This is a dessert that I have wanted to make for quite a while. It’s just so good; simple, creamy, sweet and full of variation possibilities. The reason I hadn’t tried this dish out yet, was that working with gelatin scared me so much. I had heard all of these horror stories, where the dish would end up stringy and just wrong. But there are so many recipes out there with gelatin, and I would like to cook them all, so I just had to get over my gelatin fear. And I am so glad that I did, because I had no problem working with it at all. My panna cotta turned out great. Creamy and smooth and just yummy....

Its Saturday night and I’m home alone for the evening.  So I’m enjoying a bit of Maria Time with Masterchef Australia, a tub of Ben & Jerry’s  Caramel Chew Chew and polishing my nails. Lovely girly me time. It’s been a few months since I wrote about a few things that I love and thought that it was about time to write about some new things that I love right now. This time it will be all about organizing your home. I love a clean and neat home, but it still has to be cozy and warm. Our bathroom needed to be tidied up a bit, so I went on a shopping trip to find some things to organize our...

Yesterday I traveled back to my teenage years when I once again had braces put on. At my own free will too. I have wanted to straighten my front teeth for quite a few years now and yesterday was the first step in doing so. But my goodness, I had forgotten how uncomfortable it is and how much your whole head hurts. Eating isn’t much fun anymore, unfortunately. It hurts and I can’t bite down properly, so soup will be on out menu quite a bit from now on. This soup is amazing; creamy, hot and spicy and packed with flavor. I love Thai green curry dishes, so this soup is perfect for me at the moment.

It was my last day at ALK Nordic last Friday. I had worked for ALK a few years back and this was a temp job for a colleague on maternity leave, so it was great to be back again and quite sad that could not stay longer this time. I was really happy to work there and therefore wanted to bake a little something for my colleagues on my last day. Regular brownies can be a bit intense and heavy, so I decided to bake a batch of blondies and added lots of mixed berries and marzipan to make it a bit more special. Very yummy! I was inspired by a recipe on bbcgoodfood.co.uk. I had a bit of cake...

NFL season has just started, and I’m so excited- Go Giants!! Until a few years ago I never really watched American football. My friend Lissie took me to a few Badger games at New Yorks ‘Badger bar’, Mad River Bar& Grill on 3rd Ave. when I lived over there. And although I had a blast, I never understood the game and just kind of enjoyed the company and atmosphere there. But when I met Sillas he got me really into it and after a slow start where I just watched a long because Sillas wanted to see the games; I was hooked by play-offs in 2012. From the very beginning I decided that New York Giants was ‘my team’. I...

These marzipan buns are dangerously good. I recently began to work out more regularly and eating a bit healthier. But that didn’t stop me from eating 2 and a half of these yesterday…They are just so good! Substituting cinnamon for marzipan works great for this recipe. I also used regular wheat flour instead of spelt flour this time, and it really does make a different. The dough proves much better and the texture is just better for this kind of bread. I baked them a few different ways; individually on a baking tray and stacked together like a little bread or cake in an ovenproof dish. I like the second way best as it keeps the buns more moist and...

It’s officially autumn! I have mixed feelings about it; on one hand I’ll miss long summer nights, BBQ’s, picnics in the park and warm, sunny weather, but on the other hand, there’s something so great about cozying up with blanket – and your guy- on the sofa with a cup of tea and candles lit in the window while the rain trickles down the window. Yesterday was one of those days and I wanted to bake a twist on cinnamon buns – vanilla buns, to go with the mood of autumn. And to make them a tiny bit healthier, I also used spelt flour instead of wheat flour. They don’t prove as much, but the result is still good. As...