Oven-roasted Vegetables and Meat

This has become one of my new favorite meals. It's super simple, healthy, and quick to make!

Preheat your oven to about 225 C (430 F).

First you need vegetables. Either fresh or frozen work just fine. Frozen vegetables tend to have more vitamins in them due to them being flash-frozen shortly after being picked, as opposed to "fresh" vegetables we buy in the store, which have been transported halfway around the country, if not the world, and can take up to weeks from picking to eating.

Anyways, put your vegetables in a 9x13 inch (23x33 cm) baking dish, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

The next step is to sear your meat over high heat. Don't cook it fully, just brown it. Here I've used beef, spiced up with a little pepper and paprika.

The last step is to simply place your meat upon the vegetables, then set the whole thing in the oven. Wait 30 minutes, then enjoy a simple, delicious, healthy meal!

Pizza -- Norwegian style

 First step in making pizza is making your pizza dough, though I was lazy again and used store-bought dough. I decided to stuff the short ends with cheese, and the long ends with strips of cheese left to melt along the edges to give a crispier crust. This is a hefty pizza, so beware!

What you'll need is this:
1 Pizza crust
pizza sauce
400 g ground beef (a little under a pound), browned
1 medium onion, sauteed
1 small leek, thinly sliced
lots of shredded cheese (at least 2 cups)
cheese 'sticks' for filling crust (optional)
basil
oregano

Next you'll want to fry the ground beef up in a skillet. When it's good and browned, spread the beef evenly over the pizza dough.

Now it's time for some sauteed onions! We love onions, so we used the whole onion. Feel free to use 1/2 an onion if this looks like too much for you. On top of the onions comes the sliced leeks, raw to give extra crunch and flavor.

Pour the sauce over the top of the whole thing, it will sink down to the bottom of the crust as it cooks, just be sure to spread it as evenly as possible.

Cover with cheese, and sprinkle a few more slices of leek on top. Sprinkle with basil and oregano to taste.
The outcome: a deliciously filling pizza, guaranteed to leave leftovers!

Mmmmm, cheesy pizza!

Fun with Food

Just a quick post today, as I had a busy day yesterday hanging out with friends...One of the best ways to spend a day!
First I was with my friend to get her hair dyed from black to red, it turned out really good! Then we went back to her place, and made dinner.

She decided cupcakes (or muffins, as they're called here) were on the menu, but only if they were green. So here I am pouring green cupcake batter into the muffin forms.

The oven in her apartment has no temperature measurements on the knob, so it was hard to get the right temperature, but they turned out delicious after doubling the baking time. Alt går om man bare prøver! Everything goes as long as you try!

The main dish was authentic Thai fried rice, and man was it delicious. Garlic, spring onions, tomato, and red onion, along with some sweet soy sauce, fish sauce, and some chicken flavoring powder and sugar, all cooked up in the wok. Served steaming hot with some extra fish sauce on the side, it beats fried rice at ANY restaurant!

Alt i alt det var en veldig koselig dag! All in all, it was a very cozy day!