sad mac

As mentioned on Flickr this morning, I have taken a photo an hour today (like I did this Sunday) and I planned to post the photos here tonight. Unfortunately it will have to wait because I have a sad Mac :-( Hopefully it can be fixed quickly. 

parsnip soup

After the weekend we had a rather random selection of vegetables left in the fridge, so I decided to make soup for our Tuesday dinner. The parsnips were in majority, hence a parsnip soup - with a little extra.

4 parsnips

1 carrot

2 potatoes

1/2 onion

1/2 red onion

2 stalks of celery

6 asparagus in small pieces 

4 cloves of garlic

1 dl cream

1 liter water

2 stock cubes/fond cups (I used Maggi chicken fond cups)   

1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar

ca 1 teaspoon of ground cumin

a pinch of dried chili

salt and pepper to taste

a lot of fresh parsley

Fry onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced parsnips, potatoes, carrots, celery, stock cubes and water. Boil until vegetables are tender, puree. Add cream, balsamic vinegar, cumin, salt and pepper. Reheat if needed. Add asparagus and parsley right before serving. Serve with toasted bread with garlic parsley butter.

Yield: ca 4 servings, depending on how hungry you are.

Bonus: Sara liked it too!

what's for dinner, week 21

mussels from my film archive | Kodak Portra 160, Canon EOS 500N

Monday: whole grain pasta with onion, garlic, cheese and bacon 

Tuesday: parsnip soup 

Wednesday: my mum's homemade meatballs (from the freezer), boiled potatoes and gravy 

Thursday: homemade ratatouille and sausage pizza (from the freezer) + a mixed salad 

Friday: roasted salmon with fish & seafood spice mix (from Santa Maria) and a salad of mixed lettuce, red apple, red onion, avocado, walnuts and balsamic vinegar 

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What we actually had for dinner last week:

Monday: hamburgers

Tuesday: meat soup with meat leftovers from our Sunday dinner

Wednesday: white bean, tomato and feta salad salmon and roasted potato wedges 

Thursday: cod, bacon and greens white bean, tomato and feta salad

Friday (Constitution day): first course: baked salmon, asparagus and homemade hollandaise sauce, main course: roasted reindeer filet, pan fried mushrooms and a brown cheese sour cream sauce, dessert: pavlova with strawberries and red currants 

Saturday: first course: mussels cooked in white wine and lots of garlic, main course: grilled and roasted entrecote, roasted root vegetables and homemade bearnaise sauce, dessert: oreo ice cream 

Sunday: homemade sushi and grilled spicy lobster  

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu

- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)

- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners

- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

- each post will be illustrated with one of my food related photos, either from my archives or a new one

life via iPhone, week 20

There are more everyday stories in the life via iPhone set on my Flickr.

hus og hjem - the article is online

Photo: Gidske Stark 

Just a quick note to tell you that the article about our home, that I mentioned in my previous post, is now online. Read it (in Norwegian) and see more photos here.  

PS: There are a few photos from our long weekend at Voss in this set at Flickr. I'll be back to regular posting this week. 

hus og hjem

Our home is in today's Bergens Tidende (the local newspaper). Please check it out if you are interested. (I don't know if it will be available online.) Thanks a lot Hilde Heian and Gidske Stark for this lovely feature. 

budding

Kodak Portra 400, Canon EOS 500N

I took these photos a couple of weeks ago, on my way to the city centre to deliver this film to the lab to have it developed. Trees had just started budding and I found it interesting to see how different all the buds are. Of course they are;  leaves are different too. It was just really nice to see these eager, optimistic little buds after a long winter. Spring really is a magic time of year, me thinks.

There are more spring photos in the spring set on my Flickr.

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PS: I have updated the about site with links to various interviews/mentions of Hei Astrid. Please take a look if you are interested.