Today's buy at the festival in Otta

7 kind of sausages, olives and other olive marinated veggies.

Night snack 

Two happy kids

Baked chicken

This turned out really good, put butter in the bottom with kale, then some weird looking carrots, purple, yellow and orange. ( wondering how they r made, natural or not??)

Then some yams and onions before I put the chicken with bacon on top. Added some water in the bottom so the veggies get steamed.

Mackerel

That was our dinner tonight so simple and easy to make.

Cucumber with olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper :)

Butter on the rest ;) 

Fish soup

Veggies:

Carrots 

Rutabaga 

Broccoli

Cauliflower 

Charlots 

Onions

Zucchini 

Pepper

Lemon

Fish:

Trout

Prawns

Cod

And dairy and gluten free salmon burgers 

Stock:

Fish broth from the freezer

Bacon fat

Broth from what came out of my butter/garlic prawns that I made yesterday

Coconut milk

Herbs and spices:

Basil 

Nutmeg 

Salt

Pepper

To finish it I made some crispy bacon bits to sprinkle on top 

And I have to say this soup was pretty damn good!

Try to save stuff like bacon fat ( NO its not gonna kill you! )

Broth from fish when you boils fish. 

If you ever prepare the whole fish, where you have to gut it and cut its head off. Boil that shit up, feed your cats ( if you have any, mine love me )

And you have a very nutritious stock. Freeze it and save it for your fish soup. 

Yum! 

Keep trying until you succeed

Kids!

They won't always want to eat what you would like them to eat. 

Keep trying to give it tho, in the end you might succeed. 

Jonas has not been wanting to eat avocado or zucchini AT ALL!

Today I made a delicious fish soup ( that I will blog about later ) 

I put tiny pieces of zucchini in it. 

When it was time to eat Jonas looked over on then kitchen counter and saw the avocados. Then he said Mommy I want avocado in my soup. I was shocked. The other day I told him to try my avocado, just to try it again he might like it now. He had two bites then said he liked it but did not want anymore. 

But today in the soup he ate half an avocado. Avocado being scooped out first. 

So I'm pretty happy about that. Not everything will be a success but I think it's important to keep on trying. 

Instead of giving in when they don't want their food and giving them a piece of bread with peanut butter. Because it was easier.... That's not teaching the kid anything. 

Try again. Try different ways. 

           Jonas and his cat Cake.

Breakfast with grandparents

This morning Eric made us a wonderful breakfast. Paleo for us that what to stick paleo and other stuff for the old timers ;)

Not always easy to get everyone to understand the paleo way. But everyone is happy.

This is the fist time my grandparents from Kvam have been up here. Nice to have them here:) 

Leftover omelet

Why not use your left overs in an omelet?

Eric put the trout, the carrots and brussel sprouts in the eggs making a wicked breakfast. 

Chicken and guacamole

Last night I made chicken and guacamole with a small salad on the side.

Left the chicken marinating al day in some olive oil and seasoning 

All tasted very good

Dandelion trout

Trout is probably my favorite fish ever! 

When Jonas and I walked back from the farm today we picked some dandelions  and put them on the fish.

Why not eat something you can pick so easily and it's so good for you too.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2441/2

Jonas' pick

Today after picking Jonas up from Barnehagen (daycare) I asked him what he would like for dinner as I had no plans and totally not feeling creative. 

So he said fish. I asked what kind of fish. He said red fish. So either salmon or trout. 

Went to the grocery store to pick up fresh trout. As I'm getting it Jonas is like -No mommy I want that one. A whole mackerel! So we packed up the mackerel as well and went home to cook. Cats were pretty happy too. I boil up everything I cut/gut from the fish for the cats. They love it. 

So today's dinner decided by Jonas was mackerel, broccoli, carrots and salad both a green salad and cucumber salad ( that I mix with lemon, salt, pepper and olive oil. 

Zucchini lasagna

Today's cooking experiment.

 Browned meat, added one onion, 3 garlic, one red pepper and olives.

Used tomato sauce

Oregano, parsley and fresh basil 

Layered with zucchini cut with a cheese slicer.

Made it primal as I added cottage cheese and some Norvegia cheese on top. 

Eric loved it, Jonas said he did not like it but ended up eating his whole plate ( almost )

So this was a hit :) and very easy to make paleo too. Just don't add the cheese. Maybe sprinkle some grated cauliflower soaked in olive oil and some spices :) 

Blueberry picking

Jonas and I hiked up the mountain today and picked about 4l of blueberries:)

So now we have a bit of jam for the winter ;) 

Veggies and dip

Tonight for a night treat we cut up a lot of veggies and made a sour team dip 

Jonas ate all his food too. ( how ever he will not touch avocado or tomatoes ) 

Trout and veggies

Pretty self explanatory plate ;)

Love trout

Today's challenge, open a can of tuna

Opening a can of tuna with one hand is kinda hard. 

But I did finally get my tuna salad. 

Mixed greens, two eggs, one can of tuna, nuts and seed mix and a sprinkle of dried chili. 

My dinner when I'm home alone :) 

Fish/cod

Norwegian fiskegrateng

Used a layer of boiled cod under. 

Gluten free pasta with onion, carrots and cream

One layer of cheese and my "bread crumbs" shredded cauliflower with a spoon of olive oil and seasoning salt. 

Dessert strawberries and cream

With some kesam

Eric and I went for a nice hike up the mountain today was so nice up there. 

3 banana breads. Food saving

So home for at least 10 days with this hand. 8 stitches deep cut yay.

But still a lot that can be done with one hand.

So today Jonas and I made banana bread.

One I made just the way the recipe says ( except the chocolate ), one I added dried berries, sunflower seeds and cinnamon, the third one I added pecans, cocoa powder and shredded coconut

For the bananas I went to one of my local stores and asked if I could have old bananas that they throw away. And the lady was very nice and gave me lots.

Idea for the rest of you too. Too much food is being thrown away. And it's kinda silly to buy new bananas and wait for them to get old so I can bake with them. 

Saving money and less food waste! 

Here is the recipe I used

Banana Bread (Paleo, Grain Free, Gluten Free)

4.8 from 39 reviews

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Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 45 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Serves: 10-17

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut flour
• ½ cup almond flour
• 1 cup very ripe banana mashed well with a fork (2-3 medium bananas)
• ½ cup butter melted + extra butter unmelted for greasing (preferably grass-fed or you could sub with coconut oil but it’s way better with butter)
• ¼ cup cacao nibs
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon no additive liquid stevia or ¼ cup honey (can increase honey all the way up to ⅓ cup of honey or ½ teaspoon of liquid stevia but I wouldn’t recommend going above ⅓ cup of honey or ½ teaspoon liquid stevia in terms of sweetness)
• 4 eggs
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a 8.5 x 4.5 loaf pan with butter and place a cut bit of parchment paper that fits in the bottom of the loaf pan inside it flat on the bottom.
2. In a medium sized bowl combine the coconut flour, almond flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cacao nibs, and pinch of salt and mix with a fork to reduce any clumps until thoroughly combined.
3. In a small bowl add eggs, vanilla extract, stevia or honey and whisk then add mashed banana to the egg mixture and whisk more until well combined.
4. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry and stir with a spoon until thoroughly combined then add melted butter and continue stirring until well incorporated.
5. Spoon all of the bater in your greased loaf pan and spread it out evenly with a scraper and shape it in any way you want (specifically in the shape of a loaf so that it rises like that)
6. Place in the oven for 40-45 minutes or until the center is pierced with a toothpick and the toothpick comes out clean.
7. Pull out of the oven and let it cool slightly (only for a minute or so) then carefully run a knife along the edges to make sure nothing is sticking and cautiously invert it onto your hand or a wire rack and flip it so the bottom is laying flat on the wire rack and let it cool for 20-30 minutes. (if you can wait that long)

Notes

Update: for those of you who have had runny batter I believe it has to do with the brand of coconut flour, I think that Bobs Red Mill Organic Coconut Flour is slightly more absorbent than some of the other brands. This is amazing sliced and toasted with butter in a pan. Just turn a pan to medium heat and add a butter pat to the pan and let it melt slightly then add the bread and swirl it around on both sides until it’s toasted to your liking. Crisy-edged, warm and buttery goodness.