Internet trouble and Chilli-meatballs with marinara sauce!

Hello ..

I was going to blog yesterday but we had a small problem at home. Seems that because we do not have a TV subscription our internet cannot work, according to Stofa. And since we don't have a TV, we didn't feel like paying 169 DKK a month for nothing just to get the internet so we are now changing providers and have no internet in the mean time -.-

Anyways, We are spending the day at school so I decided to throw in a recipie for one of the dishes we made this Weekend.

Chili-meatballs and marinara sauce. (serves 4 people)

I like to make my own meatballs, the ones you can buy ready-made in the stores often contain loads of extra stuff that I do not care for in my food. Including white wheat which my body just cannot handle.

I usually make meatballs from whatever I have in the kitchen at each time.

This weekend I used this :

450 gr minced meat
1 red chili pepper

2-3 cloves of garlic

1 egg

1 small onion

2 tablespoons Basil

A handfull of fresh parsley

salt and pepper

I chop down the chili, the onion and the parsley and put in a bowl with everything else and mix it together with my hands and make small balls.

Sometimes they are a little wet and then I throw in a little bit of whole wheat, 1/4-1/2 dl.

(Sometimes I also put in oregano, koriander or tabasco sauce)

After that you put them on a pan and cook on each at medium heat until they look nice and brown.

In the meantime I boil some whole wheat pasta and in the end I make some marinara sauce.

What I put in the sauce also depends on what I have at home.

This time I used :

2 cans of diced tomatoes with garlic and oregano

1 small onion

2 cloves of garlic

2 dl of water

2 tablespoons of Basil

1 teaspoon of honey

handfull of fresh parsley

salt and  pepper

I start by chopping the onion and let it shimmer in a pot for a couple of minutes with the garlic on very low heat. then I put in the tomatoes, honey and water and let it cook for about 5 minutes, after that I put in all spices and let it cook for 10 more minutes.

This recipe is inspired by a similiar recipe made by Eva Laufey Kjaran, which you can find here

There are many different versions of marinara sauces and in my opnion the longer you let them boil at a low heat, the tastier they are so if you have enough hot plates, let it cook while you prepare everything else.

Now I should really continue studying, but as soon as I get my internet back I will share some more recipies.

Have a great day :)

- Erla

Blogging again?

So, I have decided to try blogging again.

I want to see if I can motivate myself to keep experimenting in the kitchen and be physically active if I blog about it.
I started a blog during my stay in Spain last year but it only lasted 4 blogs and then I gave up, so let's see how I will do now.

A lot has changed since my last blog, I finished my amazing stay in Spain, I traveled a lot, finished my thesis, got great working experience during my internship and  snatched up a Swedish guy and moved him with me back to Iceland in July.

After a lovely stay in Iceland we moved  to Aarhus in the beginning of February.
We are all settled in our new apartment and  I've started studying Economics and Business Administration in Aarhus University.

We had a very nice, long weekend with a lot of good food and shopping.

On the menu was : delicious chillimeetballs with marinera souce and wholeweat pasta, tortilla de patatas (finally know how to make it perfect) and a fantastic chockolade cake with wholeweat.

Of course we also had a very nice Sunday brunch.

I will put in a post with the recepie for the tortilla next time I make it, it is simply fantastic.

Now that I have settled in after living out of a suitcase for way to long I am trying to update my make-up collection, slow and steady.

I went by H&M yesterday and took a look at their collection and discovered the Lip-pen which I simply love. Easy to put on and it is very light, perfect for a casual look. I am definitely gonna buy more colors next time I'm there.

it is also very cheap, only 30 DKK

I am not gonna keep it longer this time but I will throw in a perfect exercise video for those days you are too busy/lazy to go to the gym but still want to do a little bit of exercise.

Who doesn't want a butt like Miranda Kerr's?

- Erla