February Show & Tell

Miss January hands over to Girl February, who chooses the following topics:

• - World peace...

Nah, just kidding! Here they come:

5 February: My first job (Mitt första jobb)

12 February: Cars (Bilar) - Sorry, no Valentine topic this year! :)

19 February: Life after death (Livet efter döden) - Apologies for the morbid subject but I find it interesting to think about what happens after we die, if anything, and how miniscule our lifespan (as individuals) is in the history of the universe, or even that of mankind

26 February: Show without tell (Visa utan att berätta) - A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. Tell us something with one or more pictures. No words allowed!

A mix of easy and challenging I hope! Thanks to Sparkling for taking such good care of January!

Wednesday Recipe: Strawberry Salad

Since I'm busy mingling with the political elite in Almedalen I won't do a proper Wednesday recipe today, but I will tell you about an interesting fruit salad that was served at one of the events I attended yesterday.

Strawberries, melon and cucumber.

Sounds a bit weird but it was pretty refreshing actually. I guess the cucumber made it a bit more food-like instead of desserty (is that a word?).

Give it a try!

Wednesday Recipe: Mozzarella Filled Quorn Fillets with Basil and Thyme

Petra started a new theme day lately - recipe sharing on Wednesdays - and since I never got around to doing last week's Show & Tell theme - cooking - I figured today was a good time to start.

I have discovered a new dish - thanks to my cousin Patrik and his wife Johanna - and want to spread the word! I'm not a vegetarian and neither is Peter but we both try to eat less meat (do you know that one piece of meat provides protein to last you four days?) and eat quorn and other substitutes instead. My cousins are vegetarians though and are a good source of new, delicious recipes.

Mozzarella filled quorn fillets with basil and thyme
4 servings

6-8 quorn fillets
2 packs of mozzarella cheese
fresh basil and thyme
olive oil
1-2 cloves of garlic
salt
pepper

Preheat oven to 200'C

Use a blender to mix basil, thyme, olive oil, garlic and salt and peppar to a marinade. Slice a deep gash along the side of the fillets and paint the fillets with the marinade. Save some for greasing the oven tray or pan. Fill with thin slices of mozzarella.

Shove into the oven for 10 minutes or until done.
Serve with grilled potatoes or bulgur or whatever carb you fancy and a salad.

This dish can of course be made with chicken as well. Just remember that while the quorn fillets just need to be heated and get a bit of colour (and you want the mozzarella to melt a little of course), chicken needs more time. You may want to pre-cook the chicken fillets in a frying pan.

Smaklig måltid!

Haven't taken a picture of my new favourite dish yet so you'll have to make do with a similar chicken dish (however with spinach and tomatoes as well)