Monday evening. Alone and hungry. What to do? There were some leftover cooked new potatoes from yesterday’s dinner and first I planned to fry them and eat them with scrambled eggs. But how about a Spanish potato omelette, Tortilla Española, instead? The basic ingredients are potatoes and egg, just what I wanted, and then just add what ever you have at home. This is what I had at home and put in my Tortilla (and it turned out DELICIOUS!):

Fry….

….fold and serve!

Today’s lunch, vegetarian stew, take away from Indiska Hörnet.

Today I realized that I never write about lunch. I know that lunch habits differ depending on which country you live in, in Norway -for example- people eat sandwiches for lunch. In Sweden we always eat warm lunches, that means if you’re not in a hurry and just have to grab a sandwich. At school the children get warm meals as well, but not as unhealthy as in the UK as I’ve seen on Jamie’s special programs about the British school food. At my office most of the people bring their own food and just heat it in the microwaves that we have. Most of the time I bring leftovers, but sometimes I go to one of the restaurants that are rather close to our office or I buy a shrimp salad for take away. There are 3 restaurants in the neighbourhood where you can have lunch for about 65 SEK. The food can sometimes be nice, but it’s often quite fat.

Today, as I’m working from home, I bought take away food from Indiska Hörnet which is a rather new Indian restaurant. I got a large vegetarian stew with naan bread and salad for only 49 SEK, which can be considered cheap especially as it was bought in one of the central parts of Gothenburg. I’m sorry to say that I’ve had better Indian lunches; it didn’t have enough spices but in the end I got full ( I got so much food that I could’t finish it) and I was quite satisfied. I’m sure that the food at Indiska Hörnet is better in the evenings, so I’ll give it another try someday for dinner.

And the follwing is what I’ll be having to my coffee later, a Hallon-wienerbröd bought at Hanis Hembageri in Saluhallen… But now I have to continue working….

Hallon-Wienerbröd

Saluhallen on Kungstorget is the biggest indoor food market in Gothenburg. It was built in 1889 and was originally designated for meat commerce but nowadays all kinds of food is sold here. It is one of few remaining indoor markets in Sweden and it was declared historic building in 1985. The building is a good example of late 1800s construction in iron and glass. There are about 40 different stores and places to eat at, and I really like to stroll around here and just smell all nice scents of food. If you’re hungry you can get a nice hot meal for little money or you could just take a fika (coffee and cake). Regardless if you’re looking for a special bread, cheese, meat or spice you’ll probably find it here. There is often a market trading just outside Saluhallen where you can buy nice vegetables and flowers. I’m really happy to say that we from last week live a very short walk from here. During weekends this is where we buy freshly baked bread and kanelbullar (cinnamon buns) or Wienerbröd (danish pastry) for breakfast. I’m sorry that theese photos don’t smell, but you’ll just have to improvise.

Apple and Pear jam

We just moved into the new flat last Saturday and there are still unpacked boxes standing everywhere. But the kitchen is ready to use and fully equipped. I’m still tired and exhausted after the move and during the weekend Fredrik found out that he had to go to Los Angeles for E3, a big game expo and conference. So we had to try to find all his clothes and passport on Sunday when we found out that the tickets were booked. Luckily the passport was here in Gothenburg and not in Stockholm, but we still had to go out and shop some clothes as he has most of his clothes in Stockholm were he has been working since September last year. But in two weeks he will be home for good :-) It will be great to have him here at home everyday and not just during weekends. Wonderful! But this also means that this month is very hectic and stressful for us. We still have to clear and move the things from the attic of the old flat this Sunday and Fredrik won’t be home from LA until late Saturday night, tired and jetlagged…And of course the whole flat needs to be cleaned before we leave the keys to the next tenant.And the weekend after that we need to move home Fredrik’s personal things from the furnished flat in Stockholm that he has been renting. But I don’t want to think about all that, at least not at the moment…

Lakritz Passion

Anyway, I love the new flat. It’s light and fresh looking, and it’s very very central. My brother came yesterday for our weekly dinner and we had a nice time. I made my red lentil soup and to that we had fresh bread that I bought at Saluhallen. On his way home to me, my brother went to Conditori Chocolatier Steinbrenner & Nyberg where they make lovely cakes and pastries. He bought chocolate and also two Lakritz Passion pastries for dessert. The bottom of the pastry consists of sponge cake, then there’s a lovely cream made out of passion fruit that is covered with a liqurice mousse. The whole pastry has a white chocoloate cover and is decorated with some liquorice. I know that it sounds like a weird combination but it was amazing! The liquorice mousse and the passion cream goes really well toghether, it’s a wonderful combo! Mmm, so yummy!

Before my brother went home, I gave him a jar of my contribution for this week’s Sugar High Friday that I made on Wednesday. But that post will not come up until Friday :-)