Peanut Honeycomb Chocolate Pieces

Leftover Duck Peking Style

Super quick portion sized spelt pizzas

Brown Rice Risotto

A different take on a victoria sponge cake

I came up with this recipe for mothers day, for any mother who might be struggling with some food intolerance's. 
It is super easy to make and will make any mothers Mother's Day extra special I think.

Spelt pancakes (creps) for pancake day

So pancake day is only a few days away, so I thought I would share with you my spelt pancake recipe. For anyone who doesn't know what spelt is, is a different grain than wheat, but in the same family. It is an older type of grain, that has a bit more of a nutty undertone and some people find it easier to digest than wheat flour.
These thin and delicious beauties are so yummy and not really that bad for you with the right filling.
For this pancake day, I have filled mine with sliced bananas and a little of my white sugar free chocolate syrup, click Here to see recipe.

Danish Fastelavn buns (custard filled buns)

Being Danish living in the UK, I am actually quite lucky that I get more holidays to celebrate as Denmark and the UK don't have all the same holidays, but I quite often forget. For instance in Denmark we have a day where we eat duck/goose, called Saint Mortens eve and a day where we eat a bun/roll called a Hvede, called big Hvede day.
Where as here in England there is pancake day, St. George day  and Halloween. 
The Danes have however started taking on Halloween, though it wasn't around when I was young. We do have another very old traditional holiday where kids dress up, called Fastelavn, normally celebrated around February. Going back to the origin of this holiday, it was to celebrate the beginning of the fast, that would then end with easter celebrations. 

Oreo now dairy free in EU???

Apparently so! I did a blog post almost 3 years ago, click Here to read, about how there is a difference between American Oreo's and European Oreo's, but it seems no more. 

Back then I contacted Nestle EU to ask if they where going to make the EU Oreo's dairy free as well, but their answer was a bit fuzzy, but from what I could interpret they were going to start using the american recipe in EU at some point.

Chicken Liver Pate

This liver pate is so easy to make, taste amazing and will convert any non liver eating person.

It is great for canapés on cut out german rye bread, as a starter served with toasted brioche, or just as a great lunch, on some bread or in a sandwich.
My personal preference is on some good german rye bread topped with either, red onion chutney, sweet pickled beetroot or gherkins (or both and with rucola, like picture).

Hot Chocolate for autumn weather

So haven’t been blogging for a long time, and the reason is I have been moving. We have moved in to an old house that needs a lot of updating, especially the kitchen needs to be replaced, so there might not be a lot of post in the near future as well.

At the moment we are so busy fixing up the house, that there isn’t a lot of time for us to cook anyway even if we had a new kitchen. So at the moment most of our meals are whatever is easy and quick, but I still try and eat healthy. So if you would like for me to share easy but healthy meals with you let me know in a comment below.

A better for you chocolate chip cookie

I have found that snacks are a necessity to help you though an Olympic fever :-) And in the Olympic spirit of sports and eating healthy, these cookies are just the right snack for any event.
These lovely cookies taste just as good as any cookie, but with no egg, butter or white sugar, but packed with vitamins from the nuts and with slow release of energy, so a great snack after doing sports.....or watching some ;-)

I know I say “they are so easy to make” a lot, but these really are super easy to make, and great to make with kids, as they can help with almost the whole process, from measuring, stirring and shaping.

Small chocolate cake-brownies. Gluten, Dairy, Egg and White Sugar free.

You would never believe that these little cake like brownie are Egg, Gluten, Dairy and white sugar free if you didn’t know it, and none of your guest would know it either, they would simply think that they had just tasted one of the best chocolate cakes ever.
Even good for people who are keeping an eye on their cholesterol.

Naturally sweetened apple sauce

The main reason for me putting this recipe on the blog is because it is good to use in Gluten free, Egg free, White sugar free and Dairy free baking, but this recipe is also delicious to use on you breakfast porridge or as a healthy desert with some roasted nut and maybe a bit of lactofree whip cream.

You can make this on the amount of apples you have, simply just ad up with how many grams of apples you have. 400g apples makes about 300g apple sauce.

Per 100g of peeled and cored apples use:
½ tablespoon agave syrup or sweet freedom (available in most supermarkets)
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

Eggs Benedict

With Bacon

A long weekend is just not right without a bit of brunch for you to have enjoyed it to the fullest.

One of mine favourite dishes for brunch is defiantly eggs Benedict. Now it isn’t the easiest or healthiest of dishes, but if any weekend would be perfect for this dish, it would defiantly be the jubilee weekend.

Raspberry cream layered cake



Only made half the recipe, as I was doing a small cake

This cake is made up of only 8 ingredients, and very easy to make.
It is made up of thin cake layers, layered together with a raspberry cream.
And is good to make for special occasions, as the layers are best baked a day or 2 before, and should be put together at least a few hours before served, so that only leaves decorating just before serving and makes it a lot less stressful.

Last minute Easter menu inspiration

Happy Easter everyone.

If you are still in need of some inspiration for some Easter treats for tomorrow? This Easter this is some of my favourites from my blog that I will be doing and might inspire you.

Hot Cross buns

Oat pancakes with fruit syrup for a lovely breakfast

Heart of palm on bread for a starter or canapés.

Shooting Star which is a danish open sandwich and a whole meal in one.

Lemon Mousse for desert

And Chocolate peanut crunch squares for tea and coffee

My go to chocolate chip cookies recipe

This recipe has followed me since I was a child and I must have made them hundreds of times.
They are great for any occasion or for a weekend snack.

Ultimate Brownies

These are great for any occasion and they are my ultimate brownie recipe that never fails to be a hit.

Makes 25

250g dark dairy free chocolate
150g Lactofree butter
3 large eggs
250g sugar
125g flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100g chopped hazelnuts
100g dark chocolate buttons

Preheat oven to 175 degrees

Melt chocolate, butter and ¼ teaspoon salt in a small pan over low heat, once melted set aside to cool a bit.
Whisk together eggs and sugar until thick and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Once chocolate has cooled, using a spatula turn that and vanilla into the egg/sugar mixture (doesn’t need to be completely incorporated, it will be once flour gets in).
Mix flour and the rest of the salt together, sift it and turn it into the wet ingredients, being careful not to take too much air out of the batter.
Stir in the hazelnuts and chocolate buttons.
Poor into a deep baking pan about 20 x 20cm.
Bake for about 35-40 minutes (but it depends on how bit the pan is), you just want it have risen evenly all over the cake.

If using for desert, try serving while still a bit warm with lactofree ice cream or whip cream.

Banana split with a twist

I just didn’t feel like a normal banana split, so I made this up the other day, inspired from when I sometimes make fried banana with maple syrup for pancakes.

Makes 4

For the flambéed bananas:
2-3 bananas
Lactofree butter or dairy free margarine
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
50ml rum

For assembly:
Lactofree ice cream
Dulce de leche or caramel sauce
Chocolate syrup
Chopped roasted nuts after choice like hazelnuts, walnuts or pecans
Lactofree whipped cream
Cocktail cherries

(click on the names that are grey to get the recipe for it).

Cut the bananas in 4, length wise and in half.
On a hot pan, fry in some butter/margarine until they start to brown a bit.
poor the maple syrup over the bananas, and let them caramelise a bit.
Take the pan off the heat. Heat up the rum (I use a metal ladle over a gas flame), then set fire to it using a match and poor over the bananas, (but PLEASE PLEASE be careful if you have not tried this before, flambéing something can make really big flames, so don’t get hurt and always have cold running while doing this).

Ones flames have died and the bananas has cooled for just a few minutes, arrange them on the plates.
Place 2 scoops of ice cream on top, followed by dulce de leche and chocolate syrup.
Finish off with a big spoon of whipped cream, nuts and a cherry on top.

Enjoy.

Root Beer Float

First time I had a root beer float was in Las Vegas, when an American friend of ours introduced it too us, way before I knew I was lactose intolerant.
I just remember the amazing and fresh and creamy taste, so amazing on a really really hot day.

We buy root beer from time to time here in the uk, and it immediately reminds us of our us trips and it so refreshing super cold on a warm day.

So when I got the Lactofree ice cream, I just had to make a root beer float for me and my boyfriend. It tasted heavenly even though the weather isn’t really for it yet, but I am sure this will be a regular treat during the summer.

It couldn't be easyer to make, just 2-3 scoops of vanilla ice cream, topped off with root beer.

Root beer is available from a lot of shops specialising in American sweets, or get it online at www.americansweets.co.uk or at www.americansoda.co.uk