Taking Stikkmenn to New York. New game made by my man

Eric is working hard on his game. 

In 2 weeks he will be presenting his game in New York 

Going there for a course for global marketing, with Innovation Norway.

It has now been in work for a year. Getting closer and closer to launching.

Exiting stuff.

We are hoping that more people will go and check out his Facebook page. 

He "needs" 1500 likes before he goes. 

Please go in and like, share too 

If you like gaming you should check it out for sure. 

Breakfast with this awesome gang

Happy breakfast everyone. Mine was eggs and bacon in salad :) 

Exhausted but happy

Finally weekend! 

Hard class today and few people. But still the hard core! 

Today for my breakfast I did salad leaves with butter, sausage, goat cheese and cucumber. Basically everything you would put on your bread, just without it. And it fills you just as much. 

Try it sometime! It won't hurt you, really

Happy weekend💪 

Making caramel

OMG these are so good.

And super easy to make. 

Vaprorated milk, xylitol, butter and vanilla.

Then on top I sprinkle crushed seasalt, cashews and cocoa nibs 

Can't make these often cuz I will eat them all. 

I wish I knew how to get them firmer. These are very soft and you basically have to lick them out

Any ideas?

I also tried to add gelatine but did not change much

Sweet potatoes baked in cream

Before I would always make potatoes like this, and it is one of those things that I am missing.

So today I decided to try to make it with sweet potatoes.

And guess what, it was delicious. Both the boys loved it too.

And it's easy to make

Cut up the sweet potatoes.  This slices

Place them in a glass pan

Make a sauce.

I used stock from my vegetable soup. Milk from the farm

Pepper, red onion and garlic 

Himalayann sea salt, pepper and fresh dill

And pour it over the pan.

Left it in the oven on 175c for 1 1/2 hour under foil, 

then I put some goat cheese onto and let that melt.

Finito

Little dude waiting watching mamma cook

Oh my yoga!

Wow! I seriously suck at Yoga! I'm stiff as a board 

I know I should be doing this probably everyday to get better in my back and shoulders.... But... 

Gonna give it a few tries now tho. 

Tina, Ailen and I were the newbies in the back of the room, giggeling away.

Feeling like a total goof. Elegance is not my thing 

My sister at the gym with me.... Who would have thought

Looks matter sometimes

Lately I've been craving light dinners today I prepped big green salads with chicken breast 

And tonight since it's Saturday I'm gonna have my homemade caramels 

Had a nice lunch with friends at SkifernHotel here in Oppdal today. First time in forever we have been out eating. 

Nice to get out a bit :) 

Johan and Ailens first meeting :) 

 

Gotta love those burpees

Last class for the week. 

Today we picked exercises from a pile 

Then we did that exercise twice for 45 sec with 20 sec break 

Then we did 45 sec burpees

Then pick new exercise 

I like this as I can not see the next exercise and think about it. I just have to do what is right now. Knowing that I have to do burpees after.

Then when I came home I made myself a light little snack, trying to eat a bit lighter at night.

Been eating a lot of meat and late so been feeling a bit full lately. 

More veggies a little less meat for a while now

Also did a new batch of Kombucca today.

I'm loving the color of this one. 

So red!

Delicious banana bread

This banana bread is served with Norwegian brown goat cheese and one with regular white goat cheese.
Love Norwegian Brown Goat Cheese

Today I wanted to test out a recipe for banana bread. I am looking for something that it bready and ok for Johan to eat.
This one here seems to work really well. It might be a little bit to moist. So next time I'll add a little bit more coconut flour.

All the ingredients

For full recipe visit:

http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/recipes/desserts/paleo-banana-bread/

Right out of the oven...

Even had some extra time to make jam. Frozen strawberries and blueberries, with a little bit of xylitol, coconut oil and gelatine powder. 

Food after a day in Trondheim

Today I took my first day off since baby was born. So 10 months ago. And more when you really think about it. Got to tag along with a friend that was going up. 

So baby was left with Tina in the morning and Eric in the afternoon. 

It was good to get away for a little. Did some shopping, went to the health food stores. Yes that is what I do when I am out and about. 

When Eric came to pick me up I just ran into coop to get some food for us. And what I had as a small snack yesterday inspired to make the plate bigger and more favours.

3 different meats 

Ricotta, Feta, Bree and Mozzarella di Buffalo

Tomates with olive oil and fresh basil 

cucumber

avocado

heart salad

pickled onions

pickles and some raw cashews 

Made for a good and filling meal

This was a nice big plate as when I am out and about I tend not to eat as much. Just because I am really picky and my body as now adjusted to eating when I decide to not when normal meals say we should eat, like eat  in the morning at lunch and then dinner. 

I had a bulletproof coffee in the morning, then I stopped by the health food store in Trondheim Torg, they have the nakd bars

Love these. They are super clean, only has 3-5 ingredients on the bars I have seen 

They cost a bit, but I would way rather spend my money on these than a burger at MD

Massage training

I've always been a bit in and out on and off with massage stuff, I've always enjoyed giving them, but it's not just something you just do to anyone. When I was little my mom would ask me and my sister for massages, I even remember me and my sister having a "massage studio" for our parents, where they could come and pay 5 kr for let's say 15 minutes or something like that.

When I went to my uncle in Strømmen I would very often give my aunt a massage.

Scalp massages I've always enjoyed doing...

So maybe it's something I should look more into. Is a class I want to take, but time and mostly money is making this very difficult. Some day....

But until that day, there is no reason I can't practise a little and figure out stuff. I'm not into doing relaxing spa massages, I want to do therapeutic massages. Deep tissue stuff.

And now that my sister is here I can practice on her :) 

Today as my snack after kettlebell I was really craving some mozzarella cheese with tomatoes, olive oil and basil. Put on some cucumber, sausage and Tina's home made pickled onions. They are very good!

Also did two training sessions with this fun lady today.

Morning lifting and friendly "therapy"

And kettlebell class this evening. 

My body is now completely exhausted and looking forward to some sleep and recovery 

Happy day

Tina's edited photos from the other night

So the other night when we went up for a little workout in the cabin we ended up in a little fun

 photo-shoot.

Our intention was to make one of these shadow photos, but the photo program we can use for free online does not have the same special effects as the stuff you pay for. Of course. But the picture still looks kind of cool, and we got some other fun pictures out of it too

My back is shaping up again

Doing turkish-getups. Practising technique here with the 12kg bell as I can do it now with a 20kg bell , but not so classy when I use that heavy. 

10 months

Picture from February last year and one from today

Well my little man is not so little anymore. Already 10 months old 

Time goes too fast. You bring so much happiness and joy into my life.

Love you

Todays workout!

Little bit of picture taking after class. All nice and tired. Finished off with 2 minute planking 

Shaking shaking!!

The ladies after class. Awesome ladies :) 

(next time tho we need to color coordinate the bells, this looks messy :P

Here is the first part of tonight's program.

Then we had 1 minute on 15 sec breaks with 

Leg raise to plow

Windshield wipers 

Russian sit-up

3 times each exercise 

Then a two minute farmers walk

Ending it all with a 2 minute plank.

Well done everyone!

I'm exhausted, but so happy :)

Love my gym endorphins

Teaching the kid how to cook ( And some from his awesome birthday party)

Well I think its about time he picks it up, he is 5 now right. Time to do some more chores. Haha

He is turning into a very in depended little man so I figured why not, with me right beside him, making sure he does not hurt him self he did pretty well. Altho after only 5 minutes he asked if it was done, and if he could be done cooking. 

But he stayed with me until I told him.

I think it's important to teach kids about food early, so they can make choices on what they want to eat. And why. I teach Jonas what is in the different kind of foods. Nutrition, and he also asked a lot of questions around food. Some people worry a bit about that, but for most of the time I am not. I don't want him to be concerned about everything that he eats, and I want him to know that we will not feed him bad food, or food that is bad for his body as he would but it. Some times I really miss being in Canada where most of our family eats like us, or at least are more understanding of our situation and choices.

Here some supervision from Tante Tina as well. 

Made chicken with ginger, turmeric, and red onions. 

Then I cut up asparagus to small pieces, but left the tops to the side. Green and yellow pepper and sweet potatoes. All cut nice and small.

Mix it all together. And let it shimmer. 

Then because of it's clean ingredients I also give it to baby. He is no longer a fan of pureed foods. He now wants to eat it all him self with his hands. And he almost get's mad when I feed him.

Also got Jonas to do some dished today. Two easy pots that I had just boiled veggies in

What a good big boy.

Yesterday we had a barn birthday party for him. Tina had done such an amazing job making it awesome.

Even had Jonas Dollars that the kids got handed out in the "bank" that they could use to buy hot dogs. There was cake and a big treasure hunt. And lots of sledding. Nice and sunny day (bit windy) but kids and adults all enjoyed a wonderful day. 

Eric at the bank

Tina ready to serve 

Kids in lineup 

Out for a treasure hunt

Sledding down our field

Easy and good breakfast for the kid

I often put an egg in the small pan and use the small leftovers from last night. Often what he won't finish. Add some extra meat and some cheese and voila it's like an breakfast egg pizza. 

And it's all gone :) 

Fun at the gym

Can't help but have a big smile on my face after being at the gym. 

Every country I've moved too I've ended up meeting some of the most awesome people at the gym. 

Pilates in Padova 

Carlson Gracie in Maple Ridge

And now puls Kettlebells in Oppdal

Such a fun gang to train with

Was looking at people today while we were doing out HIIT training, people are running, tired as all hell after a class, and running still with big smiles! Smiles people! It is contagious. 

All different people, different age groups, different bodies, but all together. Cheering each other on. Working on getting better and stronger. 

It is so much fun

I love it!

Who is who

Does not matter! We are all on the same team! 

What did we do?

Tonight my sister and I decided to do some training up in my training room in the cabin. 

As silly sisters we are it ended up in a little "photoshoot"

Need to do a little bit of editing on them but will post some here later. 

Fun stuff