Meat Free Monday

Tonight we had beefs made of ricotta cheese. They were really easy to make and soooo delicious!

4 persons

50gr parmesan cheese
500gr ricotta cheese
2,5 tablespoons of flour (I used wheat flour)
1dl chives
1tablespoon of fresh thyme
1 egg
oliveoil or butter
salt
freshly ground black pepper


Grate the parmesan cheese and chop the chives and the thyme. Mix it together with ricotta, flour and egg yolk and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 2 pinches of pepper.

Whisk the egg-white until it becomes a compact foam, then gently toss it into the cheese-paste.

Put 2dl flour on a plate and put about 1/2dl of paste onto it. Put flour on your hands and shape the beefs.

Fry the beefs in a lot of oil/butter. Appr. 3 minutes on each side.

We ate it together with a salad made of spinnach, radish, rocket, tomatoes and cucumber sprinkled with olive oil.

Fast Food

In the fast lane of life, grabbing a quick lunch at the local restaurant usually leaves you with two or three choices; Big M, BK or Fried Chicken from Kentucky. Not very healthy options, and the more you eat of sugar, trans-fats and salts the more addicted you get. If you've ever tried to stop drinking Coke, you know what I mean.

That's why the new (opened in October 2011) restaurant (soon to be an entire chain)  Lyfe Kitchen is really interesting. They want to mix the organic gourmet restaurant with the concept of fast food, and the combination of a former CEO at McDonalds and two of the best chefs in the industry; Art Smith and Tal Ronnen, sounds really exciting.

You can look through the entire menu on the website and even se photos of some of the dishes. The entire concept feels fresh and new. Haven't been there yet, but looking forward to try it on my next trip to U.S.

You can read an intereqsting article about the concept here. It all sounds high-tech, highly effective and forward-thinking. 

One huge questionmark remains... When is Lyfe coming to Sweden?