Posts by: Charlotte

Jamon & Citrus Tapas - Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Jamon & Citrus Tapas

Recipe inspired by “The Story of Ferdinand the Bull” As the years went by Ferdinand grew and grew until he was very big and strong. All the other bulls who had grown up with him in the same pasture would fight each other all day. They would butt each other and stick each other with…

Spanish Tortilla | Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Spanish Tortilla

Recipe inspired by “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand. He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers.” He…

Swedish Pancakes with Lingonberry Jam | Let's Taco Bout It Blog
Beet & Cucumber Salad - Let's Taco Bout it Blog

Beet & Cucumber Salad (Rödbetssallad)

Recipe inspired by the book “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “Out of doors the sun shone in a clear blue sky. It was one of those radiant September days that make you feel like walking in the woods. Pippi had an idea.“Let’s take Mr. Nilsson and go on a little picnic.” “Oh, yes, let’s,” cried…

Swedish Meatballs (Kjottboller) - Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Swedish Meatballs (Kjottboller)

Recipe inspired by the book “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. “ “She had no…

Cardamom Buns (Kardemummabullar) - Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Cardamom Buns (Kardemummabullar)

Recipe inspired by the book “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “A few feet above the ground the oak divided into two branches and right there was a place just like a little room. Before long all three children were sitting there. Over their heads the oak spread out its crown like a great green roof….

Coriander Chutney | Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Coriander Chutney

Recipe inspired by “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel “When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling. My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition.” “I…

Instant Pot Jeera Rice | Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Instant Pot Jeera Rice

Recipe inspired by the book “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel “I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.” ” The mosque was truly an open construction, to God and to breeze. We sat cross-legged listening to the imam until the…

South Indian Tiffin Sambar - Let's Taco Bout it Blog

South Indian Tiffin Sambar

Recipe inspired by “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel “There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and helpless.” These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed…