what's for dinner, week 42

what we had for dinner, week 41

We bought lots of fresh produce during the weekend, with no particular plan of how to use it. So this week I will have to try my best to use everything before it goes bad. I think this menu will do the trick - as long as we actually follow through... 

Monday: beef stew with potato, carrot, parsnip, red onion, shallot, garlic, mushroom and fresh parsley (ps: my stew)

Tuesday: baked salmon with seafood and fish spice mix from Santa Maria + apple avocado salad 

Wednesday: pulled leg of lamb (my first attempt at this technique, using slices of leg of lamb from the freezer, which probably isn't the ideal cut for this, but I will give it a try anyway + this recipe), creamed cabbage and boiled potatoes 

Thursday: pan fried chicken filets, roasted Brussel sprouts and potato wedges, kale pesto 

Friday: lamb shanks from Tjore Gardsmat, bought at Bondens Marked last weekend + a tomato salad  

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What we actually had for dinner last week (pictured above):

Monday: chicken madras from Raske Retter

Tuesday: spiced pumpkin soup with bacon, from Nigel Slater's "the kitchen diaries" + baguette with butter - the pumpkin was rather bland, so I added carrot and potato for more flavor and texture 

Wednesday: vegetable soup with cod and shrimp, from Glad i mat + salmon 

Thursday: roasted vegetables (pumpkin, potato, carrot, onion and garlic), arugula and tahini dressing from Michele Cranston's "Fresh" + random meat leftovers from the freezer

Friday: salmon sashimi homemade pizza (which I forgot to photograph)

Saturday: roasted chicken filet with lots of garlic + a salad of mixed lettuce, pomegranate, red onion and balsamic vinegar 

Sunday: a big brunch (including American pancakes pictured bottom right) at our friends' place - we got so full that there was no need for the planned deer dinner 

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu

- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)

- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often just based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards

- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

life via iPhone, week 41

things I like lately

these colors are some of my favorite things about autumn

- Sara slept until 7:45 am Monday morning and 8:15 am Saturday morning - sooo much better than 06-something

- the news about the birth of my best friend's second son

- visiting our friends and their 10 weeks old daughter

- an impecable seven course home cooked dinner at our friends' place Saturday night

- sorting through and clearing out old stuff - books, magazines, letters, postcards - at my parents' place last weekend

- finishing my first ever 8k run (in 55 min) - I'm starting to really dig this running thing 

- hearing Sølve and Sara sing "Mikkel rev" together

- my new Cos merino and silk jumper bought in Stockholm - it is super comfortable

- glorious sun and blue, blue skies after several really, really wet days - the weekend forecast is fantastic!

- baking plum muffins with plums from my in-laws' garden (I used my apple muffins recipe and swapped apples for plums)

- Sara fell asleep on my lap one afternoon after a no-nap day in barnehagen - which hardly ever happens 

- julemarsipan - too early some will say; it is freshest and best now, I say

- spending the whole Friday with Sara (due to barnehagen being closed) 

- Sara with pigtails and ponytail - they don't last long though 

- Friday night with the husband, homemade pizza, red wine and The Voice 

- 10 beautiful exposed brick walls 

- fire in the wood stove in the early am

- Ulrika's fish

that blue winter light

March 2013 | Kodak Ektachrome 100VS, Canon EOS 500N

My sister posted a photo on Instagram today of running shoes on snow, with the caption "nå kommer den kalde fine tida" ("the nice and cold time is coming", a reference to a song by a Norwegian band called Jokke & Valentinerne) - which reminded me of these winter slide film photos I haven't shared yet. That blue winter light really is something special, don't you think? By the way, those white round things are carrot muffins with cream cheese frosting. A big favorite for me!

10-9-8

at the office today

10 good things about today

- a productive day at the office

- seeing a rainbow from my office window

- a delicious fish soup for dinner, which Sara also liked

- making plum muffins (I used my apple muffins recipe)

- dealing with the apple harvest from the garden (peeled, diced and now in the freezer)

- wearing my hair up + my Georg Jensen Moonlight Grapes pendant (a gift from Sølve)

- drinking white wine and watching tv (whilst writing this) with my favorite man in the whole world

- listening to a rather interesting radio report about landscaping whilst driving home from the office

- big hugs from Sara

- fresh bed linen

9 places I have made out

- at the mountain cabin

- in Sølve's old room

- in my old room

- at the beach in Australia

- in the ocean in Croatia

- at the good old Hollywood nightclub in Sandnes

- in Nygårdsparken on our way home from a summer party

- anywhere in our apartment

- at airport gates and train stations

8 words that describe me

- happy

- organized

- kind

- polite

- generous

- responsible

- sporty

- creative

7 songs I love (right now)

- Vivaldi "Four Seasons", especially Winter

- Lissie "Record Collector"

- Devendra Banhart "Goin' Back" (thanks for the tip, Maria!)

- The Lumineers "Ho Hey"

- Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines"

- Veronica Maggio "Jag kommer"

- Stevie Wonder "Don't you worry 'bout a thing"

6 dreams

- to become a mother of two

- to visit New York again

- to be fit enough to run a marathon

- to hike across Hardangervidda with my whole family

- to publish a book with my words and photographs

- to one day be truly happy with my body and appearance

5 bad memories

- that time when I broke someone else's doll when I was five years old

- that time when I fell off a chair and made a deep scratch in the floor of my best friend's parents' home

- that time when I was so worn out whilst skiing that I never thought I would manage to reach the cabin by nightfall

- that time when I got appendicitis at the mountain cabin and got as sick as I have never been before

- that time when I was super duper hungover in Moscow 

4 smells

- a clean home

- plum muffins

- bonfire  

- rosemary 

3 things I have never done:

- gotten a tatoo (although I did consider it when I was 20)

- managed to hang a picture in level

- been on water skis 

2 secrets

- I used to sell flower and vegetable seeds through mail order; my firm was named "de små frø" and my ads were handwritten

- I always wanted my future boyfriend to be taller than me (I'm 181 cm), but the boys I was in love with was often smaller than me - even my husband Sølve is smaller than me 

1 summer memory

- Sara covering herself in sand at the beach in Spain and then having a blast in the little waves 

List inspired by two of my favorite blogger ladies Hjartesmil and ting som gjør en glad. More similar posts here.

everyday life

I have started using my digital slr - Canon 40D with 50 mm lens - more again. I have used the iPhone camera so much lately, I had almost forgotten how good photos actually can get when I use a "real" camera. These shots were all taken around the house and out the windows the last couple of weeks. Yes, I do love a good sky.

PS: A new photo print suggestions post should be up soon.

spring contrasts

May 2013 | Fuji Provia 100F, Canon EOS 500N

It is raining cats and dogs today. There was so much water in the road some places, it felt like being in a car wash whilst driving on the highway. Luckily it got better this evening when I was out running with my friend M. I did get soaked to the skin though. A hot shower followed by a spicy pumpkin soup hit just the right spot. This collection of spring contrasts brightens up this wet, wet day, don't you think?

what's for dinner, week 41

what we had for dinner, week 40

Monday: chicken madras from Raske Retter

Tuesday: spiced pumpkin soup with bacon, from Nigel Slater's "the kitchen diaries" + baguette with butter 

Wednesday: vegetable soup with cod and shrimp, from Glad i mat

Thursday: roasted vegetables (pumpkin, potato, carrot, onion and garlic), arugula and tahini dressing from Michele Cranston's "Fresh" + random meat leftovers from the freezer 

Friday: salmon sashimi 

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What we actually had for dinner last week (pictured above):

Monday: Grandiosa frozen pizza

Tuesday: roasted vegetables (what ever is in the fridge: carrot, potato, red onion, garlic, broccoli, asparagus), random meat leftovers from the freezer, all mixed with feta cheese

Wednesday: kålstuing (creamed cabbage), sausages and boiled potatoes

Thursday: salmon pasta

Friday (at my parents' place): bacalao  

Saturday (at our friends' place): a scrumptious seven course dinner

Sunday: Grandiosa frozen pizza 

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu

- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)

- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often just based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards

- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

life via iPhone, week 40

things I like lately

that light that make me pause

- Anja Dahle Øverbye's illustrations
- ert&ris' illustrations
- rediscovering Wonderwall after drinks in the bar at Story hotel in Stockholm
- a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice
- driving towards the morning and afternoon rush on my way to and from work
- morning mist on a lake seen on the way to the office
- beautiful autumn light
- bright red nail polish - done by a professional
- finding the perfect shade of red lipstick; Dior Rouge 999
- getting autumn and winter clothes out of storage
- trees with leaves turned red
- this post by Maria/Zoo Payne
- the ginger cocktail at Vassa Eggen
- French fries with garlic and chili at Taverna Brillo
- redecovering convoy
- wearing a dress at the office
- writing - both for work and studies
- a weekend ahead in Sandnes visiting family and friends
- making creamed cabbage (kålstuing) for the first time - it was surprisingly yummy
- hiking up mount Ulriken at sunset
- the fact that my friend Jakob brought a flashlight on the said hike - it was much needed when we had to hike down in the dark due to no gondola service after 7 pm
- a new Moleskine calendar - I have used the iPhone calendar for a while; it just doesn't do it for me

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things I don't like lately

- I lost my long time favorite black scarf in Stockholm last weekend
- wearing a dress at the office because my pants have become too tight

randoms, on film

Fuji Provia 100F, Canon EOS 500N

Random glimpses of everyday life in back in May.