Voila...Cevapcici in a Jiffy!

Yeah, we know. Cevapcici...IGEN! A lotta people in school and at work know that we love those meat rolls and what better way to have lunch than to eat your favorite food fried in different mixes and spices!? Okay, here's what the jiffy in the title means:

Ingredients

Cevapcici

Couscous

Creme Fraiche

Sta. Maria Pepper Mix

Black Pepper

Lök Pulver or Onion Powder

Lemon

Directions

1. Medium fire, fry the meat rolls on the pan. No need for butter because Cevapcici rolls are oily enough on its own.
2. When the meat rolls start to smell good, put all the spices in. I did not measure how much but you will figure out when you start imagining the taste in your mouth just by smelling them.
3. Prepare the couscous. The latest one we bought was Couscous Klassisk by Druvan.
• Boil 2.5 dl water (1 dl = 100ml) in a pan.
• When the water starts to boil, remove pan from heat and pour 3 dl of couscous into it. Continue stirring until they swell.
• We usually do not add anything else, but eHow has another way of cooking couscous, follow this link: http://www.ehow.com/how_2042931_cook-couscous.html

Serve cevapcici with couscous on a plate. Add a spoon or two of Creme Fraiche and squeeze lemon on it. 

Availability of Ingredients

• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Rice or any kind of pasta you prefer can be used insteady of Couscous, but in this case, we recommend mashed potatoes.
• Cevapcici are rolls of grinded meat found (as far as we know) only found in Lidl, a german grocery chain that has hundreds of stores in Sweden by now. If you can not find any alternative to them just make your own with the same base recipe as swedish meatballs (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10365/classic-swedish-meatballs) and make rolls of it.

Porkchop and Pomme

Frying up cops

Frying up brusselsprouts with butter

 

Pomme in the oven

Dinnertime

Ingredients

Porkfilé

Dried basil

Oregano

Brusselsprouts

Butter

Honey

Pomme

Directions

1. Chop the pork in slices and massage in the spices into the meat. 
2. Heat up oven and put the pomme there when oven is ready.
3. Fry the pork with butter slowly so it doesn't  get burned. Fry up some butter in a small casserol and spices of own choice, not hot ones tho. Mix in brusselsprouts.
4. Add a string of honey to the sprouts and let it simmer for a few minutes. 

Serve with bearnaisesauce and possibly veggies of choice

Availability of Ingredients

All ingredients oughta be able to find just about anywhere, but and type of pork with as less fat as possible will do just fine. If not, cut as much fat away you can.

The Real Love on a Bowl

This is our typical breakfast: sour milk, digestive biscuits, fruits and orange juice (if available...if none: milk again! or just water! haha).

 Arla Sour Milk (Banana & Lime) and Original Flavor with Digestive Biscuits and Bananas

Milbona Strawberry-Flavored Sour Milk with Digestive Biscuits and Bananas

Milk is very healthy for the body, and we prefer to have our daily breakfast dose on the sour side of things. Too bad that it's only available in Scandinavia, but back in Manila here's the secret to the closest taste of our morning dose of healhty living:

Ingredients:

Nestle Creamy Yoghurt (White)

Marks & Spencer Digestive Biscuits

Bananas / Strawberries (depending on your taste.

Directions

1. Pour the yoghurt onto a bowl for your desired serving.
2. Crush the digestive biscuits on your hands (not on the bowl as they tend to be soggy).
3. Add the cut bananas and/or strawberries (or of any fruit you want) into the mix.

Availability of Ingredients

• Digestive biscuits in Sweden can be bought at the cheapest price of SEK5.90 (Euroshopper brand) from ICA Maxi. The digestive biscuits from Marks & Spencer in the Philippines is a bit pricey tho (choice of either Php100.00 of Php130.00). Trivia: In search for biscuits having almost the same taste and texture of Graham Crackers, we ended up settling with digestive biscuits. We haven't tried it yet, but you could probably experiment on using that instead of digestive biscuits, then let us know ;)
• The strawberry-flavored sour milk we got from Lidl. In Manila, Nestlé Fruit Strawberry Yoghurt can be used. 

Tikka Massala with Pomodoro and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Ingredients

Let's eat!

Ingredients

Cevapcici

Chorizo

Sundried Tomatoes

Pomodoro (version of bolognese pasta sauce)

Tikka Masala Spice Mix

Creme Fraiche

Couscous

Directions

 

To make things "easier", let the cevapcici unfreeze some before starting to cook 

1. Chop cevapcici and prefry it
2. Add sliced chorizo
3. When the meats have gained the right color and are cooked, add pomodoro and lower the temperature on the stove.
4. Season with tikka masala
5. Simmer so the flavours are released and mixed
6. Add just about enough Creme Fraiche that the casserole don't change in colour too much.
7. Chop sundried tomatoes and mix them in.

You may also add chopped fresh tomatoes to this dish if you want, since it will really add a freshness to it.

Serve with couscous and vegetables of your own choice.

Additional creme fraiche on top for visuals, and as condiment

Availability of Ingredients

• Cevapcici are rolls of grinded meat found (as far as we know) only found in Lidl, a german grocery chain that has hundreds of stores in Sweden by now. If you can not find any alternative to them just make your own with the same base recipe as swedish meatballs (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10365/classic-swedish-meatballs) and make rolls of it.
• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Rice or any kind of pasta (recommended is risoni, riceshaped pasta) you prefer can be used insteady of Couscous.
• Tikka Masala Spice Mix can probably be found just about anywhere, but to make your own version just use; Red Chilli, Coriander, Tumeric, Cumin Seeds, Caraway Seeds, Black Pepper, Green Cardamom, Dried Mango, Dried Garlic, Dried Ginger, Tartaric acid, Salt

Who Said You Can't Have Pancakes for Lunch?!

Pancake tidbits, cheese, turkey, lettuce, and cherry tomatoes. Not really healthy but tastes good enough to be called a meal on a day when all you have are leftovers and laziness at the top of your list of food choices. I'll call this the Pancake Lunch.

Ingredients

Leftover pancakes

Turkey (or any preferred meat)

Cherry Tomatoes

Lettuce

Cheese

Directions

1. Place the cut pancakes according to the shape of the plate (like a crust), smallest pieces in the middle of the pile with all the other ingredients. Bigger pieces on top.
2. Place the meat, vegetables, and cheese in the middle, also bits of cheese on top.
3. Everything is ready to eat.

Availability of Ingredients

• Cherry tomatoes are bite-size tomatoes. If unavailable in your area, just get a tomato and cut it into pieces and VOILA!

Impromptu Rolls

Busy schedule, with a lot of cleaning and studying to do so here's a simple recipe.

Ingredients

Arla Creme Fraiche

Sundried Tomatoes

Köttbullar

Black Pepper

Chili Pepper
Chili and Lime Spices

Köttbuljong

Pita Bread

Köttbuljong (meat bouillon)

Directions

1. Fry the kötbbular (meat balls) and put the black pepper, chili pepper, and chili and lime spices. You can do without the bouillon tho. You can put a little water and let it dissolve there. Wait until the water evaporates and put in the spices. Most of them we bought from ICA.
2. Mix the sundried tomatoes.
3. Put a little of creme fraiche.
4. Before serving, squeeze a bit of lime on it and it's good to go!

Availability of Ingredients

• If no köttbullar is available, they can be made at home.Check out this link from Knowledgerush.
• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.

Curry Sausage (Indian-Inspired)

Ingredients

Preparation

Dinner is served

Ingredients

Falukorv
2 Apples
2 Lime
1½dl Creme Fraiche
A handful Curry powder
Onionpowder
Oregano
Couscous

Directions

1. Chop the sausage and apples.
2. Pre-fry the sausage before adding apples.
3. Leave it for a little while as you mash the spices together. Remember to use alot of curry(!)
4. Pour the spices in and stir well so everything is "spiced up". 
5. Add creme fraiche, and mix. 
6. Simmer for just a minute and then squeeze at least one lime into the casserole.

Serve with couscous, lettuce and cherry tomate. Additional creme fraiche on top for visuals, and as condiment. Squeeze some more lime on the dish before digging in.

Availability of Ingredients

• If no Falukorv is available, the closest that has the same texture (but not exactly the taste, which might be a bit sweeter) is SPAM. Before following the directions above, cut SPAM into desired sizes and fry separetely first so that the meat won't break off easily.
• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Rice or any kind of pasta you prefer can be used insteady of Couscous.