Dark chocolate cupcakes

I adapted my favourite chocolate cup cake recipe to make it dairy free and a little less sweet. The version that uses dairy is quite delicious, but if you have to be dairy free the dairy-free adaptation isn’t bad!

Mint ice tea

Playing around with some mint and sugar pays off. This drink is very refreshing and sweet enough.

Garlic, vinegar and lemon salad dressing

I make this salad dressing and use it over a few weeks*. I keep it in a jar and store in a cool dark place. *This recipe contains fresh garlic, so botulism is a risk – google it and decide if you want to live dangerously.

For one salad, make 1/3 or 1/4 or quarter of the mix.

Recipe review: honey glazed eggplant

This delicious eggplant recipe requires no modification for me to enjoy it, therefore I’ve just given a summary of what I’ve done below. It’s so good! It’s also a very easy recipe to make, I make a whole bunch and eat it throughout the week. It’s quite rich, so I eat it with rice or have it as a side dish.

Mint, rocket & moghrabieh couscous salad

This salad is “the bomb”. I saw something similar at a local shop, but they added sun-dried tomatoes so I’ve tried to recreate something similar here (sans tomatoes).

Shepherd’s pie

This is an adaptation of my mum’s recipe <3.

Korvapuusti pulla (Finnish cinnamon and cardamom buns)

Korvapuusti pulla are delicious, simple and use both cardamom and cinnamon (so good!). They freeze quite well and are good snacks to prepare in advance for the working week. This is a dairy free version, but if you like dairy replace Nuttalex with butter and soy milk with milk.

Celeriac vegetable soup (best soup ever!)

When food starts to go gross, I make soup out of the food before it’s too late. I did that today and struck jackpot. This is the best vegetable soup I’ve ever made! I think the secret is celeriac and the cayenne pepper, which give this soup a peperish, warmish feel without being overpowering.

Chicken with dill and turmeric

It’s time to expand my repertoire to more than just roasting stuff!

Recipe review: orange and dill salmon

This orange and dill salmon recipe requires no modification to meet my dietary requirements. Therefore I’ve just “given it a go” and documented how I went below so you can see how simple it is.

What I like about this recipe is it’s fast and easy to prepare. The only modification I would make to the original is to double the marinade because it’s just so delicious. I’d also cover the fish while baking to keep as many of those yummy juices in the pan as possible.