Tasty Tuesday: Chewy chocolate chip oreo cookies (with nuts!!)

For the love of all that is holy, y'all need to try these! I was feeling a bit peckish, in the mood for something sweet, luckily my kitchen was stocked with everything I needed to bake the best cookies I have ever eaten, like ever.

You'll need (for 60-70 cookies, depending on the size):
250g butter
450g sugar
2 tbs golden syrup
500g flour (I used half wholewheat and half plain white flour)
1 ts baking powder
1/5 ts salt
200g chocolate
1 pk oreos
30g nuts (I used peanuts, cashews, pistachios and almonds)

-Start by adding butter, sugar and syrup into your mixing bowl and whack it until it's white and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one, stirring after each one. Add the rest of your ingredients and divide into four. Put each part on some wrapping plastic and roll until it looks something like this:

Put the rolls in the fridge for a couple of hours (I had them in the for 4) while you take a nap or troll the internet or, and this is what I did, clean the house.

When you can't wait any longer to cook these bad boys, take them out and remove the plastic. Cut the roll into your desired size and place them on baking trays, mine looked like this:

Cook in the middle of the oven at 175 degrees C for 8-10 minutes depending on size and oven. Enjoy! (-:

Tasty Tuesday: Honni-corn cake!

I made this for my birthday on friday, and OH MY, it was so tasty! It's very filling, so a small piece goes a long way! It's a marengue layer with the cereal "honni korn" on top and bottom, and inside the cake is one layer of chocolate cream and one layer of plain ole' whipped cream.

You'll need:

Marengue
- 3 egg whites
- 2 dl sugar
- 3 dl Honnikorn (rice crispies and other cereals of that type will do just fine)

Whip the eggwhites foamy. Add the sugar in small amounts and whip every time you've added some. Mix in the honni korn and put the mixture on a baking tray (about 25x30cm). Bake at the bottom shelf of  the oven at 150 degrees C for an hour. As this is both the bottom and the top layer you will have to cut the marengue in to two, after having done this all of one times I highly reccomend you do it as soon as it is out of the oven. Allow to cool.

Chocolate cream
- 3 egg yolkes
- 3/4 dl sugar
-3/4 dl cream
- 50g butter
- 100g dark chocolate (save 3 squares for decoration on top)

Heat egg yolkes, sugar and cream while stirring, don't allow it to boil. When it's a thick cream take it off the heat and add the butter and the chocolate. Allow to cool while you make whipped cream.

Whipped cream filling
- 3 dl cream
- sugar to taste

Put the bottom layer on a tray/plate/whatever. Spread the cold chocolate cream over it in a thick layer. Spread the whipped cream over the chocolate cream and place the top layer gently on top. Melt the remaining chocolate and decorate on top. (I put it in one of those small plastic bags which I put in a bowl with hot water, cut a hole in the corner of the bag and used that to decorate). Serve right away, Enjoy! (-:

Dinner on a budget

So, I've been home alone all week. My boyfriend had to travel for work, and that meant dinners for one. Now, I don't always bother to make dinner for two, so dinners for one are usually out of the question. I might have been known to force one of my friends to come join me for dinner at least once if I'm alone for a long period of time. This week however, I decided to make one big dinner on day one, and then try different variations of that meal through out the week. I got 5 meals out of this, no joke. I could have been a bit more creative the last couple of days as I ran out of both tortillas and cheese the second day due too poor planning ( I also may have snacked on the remainder of the tortillas on day two). Can't blame anyone but myself. But,hey, I was fed everyday and I'm happy about that!

This is how it went:

I used for the main dish:
600g chicken
1 can of kidney beans
1/2 red onion
1 block Halloumi
1 can Tomatoes
1 pk taco seasoning
1 pk tortillas
Cheese

Salad:
1 can sweet corn
1 bag of mixed baby leaf
1/2 red onion
1/3 cucumber
1 avocado

Day 1. My take on quesadillas

Day 2. 

Day 3. 

Day 4 and 5 were a lot like day 3 to be honest, and therefore are not pictured! (-:

This might become a problem

Even though I don't really enjoy cooking I have a weird obsession with cookbooks. The thing putting me off the most is having to clean up my own mess when I'm done, but I'm working on it! Every meal I eat in 2015 I intend on being made from scratch (so far, so good six days into the new year. Pat on the back!) My only problem now is the fact that there is no more room for cookbooks, so I have to choose which ones go on display. This is a nightmare..

My take on Moussaka

For two people you will need:

• 1 Onion
• Garlic to your liking, I used 3 cloves
• 500g minced lamb (minced beef works well too)
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• Herbs ( I used Basil, Thyme, Rosemary, Oregano and Parsley)
• Salt&Pepper 
• 1 dl beef stock
• Oil

• 2 TBS plain flour
• 1 Egg
• 1 TBS Butter
• 2 dl Milk
• 3 potatoes
• Wanted amount of cheese

 

 

Start by boiling your potatoes if you're not using yesterdays leftovers as i did.  Heat garlic and onion until the onion is soft.

 

Add the meat

 

When the meat is done add tomatoes, stock and spices (including salt and pepper, easily forgotten!) Let it simmer on a low heat for 30 min.

 

In another pan melt the butter. When it's all melted add the flour and whisk in the milk. When the sauce is at wanted consistency add the egg while whisking. Salt and Pepper to taste. Slice the potatoes and put the slices in the bottom of your ovenproof dish (tray?) pour the sauce over and finish with the meat. Cheese on top.Cook in the oven at 200 degrees (centigrade) for 25-30 min depending on your oven.

I was planning on taking pictures of the leftovers the day after in a more appealing light, but managed to quickly take a picture before my boyfriend ate the last of it. I'll take that as a compliment! (-: Enjoy