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I know I said I was finished, but then I bought more cookbooks (and also I forgot I had another American Girl dinner to make.

This week was the Ikea cookbook.

We had salmon with a herb crust with veg followed by Scanian apple pie and custard.

The salmon was nice, and everyone ate it. Very easy too; just mix breadcrumbs with herbs (it said dill, but Benedict doesn't like dill so I used thyme) and press into the salmon, then fry, crust side down first. The recipe includes fried beetroot, which turned out to be the same texture as pickled beetroot, which I don't like. Beetroot's never going to be our favourite veg, but this is not the way to cook it for us. Also,it said serve with boiled potatoes, but I did carrots as well, in case we didn't like the beetroot. Oh, and there's a mustard sauce, which was v tasty and I will make again. Stock, mustard, chopped anchovies (which I didn't have so I used fish sauce) an cornflour to thicken. Would work with pork or chicken, too.

Apple pie wasn't pie, more like a brown betty, but was tasty. Custard likewise was a bit uncustard; beat egg yolks with sugar, add cream, then add whisked egg whites. I forgot to get cream, so used condensed milk instead of the cream and sugar.