And the result

After a few hours.... Four Gunkanmaki got created by my humble hands...

Rice and seaweed with a stumix of Salmon, Chilisaus and Majones

Ready for Sushi

I have just bought a LOT of sushi "stuff".... Who in their wildest dreams new that there were so many small and strange (and quite expensive) ingredients in Sushi...






And among the ingredients are:

Sushi rice (Not the common one)
Sushi Nori (Seaweed)
Wasabi Paste (The strong green stuff)
Gari (Ginger)
Goma (Sesame seeds)
Chilisous
Sake (You know what that is ;)
A special rice wine
A fruity white wine who works good to fish
Carrots
Avocado
A mild cheese (Philadelphia)
Egg
Majones
Salmon
Tuna
Scampi
Scallops
Fresh Asparagus

And finally a bamboo mat for making the Maki and some chopsticks

And I also invested in the "Easy home Sushi" book by Paul Løwe... And the book was actually very helpful and get you quite easy into the many mysteries of howe to make raw fish both tasty and delicious.

Fishballs

The plain dish... In perfect harmony between white and yellow

The best brand, Vesteraalen

Fishballs is my favorite dish in the world.... I just love it, and yesterday I made the dish when I got home from work.


And the dish consist mostly of balls made from fish, milk, potato starch and salt. Add some potatoes and of course a thick white sous.... And the evening is perfect, just perfect :)

You could make the balls yourself, but I prefere to by the very good quality balls from Vesteraalen, but here is the recipies if you want the challenge of making them yourself, but remember the "Thick homemade white sous is the best" and it will only take you 4-6 minuttes to make the sous.

Preparation: (If you make the balls yourself)
Remove bones and skin.
Cut into strips.
Rinse and dry with paper towels.
Sprinkle with salt and grind in
food processor until you have
a firm consistency.
Sparate eggs (retain egg whites)
Add yolks, cream, milk and
cornstarch intermittently.
Hand whip egg whites.
Add to mixture with the white pepper

A nice variation with brocoli and curry sous

Bring water to boil in a wide pot and reduce to medium heat.

Place 1 tablespoon mixture into pot for 5 minutes to test if you need more salt and pepper. For larger size nuggets/boller, use a larger spoon for forming. Cook for 10 minutes. Will freeze well. I usually freeze them in some of the fish stock I cooked them in and use that stock to make a cream sauce.

If you want a real quick meal, open a can of Norwegian Fiskeboller and make a white sauce.

Serving curry sauce or plain cream sauce with shrimp and colorful vegetables makes this a very appetizing and tasty dinner.

Ingredients:
1 lb haddock fillet
Shrimp (optional)
1 scant cup (2 deciliter)
half and half cream
1 scant cup milk
2 eggs
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1-teaspoon salt
1/8-teaspoon white pepper

I just love healty good food

 

Meat/spinach burgers and some ecological milk

Yesterday I made two burgers for a late dinner. After going to two Zumba classes you want to make something tasty and quick when you get home late in the evening.

 

First I got some pesto, onion rings and a mix of mustard and honey on the bread. And the burger bread is a coarse flour and fiber-rich type.


Then I put loads of fresh spinach leaves and cheese on it. And of course some pepper and some turmeric. The combination of pepper and turmeric is proven scientifically to prevent some types of cancer. 

Spinach and meat burger

  
My two cats got some food to, though the one to the left don't eat that much, and was a Christmas gifts from my mother a few years ago. But I put it next to where pus eats, I thought it would be nice for him to have company when he eats :)  

A psychologist would probably give me a diagnosis for thinking like that right! ;-)

Pus ans pus

The Cat does look a little angry on this picture right? Probably wanted something more fancy than old dinner sausages for its next meal?