New year!

Happy new year people

So here we go again. New year new start, right?

Two years into this now. Ups and downs lots of learning and so so so much more to come!!

So many things have happen this past year. New edition to our family. That is now learning food too.  And I have to say this one is gonna be more difficult for me to let have "bad" food. Writing bad with "" because for most people a lot of my kind of bad food is not bad food to them. 

3 1/2 months in Canada. 

(Epic photo)

Such a fantastic wonderful summer. Family and friends I love and and miss so so much! 

Want to see them all again as soon as possible.

Eric is getting his game going and following his dream :)

And for the best end of the year ever my sister came back from Libanon

She is now living with us for a while looking for a job here and getting her husband here too :)

Had not seen her for 4 1/2 years!!!

Cooking is now easier as we have one extra adult in the house. 

I'm gonna try even harder to do better at what I am doing

Couple of food ideas under 

Mashed turnip with cod

Fried up some cod in butter seasoned with turmeric, dill, parsley, curry, salt and pepper

Put some cream (yes full fat) in with the mash ( still not 100% of the dairy as it's hard when everyone else in the house really wants it so that's where I cave. But I do a lot less than before) 

And sprickeled some parmagian on top.

Served with steamed broccoli and iceberg lettuce

DON AIRS

Made a wicked dinner on Saturday. Tina added some new tricks to our cooking too. And I'm sure we are gonna get more :) 

Make a feast like this use iceberg as the wrap! Yum! 

It's been a good year

Happy New Year 

God Jul❤️kettlebell

Our kettlebell group desided to have a Christmas theme workout tonight. Dressed up and just Christmas music. Such a fun group to get to be a party of. Bunch of red, sweaty, endorphine high "nisses"

God Jul

First time for everything camel meat

Today we went to drop off clothes donated by people in Oppdal to families in need. Eric goes to school with other foreigns to learn Norwegian and most if these families has close to nothing.they were very happy and exited. This family just arrived yesterday mom and 3 kids reunited with dad after 4 years. The little girl was only 1 when he left. Coming from Ethiopia they are not used to this cold... And it's not even really cold yet. They loved Johan with his light skin and blue eyes and I'm so impressed how good these girls are with babies. It's just natural to them to take care of a baby. Would not let a 5 year old Norwegian just take my kid and carry around. Here it didn't even cross my mind to let her. And the 9 year old even more safe. More safe than most teenagers here in Norway. 

We got invited in for coffee and treats and also camel meat. It tasted really good. Coffee was a bit spicy but really good too. 

Johan also had to come with mommy and Guðrún  to the gym today. 

Gotta start them early. 

Nice to have someone to workout with and help with baby when it's hard not having any family here in Oppdal

Eric is finally set up in his office. 

My grandparents came to visit. First visitors :)

Let's go Stikkmann

Antiboitics Probiotics Christmas starting

Made an other batch of Kombucca 

Even made one with Gløgg flavor, a Norwegian Christmas drink. 

Wonder how it's gonna taste....??

Trying to give Jonas some as he is taking antibiotics,thankfully they seem to help, as I'm not a fan of needing to take medications. So trying to help by giving him probiotics to help rebuild gut bacteria . 

Antibiotics kills the bacteria, but not only the bad bacteria, it also kills our good bacteria. So giving some probiotics should help a little....

Makes sense no? 

Also finished the kids advent kalendar for tomorrow.

Feeling proud of my self, think he will be happy :) Tired mamma.

Watched our first Xmas movie today with Jonas, can you guess which one it is??

Well it's tea time then bed time

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas :)🎅🎄🎁

Sushi time

Last night I made a nice sushi meal for me and Eric. 

And he was so happy

Buying sushi done in the store here is not quite the same.

Took me about an hour but when you get so much happiness and appreciation it's so worth it

Love sushi

So good!!

OMG! 

Made my own Larbar type bars. 

One cup if dates 

One cup cashews 

1/4 cup coconut (shredded)

And some 70% chocolate chips. 

Wish I could find darker, as they are a bit to sweet, but maybe next time I'll just put in 86% and cut it up my self, easy enough 

Can't wait to have Jonas try these

Recipe from how to eat like a dinosaur 

Waffle taste test

Today Jonas and I made two kinds of waffles, we used the plantain pancake recipe and the frozen waffles recipe from Eat like a dinousaur book

Both turned out really good :) 

Used different things on

Goat cheese both brown and white

Butter

Xylitol 

Home made strawberry jam 

Homemade strawberry cream ( butter, my strawberry jam and agave )

Sour cream 

And coffee on the side.

Enjoyed some nice outside time today. Jonas tested out the first snow, not too great yet, but kids have fun