Learning something new. Tapping birch trees

So yesterday we finally went out to see the lady that was my doula when having Johan.

Her and her family have become good friends of ours, but living a bit far and always being busy have made it difficult to visit. I always learn something new when I go there. This time it was tapping birch sap. 

Quite interesting. And so easy. 

Love going out there and see those guys such a happy place

Did some reading on it today and there seem to be quite a lot of health benefits to it. Of course on the internet you can find people that are very sceptical and critical to things and also the other way around so, before you go and try it, maybe just look into some links and make your own opinion on what you feel is good for you. I've probably drank about 1/2 litre today. It tastes mostly like water. With a little bit of sugar in it ( thats the xylitol)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_sap

Here is the wikipedia link, I always find wikipedia has enough info to make me decide if I want to read more about the subject or not.

Jonas likes it too. I even gave a tiny little bit to Johan today. Funny how you can drink stuff tight out of the tree..

So what you need for the project is a thin hose, a drill and a bit that is the same size as the hose. Drill a hole about 5 cm into the birch but the hose in, bottle in the other end, seal it with some plastic foil so no bugs go in there.

Depending on the tree you get different amounts,  I've gotten about 2 1/2 litres in 24 hours. 

Try it with your kids it's a fun project

Lots of things happening in our world these days too. Eric is super busy with his game, things are moving forward. 

Tina and I took a shopping trip with Johan to Trondheim last weekend, that was fun. Havent really gone shopping shopping since long before I got pregnant with Johan. So it felt nice to get something new.

We have gotten to enjoy a beautiful day outside in the sun today. Jonas is such a great big brother helping out with Johan and playing with him a lot. To day we have been outside all day. Raking, playing, planting, hiking, crawling, jumping on the trampoline, moved the swing.

For dinner today I used my dear crockpot and made Goulash. Yum!!

And for my last thing before sitting down I tried out the two ingredient recipe cookies. 

2 bananas and 2 cups of oats. 

Added vanilla and 1/3 cup 70% chocolate chips :)

Looking forward till tomorrow.

Oh and the sauce is being made in the crockpot for my pulled pork tomorrow...

So easy to put something like that on in the morning having dinner ready and waiting for you when you come back from work :)

Ducking soup!

Yesterday's duck boiled on low heat for hours pealed apart and put all kind of veggies in 

Norwegian lapskaus but with duck :)

Then when we have had this duck for dinner again I will make the last if it into babyfood. Mostly he eats what ever we eat eat but sometimes it's nice to have something in the freezer for him. 

Making some duck for dinner!! Eating the first dandelion of the year!

Put the duck on low heat while we biked into town to get the car. And get some veggies. When we got home I started cutting up the veggies to put in with the duck and turned up the heat. 

Onion, sweet potatoes, garlic, bacil,dandelion that I picked when walking and one tomato.

Also managed to get some snow sun tanning in today! Love it.  

Egg muffins

Egg muffins

10 eggs

1 tbs coconut flour

2 tbs almond flour

1 tbs flax seeds 

1 tbs sunflower seeds

1 tbsp physilliym 

1 tbsp salt

1 tbs MCT oil ( olive oil, coconut oil, butter will also work just to make them not stick)

I also poured the bacon fat into the mix

Mix well and put in a muffin tray

175 c till you can see they are

Done mine took about 20 minutes but depends on the size of the muffin trays

My boys are loving these

Served with veggies from last nights veggie tray and some bacon and cheese 

Good morning