I need flowers

It is a bit dark right now so there is a big need for colour. I made a picture of carnations (or maybe they are dahlias) as the real things don't last too well without any care during the week.

Sardines under cover

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The text in the picture is in Finnish, here is the English version:

1 onion minced

2 gloves of garlic minced 

2 carrots cubed and baked 

1 jar of pureed tomatoes

2 tsp honey

1 tbs oil

1 tin of sardines in tomato sauce

2 tbs capers

2 dl stoned kalamata olives 

1 dl cornichons cubed

pepper

Mash

1l floury potatoes peeled and cubed
1/2 l parsinps peeled and cubed

3 dl hot milk 

1 tsp salt

Do the mash first: Boil the root vegetables in water till done, drain the water. Mash the veggies with milk and salt.

Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add tomatoes and carrots and let boil for ten minutes. Add the other ingredients and pour into an oven dish. Spread the mash on top and bake in 250 degrees for 15 minutes.

Butternut squash lasagna

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The text in the picture is in Finnish, here is the English version:

700 g butternut squash, peeled and cubed
4 tbs oil
1 chili minced
1 garlic glove minced
1 red onion sliced
5 dl mascarpone
2 dl milk
pinch of muscot
100 g baby spinach
60 g walnuts lightly crushed
60 g parmesan grated
Lasagna plates (precook in boiling water for 2 minutes)

Put the squash and 2 tbs oil to a oven pan and bake for 20 minutes in 200 celcius (or until done).
Saute chili, garlic and onion in the rest of the oil til they are slightly coloured. Add walnuts and fry a couple of minutes. Add spinach and stri until spinach is soft. Mix mascarpone with milk. 

Assemble the lasagna:  put some squash into the oven pan, add some onion mix and some cheese mix and cover with lasagna sheets. Repeat. Pour the rest of the cheese mix on top of the lasagna sheets and sprinkle parmesan on the top. Bake 30 minutes in 200 celcius or until the top is nicely coloured.

Chicken chili

Picture by Minna Järvinen (please don't copy without permission). Hint: Click the picture and text gets bigger!

The text in the picture is in Finnish, here is the English version:

2 pieces of chicken file in shreds
5 cm piece of ginger (peeled and minced)
1 tbs oil
2 tsp white vinegar
2 tsp honey
Mix and refrigirate for a day.

1 onion shredded
1 garlic clove minced
1 chili minced
2 carrots peeled and in julienne slices
2 tbs oil
1 red pepper in julienne slices
15 sugar peas in slices
1,5 tbs soy sauce
2 tbs peanut butter
2 tbs tahini
1 tsp strong chilisauce
1/2 dl water (or more if need be)
2 handfuls of spinach 

Bread or rice to serve

Saute onion, garlic,chili and carrot in oil. Up the heat and fry some colour to the vegetables. Add the chicken and keep on frying until done and slightly coloured. Add pepper and peas and fry till coloured. Add other ingredients but spinach and keep on frying till the sauce is mixed with other ingredients. Add spinach and stirr until the spinach is soft. Serve with bread or rice.