How to make homemade Yogurt - Yoghurt

Why should you bother making yogurt at home?  Well, homemade yogurt is delicious and cheap.  Our recipe makes about 8 cups of yogurt and less than $2. Cheap!
Plus it is easy to make yogurt from scratch and requires very little special equipment.

Ingredients:

• half gallon of whole milk
• 1/2 cup of yogurt with active cultures
• thermometer
• whisk
• pot
• measuring cup
• wooden spoon
• towel

See our video for instructions to make the homemade yogurt.


Also you might want add our delicious granola or the old fashion Danish Rye Bread Crumbs into the yogurt.

Norwegian Fish Soup Recipe

 Norwegian Fish Soup Recipe
This Norwegian Fish Soup is a velvety mix of cream, fish, and vegetables. The ultimate quality of the soup is using fresh fish and homemade fish stock.  When making this creamy fish stew, feel free to use a mix of cod, salmon, halibut. You can substitute cod with mahimahi, salmon, scallops, or shrimp
♥ Ingredients ♥
    3-4 tablespoons butter
    1/3 cup flour
    4 cups fish stock
    1 bay leaf
    1 medium carrot, finely chopped
    1 leek, finely sliced
    1 stalk of celery, sliced
    12 peeled shrimp, approx.
    1 lb mussels
    4 -6 ounces cod (or your choice of fish - salmon)
    1 pieces of tilapia
    1/2-3/4 cup heavy cream
    salt and pepper
    parsley, chives
    Optional, lumpfish caviar

Directions
    Cook the fish and shrimp in water.
    Remove the fish and shrimp from the fish stock and cook the vegetable and (frozen) mussels in the fish stock.
    Remove the mussels from  the fish stock.
    Melt butter and add flour and cream and let it cook for approx. 5 min. and add the fish stock with the vegetables.
    Add the cooked fish and shrimp.
    Simmer for a couple of minutes and add the cooked mussels.
    Sprinkle with the parsley and chives, and add salt and pepper to taste.
♥ We hope you enjoyed our video and recipe!

How to make St Lucia Buns ❆ A Swedish Saint Lucia Saffron Bun Recipe ❅ Lussekatter

St Lucia Day is the "beginning" of Christmas (Jul) in Sweden.  St Lucia celebrations includes the Swedish saffron scented buns called Lussekater or Lussebullar.


Ingredients:   

• 1 teaspoon of saffron
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 1/3 cup of milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 pkg. of dry active yeast
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 cup of raisins
• extra  raisins to decorate

We hope you enjoyed the St. Lucia recipe! Which is your favorite way to eat saffron buns....milk, coffee, tea or something else? Let us know in the comments!
xoxo,
Karen Grete and Heidi

Parmesan Bacon Potato Stacks for Easter Brunch

We are getting ready for Easter Brunch. These individual potato stacks make an impressive presentation but are quite simple to prepare.  So these potato stacks are going to be front and center. This goes great with a roast, a ham or a steak.
So let's put the mandolin to good use!

• Makes about 9 potato stacks
• Ingredients.
• 4 potatoes
• 1 tablespoon parmesan (or any cheese you like)
• 1/2 tablespoon of melted butter
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 fresh garlic, smashed or 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
• chopped chives (or any herbs you enjoy)
• crumbled bacon

1. Buy potatoes that are in equal size and dimension to the muffin pan.
2. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190C).
3. Butter muffin pan or muffin cups and set aside.
4. Cut the 4 potatoes into thin slices with either a knife or madoline slicer.
5. Place thinly sliced potatoes into a medium-large bowl. Add melted butter, parmesan cheese, garlic, salt and pepper. We enjoy fresh garlic but you can use garlic powder too. Toss potato slices in the bowl to coat evenly.
6. Layer the potato slices into stacks and place into the prepared muffin pan.
7. Bake until the edges and tops are golden brown and the centers are tender. It took us about 55 minutes to bake the potato stacks. 
8. While the potato stacks are baking in the oven, prepare the crumbled bacon
9. When ready, remove the muffin pan from the oven and let the potato stacks rest for 5 minutes
10. Carefully remove the potato stacks with a small offset spatula and onto a plate
11. Garnish with additional parmesan cheese, crumbled bacon, chives.  Add freshly ground pepper and salt to taste.
12. Serve immediately

Fruit Tray Recipe Inspired by Disney's The Jungle Book

What classic film combines adventure, fun, and a jungle? My children grew up reading the book and the movie.  Now I have grandchildren and I am excited to watch the upcoming release of the Jungle Book with them.  So, I decided to put together a fun, healthy recipe that is themed to the Jungle Book movie.

Ingredients

• 3 bananas
• Kiwi Fruit
• Pineapple
• Mandarin Oranges
• Blueberry

Kitchen Utensils

• Tray or a flat plate
• Knife

Other recipes that you might want to include in a Jungle Book Party are the Giraffe Bread Recipe, Cucumber Lemon Water and Sunflower Twisted Bread Recipe