Author: karinstub

Fried rice

Fried rice

Another great dish where you can add a bit of everything…keep it vegetarian or add a bit of chicken, shrimp or meat. It always tastes good. In this recipe, I only added vegetables. You don’t need to add the same, the same amount or as 

Meatballs with an extra twist – in this case pickled red cabbage

Meatballs with an extra twist – in this case pickled red cabbage

Meatballs are a favorite in the Danish kitchen. Generally they consist of a mix of minced pork and beef added onion, flour, milk and egg. They are simple and delicious. But you can easily add a vegetable – and they will be even better, as 

Spring cabbage salad

Spring cabbage salad

Yet another variation of a spring cabbage salad.

Ingredients:

1/2 super finely sliced spring cabbage

1 finely sliced spring onion

1 pomegrenate

75 g crumbled feta cheese

1 avocado – diced

1/2 super finely sliced bulb of fennel

1 good handful sliced soy roasted almonds

2 tbsp soy sauce

Sauce:

1/2 freshly squeezed lemon

1/3 cup olive oil (70ml)

1/2 tsp salt

Method:

Dry roast the almonds until darkened. Let them cool for about 5 minutes and add the soy sauce. Give them a good shake and cover the almonds in soy sauce. Let them dry and cool while preparing the salad. (Make double portion and eat 1/2 as a snack while preparing the salad. They are delicious!!)

Finely slice the cabbage. Give it a good massage for about 2 minutes. Add the sliced spring onion, diced avocado, pomegranate, crumbled feta cheese and finely sliced fennel. Now – slice the almonds (or chop if you would like…but I like them better sliced). Add the almonds.

Whisk the lemon juice together with the olive oil adding 1/2 tsp salt.

Mix the salad together with the sauce.

Leftover roast spinach stir-fry

Leftover roast spinach stir-fry

As we had a roast the other day but only approximately 300g left which is hardly enough to make a full meal, I decided to do a stir-fry, marinating the beef and adding spinach and chili. Served with rice this made a good meal for 

Leftover roast – Mexican flavored – tortillas

Leftover roast – Mexican flavored – tortillas

Basically you can add what ever you want in a tortilla. This is yet another recipe meant for inspiration. Often we do tortillas with either beef, lamb or chicken…but as a rule, we only have tortillas when I have some left over meat of some 

Chicken

Chicken

We often have dinners based on chicken – roasted whole chicken, salads containing chicken, soups which are based on chicken, chicken thighs to go with a salad, tortillas, chicken sandwiches, chicken wings turned caramelized in soy, buffalo chicken wings…there are quite a few things you can do with chicken.

The beauty about a roast chicken is that it leaves you with quite a few meals if you make sure to peel it. The 1st day, enjoy the chicken as a whole! However, there will almost always be meat left on the carcass although this will far from be enough for a full meal. Meanwhile, if you peel it meticulously, you will be surprised to see how much chicken is actually left. Depending on the amounts left, you can use this meat for sauces, sandwich fillings, fillings in salads, pizza toppings – and I am sure…more!

The carcass itself, you can use to cook up a chicken broth for a soup…day 3.

Ravioli with leftover chicken butter sauce with sage and lemon

Ravioli with leftover chicken butter sauce with sage and lemon

This is a great way to use peeled chicken – the 2nd meal for 5 based on a roast chicken. You can use which ever ravioli you want and have to say – I did not make the ravioli. Luckily these are available fresh and 

Potatoes: Mash based Rosti and Croquette inspired dish

Potatoes: Mash based Rosti and Croquette inspired dish

One of these recipes I don’t quite know how to title. The fact is – there is no proper name. But it is the perfect example, of how to use left overs in a completely new dish…!! I while back, we had a huge bowl 

Kale and red cabbage salad

Kale and red cabbage salad

Ingredients

130 g finely sliced red cabbage (approximately 1/8 of a whole head)

100 g finely sliced kale

50 g mixed dry roasted nuts

100 g edamame beans

1 finely sliced carrot

1 diced avocado

Sauce

1 tsp whole grain mustard

1 tsp honey

2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice (if you don’t have a lemon, use white whine vinegar or apple cider vinegar)

60 ml (4 tbsp) olive oil

Method

Rinse your greens and slice them as finely as you can. With your hands, give the cabbage and the kale a good massage. Roast the nuts in a dry frying pan until they start crackling. If you use hazle nuts, the skin will come off. Discard this. Roughly chop the nuts. Peal and dice the avocado. Add the edamame beans. Mix!

Whisk the ingredients of the sauce until it emulsifies. Add it to the salad and mix just before serving.

Pear rocket (arugula) salad

Pear rocket (arugula) salad

I love pears! We all love pears! But they are at their best when they are still a bit hard and crispy although the softer they get, the more sweet they turn. We had a left over pear in the fruit basket the other night