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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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 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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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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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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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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When we went to the Fish Market restaurant in Reykjavik, we had the best food we have ever had. Of course, we couldn't resist buying the restaurant's cookbook! The recipes are by Icelandic celebrity chef Hrefna Rósa Sætran.
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This weekend we're going on a motorhome trip and we're going to take the opportunity to feast on seafood. Among other things, there will be crayfish in their own layer. We have bought frozen, slightly cheaper, crayfish and then cooked a layer that the crayfish are now in. It will be interesting to see how this tastes, but we can at least say that it smells very good!
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We learnt this fruity salad from Robin's girlfriend Alexandra. It's great to serve with pie, lasagne or chicken. Let's just say it's become a favourite! We vary how we make it, but here is our basic recipe.
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Sometimes we make fish soup or fish stew from scratch. But sometimes it's nice to keep it simple. We start with a ready-made soup and "heat it up" with extra ingredients and spices. And we serve it with a baguette with cambozola - not bad at all!
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