SAFFRON THUMBPRINT COOKIES

In the middle of the craziest weeks of the year I think I’ve managed to attract the flu. I woke up with angry throat and when I walked up the stairs to the third floor to my statistics-lab my heart was beating like I had run a marathon. Not good at all. So right now…

TAG ALONG – VISINGSÖ and SMULTRONSTÄLLEN

Last week I spent four amazing days on Visingsö at my parents house. I grew up on this small island in the south of Sweden – here there are around 700 people living all year around, it’s 14 kilometers long and mostly known for the nature, old castles and their horse carriages that take you around the whole…

SHROVE TUESDAY – THE SWEDISH SEMLOR

So, today its once again one strange Swedish tradition to celebrate; Shrove Tuesday! Or as we swedes call it; Fettisdagen. For some of you this day is actually known for eating pancakes, or as the “international pancake day”. But here in Sweden (and in most scandinavian countries, we eat a semla instead). This wonderful cream…

THE GREATEST CANDYSHOP + HOW SWEDES SHOP FOR CANDY

Just a small tip, if ever visiting Gothenburg pay this candyshop a visit, its epic! They call themselves “4gott” and I think they have three stores around Gothenburg but I’ve only been to the one at Östra Hamngatan 5 just outside the centralstation. I always joke about getting diabetes just by breathing in the air in…

PICKLED HERRING or SILL

How have your 2016 been so far? My year have started off on the calm note – with days spent in my PJs most of the time, my face haven’t been near any makeup and I have watched tones of movies, WJHC and reading books I forgotten I ever bought. It have been so nice…

NEW YEAR and TOAST SKAGEN

The last day of 2015 is here and god, this year have been a year with a lot of ups and downs. I feel so blessed I start next year on a better note than last year, knowing I’m stronger than I could never imagine. I’m nicer to myself now – knowing how important it…

RIS Á LA MALTA

I can’t believe it’s only 3 days left of 2015 – as always, the year have flown by so fast. This means that this is the last of the “Christmas-food” posts for this year, ending with the one thing I can’t celebrate Christmas without; Ris á la Malta. This is the one thing I ask my…

MY SWEDISH CHRISTMAS

This night was my first night since Monday that I’ve slept in my own bed, and god, it felt so good! I love christmas but after driving from family to family, activity to activity and when I finally landed at home after the traditional boxing-day ice hockey (and we won, that felt even better) I have…

MERRY CHRISTMAS or GOD JUL!

Merry christmas and happy holidays to you all! We have just been eating christmas-lunch and now we’re waiting for Donald Duck. Every year at 3 p.m everyone (and I mean everyone!) sits down to watch Donald Duck “From all of us to all of you” from 1958 and it have been aired on channel one since…

DAY BEFORE DUNKING-DAY and ICE CHOCOLATE

What kind of crazy day is “Dunking-day” you say? Its christmas! In Sweden we have a tradition of dunking a piece of bread in the broth where we have cooked our christmas ham in. That makes today the day before dunking-day since we celebrate christmas the 24th. This is one of the best days of the…

3RD ADVENT, SWEDISH SAFFRON-BUNS or LUSSEKATTER

Today it’s 3rd of advent and finally I can show you one of my absolute favorites when it comes to sweet things; Lussekatter (or Lucia cats if you translate it directly). Its a soft, sweet saffron bun with raisins, traditionally eaten during Lucia (13th of December). I believe this tradition could be quite exotic for…

SANTA’S PORRIDGE – 2ND ADVENT

Can’t believe it’s already the 2nd of advent! This week have flown by so fast, probably due to a lot of studying for my exams (one week left today) and the fact that my days are so stuffed with meeting friends, hockey and preparation for our presentation in accounting-class. Every year the Swedish television air…