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Welcome to my portable cookbook!

On this blog I’m sharing my passions with you – hearty food, a life with sled dogs and my love for the Nordic nature.

I’m spending my free time cooking and exploring the outdoors with my husband and dogs. My cooking is inspired by wild, foraged ingredients and traditional Finnish dishes. Take a look into my kitchen – I’m using as many seasonal and local ingredients as possible. 

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A cold but beautiful morning walk on the river tod A cold but beautiful morning walk on the river today. ❆❆❆
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I just realized that I haven't really introduced L I just realized that I haven't really introduced Lykke yet! This super energetic animal is our 3-year-old Alaskan husky.
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Lykke arrived in March from @viddarunnershuskies, as she wasn't too big of a fan of the hectic husky farm life.
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Even though Lykke loves warm weather and sunbathing, running must be her nr.1 favorite thing in the world! In order to give her the exercise she needs, we do daily forest hikes and kickbike training with her. We also train her occasionally with a husky team - this way she gets social interaction with other dogs. Soon she'll be having dog company at home as well as we're getting a new malamute in December.
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It's my first time ever in Salla and I'm spending It's my first time ever in Salla and I'm spending five days here this week.
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Today I hiked to the peak of Sallatunturi (Salla Fell) with Lykke.  At the top we found a herd of reindeer and a wilderness hut (amongst other things like this weird sign and a frozen outhouse that I ofc had to photograph...)
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We are expecting great northern lights and the fir We are expecting great northern lights and the first snowfall of the season next week! ❆
This photo was taken 2 weeks ago.
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Today we did an awesome day hike to Käyrästuntur Today we did an awesome day hike to Käyrästunturi, the only fell in Rovaniemi. The peak is at 347 meters, so it's a rather easy walk for such a view. 😍 We were lucky and timed our visit right so that our group of 4 people and 5 dogs got to enjoy this perfect weather and view! 🍁 We read in the mountaintop cabin logbook that in the morning the fell was still covered in a thick fog!
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Autumn time magic in Lapland 🖤 We had great Nor Autumn time magic in Lapland
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We had great Northern lights last night. Photographing them in the autumn is really pleasant in comparison to winter as the night time temperatures are much warmer! Last night the temperature stayed between 5 and 10°c. ☺️
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Midnight Magic ✨ It is now light around the cloc Midnight Magic ✨
It is now light around the clock here at the Arctic Circle. Dusk and dawn are really long in this region, and we often experience colorful skies. 
Last night I felt like I'm living in a 🦄 land though. I went to the riverside to look at the flood a bit after midnight. The landscape looked really saturated and this rainbow appeared.
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The best part of the winter has definitely begun a The best part of the winter has definitely begun and we've had awesome sunny days in Rovaniemi lately! Yesterday we did a day trip to the frozen waterfalls of Korouoma ❆
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It's been a week since I ended my summer season ar It's been a week since I ended my summer season around the Nordic countries and returned back home to the Arctic Circle. This change also meant a leap from the most beautiful fall to an amazing winter weather. Within a week I've seen ice forming on the Kemi river and 25 cm of snow falling and covering the landscape. ❅❆❋❆❅
These pictures are taken in Storfjorden and Hjörundfjorden (onboard Hurtigruten's MS Finnmarken), and by the Kemi river in Rovaniemi.
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reindeer tagliatelle with red pesto

Reindeer Tagliatelle with Pesto Rosso

Living in Lapland, some of my local meats include moose and reindeer.…
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Posted on: 19 Sep 2021 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 0
Creamy Finnish Salmon Soup with rye bread

Creamy Salmon Soup is a Finnish Classic

This creamy salmon soup is my version of the classic Finnish salmon…
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Posted on: 10 Feb 2021 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 0
Finnish blueberry vanilla bun braid

Sweet Bun Twists with Blueberry and Vanilla

We had friends visiting us at the summer house last July. Since…
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Posted on: 1 Oct 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 1
Traditional Finnish food: cabbage casserole

Autumn Comfort Food: Finnish Cabbage Casserole

Now that the weather is getting cooler, I noticed that I’ve started…
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Posted on: 16 Sep 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 0
Fireweed Lemonade Recipe

Fireweed Lemonade Recipe and other ways of using Fireweed in Beverages

At the end of last month, my husband and I managed to…
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Posted on: 17 Jul 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 0
Scandinavian Dark Syrup recipe

How to make Scandinavian Dark Syrup

Many of my blog’s readers have been asking me about dark syrup…
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Posted on: 21 Jun 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 14
Rose Syrup Daiquiri

Rose Syrup and Midsummer Rose Daiquiris

Finland is celebrating Midsummer this weekend. Midsummer marks the longest day of…
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Posted on: 20 Jun 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 0
Karelian Pie Recipe

Karelian Pie – Finland’s Most Beloved Baked Good

I made Asian dumplings for dinner yesterday. Making the little pleats on…
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Posted on: 22 May 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 18
peanut butter cup cheesecake

Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

I thought that now might be a great time to wake up…
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Posted on: 1 May 2020 Written by: Veera H Comments: Comments: 3

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