tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68366059961773460292011-07-28T19:50:17.455+02:00A warm welcome to my blog! It will be mostly about life in general - my family, friends and cooking!Semlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503322818458699947noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836605996177346029.post-83331612819067846732009-02-02T08:15:00.004+01:002009-02-02T08:28:28.493+01:00

Having a day off and for myself today, as I have been working all weekend.Have just had my second cup of coffe, and am thinking of what to spend my day doing.So many options! :) Reading blogs. Reading books. Taking a walk in the beautiful and chilly weather. Buying new jeans, I really should do that! At least I won´t do anything that needs a lot of effort. I´m just gonna have a nice and calm day.

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We had a wonderful week. ;) No sun but tons of snow! Ehmm... and tons-illitis fo me hi hi. Easy to laugh now, that I am on my way to get well again (eating penicillin) But I can assure you I was not a funny picture to see, drewling like a mad dog, not being able to even swallow my own saliva. Crying over an almost unused skipas for loads of money.... Well, here is my little skistar! Went to

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-jvni4HRzA&translated=1Just can´t stop loving this song.... 9 years old and still a floorfiller!

Semlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503322818458699947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836605996177346029.post-43771749937823879142009-01-08T22:08:00.007+01:002009-01-09T15:38:08.145+01:00

Dear Friends, Still nothing new on the blog: My camera broke down (after many years of use) the other day, and I still haven´t decided which new camera to buy... BTW, didn´t I tell you I am a Libra *hi hi hi* So any hot tips or useful hints on choosing a new camera are warm welcome! What cameras do YOU have? I most possibly will buy a Nikon or a Canon...?Best regards, Mrs Indecisive;)So what do

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...and nothing else :( That´s why it´s been so awfully quiet here over the past week. Will be working tomorrow as well, so now I just want to wish all of my friends and followers aHAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!Without you, no blog!

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No snowmans in sight here. I will have a green and snowfree christmas evening this year. But anyway, that´s not the main thing about christmas, is it? Well, maybe for the children, besides the pressies then....;) Happy holidays to you all!

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Dear Hottie & other daredevils! Help yourself, here comes my recipe for GLÖGG the classic way... Glögg by the way is a kind of mulled wine. This is a traditional recipe on red and pretty "strong" (alcoholic) wine-glögg. The amount of booze is always optional ;)Makes 15 small glasses.150 ml Vodka5 teaspoons castersugar12 small cardamom seeds8 clove seeds2 sticks of cinnamon (approx 2 inches each)

Semlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08503322818458699947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836605996177346029.post-79707484595275470872008-12-22T16:35:00.005+01:002008-12-22T19:49:51.367+01:00

When I opened the post today, this was what I found :) Nicely wrapped upp offcourse!! A fine bar of Sicilian caraob "chocolate", traditionally made, and a citrusjuicer. Great!Thank you thank you Eva for sending me these lovely gifts, you are a darling babe!

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Another thing I usually make on the Midsummer Eves buffet is this (cold) seafood pie! So delicious and so easy to make!The bottom layer of the pie consists of dark, sweetened rye bread, mixed with some butter into grains. Then pushed out into a springfrom. Other ingredients are:Eggs, choppedShrimpsSmoked salmon, slicesCaviarMayonnaiseCreme fraicheGelatineDillLemon

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The rain is pouring down outside my study window. Doesn´t feel like three days before christmas at all to me. Depressing weather. :(This makes me dream of summer, midsummernight and vacation! What could be more summery than Strawberry Pavlova? Enjoy!

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Today my son declared he wanted "Syltgrottor," or translated: "Jam caves." This is a kind of pastries with jam topping.So he helped making them! Such a good boy! A true pastrycook! They are originally made with raspberryjam, but today we used strawberryjam instead. That was what we had after inspecting the fridge.Ingredients270 g (grammes) of flour135 g castersugar250 g of butter1½ teaspoon

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Here is my first attempt to watermark a photo. Thanks to "Airam" I got the idea of using Picasa 3. It is free and you can get it too at http://picasa.google.com/ Now I only have to figure out how the rest works, so I can watermark the other stuff I put out here !

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A must at the christmas dinnertable is offcourse meatballs.I make the batter as usual, but a very hot and handy tip is to pipe the batter into the hand and down in the fryingan it goes. Quick and easy!Remember to use a singleuse piper of THICK (plastic) quality. This is just another convinient timesaver!Another must to have with the meatballs, ham and sausages is the Colman mustard!I always mix

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....or "Pepparkakor"The "dough" must rest over night (well doesn´t have to be NIGHT hi hi but anyway, to make flavours come out....) The dough softens when you handle it. It is quite stiff when you get it out of the fridge but it is all right!!Ingredients250 grams of butter (yes!!)5 deciliter of caster sugar1,5 deciliter of water (150 millilitres)0,75 deciliter of syrup (75 millilitres)1

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This recipe is for those people out there who loves to have a slice or two of paté, but have no time to make a traditional one.It is is made in just minutes, using a foodprocessor and a microwaveoven (!)Tastes is delicious. All sceptics, please dare to try. You won´t regret it!The recepie comes from a TV-chef (Maud Onnemark) and I make it for my buffets or christmas every year!Serve cold with

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This is the addictive original.My version does not come close to the looks (just yet!) but the taste cant be complained at!!Thank you Rita, for the recipe and Brenda for the inspiration!These two women are friends from the forum Violets Pantry (members only)!Please visis Brendas blog at http://teandwheatenbread.blogspot.com/ http://teandwheatenbread.blogspot.com/2008/03/shortbread.htmlwhere you

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Made this quilt for my son. It is very soft because it is "lined" with fleece. He loves to sit under it and watch TV.This equipment, a sewingmachine (preferably!) and lots of patience is all that is required......to make someone samile like this!

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...The No Knead Bread!So simple to make but still the most incredible taste and crisp!Do let me know if you want the recipe.You can also visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.htmlor watch a clip on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Ah9ES2yTU

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ooops...Sorry about the pictures "missbehaving" Well I changed thelayout and voilágot rid of the problem!! :)Makes approx 75 piecesIngredients:125 grams of room tempured butter (salted) 175 grams of caster sugar 100 grams (appr. 2) of egg, room tempured 125 grams of milk 3% fat (appr. 1 deciliter)25 grams of bakingpowder (soda??) (not bicarbonate!!) appr. 5 teaspoons 500 grams of plain wheat

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Mix on a bakingtray:600 ml Rolled oats 100 ml sunflowerseed 100 ml shelled sesameseed 50 ml unrefined sugar ½ teaspoon of salt3 tablespoons of "Gingersnapmix" = 1 tablespoon each of ground cinnamon, ginger and clove. Mix 100 ml water with 50 ml of some neutral oil (I use rape oil) and pour over the dry ingredients above. Mush/pinch together with fingers. Toast in the middle of the oven at 175 d

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A knitted woolpurse that has been "washed" and "rubbed" with soap to create that softness. I´m really pleased with it for being the first time. Like the colours too. Thank you Inger for kindly giving me the instructions!

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Woooho here I go! Please be patient with the newcomer :)And pssst....Dont be surprised if the blog looks different next time you come back: I have a lot to learn ;) Here comes last nights project...As you have probably guessed, I dont like sultanas in bread much. Not for decorating anyway. They just turn hard and dry. ..

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