This is my husbands favorite seven dinners from my blog.
He says every family, old and young, should try these seven dinners. Together they represent a good and healthy mix of dinners for a week.
The recipes is original written in Norwegian, but with a little help from a friend (Google) they are automatically translated. Not perfect, but I’m sure you understand.
Dinner for a Monday: «Auntie’s» meat pie
The first of the seven dinners fits a blue Monday, and is the most popular recipe on the blog. See photo of it on the top of the page.
This is a dish I have from my mother-in-law. She called it «Aunt Aslaug’s meat pie», but I never got a good explanation of who this Aunt Aslaug is.
Actually, this is a simple version of Sheperd`s pie, a traditional dish from the UK with minced meat and mashed potatoes.
Some fish for dinner on Tuesday – Oven-baked salmon with couscous salad
We all need some fish, and it does not have to be boring or plane.

The children were not so fond of fish when they were small, but when the side dish was couscous, they ate with good appetite. Besides, it’s pretty quick to make this dinner, and that’s a factor that’s pretty important to me.
This recipe with lime, honey and mustard gives the salmon a fresh and exciting taste.
Oven-baked salmon with couscous salad
Third dinner suggestion: Pasta and meat sauce with spinach
As Popeye says: “I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.”

I was a little skeptical when I was going to taste this dish for the first time. I’m not very used to using spinach, but the skepticism was put to shame. Now this dish is served quite often here in the house, and is a very good alternative to the tomato-based meat sauce I usually make.
Pasta and meat sauce with spinach
Let’s spice it up: Vegetarian lentil stew with a taste of India
My daughter argue that we do not need meat for dinner every day!

I agree with that, but feel vegetarian is still a bit unfamiliar terrain. Then it was great to get some inspiration and some good recipes that I can use.
Vegetarian lentil stew with a taste of India
Another fish dinner: White fish with red and green
This is a fish recipe that has been on my repertoire since the early 1990s.

It’s simple flavors, but incredibly good I think. Besides, I love to cook fish in the oven, so you avoid fish smell in the house. An oven dish is always easier and nicer to serve.
For Saturday evening I suggest Russian stroganoff
Biff Stroganoff is a dinner dish with roots from Russia.

There are many recipes for Beef Stroganoff, and most contain sour cream. It may make the dish a little sour, but my sister-in-law only uses cream. This gives it at rounder taste.
Norwegian cream gives the Russian stroganoff a rounder taste
Sunday dinner the easy way – Pie with chicken and bacon
This is a dish I have made for many years, and which rarely fails. It is suitable for both everyday life and a little party.

The pie dough in this recipe is very simple, and this is the one I use when I make dinner pie. In this recipe I use chicken and bacon, but it can be replaced with something else, such as ham and asparagus.