WTISIM: Pumpkin and Ginger Teabread

For the Love of Gourd . I've been featuring quite a few pumpkin recipes recently on my blog - pumpkin and flowering quince jam , pumpkin and ginger…

Goat Cheese Mousse with Cloudberry Compote

Looking for that little something after your main course, but don't feel like baking or making an elaborate dessert? Well, then this simple goat …

Roasted Figs with Candied Ginger

No recipe, just a simple dessert idea. Halved figs are sprinkled with sugar and topped with couple of Buderim candied ginger nibbles. Roasted in the…

Pumpkin and Apple Crumble Recipe

My pumpkin and apple supplies don't seem to end any time soon, so I'm still trying out various recipes and cooking numerous dishes using thos…

Roasted figs with thyme, cinnamon and honey

previous roasted figs dessert was more of a looker than a taster, then this one is the exact opposite. It looks much humbler, but it tasted absolutel…

Lingonberries, cookies and cream

I've started making somewhat Christmassy desserts already - I know, I know - but we've got no Thanksgiving to look forward to, you see :) Laye…

Creamy Fish Soup

I just realised that I've been posting nothing but dessert recipes in November . That's no good, is it? Hence this creamy-cheesy fish soup rec…

Coffee Cake

When I first started reading English-language cookbooks I was baffled by coffee cake recipes that had no coffee inside. You see, in Estonia we bake a…

Stir-fried Cherry Tomatoes with Basil

This must be one of the quickest - and most colourful - side dishes I've made in a while. Having spent all day at yet another cookery course tod…

Oven-baked salmon with beetroot

I've been asked to come up with various Christmas menu options - but by the readers of my Estonian site as well as some university friends. One …

An orange and fennel salad recipe

Looking for a light, quick and festive starter? Well, try this one :) It's a lovely Italian winter salad (Sicilian in origin, apparently), where…

Sunday morning pancakes

I've mentioned before that every weekend we have pancakes for breakfast. I'm no good in making them, so I stay in bed until K. calls me to ta…

Orange Cake with Dried Cranberries

Citrus fruit (especially clementines and mandarines, but also oranges) and cranberries are pretty Christmassy, don't you think? Last night I comb…

Persimmon Dessert

Another extremely simple dessert idea. Take a ripe and non-astringent persimmon/sharon/kaki fruit, peel (optional), cube. Layer with cottage cheese. D…

Something Danish for your Christmas table? Risalamande or Rice and Almond Pudding with Warm Cherry Compote

October 2012, photo by Juta Kübarsepp for the December issue of Kodu ja  Aed, 2012 From the recipe archives (originally posted in January 2007) At the …

Christmas 2008

oven-baked potato wedges with caraway seeds , sauerkraut braised in dark beer , black pudding, oven-baked carrot sticks with cumin seeds (well, not st…

Salted Herring, Estonian Style

Did you know that Estonia has a 'national fish', in a similar vein to countries having chosen a 'national flower', a 'national dr…

Nami-nami in Print and in Press

I've collected here print and online mentions of my English-language here . K's cannelés post in "Our Faves" section :) beetroot pickl…

Seven-Layer Salad, Estonian style

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL READERS OF NAMI-NAMI - AND WISH YOU A DELICIOUS AND EXCITING 2009!!! Classic Seven-Layer Salad . Last night, at the New Year'…

Egg White Cake Recipe (Munavalgekook)

Have you been making ice cream or perhaps zabaglione recently? If yes, then you're left with lots of egg whites. Last weekend we had blackberrie…

Multekrem or Cloudberries with Whipped Cream

cloudberries before on this blog, including recipes for Goat Cheese Mousse with Cloudberry Compote , Home-Made Cloudberry Jam , Squeaky Finnish Cheese …

Oxtail braised in dark beer

my caraway-roasted potatoes . Sumber http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/

Fancy an After Dinner Mint Mousse?

Here's a clever way to combine the dessert and the after dinner mints served with coffee. The recipe is inspired by a British one using unwhipped…

Mustard bread for mustard lovers

Estonian Soda Bread with Ricotta Cheese Tender Potato Bread (a Daring Baker challenge) Fennel Seed Bread Georgian Cheese Bread Hatchapuri Sumber http://…

Spicy-Salty Tiger Prawns

You may have noticed that there aren't many shellfish recipes on this blog. Fish recipes , yes, but not recipes involving mussels, shrimps/prawn…

An early and very special arrival

Let me introduce you to our little baby girl. We don't know her name yet, as she was in a bit of a hurry arriving into this world, so K. and I ar…

Spicy Lentil Soup with Lime

First of all, thank you all for your lovely wishes and kind messages on the previous post . Little Nora Adeele and I spent 10 days in the maternity c…

Rosinakissell aka Raisin Fruit Soup

Here's a (old Estonian?) recipe for a simple dessert that costs next to nothing - and is made pretty much out of nothing (raisins, water, sugar)…

Mango Yogurt Cake Recipe

Here's a cake I made for K's mum's birthday lunch back in January. After the excessive eating during the festive season, I wanted to make…

Making chorizo meatballs with a baby

Annemarie's excellent chorizo meatballs . ( Chorizo lihapallid ) Sumber http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/

Macarons, made by K.

K made macarons for the New Year's Eve party. We had quite a few friends over for that occasion, and whereas I was mainly in charge of the savour…

Broad bean paté

Here's a broad bean paté I made today. K's mum and auntie came for a short visit to check out the baby girl, and I wanted something savoury …

Pineapple Cake with Cocoa Frosting

Fancy a lactose-free and fat-free cake that's a little bit more interesting than the simple eggs-sugar-flour sponge cake? Well, this might be th…

Silky Onion Soup with Crispy Croutons

Cooking with a small baby is possible , of course, but I haven't got the time or energy to think up elaborate menus and spend hours in front of th…