Food as meditation. Food as creativity. Food as nourishment. These are the ideas that we explore through encounters with unique food personalities, places and happenings. Here you will find not only easy, irresistible and memorable recipes but also pointers on how to make food a resource for creativity and fulfillment in your life.

A kitchen blog full of tried and tested delightful recipes with Nordic inspiration.

Food and entertainment guru Paavo Turtiainen shares some of the secrets of his divine kitchen.

Prioritize taste, health and the environment this holiday season. Check The Nordic Wellbeing Cookbook for your meal planning.

Enjoy our archive of previous food features.

An Apple A Day Read about why and how to make sure you get your apple a day and enjoy our recipe for hot stone baked apples with vanilla custard.

Eating Well on a Budget We provide you with some of our best tips for eating well on a budget this holiday season. With this you’ll be able to add another ten ideas for Wellbeing in Hard Times in our 100 Ideas series. You'll also be able to find out our best suggestions for your holiday season Smorgåsbord.
(Part 3A in our series 100 Great Ideas for Wellbeing in Hard Times)

The Natural Eater Series #1: Eating Together This issue marks the beginning of a food series in which I will be opening up for you a system for healthy food and eating that will stand you and your family in good stead for life. I have decided to begin the series due to the high interest in food and health expressed by readers. The series and system is called “The Natural Eater”.

The Natural Eater Series #2: Food is from Nature not from the Supermarket In this second part of the Natural Eater Series we look at how rethinking food as a product of nature rather than of the supermarket can be an important guideline for a healthy diet. Enjoy preparing a spring salad followed by our very own light recipe for semlor in the sunshine – great recipes for getting your children to participate in working with food from nature.

The Natural Eater Series #3: Food as Creativity In this article I look at why seeing food as personal creativity is a path to healthy eating and ultimately good health. Enjoy my suggestion for a creatively-packed summer meal in half an hour.

The Natural Eater Series #4: Food as Calm For many people today food is stress: stress related to time; stress related to not knowing what to do in the kitchen; stress related to bad food habits and overweight; stress related to the jungle of environmental and health information that today surrounds our food choices. What can we do to break this association and reinvent our relationship to food as a moment of calm and confidence in our lives?

Fantastic Frugal Food Your refrigerator is nearly empty, save a few carrots and onions. You are cold and tired. What do you do? Don’t order in! Make a delicious and healthy soup in minutes.

Honey - Food of the Gods Food of the gods in the legends of many cultures. A critical disinfectant in the pharmacies of days gone by. The livelihood of small stinging creatures. Nature’s sugar. What are we talking about?

Light & Satisfying Winter Meal An artical about meals that don’t leave you feeling weighed down and that give you precisely what you need in the cold weather: a little more energy and a nutrition boost. Try our no-fuss recipe in this article for a hearty winter meal that will leave you feeling light, refreshed and well-fed.

Mushroom Toast with Caviar In this article you'll find a recipe from ecological food expert and chef, Rune Kalf Hansen, for wild mushrooms on toast and pumpkin salad which is a special variation on an old standard favorite.

The Nordic Wellbeing Guide to Responsible Eating including the downloadable Responsible Eating Guide (PDF) Once upon a time, not very long ago, our considerations of what we ate were driven by what was available to eat in our surroundings, what the season delivered, what we knew how to prepare and what was left in the larder. Today plentiful inexpensive food supplies from near and far 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week, 365 days of the year, ready-made by the food industry mean that we no longer need to think in this way. Or so it seemed….

Nuts, Oranges & Chocolate Is your stomach gurgling just halfway through your cross-country skiing outing? Are your kids complaining that they´re hungry, yet lunch is still a few miles/kilometers away? Next time pack your backpack with three simple and delicious snacks that are real quality food.

Pretty Food: Edible Flowers The list of flowers that you can eat is long. Read more about those that you can typically find in a Scandinavian garden as well as some good ideas about how to use our favorites.

Rhubarb Renaissance Let us try to help you along the way by giving you the rundown on rhubarb and discovering some interesting ways to use this zesty and healthful ingredient. Check out our old favorite Scandinavian dessert recipe for Hildur’s Rhubarb Pie.

Saffron Light Once the privilege of the wealthy, saffron has become a people´s herb in Scandinavia during the holiday season. What is the allure of this pricey herb and what can you do with it other than make buns?

Strawberry Summer Summer would not be summer in Scandinavia without the beloved strawberry. The average Swede will down about 2.2 kilos or about 5 lbs. annually of this sweet, juicy red fruit. What’s so good about strawberries? Learn more and enjoy a fabulous strawberry cake that’s on the light side.

Sweet & Small New Years and Christmas are over but in Scandinavia the celebrations officially go on until the ceremonial "undressing" of the Christmas tree on 13 January. So, it is still time to party, but perhaps on a lighter and smaller scale.

Traditional Diets & Health Husmanskost, the food of the common man, is in again in Scandinavia and the big question is why. We explore the mystery and provide you with our ten best ideas – including recipe suggestions for breakfast, lunch and dinner - for eating well the husmans-way.
(Part 3B in our series 100 Great Ideas for Wellbeing in Hard Times)

Warm Lingon Juice Ever get tired of finding just tea or coffee in your thermos? Try warm lingon (alternatively cranberry) juice which can be particularly stimulating on a cool crisp autumn day.

Warm Mushroom Wraps with Swedish Thin Bread Certain types of mushrooms such as the shiitake variety have for some time been highlighted as a healthful food. In Scandinavia gathering and consuming mushrooms in the wild, particularly in the autumn, is a part of culture. They are low in energy and fat, and if you pick them in the forest, they get you moving around and burning up calories.

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