During this week.....

Last week we took a little trip to Sweden to buy grocery. It's so stressful shopping in Sweden because it's so many people during the summer. A lot of Norwegian shopping in Sweden. It's like Canadians shopping in United States. I can't stand the long lines, the rudeness, people blocking their carts, carts in the middle of the aisle, pushing cart behind my ankle, cutting in line and bad drivers. But it's cheaper to buy grocery. If Norway would lower their taxes and prices than I have no reason to go to Sweden. Sweden has more varieties on produce/meat/others than in Norway. If I could I would love to live in the border between Sweden and Norway. There is a limit on how much food you can buy to bring back to Norway. It's 10 kilo per person. 

When I lived in Maine, I would go to New Hampshire to buy my grocery because it's cheaper, their is no limit, and tax free (the last time I remembered).

 #1 reason why I go to Sweden is because they have a lot of varieties on American products and it's way cheaper. I get homesick often and seeing the American aisle makes me happy.

What I miss most about Maine, is the red hot dogs. Instead of Maine red hot dogs I bought a package of Danish red hot dogs. Taste almost like Maine. They use to sell red hot dogs in the Norwegian grocery stores but I haven't seen any since 2008. 

 Today I made something special for family dinner. Creamy Prosciutto stuffed steak rolls. 

 The filling I made for my steaks (chopped prosciutto, chopped chorizo, spinach, diced tomatoes, cream cheese, shredded Swedish cheese, spinach)

I stuffed my steaks with the filling I had made, rolled, wrapped with spekeskinke, and secured with wooden pin. Pan seared.....

With left over juices in the pan from the steak rolls I made it into creamy sauce. Which went very well. I served with pasta with light cream, spinach, green beans. My whole family loved it.

These are Danish red hot dogs which I steamed. Isn't it similar to the Maine red hot dogs?

 Wrapped with Norwegian lompe. Kids favorite.

Smoked ham and Angus roast hoagies.

Slow cooked hickory smoked chipotle BBQ pull chicken.

For breakfast the other day I made smoked ham, Danish bacon, Gouda cheese, and egg in a cup, baked in a muffin maker.

I miss Maine strawberries too but these Swedish strawberries were so sweet and delicious. It taste just like Norwegian strawberries. My husband actually admits that Swedish berries are good.

Watermelon, strawberries, lemonade smoothies....

 I woke up this morning and I thought why not make some fruity smoothies but I need to buy some fruit and my husband wanted me to go and buy grocery while I was up. He was out of coffee and I'm not a coffee drinker but anything for him. I made a list, got ready, and took 2 of my kids with me while the littlest one was at home with her dad. While I parked my car in the parking lot I forgot my list, my phone, and my B&N nook. I was so distracted, good thing I have a good memory but when I got home one thing I forgot was COFFEE. Most of the time when I'm buying grocery I forget to pick up coffee, he knows I don't drink coffee. 

 I bought fresh Norwegian strawberries. Norwegian strawberries this year are one of the best strawberries I've had in a while. It's so sweet.

I miss Maine strawberries. I don't even remember how they even taste. I should plan a trip to Maine hopefully soon. My kids and my husband really miss it. 

For my smoothie. I used fresh watermelon, fresh Norwegian strawberries, lime juice, ice cubes, frozen strawberries. 

For dinner I had made slow cooked chicken Philly 3 cheese sandwiches. 

2 lbs chicken breast, sliced, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, steak seasoning,  diced onions, diced green bell peppers, minced garlic placed in a slow cooker and slow cooked for 4 hours. I used the left over broth from the slow cooked chicken and made into dipping sauce for the sandwiches.  I used mozzarella cheese, bacon cheese slices, and Jarlsberg cheese in fresh baked baguettes. Served with a side of sauteed green beans with sliced onions, minced garlic, spekeskinke, salt, pepper, seasoning sauce, paprika, plant margarine, little brown sugar, and a little dash of white wine.

Richard and Rolanda

The other day I made my son Richard and Rolanda sandwiches. He is such a fan. I find them funny too. My kids and I really love watching them on YouTube. The person who plays Rolanda reminded Dennis of his uncle who lives in New England. 

I used Norwegian goat cheese, salami, ham, cheese slices, nori, fruit, almonds.

Some of my fun sandwiches that I've made click on the links below and check it out. I haven't categorized it but feel free to scroll through my blog. 

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/10/blog-post_19.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/10/more-of-my-kids-fun-lunches.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/09/bart-and-lisa-simpsons.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/09/lightning-mcqueen.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/03/fun-sandwiches-i-made-for-my-kids.html

Car sub

I made this especially for my son. Car subs and hot dogs as the driver and passenger. I also cut cherry tomatoes in halves for the hot dogs to wear as helmets and stuffed some with my creamy spinach dip. My son will be surprise when he has his lunch tomorrow for school. This was really fun to make. Homemade crispy chicken, salami, and cheese sub with cucumber wheels. 

Food for thought

I haven't been updating my blog for a while because I had a lot going on. Had my ups and down moments.. ..but I have been making pretty good food the past weeks and I wanted to share with you.

Homemade peppers, onions, steak, and cheese.

Beef Gyros. When my parents came to visit me in Oslo during last Christmas. My dad asked me if there were any gyros stand in town. There wasn't but there are middle eastern version of it and they are every where. I thought of my dad when I made my son a healthy steak gyros with my low fat Greek dressing served with side of salad.

Asian style steak and egg sandwich. I had about 4 kilos of beef, 2 kilos of chicken breast, kilo of ground pork in my freezer. So during the past weeks I had made many dishes with beef, pork and chicken. 

Crispy country style chicken breast, homemade stuffing, potatoes, cream of spinach.

A Cambodian way to make steaks, my sweet and spicy tamarind steaks served with steamed jasmine rice and side salad. 

Cambodian grilled spicy lemon grass beef kabobs and grilled tamarind chicken served with rice, cucumbers, and pahok.

My Polynesian style meat balls.

Red wine steaks with scallop potatoes and cream spinach sauce.

My Cambodian roast duck. I wanted to make roast duck because I missed those roast ducks in China town, Boston.

Asian beef burgers stuffed in fresh baked baguette with lettuce, cucumbers, mayonnaise, soy sauce, hot sauce.

Asian style tamarind pork burgers stuffed in fresh baked baguette with lettuce, cucumbers, mayonnaise, soy sauce, hot sauce.

Homemade mini chocolate chip peanut butter cheesecake cookie balls.

My Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I had the urge of baking cookies because all the post on my pinterest was all about sweets and cookies. So I thought what the heck lets do some baking and I also promised my son I would bake some cookies for him and would be ready when he comes home from school. 

All I had to get at the grocery store was flour, chocolate, and brown sugar. The rest I had sitting in my kitchen. These were easy to make and smell great when walking into my kitchen, fresh baked cookies. I've baked about 50 of these cookies. My husband loved it. They were chewy, yummy, and tasty. I made a lot and gave some to my son's teachers. My son is begging me to make more.

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 stk butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 medium egg

1/3 cup apple sauce (The only apple sauce I could find was a brand from Nora naturlig lett with mer frukt, mindre sukker eple m/biter. In English which means Natural light with more fruit and less sugar)

2/3 cup peanut butter 

2 1/2 cups chocolate, chopped into bite size

In a bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set a side.

In another bowl add butter (I melted my butter in a saucepan before mixing other ingredients together) sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, whisk until well combined and creamy. 

Add in egg and apple sauce. Mix well. 

Then stir in flour mixture, stir until well combine. 

Stir in chopped chocolates and peanut butter. 

Drop about a tablespoon each of the cookie batter onto a non greased baking sheet.

Place the tray in the center of the oven and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 6-8 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cool for couple minutes. Then it's ready to be gobble down. 

Ponyo, Power Ranger, Snoopy, Tobias sandwiches.......

 Ponyo Sandwiches

These are some of the fun sandwiches I've made during this past week. 

 Red Power ranger sandwiches

 Snoopy Sandwiches

Tobias Funke open face sandwiches

More of my fun sandwiches that I've made click on the links below and check it out. Feel free to scroll through my blog I've made a lot of fun sandwiches. I just haven't categorized it.

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/03/fun-sandwiches-i-made-for-my-kids.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/10/more-of-my-kids-fun-lunches.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/10/blog-post_19.html

http://sorieyahomemadecooking.blogspot.no/2012/09/lightning-mcqueen.html