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…

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…

CHRISTMAS @ LISEBERG, GOTHENBURG

Yesterday, me and Marcus met up my sister in Gothenburg where she studies to be a psychologist to pay our annual visit to the christmas market at Liseberg. Liseberg is the biggest (or maybe second biggest?) amusement park in Sweden and every year they put up an incredible christmas market that are so worth the effort…

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…

1ST ADVENT

Yesterday it was 1st of advent. Advent it a pretty serious thing here in Sweden, its the one thing everyone looks forward to after two months with rain/snow, darkness and staying in.We crave the warmth, to meet up with friends, to eat good food and to celebrate. This is also a day full of personal traditions…

GINGERBREAD GRANOLA

Its two days until first advent and the festive spirit have began to sneak up on me, making this gingerbread granola the perfect way to start-it all up without going all crazy. Iv’e been waiting for advent a couple of weeks now, to put up my christmas-stars in the window and my advent candles on the table,…

SWEDISH TRADITIONS; CHRISTMAS TABLE

I believe this is one of Sweden’s strangest food traditions. It’s called “julbord”, or directly translated to; christmas table. In december, you dress up and go out to eat christmas-food with family and friends (I know someone that have a record of 13 christmas-tables in one year, I would say that’s pretty decent). . Downsides…