Ingredients:

• 2 or 3 carrots
• 2 or 3 potatoes
• 2 or 3 red beets
• 1 cucumber
• 1 small onion
• 200 to 300 gr. mayonnaise to cover

Instructions:

1. Boil the vegetables in the salted water. 
2. Grate each vegetable type into separate mounds on a serving plate – one of carrots, one of potatoes, and one of beets. 
3. Cover each mound with few thin slices of onion. 
4. Put dollops of mayonnaise on each mound of vegetables.
5. Present the salad this way.  When you begin serving your guests, mix together all ingredients on the plate. Enjoy your salad!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• 5 Tbsp vegetable oil  
• 500 grams mutton
• 300 grams onions
• 50 grams fat
• salt to taste

Instructions:

1. Preparing the Dough:  Combine flour, salt and water and knead into dough.  Let the dough set 30-40 minutes.  Then roll the dough with a rolling pin into a large, thin, flat circle.  Lightly brush oil over the dough.  With your hands, roll the dough into a log and, with a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a large flat circle again.  (This makes the Sambusa dough flaky and light.)  With your hands, roll it into a log again.  From the log, cut small slices from the dough 2 centimeters wide and, with your hands, pat each piece into a small circle. 
2. Preparing the Meat:  Mix the meat, fat and onion.  Pass the mixture through a meat grinder.
3. Preparing the Sambusas:  On each piece of dough, place some of the meat mixture and pinch the dough together to form a triangle.  Place each Sambusa on a greased cookie sheet and brush them with egg.  Bake at 365 degrees F or 170 degrees C for 45 minutes.

Katarina Breslin (above) introduced our family to this recipe. It's delicious!!! 

Ingredients:
Makes 6 portions

• 1 kg chicken fillets
• 140g bacon
• 3 bananas
• 200ml chilli sauce
• 500ml whipping cream
• ½ cup of peanuts

Instructions:

1. Slice chicken into bite size pieces and bacon into small pieces. Fry the chicken and bacon on medium warmth until golden. It is best to do this in 2-3 portions.
2. Place fried chicken and bacon into an ovenproof large dish.
3. Blend the cream and chilli sauce together and pour over chicken.
4. Sprinkle over peanuts.
5. Place in the middle of the oven at 225C for 15 minutes.
6. Delicious served with rice and salad.

'It's one of my trusty, Swedish recipes...great for when guests come over!'

Ingredients:

• 250g or 1.75 sticks margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 3 eggs (reserve 1-2 yolks)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2.2 pounds flour
• 1.1 pounds walnuts, finely ground 
• 2.2 pounds white sugar

Instructions:

1. Begin with softened margarine in a large mixing bowl
2. Separately add 1tsp vinegar, 1tsp soda, & pinch salt to 1c of yogurt, stirring after each is added
3. Pour yogurt mixture into margarine, mix
4. Add 3 eggs (reserving 1-2 yolks) & vanilla to mixture, mix
5. Slowly add flour until dough is pie crust consistency, knead with hands (you may not need all 2.2 pounds of flour)
6. Put 5c ground walnuts & 5c sugar into a separate bowl, mix
7. Divide dough evenly into 5 balls
8. 1 ball at a time, roll dough out into a very thin circle (you'll need to add flour as you do this to prevent sticking)
9. Spread the walnut-sugar mixture onto the flattened dough circle (about 2c per dough ball)
10. Carefully roll up the whole circle using a long thin rolling pin, then remove the rolling pin
    Cut the long roll sideways at an angle with a crinkle cutter into cookies
11. Put on a greased pan & brush tops with reserved egg yolk
12. Bake until the tops are golden (~350 degrees)