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Easy No-Knead Bread Recipe

Easy No-Knead Bread Recipe

Bread has always been a part of the Norwegian diet. This bread is a more modern bread, and not necessarily typically Norwegian. I love this no-knead kind of rustic bread with a nice big bowl of pasta (yes I love carbs), or a green salad, layered with vegan mozzarella and fresh, juicy tomato slices from the garden or spread with some homemade pesto. You can go Norwegian-style and top it some slices of cheese (vegan for me) with sliced cucumbers and peppers or spread some jam on it and enjoy with a nice cup of black coffee or tea. Either way you decide to dress it up, I’m confident you’ll be inspired to make it again and again. Happy baking!

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Norwegian Fastelavnsboller with a Swedish Twist

Norwegian Fastelavnsboller with a Swedish Twist

This post is re-purposed from a previous entry I made back in 2014. I’ve updated the recipe to be 100% plant-based and 100% equally delicious. Fastelavn is celebrated the Sunday before Ash Wednesday and evolved from the Roman Catholic tradition of celebrating the days...

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Gløgg: Scandinavia’s mulled red wine

Gløgg: Scandinavia’s mulled red wine

No Christmas is complete without a hot, spicy cup of gløgg (mulled wine) which warms up your body all the way through to the root of your hair! Sitting down with a glass of gløgg is wonderfully relaxing and tasty in between the stressful pre-holiday chores like...

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Norwegian Pepperkaker to kick off Christmas

Norwegian Pepperkaker to kick off Christmas

The first Christmas cookies I typically eat, are pepperkaker.  These crispy, flavorful gingerbread cookies are seen everywhere across Norway from early December on to the end of the year, and a clear favorite among many kids and grown ups alike.  Nothing creates the...

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Fyrstekake; a Norwegian classic cake improved

Fyrstekake; a Norwegian classic cake improved

I have to admit, fyrstekake was never my favorite Norwegian cake.  The versions I grew up experiencing were always very dense, sometimes dry and most often too rich to even enjoy more than one bite.  Perhaps this is why I've been hesitant to make it regularly.    I am...

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Horn: Norwegian crescent rolls

Horn: Norwegian crescent rolls

Norwegians love to bake, and while all countries have their own versions of pretty much any dish in existence, I don't think there's anything quite like Norwegian "horn".  The closest would probably be crescent rolls but I will refer to them as "horns" for the rest of...

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Easy No-Knead Bread Recipe

Easy No-Knead Bread Recipe

Bread has always been a part of the Norwegian diet. This bread is a more modern bread, and not necessarily typically Norwegian. I love this no-knead kind of rustic bread with a nice big bowl of pasta (yes I love carbs), or a green salad, layered with vegan mozzarella and fresh, juicy tomato slices from the garden or spread with some homemade pesto. You can go Norwegian-style and top it some slices of cheese (vegan for me) with sliced cucumbers and peppers or spread some jam on it and enjoy with a nice cup of black coffee or tea. Either way you decide to dress it up, I’m confident you’ll be inspired to make it again and again. Happy baking!

read more
Norwegian Fastelavnsboller with a Swedish Twist

Norwegian Fastelavnsboller with a Swedish Twist

This post is re-purposed from a previous entry I made back in 2014. I’ve updated the recipe to be 100% plant-based and 100% equally delicious. Fastelavn is celebrated the Sunday before Ash Wednesday and evolved from the Roman Catholic tradition of celebrating the days...

read more
Gløgg: Scandinavia’s mulled red wine

Gløgg: Scandinavia’s mulled red wine

No Christmas is complete without a hot, spicy cup of gløgg (mulled wine) which warms up your body all the way through to the root of your hair! Sitting down with a glass of gløgg is wonderfully relaxing and tasty in between the stressful pre-holiday chores like...

read more
Norwegian Pepperkaker to kick off Christmas

Norwegian Pepperkaker to kick off Christmas

The first Christmas cookies I typically eat, are pepperkaker.  These crispy, flavorful gingerbread cookies are seen everywhere across Norway from early December on to the end of the year, and a clear favorite among many kids and grown ups alike.  Nothing creates the...

read more
Fyrstekake; a Norwegian classic cake improved

Fyrstekake; a Norwegian classic cake improved

I have to admit, fyrstekake was never my favorite Norwegian cake.  The versions I grew up experiencing were always very dense, sometimes dry and most often too rich to even enjoy more than one bite.  Perhaps this is why I've been hesitant to make it regularly.    I am...

read more
Horn: Norwegian crescent rolls

Horn: Norwegian crescent rolls

Norwegians love to bake, and while all countries have their own versions of pretty much any dish in existence, I don't think there's anything quite like Norwegian "horn".  The closest would probably be crescent rolls but I will refer to them as "horns" for the rest of...

read more