A nice dinner for two!

I know. It has been so long without posting... I really feel guilty. I've been so busy between France and Norway, trying to write my bachelor thesis. Anyway, here is a new post. I cooked a nice dinner for my girlfriend and I while I was in Oslo and I present you my new favorite vegetable:

They are indeed quite tasty.

For the starter, I used slices of eggplant and parsnip with a scampi on it. These vegetables work very well with seafood. I cooked the parsnip in boiling water for 10 minutes and the eggplant with butter, 3 minutes on each side.

For the scampi, I cooked them in a frying pan with a little bit of olive oil and soy sauce. Everything together really works perfectly and you can use it with fishes too.

For the next meal, I made an oven-baked salmon with spinach. Put the salmon with olive oil, salt and pepper in the oven at 180°c for 10 minutes. Don't overcook it or it will be dry, wasting this delicious fish.
With the spinach, put them in a saucepan with 10cl of water, a spoon of olive oil, salt and pepper and cook it at medium temperature until they are very soft without any water left. The sauce is a crème fraîche with lime, perfect for the salmon!

I might be without posting for some time again as my bachelor thesis is due very soon bu I'll do my best. See you soon!

Spinach/aubergine lasagna

This is a great dish that´ll last for day or two if you are lucky. Being students, this is a great way to spare money.

You only need:

- 500 g of spinach

- 300 g of ricotta cheese or 3 mozzarella

- 1 egg

- 50 g butter

- 2 aubergines

- half a pack of lasagna plates

- some parmesan and mozzarella for the topping

Add the spinach in boiling water for 4 minutes and take it out to rest. Set the spinach on some kitchen paper so that it dries a bit. In the mean time, fry the sliced aubergines in olive oil and garlic. Add some white wine if you have some, or just water to give it some moist. Fry till they are nice and soft.

Boil the lasagna plates, and begin making the cheese and spinach mix.

Mix the egg, ricotta cheese, butter and spinach together and wisp. Begin plating the lasagna by adding the aubergine mix first, then plates, then a big layer of spinach mix, and repeat it once more. Finish by adding lasagna plates on top and garnish with a good layer of cheese.

Begin by putting it in the oven at 180 degrees celsius for around 30 minutes covered by aluminum paper. Take the paper off and let it cook for 5-10 more minutes with only top heat to create the crust.

This is great with a salad. Do not underestimate a great lasagna!