Current go-to lunch: toasted bread with grilled veggies.

Sep 21, 2018 | 1 comment

Hi! Hello! How are you all doing? I’ve not been putting a lot of effort into my blog for the past couple years which I am actually super sad about. Afterall this is where it all started when I pubilshed my very first post back in 2015! I’ve been thinking about picking back up on writing so many times, but with the rise of short-form content (hello TikTok, Shorts and Reels) it’s just harder to have time for it all these days. As much as I love creating snappy little styling reels I do also miss long-form and slower content, and I’m secretly hoping that we’ll start seeing a slow shift back to that in the near future. I mean, am I the only one feeling super fatigued by the AMOUNT of content out there some times? Everything is so high speed; similar to our consumption habits. I know everyone seems to love TikTok, I’ve given it a go myself and I do kind of like it too, but man. From a content creator perspective (even not just that, from a social media user perspective too), I’m so tired of feeling like you have to be “in it” and that you need to be onboard with all the newest social media trends alive to keep up. Anyway… moan over.

I wanted to check in here with a bit of a life update (for those of you old-school enough to enjoy the written format) as I feel like we’ve not chatted in ages!

 

(Trigger warning: infertility)

One major thing I have been considering openeing up about for a while is infertility and how this has been affecting our lives for the past 2 years. I’ve been going back and forth about sharing this for so long because well, it’s private and intimate and while I do like keeping things real on here some things are just better kept private. Having said that I’ve felt so incredibly alone in this whole process, and actually, after deciding to just be honest about it I’m amazed of how many other people we meet are actually going through the same. According to WHO 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility on a global scale, so really this is something we should talk way more about, yet there seems to be a lot of shame and taboo evolving around it. It’s something you always think happens to the next person and it’s never something I pictured would happen to me. But as this article states “infertility does not discriminate”, and it can happen to anyone.

As you know if you’ve followed me for some time we were blessed with a beautiful daughter back in 2020. When we decided we wanted children at the time, it didn’t take long from making that decision until I actually had a positive pregnancy test in my hands. Not long after that we felt ready to expand the family again, but as it turns out fate had other plans for us. It took a long time for us to even feel sure and ready to become parents the first time around, but once we did (it’s true what everyone always tells you) there was nothing else we rather wanted. That was it. Wanting to experience it all again so bad and then not being able to conceive has been no less than heartbreaking. At some point it becomes part of your life – you kind of get used to the fact that it’s just not happening. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but we were ultimately left with no other option (if we ever wanted more kids) than to go through IVF. I’m currently on my second round of IVF after one unsuccesful attempt back in fall 2023. Full of hormones and super (!) tired, but feeling okay despite it all. Having spring around the corner and generally experiencing lighter days at the moment helps a lot.

I’m very grateful for where we are and what we have, please know that. So we will have to see what the future brings. I just wanted to open up about this so that maybe if you’re going through the same thing; please know that you’re not alone and I know exactly how you feel <3 And maybe also so you guys know why I might be a little absent sometimes. 

Growing up in Denmark means that you’ve been used to eating a slice of rye-bread with some kind of meat for most of your life, and as much as I love this kind of dish as sort of an epitome of Danish food (try googling “smørrebrød”), it’s been hard trying to come up with something else than that for my meat-free lunch. I know you can always whip together a lunch salad, but it takes more time and imagination to make that super delicious in my opinion. Besides I like bread! Especially after throwing it in the toaster for a few minutes, so that it gets that crisp to it. So do you HAVE to eat meat on top of your bread? Nope!

At the moment I love making the following dish for lunch which is not only easy and quick to make, you can also put almost any veggies on it you like. We used dark pumpkin seed bread for this recipe, but it tastes wonderful with rye-bread as well, which is what we eat most days.

Når man er vokset op i et land som Danmark, og en skive rugbrød med kødpålæg er hvad man har været vant til at spise til frokost det meste af sit liv – ja, så synes jeg altså sommetider dén nød kan være lidt svær at knække, efter at være hoppet mere med på den kødfrie vogn. Bevares, man kan også smække en salat sammen, men det tager jo altså bare lidt længere tid og liiiidt mere fantasi at gøre sådan en frokost salat spændende, synes jeg. Og så kan jeg altså bare så godt lide rugbrød og mørkt brød generelt. Især efter en gang på brødristeren så det lige bliver lidt sprødt – mums! Men behøver man egentlig udelukkende at spise kødpålæg på sit brød? Næ!

Lige for tiden laver jeg denne lækre frokost som ikke blot er nem at lave, det er også kun fantasien der sætter grænser for, hvilken type af grøntsager du kan læsse ovenpå på brødet. Vi brugte mørkt græskarbrød til denne omgang, men det smager også virkelig godt med ganske almindeligt rugbrød.

You need

2 red bell peppers

2 courgettes

Pesto (humus or avocado creme is nice too)

Chili flakes

Olive oil

A bit of extra greens – rocket salad or fresh basil leaves for example

Dark bread or rye bread

 

There’s really not much to do with this recipe other than chopping up the greens, give them a drizzle of olive oil and a bit of salt+pepper and then cooking them in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 200 degrees. I like making a large batch so that there’s enough for a few days. I also like putting my bread on the toaster before adding the topping. So I put on a layer of pesto, humus or avocado cream first, then a handful of rocket salad and then the grilled veggies. Finally I sprinkle som dried chili flakes on it (can’t live without that for my meat-free meals) and then I like to add either fresh basil leaves, coriander or whatever herbs I have in my kitchen that week. It’s SO good, keeps me full for hours and it’s easy to make. And again the cool thing about this dish is that you can use any veggies you have, so that you don’t eat the same thing every single week. I’m sure other veggies like mushrooms, potatoes and leeks is delicious too.

Det skal du bruge

2 rød peber

2 squash

Pesto (humus eller blendet avocado er også lækkert)

Tørret chili

Lidt olivenolie

Evt. lidt ekstra grønt – fx. rucola eller frisk basilikum

Mørkt/groft brød eller rugbrød

 

Der er ikke ret mange ben i denne opskrift for det eneste du skal gøre er, at skære grøntsagerne ud i mundrette bider, smække dem i et fad, drysse lidt olie og salt/peber over og så give det 20-25 minutter i ovnen ved 200 grader. Jeg laver gerne en stor portion så der er til frokost et par dage frem. Jeg kan også rigtig godt lide at give mit brød en tur på brødristeren, inden jeg kommer fyldet på. Dernæst smører jeg enten humus eller pesto på, evt. efterfulgt af en håndfuld rucola og så kommer jeg de grillede grøntssager på. Til sidst topper jeg det hele med lidt tørret chili (et krydderi jeg absolut ikke kan undvære i mit køkken til de kødfrie retter) og så enten frisk basilikum, koriander eller hvad jeg nu lige har af krydderurter. Det er SÅ lækkert, mætter dejligt og er nemt at lave. Så kan jeg altså sagtens springe den flade rullepølse mad over, haha! Og igen det fede ved denne ret er, at du kan bruge lige præcis de grøntssager du har lyst til, så der også kommer lidt variation i den fra uge til uge. Er sikker på at grøntssager som champignon, kartoffelskiver og porrer også ville være lækkert.

1 Comment

  1. Sandra

    Such a good suggestion! Yummy 🙂 I should definitely try it myself! Thanks for sharing.

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