No pictures, just some recipes I want to write up.

Small artichoke-pies
(From the book: Kasvisherkkuja juhlaan, Celia Brown)

Ingredients:

12 slices of toast
Soft butter or margarine for greasing
400 g artichoke hearts (in oil) chopped
55 g fresh, grated parmesan
2 fresh mild green chilis chopped, without seeds
3 tablespoonfuls of mayonese
Pinch of salt
Black pepper

Preheat the oven in 220 degrees. Cut round pieces from the bread with a glass (diameter about 5 cm). Grease the breads from both sides and put on the oven plate.
Mix the other ingredients and share on the pieces of bread. Bake the pies for 12-15 minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Let cool for a while. Serve warm!


Grilled tofu-skewers (for 4-5 persons)

Ingredients

The sauce :
4 tbsp of dark soy sauce
2 tbsp of honey
5-6 drops of tabasco
2 tbsp of lime juice
1 tbsp fresh grated ginger

The skewers :
4 tbsp of flour
300 g tofu
Oil for the frying
1 ripe mango chopped in cubes
10 limecubes

Soak the spits in water. This should prevent them from burning in the grill. Mix the ingredients of the sauce.

Sprinkle the flour on a plate. Cut the tofu in about 20 small cubes and roll in the flour. Heat in a pan a 1 cm layer of oil hot. Fry the tofu in the oil crispy and golden brown. Turn once when frying. Don't let the cubes touch each other, so they won't stick. After frying let the tofu ooze in some kitchen towel and put in some bowl or a plate. Pour the sauce on the tofu, and if you have time let it spice up in the fridge.

Stick alternately mango-, tofu- and limecubes in the spits. I used also some mushrooms. Heat the grill and grill the skewers from each side quickly, since the tofu is already ripe. (Serve with noodels or rice.)