Pictures from Spain

We had an amazing time in Costa del Sol…..
We were able to soak up some rays but now back in Sweden I feel my tan fading by the minute. Here are some pictures from the girls trip last week over the Easter break combined with a holiday in July ‘07 where Fattie and I also [...]

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Goat Cheese Ravioli with Creamy Walnut Sauce

He loved to tinker and immerse himself into just about anything he hadn’t tried before. So it was no surprise when my dad trotted in one day with a pasta rolling machine under his arm. We were little munch-kins barely able to see above the kitchen counter and for that moment we thought this shiny [...]

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Date Week. Adventures in Water.

I know, normally it’s date night but for us it has been date week.
We wanted to spend time together while doing something good for ourselves and our bodies. We quickly agreed on the answer. Regular trips to the gym followed by evenings of cooking for each other. With the upcoming nuptials and my latest attempt [...]

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Easter in Southern Spain

Where the eff is the sun?
The winter has been mild in Sweden this season but even so it’s been ridiculously boring weather. Being from the Pacific Northwest I have to confess – I am used it. Even so, each year about February or March I just can’t take it anymore. I’m dying to see the [...]

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Great Aunt Freida’s Fabulous Zucchini Bread

As a kid, I flipped when my parents received food as gifts.

You know, jars of unbelievably scrumptious homemade jams made with love by your great-grandmother, those baskets of specialty foods presented so beautifully, the warm baked bread, sweet mouthwatering fudge, freshly harvested homegrown produce from my grandfathers garden, and oh, the heavenly assortment of cookies [...]

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Colbie Caillat ~ Magic

Colbie Calliat is the super cute 22 year old blondie singer-songwriter from California who broke records with her song, Bubbly – it’s been viewed more than 17 million times on youtube and upwards of 20 million on myspace.
Her CD, Coco, has been making the rounds in my iPod since last year and it continues to [...]

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Potato Bacon Cheddar Tart

Sitting on our bums the other day taking in a little BBC Food we witnessed the super tall Canadian chef Michael Smith create an interesting and cleverly wrapped bacon potato dish.

Since Fattie loves bacon, potatoes, and cheese (uh, who in their right mind doesn’t?) he just had to give it a go. The first effort [...]

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Quick and Simple Gravlax Carpaccio

Of course, it’s always wonderful and such a treat to have someone cook dinner for you, but Fattie’s food is absolutely grubbing – so it’s double the fun.
He casually and ever so cutely whipped up this appetizer: gravlax carpaccio.
So, yeah, you know carpaccio is typically super thin slices of raw beef drizzled with a dressing [...]

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What’s that smell?

The air here is filled with the aroma of spring and the landscape is diligently following right along as it loyally does each and every season.

Apparently, the trusted Swedes inform me, it’s rare to see these gorgeous sights of spring cropping up in these parts of Sweden so early in the year.
In March of [...]

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Pictures from Italy

Wow….What an amazing trip!

Italy for Valentines Day? Yup. A ski holiday I would have only dreamt about last year. Truly a one of a kind gift. Thanks Fattie!
Obviously, one of the great benefits of living in Europe is how easily you can hop from country to country. So a quick flight to Milan along [...]

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