Gravad Lax/Gravlax/Marinated Salmon

GLUTEN FREE/ PESCETARIAN/DAIRY FREE/PALEO

Love my Swedish background, mostly for Ikea, but also for the food. J One of my favorite dishes is gravlax, a type of marinated salmon, served raw. Thankfully Ikea had a cookbook of Swedish recipes, including gravlax.

It is not too complicated, but does require planning ahead, since it needs to marinate for at least 3 days. Thankfully we have fridges to marinate our salmon in. The original recipe used the cool of the earth to keep the fish until it was ready.

Had I Known...Another List for Brides to Be

Everyone says they would do it differently, and I'm one of those people. I wish I knew about Pinterest and Etsy before I got married. I wish I knew where I might get disappointed in the planning process. When considering all of these "wishes" and "wishes" I've heard from other brides I came up with this list. These are not all points from my own wedding, but from what I’ve seen, heard and experienced at several weddings, including my own.

Real Hash Browns

GLUTEN FREE/VEGETARIAN/VEGAN/DAIRY FREE

Has browns are my favorite breakfast item. Whenever I have breakfast out it must be included in my dish or I’ll order it as a side. While some restaurants like to pass off chunks of fried potato as hash browns, there is nothing like grated potato hash.

Ddduk Boki

CAN BE GLUTEN FREE/CAN BE VEGAN/VEGETARIAN/PESCETARIAN

When I first started dating my husband, an American of Korean decent, I spent a lot of time researching and trying Korean recipes. My goal was to make it so he never said he’s had better,although any sane man would never say something like that to his wife any way. J

Dduk Boki is probably my most favorite of the Korean dishes, mostly for the rice cakes. As with most dishes one absolutely loves the recipes I found always seemed so complicated. Finally I just decided to cut some corners and hope for the best. The result? Corner cutting has its benefits.

Banana Oatmeal Pancakes

GLUTEN FREE/DAIRY FREE/VEGETARIAN

Another Pinterest find with a couple of modifications. I kept the egg yolks and added in some almond milk to make the batter a little thinner. I think I prefer this to the banana egg pancakes I posted previously.

Taste great with maple syrup.

Roasted Cabbage

PALEO/GLUTEN FREE/VEGAN/VEGETARIAN/DAIRY FREE/COCONUT OIL

I was deferring from blogging this particular recipe since it was a huge copy from Pinterest, but figured I would any way just to show a slightly different way of doing it.

The biggest difference is in the oil. I never use cooking spray unless I’m doing a mass baking project for a fundraiser. Also I got a great tip from a PamperedChef  rep that cooking spray should never be used on Teflon products. For home cooking I only use coconut oil and occasionally olive oil if I need the oil to be liquid and am too lazy to melt the coconut oil.

Puppy “Waterproof” Car Hammock

Found this on Pinterest and have meant to make one for the longest while, with a slight twist using Babyville fabric making it waterproof…I hope. Unfortunately, I was a bit late in making it because the puppies got stuck in the car a minute too long this past weekend, thus sparking an immediate reason to take the project on.

Here's to hoping the "waterproofing" works. J