Black bean burger with seaweed salad, mashed avocado and pickled red cabbage

Black bean burger with seaweed salad, mashed avocado and pickled red cabbage

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 cans (á 230 grams drained weight) precooked black beans

1 garlic clove

10 cm leek

1 tsp paprika powder

2 Tbsp cold pressed olive oil

1 chia egg (1 Tbsp chia seeds + 1/2 dl boiling water, stir and let sit for 5 minutes)

1 1/2 dl rolled oats

1 handful of fresh parsley, or 2 Tbsp frozen

Pickled red cabbage

100 grams red cabbage, thinly shredded

1 1/2 dl water

1/2 dl apple cider vinegar

1 Tbsp maple syrup

1 good pinch of salt

Seaweed salad

20 grams dried seaweed

1 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 Tbsp tamari, or any kind of soy sauce

1/2 Tbsp rice vinegar

1 red chili pepper, finely chopped (remove seeds, veins and pith for a less spicy chili)

For serving

8 slices rye bread, or any bread you like (preferably a bit toasted!)

1 avocado, mashed

2 handfulls of baby spinach

How to

Drain and rinse the black beans. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Shred and rinse the leek. Mix 2/3 of the beans, garlic, leeks, spices, olive oil and chia egg until chunky. Add the rest of the beans, cilantro and oats, pulse a few times to combine and let let sit for 30 minutes.

Pickled red cabbage: Bring water, vinegar, maple syrup and salt to a boil in a pot. Add the cabbage, remove from heat and put on a lid. Let sit for at least 15 minutes.

Seaweed salad: Soak the seaweed according to instructions on the packaging. Rinse. Toss together with the rest of the ingredients, salt to taste. Set aside.

Pre heat the oven to 200°C. Form the burger batter in to 4 big patties, or 8 smaller. Fry in a drizzle of oil in a frying pan on both sides for a couple of minute. Transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, until the patties are firm yet still moist.

Put some spinach on 4 of the bread slices, top with seaweed salad, the bean patty, mashed avocado and pickled cabbage then add another bread slice on top. Serve extra seaweed salad on the side.

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Svart bönburgare med algsallad, mosad avokado och syrad rödkål 

4 portioner 

Ingredienser 

2 förpackningar (á ca 230 gram avrunnen vikt) förkokta svarta bönor 

1 vitlöksklyfta

10 cm purjolök

1 tsk paprikapulver

2 msk kallpressad olivolja

1 chiaägg (1 msk chiafrön + 1/2 dl kokat vatten, låt stå och svälla i 5 minuter)

1 1/2 dl havregryn

1 kruka färsk persilja, eller 2 msk färsk fryst

Syrad rödkål

100 gram strimlad rödkål

1 1/2 dl vatten

1/2 dl äppelcidervinäger 

1 msk lönnsirap

1 krm salt

Algsallad

20 gram torkade blandade alger (går att köpa torkade som blandningar, eller var för sig, i välsorterade mataffärer och ekobutiker)

1 msk färsk ingefära, riven

1 msk sesamolja

1 msk tamari, eller annan sojasås

1/2 msk risvinäger 

1 röd chilipeppar, finhackad (ta bort frö och fröfäste innan du hackar för en mildare smak)

Till servering

8 skivor rågbröd, eller annat gott bröd (gärna lättrostat!)

1 avokado, mosad

2 nävar babyspenat

Gör såhär

Häll av och skölj bönorna väl. Skala av finhacka vitlöken. Ansa och strimla och skölj purjolöken noga. Mixa 2/3 av bönorna, vitlök, purjolök, kryddor, olivolja och chiaägg till en bitig smet. Vänd ner salladslök, färsk koriander, resten av de svarta bönorna och havregryn. Rör om väl och låt svälla i minst 30 minuter. 

Syrad rödkål: Koka upp vatten, vinäger och lönnsirap till en lag. Ta bort från värmen och lägg i rödkålen. Sätt på lock och låt stå i minst 15 minuter, häll sedan av vätskan. 

Algsallad: Blötlägg algerna enligt instruktionerna på förpackningen. Häll av vattnet och blanda algerna med resten av ingredienserna. Smaka av med salt. Ställ åt sidan.

Värm ugnen till 100°C. Forma burgarsmeten till 4 stora biffar, eller 8 mindre. Stek i lite olja på medelvärme i en stekpanna tills de får fin färg runt om. Lägg över biffarna på en ugnsplåt och baka i mitten av ugnen i 10-15 minuter, tills biffarna är fasta men fortfarande saftiga.

Lägg lite färsk spenat på en brödskiva, lägg algsallad ovanpå. Fortsätt med bönbiffen, avokado och syrad rödkål. Avsluta med ytterligare en brödskiva. Servera extra algsallad vid sidan av. 

This recipe was first published in Swedish food magazine Allt om Mat in October 2019. Recipes and styling by Therese. Photo by Magnus Carlsson.

Plant bourguignon with lentils, beets and kale

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Plant bourguignon with lentils, beets and kale

Served with potato mash, plant yoghurt and pickled carrot

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 small yellow onions

2 garlic cloves

250 grams fresh chanterelles, or 15 grams dried 

2 Tbsp tomato puree 

1 tsp dried thyme

3 bayleaves

4 carrots

4 beetroots

1,2 liter vegetable stock

4 dl red wine

2 Tbsp nutritional yeast

1 1/2 dl swedish lentils such as Gotlandslins, or any other firm lentils such as beluga lentils

100 grams kale

Rapeseed for frying

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Potato mash with horseradish and dijon mustard

600 grams potato

2 tsp fresh horseradish, grated

1 tsk dijon mustard

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Pickled carrot

2 carrots

2 dl boiling water

1 dl apple cider vinegar

1 Tbsp maple syrup 

1 pinch salt

For serving

Plant yoghurt

Fresh parsley, chopped

Fresh rosemary, finely chopped

How to

Soak the chanterelles if using dry. Peel and slice the onion, finely chop the garlic. Fry in a bit of oil in a pot until fragrant. Add chanterelles, tomato puree, bayleaves and thyme. Fry for another minute. 

Scrub the carrots and beets, cut away the bottom and top part of the beet. Cut carrots and beets in big pieces. Add to the pot together with vegetable stock, wine and nutritional yeast. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add the lentils and simmer for another 15 minutes, until lentils are soft but still got an “al dente taste” to them. Rinse the kale, tear the leaves in smaller pieces (remove the stalk but save for a smoothie moment to minimise food waste!). Add to the pot, remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste.

Pickled carrot: Scrub the carrots, shred thinly. Bring water, vinegar, maple syrup and salt to a boil. Add the carrots, remove from heat and put on a lid. Let sit for at least 30 minutes.

Potato mash: Scrub the potato, boil until soft in lightly salted water, for 15-20 minutes. Drain and then mash with rest of ingredients. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the bourguignon with potato mash, pickled carrot och plant yoghurt, sprinkled with fresh herbs!

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Växtbourguignon med svenska linser, rödbetor och grönkål

Serverad med potatismos, växtyoghurt och syrad morot

4 portioner

Ingredienser 

2 små gula lökar

2 vitlöksklyftor

150 gram trattkantareller, eller 15 gram torkade och blötlagda

2 msk tomatpuré

1 tsk torkad timjan

3 lagerblad

4 morötter

4 rödbetor

1,2 liter grönsaksbuljong

4 dl rödvin

2 msk näringsjäst

1 1/2 dl svenska linser så som Gotlandslins, alternativt belugalinser

100 gram grönkål

rapsolja att steka i

salt och nymalen svartpeppar

Potatismos med pepparrot och dijon

600 gram potatis

2 tsk färsk pepparrot, finriven

1 tsk dijonsenap

flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar

Syrad morot

2 morötter

2 dl kokande vatten

1 dl äpplecidervinäger

1 msk lönnsirap

1 nypa salt

Till servering

Växtyoghurt

Färsk persilja, finhackad

Färsk rosmarin, finhackad

Gör såhär

Blötlägg trattkantarellerna om de varit torkade. Skala och skär löken i smala klyftor, finhacka vitlöken. Fräs tills mjuka i lite olja i en gryta. Tillsätt svamp, tomatpuré, lagerblad och timjan. Fräs i ytterligare 1 minut.

Skrubba morötter och rödbetor noga. Skär bort rotbiten och blastbiten från rödbetorna. Skär morot och rödbetor i stora bitar / klyftor. Tillsätt rotsaker, buljong, vin och näringsjäst till grytan. Koka upp och låt sjuda i 15 minuter. Tillsätt linserna och låt sjuda i ytterligare 15 minuter, tills linserna är mjuka men fortfarande har lätt tuggmotstånd. Skölj och strimla grönkålen (ta bort den nedersta hårda delen av grönkålsstjälken (spara gärna och mixa ner i en smoothie för att minska matsvinn!), tillsätt i grytan och stäng av värmen. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Syrad morot: Skrubba morötterna, hyvla med en mandolin eller potatisskalare, eller riv tunt. Koka upp vatten, vinäger, lönnsirap och salt. Ta av från värmen och lägg i moroten. Täck med lock och låt stå i minst 30 minuter.

Potatismos: Skrubba potatisen, koka mjuk i lättsaltat vatten, i ca 15-20 minuter. Låt ånga av i några minuter. Mosa sedan till ett mos tillsammans med havredryck, pepparrot och senap. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Servera grytan tillsammans med potatismoset, den syrade moroten, växtyoghurt och färska örter!

Plant bouillabaisse with kale and rapeseed aioli

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Plant bouillabaisse with kale and rapeseed aioli

Serves 4

Inspired by a classic bouillabaisse this my take on a soup-meets-stew which you can serve both as a middle-of-the-week dinner and during festive holidays. Drizzle the soup with a lovely coloured rapeseed aioli and the soup is ready to serve!

Ingredients

10 cm leeks

2 garlic cloves

1 tsp fennel seeds

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1/2 grams saffron, ground

4 carrots

1/2 celeriac

2 Tbsp tomato puree

14 dl vegetable stock

150 grams fresh kale

2 packages (á 230 grams rinsed weight) pre cooked small white beans or chickpeas

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 handful of fresh parsley

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Rapeseed aioli

1 Tbsp dijon mustard

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 dl organic unsweetened soy mylk (or 1 dl of the aquafaba from a package of precooked chickpeas)

1 pinch of flakey salt

2 - 2 1/2 dl cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 small garlic clove

For serving

chiliflakes

fresh parsley, chopped

How to

Cut the leek in half, finely chop and then rinse carefully. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Fry leek, garlic, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and saffron in a pot in a drizzle of oil until soft.

Scrub the carrots and cut in smaller pieces. Scrub the celeriac (first cut away the root part, if there is any left, as it’s often quite dirty), cut in smaller pieces. Add carrots and celeriac to the pot together with the tomato puree. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 15 minutes, until the root veggies have soften but still got that bite to them. Drain and rinse the white beans. Add to the stew. Chop the parsley. Add to the stew together with the vinegar. Salt and pepper to taste. Chop the kale and add to the stew. Remove from heat.

Rapeseed aioli: Mix together dijon mustard, vinegar, soy milk and salt using an hand mixer or blender. Then VERY slowly drizzle in the oil while still mixing. Suddenly the mixture will thicken, and then you’ve got a mayonnaise! Peel and finely grate the garlic, add the the mayonnaise and mix one agan. Salt to taste.

Serve your soup drizzled with the rapeseed aioli, chili flakes and fresh parsley!

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Växtbouillabaisse med grönkål och rapsaioli

4 portioner

Med inspiration från en klassisk Bouillabaisse blev detta en riktigt god soppa-möter-gryta som du enkelt kokar ihop både till vardag och fest. Ringla över en vackert gul rapsaioli, då är soppan komplett!

Ingredienser

10 cm purjolök

2 vitlöksklyftor

1 tsk fänkålsfrön

1/2 tsk kumminfrön

1/2 gram saffran

4 morötter

1/2 medelstor rotselleri

2 msk tomatpuré

1,4 liter grönsaksbuljong

150 gram grönkål, färsk

2 förpackningar (á ca 230 gram avrunnen vikt) små vita bönor

1 msk äppelcidervinäger

1 näve färsk persilja

Flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar 

Rapsaioli

1 msk dijonsenap

1 msk äppelcidervinäger

1 dl osötad sojadryck, eller spad från en förpackning kikärtor

1 nypa flingsalt

2 - 2 1/2 dl kallpressad rapsolja

1 liten vitlöksklyfta

Till servering

Chiliflakes

Färsk persilja, finhackad

Gör såhär

Dela purjolöken på mitten, strimla och skölj av noga. Skala och finhacka vitlöken. Fräs purjolök och vitlök i olja i en gryta tillsammans med fänkålsfrön, kumminfrön och saffran tills löken mjuknar. Skrubba och skär morötterna i slantar, skär bort skalet från rotsellerin och skär resten i små tärningar. Tillsätt till grytan tillsammans med tomatpurén. Slå på grönsaksbuljong och koka upp, låt sjuda i ca 15 minuter, tills rotsakerna mjuknat men fortfarande har en inre kärna.

Strimla grönkålen. Häll av och skölj de vita bönorna. Finhacka persiljan. Tillsätt till grytan tillsammans med vinäger. Ta av från värmen och låt stå 5 minuter. Smaka av med salt och peppar.

Rapsaioli: Mixa ihop senap, vinäger, sojadryck och salt med stavmixer eller i en blender. Tillsätt oljan, i en tunn stråle, under fortsatt mixande tills du får en fluffig majonnäs. Riv i vitlöken och mixa på nytt. Smaka av med salt.

Servera soppan toppad med färsk persilja och chiliflakes, ringlad med rapsmajonnäs.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar, autumn 2019

Spelt sourdough bread

So, welcome to the start of my sourdough journey. This is only the beginning but I’ve already made quite a few loaves and do it a little different every time just to find how I like it best. Letting it rest for 12 or 48 hours. 30 grams salt or 32 grams, whole gran flour or white finely milled, how to fold the bread to get a really yummy texture etc etc. So much fun!

With that written I’m sure this recipe will evolve throughout the coming weeks, months and years - but it’s already a really yum recipe that I wanted to share with you!

Hope you like it and please let me know what you think! Good luck!

Spelt sourdough bread

2 smaller loaves, or 1 really big one

Spelt sourdough starter

1/2 dl organic whole spelt flour

1/2 dl organic white spelt four

1 dl water

How to

Mix flour and water in a glass jar that holds at least 5 dl. Let sit on the kitchen countertop (with a loosely lid on top) for 3 days. Stir two times daily, until you see small bubbles appear and notice a sourish smell from your jar - then you’ve created a sourdough culture and are ready to start baking! Add 1/2 dl water + 1/2 dl flour and let sit for another 24 hours, then it’s ready to use for your first baking!

Note: You’ll only use a small amount of your starter when baking. Always add 1/2 dl flour + 1/2 water to your culture after you’ve used part of it, this is to give it nutrition and to make it ready for your next bake. However when you’re not baking with it, store it in the fridge.

If you’ve had your sourdough in the fridge, remember to take it out 2 days before you plan to bake your next bread. Feed it (as in add 1/2 dl flour + 1/2 dl water, then stir) daily to make it active. You know it’s ready to use when it’s very bubbly.

Ingredients sourdough bread

30 grams salt

6 1/2 dl water

3/4-1 dl sourdough culture

1 kg organic good quality spelt flour (I’ve tried to use different amounts of whole / white spelt flour. I’ve found that the ratio 2/5 whole and 3/5 white makes a really yum yet fluffy loaf!)

How to

Whisk together salt and water until the salt dissolves. Add the sourdough and whisk together. Either you do this in a stand mixer, or in a big mixing bowl. Weigh the flour so you know you have your 1 kg.

Start by adding about 1/3 of the total amount of flour, then mix together using a wooden spoon (or start your machine) until there’s no more bits of dry flour. Then add the rest (a little by little) of the flour until you get a shaggy dough. it’s supposed to be a bit sticky but not wet. Cover it with a kitchen towel and let the dough rest for 1 hour.

Turn out the dough on your countertop, gently divide the dough in half using a pastry scraper (I do this just because nor my proofing baskets neither my oven is big enough to make one huge loaf) - now the folding part starts! Here is how to: grab the dough (one at a time) at one side, lift it up, and fold it over on top of itself. Fold the dough about 20 times, moving clockwise. Do the same with the other dough.

Form the 2 doughs in to 2 rounds or ovals, depending on what your proofing basket looks like. Put a kitchen towel in each basket. Dust the doughs with flour all around and carefully flip them over in to the baskets, with the bottom / seam-side up. Cover with an extra kitchen towel and let sit to rise in the fridge for 12 hours or more.

Pre heat the oven to 250°C. Put an oven tray in the oven to make it really hot - this will give you a really crisp bottom of the bread. When the oven is hot, take out the tray, flip over your bread (bake one at a time) and score the top of the loaf with a sharp knife. I’ve tried a few different ways of doing it, just cut a square in the middle, one long score or a few cuts as a leaf works perfectly.

Bake the bread(s) for about 35 minutes each, until it’s golden and crisp and beautiful. Cover with baking paper if it gets too dark. Let the bread cool for at least 1 hour before cutting in it.

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Dinkelsurdgesbröd

2 mindre limpor, eller 1 stor

Dinkelsurdegsstart

1/2 dl grovt dinkelmjöl

1/2 dl dinkelsikt

1 dl vatten

Gör såhär

Blanda mjöl och vatten i en glasskål med lock som rymmer minst 5 dl. Låt stå på köksbänken i 3 dagar med locket på glänt, och rör om 2 gånger om dagen, tills det börjar bubbla och lukta syrligt - när det händer har du fått igång din surdegskultur! Tillsätt ytterligare 1/2 dl mjöl och en 1/2 dl vatten och rör runt dygnet innan du planerar att baka för att aktivera surdegen ordentligt.

Du kommer endast behöva en liten mängd av din surdegskultur till varje bak. Se till att mata den med 1/2 dl mjöl och 1/2 dl vatten efter varje gång du tagit från den, för att ge tillbaka lite näring. När degen inte används förvaras den i kylen med locket på.

Om du har haft din surdeg i kylen innan du ska baka nästa gång är det bra att ta ut den 2 dagar innan det planerade baket. Mata den med 1/2 dl mjöl + 1/2 dl vatten om dagen fram tills det är dags att baka.

Ingredienser surdegsbröd

30 gram salt

6 1/2 dl vatten

3/4-1 dl surdegskultur

Ca 1 kg ekologiskt dinkelmjöl (jag använder oftast större delen fint dinkelmjöl, och endast ett par dl grovt - tycker att det ger ett gott luftigt bröd), beroende på hur mycket surdegs du har i samt kvaliteten på mjölet så kan det behövas lite mer

Dinkelsurdgesbröd

Blanda ihop salt och vatten tills saltet löst sig, antingen i en köksassistent eller i en stor bakbunke. Tillsätt surdegen och blanda ihop. Väg ditt mjöl så att du vet att du har rätt mängd.

Börja med att tillsätta 1/3 av mjölet, blanda tills det inte finns något torrt mjöl kvar. Tillsätt sedan resten av mjölet och blanda tills du får en smidig och glansig deg. Den ska gärna vara lite klibbig, men inte blöt. Täck bunken med en kökshandduk och låt vila 1 timme.

Mjöla din bänkyta och vänd ut degen. Dela den försiktigt i 2 delar med en degskrapa (det går också bra att låta den vara hel, men mina jäskorgar är lite för små för att ha en hel deg i en). Nu är det dags att börja vika! Gör såhär: lyft upp degen i ena kanten, och vid den över sig själv. Fortsätt på samma sätt runt om, tänk som att du viker in kanterna medsols. Upprepa ca 20 gånger. 

Ta fram 2 jäskorgar (eller skålar). Forma de 2 degarna till två runda eller ovala former. Pudra med mjöl runt om. Lägg en kökshandduk i varje jäskorg och vänd över degen, med nedsidan uppåt, i korgen. Täck över med en extra kökshandduk och låt jäsa i kylen i minst 12 timmar.

Värm ugnen till 250°C. Sätt in en bakplåt i ugnen så att den blir riktigt het. Ta sedan ut den, vält över brödet på den heta bakplåten, skär några snitt på ovansidan (ett snitt i mitten eller 4 snitt som bildar en kvadrat i mitten funkar fint) med en vass kniv och baka sedan i ugnen i ca 35 minuter, tills brödet är gyllene, krispigt och vackert. Blir det för mörkt kan du lägga över ett bakplåtspapper sista tiden. Låt brödet svalna minst 1 h innan du skär i det.

Kimchi fritters with Tahini and ginger sauce

A twist on the Japanese Okonomiyaki (try to pronounce that)! I add kimchi in my fritters for extra flavour. The perfect fritters for brunch, weekend lunch or a light middle-of-the-week-dinner! You can make som extra mixture, keep it in the fridge and then fry once you want to eat!

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Kimchi fritters with Tahini and ginger sauce

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

3 handfuls of shredded cabbage

10 cm leeks

1 dl kimchi

1 dl oat flour

1 dl chickpea flour

2 dl water

2 handfuls of parsley, chopped

1/2 tsp salt

rapeseed for frying

Tahini and ginger sauce

1 dl light tahini

1 dl water

2 Tbsp tamari

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

2 cm grated ginger, fresh

salt to taste

For serving

Radish sprouts, alfa alfa sprouts or any sprouts you like

sesame seeds

pear, diced

How to

Shred the cabbage. Cut the leek in half, slice thinly and rinse carefully. Put cabbage and leeks in a bowl and massage with a pinch of salt. Set aside for 10 minutes. Finely chop the kimchi.

Whisk together the flour and water in a separate bowl. Add the cabbage, leek and kimchi. Stir together. Add the parsley, let sit for 10 minutes.

Mix together the ingredients for the dressing in a blender or using a hand mixer, salt to taste.

Heat a drizzle of oil in a frying pan. Add a spoonful of cabbage mixture and press down lightly. Fry on medium heat for a couple of minutes, until golden, then flip around and fry for another minute on the other side too. Do the same with the rest of the mixture.

Serve the fritters with sprouts, pear, sprinkled sesame seeds and a good drizzle of the tahini ginger sauce!

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En twist på den klassiska japanska pannkakan Okonomiyaki (försök uttala det, om du kan), här med smakrik kimchi i smeten! Toppa med groddar och skott för fräschör och extra näring, och gärna hackat päron för god sötma. Mixa enkelt ihop en läcker sås med smak av sesam och ingefära att servera till.

Dessa plättar är perfekta för brunch, helglunch eller middag-mitt-i-veckan. Det går fint att göra extra mycket smet, förvara den i kylen och sedan steka på strax innan servering!

Kimchiplättar med tahini- och ingefärssås

4-6 portioner

Ingredienser

3 stora nävar strimlad vitkål

10 cm purjolök

1 dl kimchi (finns att köpa färdig i den kylda grönsaksdisken)

1 dl havremjöl

1 dl kikärtsmjöl

2 dl vatten

2 nävar färsk persilja, grovhackad

1/2 tsk salt

Rapsolja till stekning

Tahini- och ingefärssås

1 dl ljus tahini

1 dl vatten vatten

2 msk tamari

1 msk äppelcidervinäger

2 cm färsk ingefära, skalad

Salt 

Till servering

Rädisskott

Alfa-alfagroddar

Sesamfrön

Päron, tärnad

Gör såhär

Strimla vitkålen fint. Skär purjolöken på mitten, skölj noga och strimla fint. Lägg kål och purjolök i en bunke och massera med salt. Ställ åt sidan i 10 minuter. Strimla kimchin.

Vispa ihop mjöl och vatten i en separat bunke. Vänd ner kål, purjo och kimchi och blanda ihop väl. Vänd ner den hackade persiljan och rör om. Låt stå i 10 minuter. 

Mixa ihop ingredienserna till tahini- och ingefärssåsen i en höghastighetsmixer tills du får en fluffig sås (har du ingen stark mixer kan det vara bra att riva ingefäran innan du mixar). Smaka av med salt.

Värm upp olja i en stekpanna, klicka ut skedar av smeten och platta till lätt. Stek på medelvärme i ett par minuter på båda sidor, tills du får en fin gyllene yta. Gör likadant med resterande smet.

Servera plättarna med skott, groddar och päron. Ringla över tahinisåsen och strö över sesamfrön.

Recept först publicerat i Vegomagasinet, Sveriges första och största helt vegetariska mattidning!

Creamy pumpkin pasta with chanterelles, dino kale and tarragon

I might not have been a pasta queen in the past but then one day I was really craving a bowl of creamy, flavourful and hearty pasta. Then this happened!

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Creamy pumpkin pasta with chanterelles, black kale and tarragon

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 portions pasta of your choice

200 grams fresh chanterelles

200 grams dino kale

1 shallot

1 tsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Creamy pumpking sauce

1 medium pumpkin

1 garlic clove

1 1/2 oat mylk

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

rapeseed oil for brushing

flakey salt and black pepper

Sunflower seed parmesan

1 dl sunflower seeds

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp flakey salt

1 tsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

20 fresh tarragon leaves

For serving

fresh tarragon

black pepper

truffle oil (optional)

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C. Cut the pumpkin in half, deseed it and brush the inside with oil. Bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, until pumpkin is soft. Let cool and then scoop out the flesh. Mix with rest of the ingredients for the pumpkin sauce until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.

Peel och finely chop the garlic and onion. Parboil the mushrooms. Add a bit of oil plus the onion and garlic, fry until onion and garlic are soft. Rinse and finely chop the dino kale, add to the mushrooms stir fry and let fry with for a couple of minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Sunflower seed parmesan: Toast the seeds in a dry, medium hot frying pan until they turn golden. Mix all the ingredients until crumbly in a food processor.

Cook the pasta according to instructions on packaging. Keep 1 dl of the cooking water.

Toss together the pasta, pumpkin sauce and pasta water until desired creaminess. Add the mushrooms stir fry.

Serve the pasta sprinkled with sunflower parmesan and some drizzled truffle oil.

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Krämig pumpapasta med trattkantareller och grönkål

4 portioner

Jag ska i ärlighetens namn skriva att jag är en riktig pasta-rookie. Men så smög sig suget över mig, och så kom jag att tänka på den där krämiga pumpasåsen som jag nu ganska länge funderat över ett användningsområde till. Och så var denna pastan född; enkelt och säsongslyxigt!

Ingredienser

4 portioner valfri pasta (kelpnudlar eller svarvade grönsaker funkar också)

200 gram färska trattkantareller

200 gram svartkål

1 schalottenlök

1 tsk kallpressad rapsolja

Salt och nymalen svartpeppar

Kärmig pumpasås

1 medelstor matpumpa, exempelvis Hokkaido eller Butternut

1 liten vitlöksklyfta

1 1/2 dl fet havredryck eller annan växtdryck

1 msk näringsjäst

1 msk äppelcidervinäger

Rapsolja till pensling

Flingsalt och nymalen svartpeppar

Solrosparmesan

1 dl solroskärnor, rostade

1 msk näringsjäst

1/2 tsk flingsalt

1 tsk kallpresssad rapsolja

20 färska dragonblad

Till servering

Färsk dragon

Nymalen svartpeppar

Tryffelolja (valfritt)

Gör såhär

Värm ugnen till 175°. Dela pumpan på mitten, gröp ur fröna och pensla snittytan med olja. Rosta i mitten av ugnen i ca 25 minuter, tills pumpan mjuknat. Låt svalna något och gröp sedan ut innehållet. Mixa samma med resten av ingredienserna till pumpasåsen. Tillsätt eventuellt lite mer vätska om den känns för tjock.

Skala och finhacka löken. Fräs i lite olja tills den mjuknar. Lägg åt sidan. Förväll och stek svampen. Skölj och strimla svartkålen fint, blanda ner med svampen och lägg tillbaka löken. Ringla över lite olja och fräs ett par minuter. Salta och peppra lätt.

Solrosparmesan: Mixa alla ingredienser till ett fint smul. 

Koka pastan enligt anvisning på förpackningen. Häll av när den har gott tugg motstånd och är al dente, men behåll lite (ca 1 dl) av pastavattnet. Blanda pastan med pumpasåsen, tillsätt det sparade pastavattnet tills du får en önskad krämighet. Blanda ner svartkål och trattkantareller i pastan. Servera toppad med solrosparmesan, färsk dragon och eventuellt ringlad tryffelolja.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Morning drinks; Hot cashew chocolate and Turmeric oat latte

Morning drinks; Hot chocolate and Turmeric oat latte

Mix your own warming drinks in no time at all! Start by making your own golden paste, it will most likely be a staple in your home ever after. I use it for everything from porridge and lattes to hummus and soups.

If you don’t have time - or nerves - to soak your cashews for the hot chocolate you can just use any plant mylk you like! Same thing with the turmeric latte, use your fave plant mylk, or try different ones or variation!

Hot cashew chocolate

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 dl natural cashews

5 dl water for soaking

1 fresh dates, pitted

3 Tbsp cacao powder

5 dl water

1 pinch of flakey salt

Optional add in:s for extra flavour

fresh ginger, chili powder, orange zest

How to

Soak the cashew for 1-4 hours. Rinse. Mix with the rest of the ingredients, and the new water, until smooth and creamy. Heat in a pot, let simmer for a minute. Add your add in:s if using any. Pour the chocolate in to two cups, powder with cacao. Serve hot!

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Golden turmeric latte

Serves 2

Ingredients

5 dl oat mylk

1 fresh date, pitted (optional, for a sweeter taste)

2-4 tsp golden paste - see instructions below *

* Golden paste

2 Tbsp ground turmeric

2 Tbsp ground cinnamon

2 Tbsp ground ginger

1 Tbsp ground cardamom

1 tsp vanilla powder

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1/2 tsp mineral salt

7 Tbsp water

Topping

Whipped coconut cream

ground cinnamon

ground turmeric

How to

Mix spices for the golden paste. Add water and mix until a paste. Store in the fridge.

Heat your oat mylk in a pot, add the golden paste and let simmer for a minute. Add the date and mix for a sweeter taste. Pour in to two cups and top with coconut cream and spices.

Photo by Fanny Rådvik for my second cookbook The new green protein

Plant sushi with brown rice and yummy fillings

The perfect thing to make during a dinner with friends, prepare all the fillings (or whatever fillings you fancy today) and sit down together to make your rolls! However - these rolls I made a not-at-all-ordinary week day when I came of and found some leftovers in the fridge. So, it works very well for 1 person meals too!

Plant sushi with brown rice and yummy fillings

Makes about 60 pieces

Ingredients

6 nori sheets

6 dl brown rice

1/2 tsp salt

Filling 1 - Tahini dressed black kale / red cabbage / pickled ginger / avocado

100 grams black kale

1 Tbsp light tahini

1 Tbsp water

salt to taste

100 grams red cabbage

1 fresh ginger

1/2 dl apple cider vinegar

1/2 dl water

1/2 avocado

Filling 2 - Pickled carrot / black garlic hummus / chives / apple / avocado

2 carrots

1/2 dl apple cider vinegar

1/2 dl water

1 can (á 230 grams drain weight) pre cooked chickpeas

1 Tbsp light tahini

1/2 dl water

2 black garlics (fermented garlic, can be bought in delis and online. If you cannot find black garlic you can bake a regular garlic bulb instead and use a few cloves from that one, se notes in the end of the recipe *)

salt to taste

1 pinch of chives

1 red apple

1/2 avocado

For serving

Furikake (Japanese spice blend. I developed a blend for my friends at GRANIT. You can also make your own; blend 2 Tbsp white and 2 Tbsp black sesame seeds, 1 Tbsp dried chives, 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast, 2 Tbsp dried seaweed and 1 tsp flakey salt)

Tamari / soy sauce

green pea tempeh (stir fried tempeh / tamari / fresh parsley)

cucumber salad (slices cucumber / tamari / chili flakes)

How to

Rinse the rice in cold water a couple of times. Then add new water (I good help is to always have about 2 centimeters between the uncooked rice and the water surface in your pot, the rice always gets perfect that way!), salt and bring to a boil. Simmer until rice is ready. Let cool.

Filling 1) Remove the tough steam from the black kale, chop the rest in smaller pieces. Whisk together tahini, water and salt. Toss around with the black kale. Finely shred the red cabbage. Scrape off the ginger peel using a small spoon. Cut the ginger in thin slices. Bring vinegar and water to a boil, add the ginger, remove from heat, put on a lid and let sit for minimum 20 minutes. Peel and deseed the avocado, and slice it thinly.

Filling 2) Scrub the carrots and slice thinly - OR preferably use one of my favourite kitchen tools; a julienne peeler to get thin strips in seconds. Bring vinegar and water to a boil, add the carrot, remove from heat, put on a lid and let sit for minimum 20 minutes. Rinse the chickpeas. Mix all the ingredients for the hummus together using a mixer or food processor, until smooth. Salt to taste. Slice the apple thinly. Peel and deseed the avocado, and slice it thinly.

Put a nori sheet on a clean kitchen towel. Top a nori sheet with a layer of cooked brown rice, leaving about 1 centimeter at either of the short sides, and flatten gently. Wet your fingers in dipping water if rice starts to stick to your fingers when pressing down on the sheet. Place the filling at the middle of rice (on the width). Then start to roll the whole thing together by folding in the side where you have rice all the way out. Continue to roll together, hold the filling down using your fingers, and keep a gentle pressure on the roll during the whole rolling (you’ll get help from the kitchen towel here, traditionally you’d use a bamboo mat but if you don’t have one a towel work fine). Put som water on the free part of the nori sheet and roll together, this with make the nori sheet to stick together. Do the same thing with the rest of the sheets / rice / fillings. Slice the rolls in 10 pieces / roll.

• Whole baked garlic. Remove the outer layer ot the garlic peel, however you still want the bulb to stick together. Brush with oil all around and bake in the oven at 175°C for about 30 minutes. Let cool and then press out the smooth garlic. When baked the garlic get’s a lighter taste to it, so you can use more cloves then if you were using raw. I often have a whole baked garlic when makes for example hummus!

Baked pumpkin with crispy chickpeas, herby cauliflower mash and lingonberries

A dish where everything is cooked at the same time - on the same oven tray! Really easy, warming and comforting autumn winter food. Try roasting your cauliflower next time before mixing it to a mash - makes it taste even more! And oh - you might want to make a double batch of the kale crisps as they are to die fore and I’m pretty sure you’d want a couple of handfuls to snack on after dinner too!

Happy cooking,

Thess

Baked pumpkin with crispy chickpeas, herby cauliflower mash and lingonberries

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 pumpkin, I used Hokkaido

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1 big cauliflower

200 grams kale

1 dl fat oat mylk, heated

1 Tbsp fresh frozen parsley

2 packages (á 230 grams drained weight) pre cooked chickpeas

1 tsp ground cumin

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

rapeseed oil

Lingonberries

200 grams lingonberries, thawed

1-2 Tbsp maple syrup

For serving

Fresh parsley

How to

Pre heat oven to 175°C. Wash the pumpkin, cut in half, deseed (Save, wash, dry and then toss with a tiny bit of oil and salt and then toast until crispy in the oven at 125°C) and then slice. Brush with oil all around and sprinkle with ginger and cloves.

Remove the leaves from the cauliflower, if the outer ones are really big and rough you can through them away but otherwise they are really yummy to eat. Cut the bigger ones in smaller pieces. Tear the kale in smaller pieces. Massage the cauliflower leaves and kale with a tiny bit of oil.

Tear the cauliflower in smaller florets. Brush with oil. Put pumpkin and cauliflower in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 25 minutes. Add the cauliflower leaves and 2/3 of the kale when 10 minutes remains, roast until crispy and lightly golden.

Mix the cauliflower florets to a mash with the heated oat mylk and parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.

Rinse the chickpeas. Dry and then fry in a bit of oil in a frying pan until lightly golden and crisp. If you have a lid use it - the chickpeas tend to pop everywhere. Remove from heat, toss with cumin and salt.

Thaw the lingonberries, mix with maple syrup (to taste) using a fork.

Serve the pumpkin with the cauliflower mash, cauliflower and kale crisps, the rest of the massaged kale, crispy chickpeas and lingonberries. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Creamy pumpkin saffron porridge with cinnamon apples, yoghurt, date caramel and crispy buckwheat

(recept på svenska längre ner)

- In paid collaboration with Fiskars -

A porridge inspired by yummy things warming up the chilly autumn, created together with the brand Fiskars and their new line Norden Steel (read more about why they make cooking even more fun below!). A porridge made of steel cut oats get a really nice al dente-taste to it, and by adding some gated veggies the porridge gets even more hearty. Try switching the pumpkin for carrots or parsnips for some variation, and also the topping can look in a million different ways! Something that you probably never wanna miss though is the c.i.n.n.a.m.o.n. f.r.i.e.d. a.p.p.l.e.s. They are the easiest thing to make yet one of my favourite things. Other than topping my porridge I also serve It with yoghurt and granola, pancakes, waffles or why not with a roasted Pumpkin and brussels sprout salad!

When I make date caramel and crispy buckwheat I make extra of everything - the date caramel stays well for weeks in the fridge, and the buckwheat for months in room temperature!

Creamy pumpkin saffron porridge with cinnamon fried apples, yoghurt, date caramel and crispy buckwheat

2 bowls

Ingredients

3/4 dl steel cut oats, soaked over night

1/2 dl buckwheat groats, soaked over night

2 dl grated pumpkin

3 dl water

1 dl oat mylk

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

1 pinch ground cloves

1 tiny pinch ground saffron

Flakey salt to taste

Cinnamon fried apples

1 red apple

1 tsp rapeseed oil

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ginger, grated

1 tsp maple syrup (optional)

Date caramel

10 fresh dates, pitted

1/2 dl water

1 pinch flakey salt

Crispy buckwheat

2 dl whole buckwheat groats

1 tsp ground turmeric

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/2 tsp ground cloves

For serving

Lingonberries

Toasted seeds

Plant-based yoghurt

Dried flower sprinkle

How to

Soak the steel cut oats (in 3 dl water) and buckwheat overnight, in separate bowls. Rinse the soaked buckwheat well. Bring oats, soaking water, oat mylk, pumpkin and spices to a boil and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add more water if needed. Add the soaked buckwheat and let simmer for 1 another minute. Salt to taste.

Slice the apple. Fry in a bit of oil together with the ginger until soft, season with cinnamon and fry for another couple of minutes. Add the maple syrup. Salt to taste. 

Mix dates and water until creamy. Salt to taste.

Crispy buckwheat. Pre heat the oven to 175°C. Bring a pot with water to a boil, remove from heat, add the buckwheat (not the soaked ones but the dry) and then rinse with cold water in a fine mesh strainer. Let drain then toss together with the spices. Put on a baking tray and toast in the middle of the oven until dry and crispy, takes about 10 minutes. Stirr around halfway through.

Divide the porridge in 2 bowls. Top with lingonberries, cinnamon fried apples and a dollop of yoghurt. Drizzle with date caramel and sprinkle with buckwheat, seeds and flowers.

“Recipe created in collaboration with Fiskars and their line Norden Steel. A special mineral coating prevents any yummy things to stick to the pan or saucepan and makes it easy to wash up. And also - very important - all their products are made of 70% recycled materials! Read more about the products here"

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- I annonssamarbete med Fiskars - 

En gröt inspirerad av råvaror och kryddor som värmer i höstmörkret, framtagen i samarbete med Fiskars och deras serie Norden Steel (läs mer om varför deras stekpannor och kastruller gör matlagningen ännu roligare längre ner!). Gröt gjord på kross (istället för gryn) får extra gott tugg, och med lite rivna grönsaker i blir gröten både mer smakrik och mättande. Pumpan kan bytas ut mot morot eller palsternacka för variation, och även toppingen kan varieras i oändlighet! Något som gärna alltid får vara med är dock de kanelstekta äpplena, med en touch av lönnsirap. Världens enklaste att svänga ihop och så väldigt gott! Förutom att toppa gröten med är de väldigt goda att servera tillsammans med sval yoghurt och granola eller varför inte till en rostad pumpa- och brysselkålssallad.

Jag passar på att göra en större sats när jag gör dadelkaramell och mitt krispiga bovete. Dadelkaramellen håller minst ett par veckor i kyl, och bovetet kan stå flera månader - även om det knappast lär finnas något kvar så länge eftersom det är perfekt att strö över det mesta!

Krämig pumpasaffransgröt med kanelstekt äpple, yoghurt, dadelkaramell och krispigt bovete

2 portioner

Ingredienser

3/4 dl krossad havre eller korn, blötlagda över natten eller minst 8 timmar

2 dl riven matpumpa, exempelvis Hokkaido eller Butternut

3 dl vatten

1 dl havredryck

1/2 tsk malen kardemumma

1 krm malen nejlika

1 knivsudd malen saffran

1 nypa flingsalt 

Kanelstekt äpple

1 svenskt äpple

1 tsp rapsolja

1/2 tsk malen kanel

1 tsk lönnsirap (valfritt)

Dadelkaramell

10 färska dadlar, urkärnade

1/2 dl vatten

1 nypa flingsalt

Krispigt bovete

2 dl torkat helt bovete

1 tsk malen gurkmeja

1/2 tsk malen ingefära

1/2 tsk malen nejlika

Till servering

Växtbaserad yoghurt

Torkade blommor

Gör såhär

Blötlägg krosset över natten i dubbel mängd vatten. Koka ihop kross, vatten, pumpa, havredryck och kryddor. Låt småputtra i 10 minuter, tillsätt mer vätska om det behövs. Smaka av med salt mot slutet av koktiden.

Dela äpplet på mitten, skär bort kärnhuset och skär resten i skivor. Värm upp oljan till medelvärme i en stekpanna, lägg ner äppelskivor och fräs i 5 minuter tills de mjuknar. Strö över kanel och lönnsirap, fortsätt fräsa tills allt täckts av den söta kanelen. Ringla över lönnsirap.

Mixa dadlar och vatten till en karamellsås. Smaka av med salt.

Värm ugnen till 175°C. Koka upp vatten i en kastrull, ta bort från värmen och häll i bovetet. Häll sedan av vattnet och skölj av bovetet med kallt vatten. Låt rinna av väl och blanda sedan med kryddorna. Sprid ut bovetet på en bakplåt och rosta i mitten av ugnen i ca 10 minuter, tills det är helt torrt och krispigt.

Fördela gröten i två skålar. Toppa med kanelstekt äpple och en klick yoghurt. Ringla över lite dadelkaramell och strö över krispigt bovete. Garnera med bovete.

“Inlägg i samarbete med Fiskars och deras nya linje Norden Steel. En speciell mineralbeläggning gör att inga godsaker fastnar i pannan eller kastrullen, den är lätt att rengöra och sist men inte minst så är produkterna gjorda av 70% återvunnet material! Läs mer om produkterna här“

Tahini oat cookies with carrot

These cookies are a mix of pretty much all of my favourite things. The result? My favourite cookies (chocker)! A bit more savoury than sweet, perfect to always have in the freezer for spontaneous fika-moments, or when you come home after a long day and want something to munch meanwhile you think about what to cook for your evening meal. In other words - these are really must-have-cookies!

Tahini oat cookies with carrot

Makes 12

Ingredients

4 dl rolled oats

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 Tbsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

1/2 tsp pure vanilla powder

14 fresh dates, pitted 

1 dl light tahini

2 Tbsp oat mylk or water

1 medium carrot

1 pinch flakey salt

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C. Mix oats, baking powder, spices and vanilla in a food processor. Add the dates and mix until crumbly. Add tahini and oat mylk, pulse until the dough starts fo get together. Add the carrot and mix until you get a dough. Form in to 12 balls, put on a baking tray and press lightly with a fork to get the look. Bake in the oven for 15-17 minutes, until they get crispy underneath and lightly golden on top. You want them to have a crispy outside and and chewy inside! Store in an airtight container, in the fridge or freezer.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Herby potato mash with green pea tempeh and courgette stir fry, tahini beet dressing and crispy salad

Potato + rapeseed + herbs = true love. Instead of mixing my potatoes to a smooth mash I like to keep it quite chunky. Serve with a super simple stir fry and a dressing to always remember! It actually feels a bit strange (yet awesome) to drizzle over such a colourful thing over your food! Try for yourself!

Herby potato mash with green pea tempeh and courgette stir fry, tahini beet dressing and crispy salad

Servers 4

Herby potato mash

400 grams new potatoes or small potatoes

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 organic lemon, zest + juice

2 handfulls fresh parsley

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Green pea tempeh and courgette stir fry

250 grams green pea tempeh (or any tempeh of your choice) *

1 big courgette

2 spring onions

1 tsp cold rapeseed oil

1 Tbsp tamari, or any other soy sauce

cress

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Tahini beet dressing

1 raw beetroot

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups light tahini (I like to use the light one for dressings rather then the darker one - made of toasted sesame seeds - as the dark one can taste a bit sharp)

3/4 dl / 0.3 cups water

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp maple syrup

sesame seeds and dried flowers for garnish

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Crispy salad

70 grams mixed leafy greens

1 handfull of radish

50 grams red cabbage

1 Tbsp toasted rapeseeds

How to

Scrub the potato, cut bigger ones in half. Boil potatoes until soft, takes about 15-20 minutes. Drain then mash with oil and lemon by hand using a potato masher until your preferred texture. Chop the parsley roughly and add to the mash. Salt and pepper to taste.

Crumble the tempeh. Slice the courgette and spring onion. Fry courgette and onion in a bit of oil until soft. Add the tempeh and fry for another few minute until it get a nice golden color. Pour over the tamari and let in sink in. Remove from heat. Salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with cress.

Peel the beetroot, cut in smaller pieces. Mix with rest of the ingredients for the dressing in a high speed blender or food processor until completely smooth. If you don’t have a high speed blender it might be a good idea to grate the beetroot before mixing it all together as that will help getting a smoother dressing. Salt and pepper to taste. Add more water for a more runny dressing.

Slice the radish and red cabbage thinly. Toss together with the leafy greens, drizzle with some cold pressed rapeseed oil and sprinkle with rapeseeds.

Serve the mash with the stir fry, dressing and crispy salad!

Enjoy!

• Tempeh is traditionally made of soy beans which is fermented and, furthermore tempeh often comes in small blocks, similar to but more firm then for example tofu. Now days you can find a few different types of tempeh in many supermarkets and organic stories.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Plant-based by Thess Chocolate Mountain bars

During my mountain trail running adventure in the Swedish Jämtland mountains these ones were one of the few precious things I filled my tiny backpack with. Delicious and creamy bars filled with chocolate, protein and plant power to fuel you up during weekend hikes, long or short adventures, fika at home or whatever you’re up to!

As I like my bars / bliss balls to be reeeaaally creamy rather then only nutty (as it would be if using only nuts / dried fruit, something many of the bars you get from different stores are if you ask me), I like to use oats and protein powder (I use vegan unsweetened / natural pea protein to get it as clean as possible) in addition to the seeds and seed butter (which contains LOTS of protein!). Makes the most creamy chocolate protein bar ever believe me!! And also, feel free to use any nuts or seeds you want instead of the pepitas / tahini to fit your taste buds / pantry!

Let’s get baking!

Plant-based by Thess Chocolate Mountain bars

Ingredients

14 fresh dates, pitted

1 scoop protein powder (I use vegan unsweetened / natural pea protein)

1 dl / 0.4 cups rolled oats

1 dl / 0.4 cups cacao powder

2 dl / 0.8 cups pepitas / pumpkin seeds

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups light tahini

1 good pinch flakey salt

1-2 Tbsp water if needed 

For garnish

Flakey salt

dried flowers

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C. Spread out the pepitas on a baking tray, toast in the oven for 5-10 minutes, until they get slightly golden and start to pop. Let cool.

Mix alla the ingredients in a food processor until super creamy! Add a bit more water to combine if necessary. Put the dough in between two baking papers, roll out to a square using a rolling pin. Garnish with salt and flowers, roll with the rolling pin again to make the salt and flowers stick. Put the whole thing in the freezer for 1 hour. Take it out and cut in to good-size bars. Wrap them up in baking paper or aluminium foil (or just a glass box if you’re not taking them with you on adventure), store them in an air tight container in the freezer. Stays well for months! However I doubt they would ever last that long…

Hope you like them!

Banana bread with coconut yoghurt, almond sauce and apple cinnamon compote

When I was in the making of my second book The new green protein I probably baked this banana bread at least 20 times. Over and over again, to make sure it got exactly the way I wanted. The perfect combination of sweet and savoury, moist yet not-as-moist-as-a-pancake and the perfect ratio of spices.

After all those baking sessions this one became a favourite and I more often then not have a loaf, sliced so I can take out 1 or 10 pieces, in my freezer for all kinds of occasions: weekend breakfasts, brunch, when having soup and I want something semi-sweet on the side, when I realise I don’t have any dessert to serve for tonights dinner party AND SO ON.

I use green banans for this recipe, just when they are soft enough to mash (if using too unripe ones they are hard as rocks), both because green bananas contain more fiber (instead of sugar) but most because I don’t like the super sweet banana flavour yellow bananas have. When using green this bread becomes both savoury AND sweet, and I serve then both as a dessert as pictured below - but also topped with hummus / leafy greens / avocado / cress / whatever! Both DELISH if you ask me!

So, done with the writing - time to bake some banana bread!

Banana bread with coconut yoghurt, almond sauce and apple cinnamon compote

Makes 1 loaf

Ingredients

3 dl / 1.25 cups oat flour

2 1/2 dl / 1.5 cups almond flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground cardamom

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 small green bananas

1 1/2 dl / 0.6 cups almond mylk

3 Tbsp chia seeds

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups cold pressed olive oil + extra for oiling the baking tin

Almond sauce

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups unsweetened almond butter

2 Tbsp water

a pinch of flakey salt

Cinnamon apple compote

2 red apples, cut in to pieces, peel still on

a splash of water

1 tsp ground cinnamon

a pinch of flakey salt

For serving

Coconut yoghurt

Ground cinnamon for dusting

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C.

Mix all the dry ingredients, except for the chia seeds, in a bowl.

Peel and mash the bananas until chunky.

Heat up the almond mylk, stirr together with the chia seeds, let sit for 5 minutes until you get your “chia egg”. Add to the dry ingredients, together with the banana mash and oil.

Oil a baking tin, put baking paper in the bottom. Pour in the batter. Bake in the middle of the oven for 55-60 minutes, until the banana bread turns golden. Take out, let cool for 5 minutes. Take out the loaf from the tin and put it on a cooling rack. Let cool completely. Slice it.

Mix the ingredients for the almond sauce until smooth. Salt to taste.

Fry the apple pieces in a splash of water together with the cinnamon until soft and sweet.

Serve a piece of banana bread with a dollop of coconut yoghurt, a big spoonful of cinnamon apple compote, drizzle with almond sauce and dust with cinnamon for a fancy look!

Hope you like it!

Gazpacho with celery, cucumber and crispy topping

My take on an Italian classic. This chilled soup can be prepared up to 3 days before serving, store in an air tight container in the fridge until serving! If so, wait with adding the parsley and do so just before serving!

Gazpacho with celery, cucumber and crispy topping

12 buffet portions

Ingredients

1 yellow onion

1 garlic clove

1 Tbsp fresh ginger, grated

2 Tbsp tomato puree

2 packages (á 400 grams) whole tomatoes

4 celery stalks

4 dried apricots

8 dl water

1 cucumber

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 handful of fresh parsley

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Topping

1/2 dl mixed seeds, for example pepitas / pumpkin seeds / sunflower seeds

1 celery stalk

1 handful of fresh parsley

salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to

Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Fry in a bit of water in a saucepan (preferably a cast iron one as that will add significant amounts of iron to your soup) with the ginger until soft. Slice the celery. Finely chop the apricots. Add the tomato puree, whole tomatoes, celery, apricots and water to the saucepan. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Chop the cucumber and add to the soup. Add vinegar, cucumber and parsley and mix until a chunky soup using an immersion blender. Salt and pepper to taste. Cool completely before serving.

Toast the seeds in a dry pan on medium heat until they start to pop and looks slightly golden. Let cool. finely chop the celery and parsley for the topping, mix with the toasted seeds, salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the chilled soup topped with the celery parsley topping.

Fresh springrolls with strawberries, crispy vegetables and almond sauce

These yummy rolls could work either as the perfect family weekend feast, or when making a smaller buffet as a perfect buffet dish! When servering them during a dinner I like to prepare all the ingredients and then let the guests fill their own rolls - when serving them on a buffet I like to put them (as in the while roll) in salad leaves to make it easier for the guests to have them standing as well - perfect for a mingle party!

And oh - I should also mention that they are perfect for any day of the week too, just fill your rice papers with whatever leftovers you might find at home!

Now, let’s get rollin’!

Fresh springrolls with strawberries, crispy vegetables and almond sauce

12 portions on a buffet

Ingredients

12 small rice papers, or 6-12 bigger ones

125 grams fresh (Swedish) strawberries

1/2 cucumber

2 carrots

100 grams red cabbage

70 grams fresh spinach

250 grams smoked organic tofu

50 grams sprouts

12 fresh mint leaves

Mandelsås

1 dl mandelsmör

1 1/2 water

2 msk apple cider vinegar

1 tsp ginger, grated

salt and freshly ground black pepper

For serving

Fresh mint

camelina seeds, or sesame seeds

sprouts

How to

Slice the strawberries and all the vegetables thinly lengthwise. Cut the tofu in 12 pieces on the length.

Fill up a pie form / sauce pan or anything as big as the diameter of the rice papers with hot water. Dipp one paper at a time in the water for 10-15 seconds then put on a wet cutting board. Add a bit of the strawberries / veggies / tofu at the bottom part of the rice paper. Fold the sides inward, then tightly roll the rice paper, beginning at the end where you put the filling. Repeat with remaining rice papers and filling. Put on a big plate, and cover with a damp kitchen towel if not serving them straight away to keep them from drying. Make sure not to put them on top of each other as that might make them stick to each other, if you want to serve them on top of each other first put them in a salad leaf!

Mix together the ingredients for the almond sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the rolls topped with mint and camelina seeds with extra sprouts on the side, and the almond sauce.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Cauliflower and chanterelle burger with fava bean spread, sauerkraut and shaved carrots

For a really tasty and juicy plant burger filled with flavours I like to bake all (well, most of them) the ingredients in the oven before mixing together my patty as that adds quite a lot of extra flavour! When they’re baked and all soft and sweet I mix it all together with some quinoa for extra protein, walnuts for some crunch and lots of herbs, then form in to patties and then oven bake, fry or grill them!

Serve between whatever bread you prefer, or maybe some crispy lettuce leaves, and make sure to add a few yummy toppings - like this fava bean spread with lots of herbs for creaminess, sauerkraut for extra juiciness and that lovely sour-in-a-great-way-flavour and raw carrots for some extra crisp!

Cauliflower and chanterelle burger with fava bean spread, sauerkraut and shaved carrots

8 burgers

Ingredients

1/2 cauliflower (300 grams)

200 grams fresh chanterelles, or 150 grams frozen or 20 grams dried

1 yellow onion

3 garlic cloves

1 dl / 0.4 cups white quinoa

2 handfulls of fresh parsley, or 2 Tbsp frozen fresh

10 fresh tarragon leaves, or 1/2 tsp dried

1 dl / 0.4 cups rolled oats

1 dl / 0.4 cups walnuts, chopped

1 tsp rapeseed oil

1/2 tsp salt

1 pinch freshly ground black pepper

Fava bean spread

150 grams fava beans, dried (OR use 1 package / 230 grams cooked chickpeas)

2 handfulls of fresh parsley, or 2 Tbsp frozen fresh

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 small garlic clove, finely grated

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Crispy carrots

3 carrots

1 tsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

pinch of flakey salt

For serving

sauerkraut (Can be bought in most supermarkets)

cress

Unsweetened rye bread, or any bread you like

leafy greens

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F. Cut the cauliflower in smaller florets. Brush the mushrooms, fry in a pan (if using frozen ones just thaw them, if using dried soak them). Peel chop the onion and garlic. Put cauliflower, mushrooms, onion and garlic on a oven tray and bake for 30 minutes. Cook the quinoa according to instructions on the packaging.

Mix the roasted veggies, quinoa and herbs until a crumbly batter in a food processor. Add oats and walnuts and mix well using a wooden spoon. Let sit for 15 minutes. Form in to 8 patties. Put on a baking tray and bake in the oven for 20 minutes, until slightly goden and crisp around the edges. If you want some extra crisp you can finish by frying them in a bit of oil in a pan.

Cook the fava beans for 30 minutes, until soft. Remove any excess water. Mix with the rest of the ingredients in a food processor until a creamy spread. Add a bit of water for a creamier spread. Salt and pepper to taste.

Shave the carrots thinly using a potato peeler or mandolin. Toss together with a tiny drizzle of oil and pinch of salt.

Spread some fava bean spread on a slice of rye bread. Top with some leafy greens, a patty, sauerkraut, oil tossed carrots and cress. Add some extra fava bean spread on top and finish with another slice of rye bread.

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Pumpkin tray with pea pesto, yoghurt and fresh herbs

So, the the idea with this dish is to start with a veggie (preferably in season) which you bake and then top with some legume pesto/hummus/bean spread etc. Serve it as a side to your dinner, part of a buffet or add a handful of cooked or soaked grains (oats, spelt, sorghum etc) or pseudo grains (quinoa, buckwheat) to make it a filling and complete dinner!

Pumpkin tray with pea pesto, yoghurt and fresh herbs

Serves 4 as a side

Ingredients

1 butternut squash or pumpkin such as Hokkaido pumpkin *

Pea pesto

250 grams green peas

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups pepitas/pumpkin seeds

2 handfulls of fresh basil

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast

1 Tbsp cold pressed olive oil

salt and freshly ground black pepper

For serving

Cammelina seeds **

fresh basil

red cabbage, raw shaved

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F. Wash and cut the pumpkin in smaller pieces (but not too small - I like to serve quite big chunks!). Put on a baking tray and bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes until soft and sweet. When baking pumpkins, butternut squash and courgettes I usually don’t use any oil since they contain quite a lot of water as it is! However - for that extra shiny cover and some crisp brush with oil before baking in the oven.

Mix all the ingredients, except for the pumpkin seeds, for the pesto in a food processor until your preferred pesto texture. Add the pumpkin seeds and pulse a few times. Salt and pepper to taste.

Add bid dollops of pea pesto straight on top of the pumpkin, drizzle over som yoghurt and sprinkle with camelina seeds!

* Other yummy things to put on your tray could be: cauliflower, new potatoes, courgette, aubergine, carrots and sweet potatoes JUST TO MENTION A FEW. Feel free to add your favourites below!

** Camelina seeds are fiber and protein rich tiny seeds which roasted taste a bit nutty. Gives a nice texture on top of salads, crisp bread toppings or porridge! Great to add to your smoothie as well. Also I've heard it can be used as a egg replacement but never tried it - any of you who’ve done it?

Baked celeriac burger with carrot miso spread, sprouts and herb pesto

Nothing gets as soft and sweet as a root celeriac baked for hours, it’s delicious! Thinly sliced it makes the perfect topping on a crisp bread or a piece of sourdough bread, teared in to smaller pieces it goes very well in a hearty salad and sliced like this in a burger! Use smaller celeriacs if making tiny burgers, and bigger ones if making a normal size burger - you get it!

When it comes to burgers I think that the add-ons are just as important, they can be really simple but I do love for them to be there. Here I made a carrot spread which I seasoned with miso, fermented soy bean paste, and a 1-minute-pesto with lots of herbs. Let gets cooking!

Baked celeriac burger with carrot miso spread, sprouts and herb pesto

8 mini burgers

Ingredients

2 tiny celeriacs

1 tsp rapeseed oil

Carrot miso spread

250 grams carrots

1 tsp light or dark organic miso paste *

1 Tbsp cold pressed rapeseed oil

1 Tbsp applecider vinegar

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Herb pesto

2 handfuls of fresh herbs, for example basil, parsley and cilantro

2 Tbsp pepitas / pumpkin seeds

1 Tbsp nutritional yeast / b-jäst

2 Tbsp cold pressed olive oil

1 Tbsp applecider vinegar

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

For serving

8 mini buckwheat sourdough buns (or any bund you prefer), I get my from Mällyeko

pea shots

beet sprouts

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F. Cut away the bottom part from the celeriac. Scrub the rest thoroughly. Brush the whole thing with oil and put in an ovenproof dish. Bake in the oven for about 1 hour, until it’s completely soft. Let cool, then cut in slices.

Wash the carrots, cut in smaller pieces and steam or boil until soft. Let cool. Mix with the rest of the ingredients for the carrot miso spread in a food processor until smooth. Salt and pepper to taste.

Mix together the ingredients for the pesto until a bitey texture using an immersion blender or food processor. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cut the buns in half. Put some carrot miso spread on the bottom parts, and pesto on the top parts. Top the carrot miso spread with two pieces of celeriac, sprouts and shots. Put the lid on top. ENJOY!

* Miso paste is a paste made of fermented soybeans. The difference between light and dark is (simply put) it that the dark one has a deeper flavour and more umami taste to it than the light one,

Recipe was first published in The Gothenburg-Post/Två dagar

Baked sweet potato with quinoa chickpea salad and kale dressing

Bake a bunch of sweet potatoes, prepare a bunch of different add-ins (or only one - you choose) and let everyone fill their own! Easy peasy lemon squeeze!

Baked sweet potato with quinoa chickpea salad and kale sauce

4 portioner

Ingredients

4 sweet potatoes

2 tsp rapeseed oil

Quinoa and chickpea salad

1 dl white quinoa, uncooked

1 package (about 230 grams drained weight) pre cooked chickpeas

2 handfuls of mixed leafy greens

1 handful of fresh herbs

100 grams red cabbage, finely sliced

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

Kale dressing

100 grams frozen kale, thawed

1 dl / 0.8 cups almonds, soaked for 1 hour

1/2 garlic clove

1/2 dl / 0.2 cups water

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

flakey salt and freshly ground black pepper

For serving

Almond yoghurt, or your favourite plant based yoghurt

fresh oregano

Za’atar (a middle eastern spice mix made of sesame seeds, sumac and dried herbs)

How to

Pre heat the oven to 175°C / 350°F.

Scrub the potatoes. Brush with oil and put on a baking tray. Cut a cross on top of all the potatoes. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 45-60 minutes, until the potatoes are really soft. Remove from oven.

Cook the quinoa according to instructions on the packaging. Let cool. Rinse and drain the chickpeas. Toss the ingredients for the salad together. Salt and pepper to taste.

Mix all the ingredients for the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste.

Squeeze the potatoes so they open in the middle. Serve the sweet potatoes stuffed with salad, drizzled with kale dressing, almond yoghurt and Za’atar. Garnish with fresh oregano!