Coconut chicken

Super easy, super tasty, kid friendly, healthy. My criteria for everyday food. And this coconut chicken ticks each box.

This recipe makes enough for three (the kid eats as much as I do) and you'll probably have enough left overs to make a small lunch salad the following day.

i n g r e d i e n t s

500 g chicken fillets

2 dl flour

2 eggs

2 dl coconut flakes

paprika

garlic powder

Heat the oven to 200 C degrees.

Cut the chicken fillets into 1 cm thick strips. 

Place flour, paprika and garlic powder into a bowl and mix. 

Break eggs into another bowl and whisk to mix the yolk and the white.

Place coconut flakes into a third bowl.

One by one, dip the chicken strips into the flour & spice mix, then to eggs and then to coconut flakes. In each bowl, make sure that the chicken gets completely covered. 

Place the strips then on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Cook in the oven's middle rack until coconut has turned golden and crispy (approx. 15 minutes).

Serve with rice and veggies.

I often get asked if I make simpler versions of these dishes for the kid. I don't. This particular recipe would go down well with any kid, I'd imagine, but whatever I cook, the kid eats the same as we do. Only he eats it from an Angry Birds plate.

Merry Christmas - Hyvää Joulua

My sous chef

The kid loves taking part in, well, everything. So we give him little things to do, like taking napkins to garbage pin and carrying socks from the dryer to the closet. But what he loves is help with cooking.

I hate mess, so for me it's an effort. To keep myself from telling him what to do or what not to do, not to make mess, to be careful, and so on. And yes, there's flour EVERYWHERE, but if I focus on the kid's happy face, it's okay. And actually, he's pretty careful and precise in his actions.

I've decided that Saturday's are pizza days. After a working day I just don't have the energy for cooking anything fancy but still, it's weekend, so I'd like to put something nice and tasty on the table. I just need to come up with new recipes as in my pizza the only thing that's ever different is whether I top it with parmesan or mozzarella.

Enjoy your weekend!

Celebrations

It's not typical Finnish food but still not too bad for Finland's Independence Day celebration dinner.

Salad was kind of an accidental creation but turned out to be absolutely yummy; romaine lettuce, spinach, canned peaches and fresh persimmons, topped with roasted chevre and balsamico syrup.

Happy Independence Day Finland.

First advent

For the occasion, I forced on some Christmas spirit. Actually, playing some carols and going through the decorations worked.

I love how the kid is drawn to and amazed by all things christmasy. It's nice to start building traditions and memories for him. 

I've come down with a flu that has developed into ear, sinus and toncils infections, so I don't mind cuddling up on the sofa in the candle light.

Saturday chill

For some, it's fredagsmys. We work late on Fridays so we prefer chillin' on Saturdays.

If there's no time (or energy) for actually cooking anything, wine, cheese and crackers will do the trick.

Have a nice evening!

Lovely weekends are made of...

... long, proper breakfasts.

... adventures and treasure hunts in the forest.

... being creative and getting started with Christmas decorations. Cones are the result of the mentioned treasure hunt.

... eating well.

Have a lovely week!