Today is Sols graduation day after finishing 10th grade. Congrats to my beautiful girl!! And of course there will be a party at school where we all have to bring some finger food. I chose to make some luxurious, typical Norwegian smoked salmon&tortilla rolls. I really love this simple yet tasty finger food. I'll write this recipe in English because I wrote my sweet bun recipe yesterday in Norwegian - and because I guess it's no need for a recipe for this rolls for my Norwegian friends. They are some kind of healthy, they are pretty simple to make and most people love them. You'll need wheat/potato tortillas, cream cheese (I used one with herbs and garlic), smoked Norwegian salmon or trout, dill, alfalfa sprouts or other kinds of ...
Cute Flower crochet headband
So, I have fallen in love with flower crochet headbands lately... so fun and easy to make. Yesterday night I made this super cute headband for Eirun, in less than one hour. This headband is simple to make, and if you know the basic crochet stitches you should be all set. I used a pony tail rubber band as base to make the headband easier to use. Crochet flower hippie headband 2:🌸what you’ll need: Cotton yarn suitable for hook 3,5mm Crochet hook 3,5 mm A rubber band (for pony tail) 🌸Stitches used Singe crochet sc Double crochet dc Chain ch Slip stitch slst 🌸Start: 1 sc around rubber band. Ch 8. Slst in 5th ch from hook making a ring. Slst in next 3 ch. you are now back to the rubber band. Sc one in rubber band. Dc3 in the ...
The best Avocado face mask
Some days are perfect for a little self care. Personally I think Sunday is a good day to take time to embrace one self, relax, recharge and share some time and have fun with the people I love. I must (sadly) admit I've never really been good at self care or doing things for my self. I'm most happy when I make other people happy and bring smiles all around me. But to do so we all need to take care of one self and love one self too... so ... when I first met my wonderful, beautiful soon to become daughter in law, and she arranged the most delightful, fun, caring, pampering home-spa-wellness day for me and the girls I realised how important and fun and good it really is to just take some time to embrace one self and make some little luxury ...
Cheers to the weekend
So, I was bragging about the unbelievably tasty elderflower limonade I got from my mom as a gift for my birthday. This limonade is so good and really versatile. You can mix it with water and drink it as limonade. You kan mix it with hot water, lemon and honey and drink it as tea (it's super good for your immune system) You can mix it with mineral water and a drop of freshly squeezed lemon or lime and drink it as a sparkling refreshment ... you can add it to your smoothie or any juice to add the delicious taste of elderflower... you can add it to sherbet, desserts, you can even mix it with a little bit of prosecco to make a summery, festive drink or mix it with white rhum, freshly squeezed lime, peppermint leaves, sugar and soda to make ...
The best biscotti ever
Yesterday I got SO many awesome gifts. Probably by now some of you already know I loooooove homemade. I love eatable, sustainable, handmade .... my people probably know this too ... so for my birthday they had really poured their hearts in and made me some wonderful gifts. No1 of course: the gift of love - the gift of being together, sitting around the table, talking, laughing and sharing good food. They made me the cutest breakfast - my man took me on a perfect lunch date and in the evening they created the best dinner&cake. I feel so blessed. 💕 I got these super yummy biscotti from my daughter Sol, that I'll serve you the recipe today. These are soooo good and are perfect along with a cup of tea or coffee. I got so many good ...
Rhubarb&strawberry sherbet
Yes, I admit I'm a ice cream lover.... or maybe more like a sherbet lover. The fruity, fresh, tasty, real taste and smooth texture are perfect for dessert all year but in the summer I think I could live of ice cream and sherbet only.... ok, and some fruits and berries ... and fresh veggies .. and... I also have this love for rhubarb. It makes me super happy when the strange large leaves and the super sour and tangy stalks appear in my garden. I kinda feel like I want to wear the leaves as a hat and run into the kitchen to find a cup of sugar like I did when I was 5. So, because I love homemade berry-fresh sherbet - and because it's my birthday tomorrow I think I'll serve you one of my all time favourite homemade sherbets made of ...
Crochet daisy head band
Finally it came some rain in Oslo today. The nature, trees, plants, flowers were all dry and need the life giving water now. So - we smile even if it pours down. Besides I love the smell of summer rain and the freshness it brings. The rain didn't stay for long and soon the sun were back making all the raindrops twinkle like little jewels. I've used the day making this super cute, hippie, daisy head band. I've written the instructions in Norwegian and English so nobody will miss out. This time the Norwegian instruction is first, so you'll have to scroll down for English. Today it turned out my beautiful girl, Sol, (her name actually means sun ☀ or sunshine in Norwegian) had dressed up perfectly for the new headband and ...
Cheers to the weekend
Happy Saturday. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Lucky me was invited to garden party over at some neighbors yesterday. The summer is the best time for gathering and enjoying the light Scandinavian summer nights, friends, drinks, good food, laughter and conversations. As I'm a mother I really enjoy parties with room for children, teens, adults and people of all ages. I love the laughter, the playfulness and the laid back feel of garden/summer-parties. Today I want to serve you some cool summer drinks suitable for party people of all ages. Strawberry-rasberry-lime lemonade Juice from 3 freshly squeezed limes 100-150 ml sugar 100-150 ml frozen raspberries 7 strawberries 500 ml water.Add all the ingredients to a blender and mix ...
