild mix of our different ideas... For the evening we also had a visit from Alexandra's cousin Joe from New Zealand, who made a short visit during his long journey around North America and Europe.

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Indian cookery evening

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Last night we had an Indian cookery evening at a colleague's house. One colleague has taken an Indian cookery course and another has parents from India. Thirteen people in the kitchen and lots of Indian recipes were messy, but fun! A music video with Bollywood music added to the atmosphere!

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Recipes for apples - starter, main course, dessert

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Today we are presenting five different apple recipes here on the blog. My parents have apple trees in their garden and when we visited them we got a whole bunch. Apples are best cooked and we're not big fans of baking, so it's time to use apples in our cooking!

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