hei

Agfa Precisa 100, Canon EOS 500N

Just wanted to stop by and say hei. Hoping to post here a little more this week than last. Life took over and I just had to follow along. You know how it is sometimes, don't you? 

butternut squash soup

A while back, Irene and Nadja asked how I made my butternut squash soup. It was the first time I used this kind of vegetable, and to be honest, I'm pretty happy with the result. 

1,5 onion, chopped

4 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 tbs olive oil

700 g butter nut squash, diced

3 carrots, diced

1 dl red lentils

1 l water and fond cups or homemade stock

1 dl cream

2 tbs soya sauce

1 ts cumin

pepper

Fry onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced butter nut squash, carrots, lentils, fond cups and water. Boil until vegetables are tender, puree. Add cream, soya sauce, cumin and pepper. Reheat if needed. Serve with homemade croutons.

Yield: ca 4 servings, depending on how hungry you are.

what's for dinner, week 12

we had Sunday lunch at Lysverket restaurant in Bergen - recommended!

There was a lot going on last week, and this week will be pretty full too; house guests, traveling and life in general. So, no normal "what's for dinner" post this week. Please check the archives if you need some dinner inspiration. How about pasta with homemade kale pesto, baked salmon with apple avocado salad or white beans, tomato and feta salad?

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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

PS: my pantry essentials | thoughts on dinner planning and grocery shopping

things I like lately - Paris edition

iPhone + VSCO Cam

- the glorious warm and sunny weather 

- people watching

- well dressed, stylish children and their parents

- a family driving scooters (mum and dad on a scooter each, with a daughter on each scooter)

- people using public bikes

- Parisians' parking skills - they are kings and queens of parallel parking!

- Ladurée and Pierre Hermé macarons

- fresh croissants with butter and jam for breakfast - outside in the sun!

- window shopping 

- ladies and gentlemen wearing hats

- a woman painting in a little book in front of Monet's Water Lilies in Musée de l'Orangerie

- buying Bonne Maman jams to bring home

- Champagne galore

- the way "champagne" is pronounced in French

- being called "madame" by the hotel staff

- the Eiffel Tower in sunset

- seeing how much my husband and friends enjoy French foods like foie gras, snails, frog legs, oysters and beef tartar. I too love food, but these things - not so much

- the view of Sacré-Cœur from the top of Centre Pompidou

- walking along the Seine

- dining at Allard

- the decor of classic bistros and brasseries

- yoghurt in glas jars

- the art nouveau details of hotel Regina

- exploring the Les Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market

- treating ourselves to antique Champagne glasses at said market 

- blooming magnolia trees in Jardin des Tuileries 

- a little picnic of Champagne, macarons and olives in said park 

- stumbling upon the Aesop store and finally getting a chance to try their products (I have not yet seen them in Norway)

- the beauty of it all

a weekend in Paris

A long weekend in Paris with my husband and our friends. Simply perfect! These are iPhone photos; film photos are coming as soon as I have the the rolls developed.