Big Love … November + London
A few days ago we made a new recipe for the blog. Our own version of Indian pakoras. They tasted great, but when we were...
A Healthy Start
If you have followed us for a while you might remember our post about Elsa’s first meal. We were rookie parents bu...
Green Kitchen – the iPad App!
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook you have probably already heard the news. Green Kitchen – the iPad App is fina...
Flower Power Cake
There is a special place in Stockholm where we go when we want to get closer to nature, and it is incredibly beautiful t...
Fig, Coconut & Blackberry Ice Cream
Are we the only ones fantasizing about crazy ice cream combinations with only natural ingredients? We know that there is...
Miso Noodle Soup
Elsa started preschool last week. It was a big step for her, but probably an even bigger for us. We have been very allow...
Zucchini Cupcakes
Before we let you in on the secret how to make these insanely delicious zucchini spelt cupcakes, I believe I have to th...
Our Summer In a Salad
Since we spent so many months traveling, this past winter, we agreed to stay in Sweden and Denmark this summer. It turne...
Tomato & Chanterelle Rye Tart
When I became a vegetarian, by the age of fifteen, it was a bit of a challenge for my family. Even though they have alwa...
Herb & Pistachio Falafel
Vegetarians don’t have hot dogs to turn to when they crave fast food. We have falafel in bread. Deep fried chickpe...
Swedish Midsummer Celebrations
Have you ever seen a group of people jumping like frogs around a leaf covered pole? You have?! Then you must have been v...
Portobello & Peach Burger for Designsponge
When Design*Sponge – one of the coolest design blogs on the web – asked if we would like to do a recipe for them, ...
Vegetarian Mini Pizza della Sicilia
You know when you do something that you think you are pretty good at. And then you see someone else doing it a hundred t...
Mint & Mango Marinated Zucchini Spaghetti
It has been awfully quiet around here lately. We are sorry about that. The reason for the silence is that our life outsi...
Gluten Free Buns
Baking gluten free bread can be quite challenging. The ingredient list is often so long (and expensive!) that I 9 times ...
Pretty Purple Picnic Wraps
You want to know a funny thing about Swedish people? We always talk about the weather. Always. Come rain or come shine, ...
Broccoli Pesto
If I say pesto you say … broccoli?! No, I didn’t think so. Like most people we are normally pretty conservat...
Carrots, Fennel & Sage – Roasted Veggies!
The most frequently made dish in our home is without a doubt oven roasted vegetables. It is a perfect weekday dish since...
Peanut Butter Spelt Cookies
Cookies are like tennis to me. Does that sound strange to you? As you read this Luise and Elsa are in Denmark visiting ...
Green Tea Infused Sunroot Soup
Have you met the Jerusalem artichoke (also known as sunchoke or sunroot) before? It may look like a small dirty potato t...
Raw Hazelnut & Chai Brownies
After six months of traveling around the world, our life has now finally settled back to normal. And that is when we rea...
Apple, Ginger & Cardamom Compote
We are back in our kitchen. Trying new recipes. Thinking back on six unbelievable months. While it is snowing outside. S...
Home
And so it is, that six months of travels have finally come to an end. We are packing our bags for the last time and will...
15 Tips for Traveling with a Baby
After soon six months of traveling around the world with our daughter, we have learned a few tricks how to keep her happ...
Leaf Love
Red, white, black or green. Steaming hot or ice cold. Served in cups, pots or glasses. With milk, honey, lemon or sugar...
Happy Birthday Elsa!
Our little baby turns 1 today, so this text is to her. Maybe in a couple of years, she can go back and read this (if our...
Pom Pom Pomelo Salad & Tom Kha Tofu
Remember what we wrote in our last post about moving to a house here in Thailand for a couple of weeks. Well we d...
Vietnamese Banana Blossom Salad
We are very excited to be back on the blog again. It is actually something we have been missing a lot. And at the same t...
Baked Pear Oatmeal à la So Good & Tasty
Give a warm welcome to Jacqui from So Good & Tasty. She is the last blogger to do a guest appearance here before we ...
Dragon Fruit Recipes à la Alkaline Sisters
Say hello to The Alkaline Sisters, our guest posters for this week. The Alkaline Sisters is a beautiful blog run by two ...
Endive & Fennel Salad à la Honest Fare
Since we are out traveling we can’t share any new recipes ourselves, therefore we have asked some of our favorite ...
Flavors of Vietnam
We are taking a short break in our guest post series (aren’t you impressed by them so far!?), to give you an updat...
White Velvet Soup à la My New Roots
Hello! We are still in Vietnam. We are having a great time and we’re eating so much amazing food. We promise to sh...
Clementine Marmalade & Biscuits à la Roost
It is time for our second guest on Green Kitchen Stories. This time we asked Coco from Roost – one of the most beautif...
Chocolate Persimmon Tart à la Golubka
Say hello to our first guest poster here on Green Kitchen Stories. It is the amazing raw food blog Golubka, which is run...
Thailand & Guests
When we were traveling in California we still lived a pretty normal life. We had a kitchen, we went grocery shopping, we...
Healthy Vegetarian Baby Food + Elsa’s Favorite Dinner
Healthy vegetarian baby food doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult. Just keep in mind to add different kinds...
Streets of Beijing
On this trip around the world almost everything has turned out like we planned it. Most of the time even better. But dur...
Green Christmas 2010
With Christmas just around the corner we realize that a lot of people probably are asking themselves how to make their c...
Not Your Traditional Pepparkaka
On our way to Asia we stopped a couple of days in Sweden to visit my family. Elsa is the first grand child in the family...
California Love
It has been a two month love affair. California swept us off our feet with all its friendly people, organic food markets...
Moroccan Quinoa Salad
The thanksgiving weekend is over. It was our first thanksgiving ever and we did what all people in America do. Ate way t...
Crabapple Crumble Pie
Hi, it’s David. I have a confession to make. I don’t like apple pie and I have never liked it. I apologize ...
Avocado Soup & Santa Cruz
We started Green Kitchen Stories to challenge ourselves to keep trying out new nutritious recipes. We hoped that our re...
Vegan Chocolate & Blackberry Fudge Cake
And so we have left San Francisco. What a great time we have had in this city. Everyone has been friendly to us and we h...
Fig & Walnut Spaghetti
We have moved a couple of blocks. It turned out that living with a lousy kitchen was too hard for us. So now we are spen...
Ocean Beach Picnic
Who would have known that you can experience so much by concentrating on doing nothing at all. We could tell you a milli...
Hello San Fran!
Hi, we have now been traveling for a little more than a week. After a couple of rainy (and chaotic) days in New York we ...
Pumpkin Seed Cakes
We have several reasons to celebrate today. Number one. We started Green Kitchen Stories for exactly one year ago! It ha...
Involtini di Melanzane
In just a couple of days Green Kitchen Stories turns 1 year. During this year we have made 75 posts, and we must say tha...
South Indian Pickled Eggplant
Autumn is here. It’s raining more frequently and the days are quickly becoming darker. Not that we care – we onl...
Quinoa Porridge with Nettles
Elsa and I spent almost all of August in Denmark. We lived in my mom’s house north of Copenhagen and enjoyed most ...
Bean Brownies
Yes, you read it right, we used beans and brownies in the same headline. And we don’t mean cacao beans or coffee b...
Birthday Blueberries
Today is my birthday. I turn 29. And since Luise and Elsa still are in Denmark I didn’t really feel like baking my...
Mid-August Crayfish Party
This past weekend I went out to my friends summer cottage, where they held a traditional Swedish Crayfish Party. DonR...
Heirloom Tomato & Goat Cheese Salad
I am home alone again. The girls are in Denmark to visit Luise’s family, which has put me in charge of the recipe-...
White Gazpacho
Remember what we wrote about our gazpacho obsession this summer? Here is another favorite. This version has a completely...
Kañiwa & Coconut Pancakes
It’s done. We have booked our plane tickets to USA, we leave two months from now. It feels great knowing for sure ...
Raw Chocolate Shake
I’m in love, yes with David and yes with baby Elsa, I’ve always been in love with avocado, I love that we ha...
Watermelon Gazpacho
As much as we love to spend time in the kitchen, this time of the year we prefer to stay outside. So when we are inside,...
A Passionate Summer Drink
Hello. We are home from Italy. It was a great trip! Way too much gelato though, we blame it on the hot weather and the f...
The First Meal
Elsa had her first meal of solid food a couple of days ago! Luise made her potato mash with a splash of oil and water. I...
Macedonia di Frutta
Ciao, we are writing this post under the Tuscan sun. We have olive trees on the left side of our house, grape plants on ...
Rustic Potato Pizza
Potato pizza has a special place in my heart. This simple rustic pizza made with just a few basic ingredients (no tomato...
Blueberry & Apricot Super Salad
These last weekends we have been having not only one Welcome-To-The-World Picnic for Elsa, but two! The first in Copenha...
Frozen Pink Cheesecake
Alright, let’s make this official. We have been dreaming, talking, tweeting and planning this. But let us once and...
Early Summer Vegetable Wok
These weeks in May happen to be our absolute favorite weeks of the year. Not only because of sunshine, picnics, barbecue...
Rhubarb & Strawberry Lemonade
Luise and Elsa are visiting friends and family in Denmark, so I’m all alone this week. Being without my girls of c...
Lemon Spelt Bread
We think the layout of our blog looks pretty neat, although it can be a bit hard to get a quick idea of how many recipes...
Green Sushi Salad
This is what happened one day when we felt like making our own vegetarian sushi but were too lazy to go through the who...
Coconut Coffee Shake
Up here in northern Europe we actually have a couple of bright and sunny months (even though we spend most of the year i...
Strawberry Pancake Cake
Luise turned 25 this weekend (happy birthday!!!) and she had requested a homemade birthday cake. During our time togethe...
Lemon Potato & Edamame Salad
In the end of May we are going to Denmark to have a welcome-to-the-world picnic for Elsa. We have invited friends and fa...
Sticky Nut Bars
During this first month of parenthood we have learned that being parents is not only about taking care of Elsa, it is al...
Lemon Tart
If you’ve been reading this blog before you probably know that we try to cook and bake with a healthier twist. But...
Linguine della via di Grotta Pinta 45
To tell you about this plate of pasta I need to take you back a couple of years. Back to when I was living in Rome, Ital...
Very Green Juice
I think we have been blogging for about six months now and we still haven’t been able to come up with a decent pre...
Spinach Muffins
Hi there. We are back. After one week of snuggling/adoring/talking/singing/kissing/feeding/diaper-changing little Elsa w...
Elsa
Meet Elsa. Our daughter. She is exactly two days old and we can’t stop looking at her. Therefore we will keep this...
Citrus Salad
I didn’t have any food cravings during the first eight months of my pregnancy (David has had constant liquorice cr...