øhhhhh 45th birthday! Forty-five. I still can’t believe it.

My wonderful husband and Anton are makin this weekend a really special one for me! I am so lucky to have such amazing, loving family.

Right now: I’m sitting, enjoying coffee…. while I’m surfing the net…..

This evening we are going to my favorite restaurant, together with our friend Tony, who is visiting from China.

Last but not least: thank you, dear readers, for all of your sweet birthday wishes as well! Every single one put a smile on my face.

♥ Lizzy

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….. to keep the fingers from the cookie jar…..

….. as those cakes looks so amazing, standing there on the table….. just the idea of them, can get my mouth watering.

Anyway, most cakes taste best when they are freshly baked….. as for example these beautiful:

Blueberry muffins (6 large or 12 small muffins)

100 g butter
2 dl milk
zest of a lemon
2 eggs
1 ½ dl sugar
1 tsp. vanilla sugar
4 dl wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
little salt

Do this:
Set the oven at 175 degrees (200 degrees if you are baking large muffins).

Melt butter and add the grated lemon peel and milk.

Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy.

Pipes liquids together.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt and fold into the liquid. Touch the dough together.

Wash blueberries and add them to the dough.

Place the muffin molds in a muffins plate and fill the molds 2/3 with dough.

Bake in middle of oven for approx. 12-15 minutes (20 minutes if you bake large muffins). Test with a stick to make sure that cakes are not sticky.

Tips: For extra juicy flavor, you can combine muffins and crumble.

Crumble:
75 g cold butter
Two dl oatmeal
1 dl wheat flour
1 dl sugar

Do this:
Cut the butter into cubes and “crumble” it in the flour, oatmeal and sugar.

Sprinkle a little crumbles on top of un-baked muffins and garnish with a little blueberry.

Bake in middle of oven for 20 minutes.

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Grilled salmon with warm salad and sauce (servings: 4)

Ingredients:
800g salmon fillet
mixed vegetables (such as spring onions, carrots, asparagus, fresh spinach, or?)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
0.5 cup red onion
a jar löjrom

Do this:
Grill the salmon fillet on medium heat until it is finished.
Slice the vegetables and fry them in a pan with some oil.
Mix mayonnaise and sour cream with finely chopped onions and löjrom.
Serve the sauce to the salmon and vegetables.

….. whenever I am there, I’m always looking for the best gelato….. this one is from Sweet Paul….. who found the basic in Greve, and did his own version.

Tiramisu ice cream

Ingredients:
2,5 cup cream
2 cups milk
2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
8 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
14 ladyfingers
1/4 cup strong coffee
1/4 cup amaretto
1/2 cup good quality chocolate sauce

Do this:
Put cream, milk and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat.
Heat until hot, but not boil.
Remove and let stand for 30 minutes.
Put yolks, sugar and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until the mixture has tripled in size.
Reduce the speed and pour the milk slowly into it.
Transfer the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
Pour the mixture through a mesh sieve into a bowl set in ice water bath.
Cool.
Freeze the mixture in a ice cream maker.
In the mean time, place the ladyfingers on a plate and drizzle with coffee and amaretto.
When the ice cream is ready, layer it in a bowl with ladyfingers and chocolate sauce.
Finish with a drizzle of the chocolate sauce.
Freeze until set and serve.

Enjoy!

Photo by Alexandra Grablewski

I have the day off!

We have packed our office down the last few days, and today we move to Copenhagen. But to make sure that Anton isn’t in the way of the moving people, I got an unexpected day off, to take care of him….. so I will not take part in the actual move ….. Hurrah

Therefor I decided to visit a friend this morning, and as I was driving in the car, sipping my latte and listening to the radio, all I could think was: “this is so lovely”. Maybe when I grow up I won’t work and I’ll be a stay-at-home-femme instead”…..

….. this probably sounds so un-feminist of me, I know. But the truth is that having an empty day to go to the gym, read magazines, get my hair done, and jump on the bed, feels like such a treat.

But yes, I have too many goals and ambitions (read: books to be written, people to be helped, yoga to be practiced….. and I just love my job) to stay at home every day….. but sigh, it really does feel amazing today…..

Do you have the day off? How are you spending it?

….. a blissful yawn, and happy weekend to you, when you get there.

Love Lizzy

….. and speaking of rain….. I have a perfectly good pair of rain boots already, but I’d secretly love a pair of Hunter’s Wellington boots. They’re elegant, slim and tall, so they make your legs look miles long. And the Queen of England wears them. La di da! I’ve been trying my best to rationalize a purchase…… :o)

Have a lovely day

Lizzy

Vemdalen offers everything….. there are 31 lifts and 58 slopes spread over three areas……

Here’s everything from green joy-slopes, blue comfort-slopes, red’s which is more sophisticated, and the heavy black’s….. one of them is an international slalom slope, and last but not least, the fun-park with jumps and rails…..

….. in short, here is the opportunity to enjoy skiing on all levels….. and believe me, even the most incarnated Alpine snob must acknowledge that skiing up here is both challenging, beautiful, smooth and very, very nice.

Besides slalom, there is a possibility to enjoy ski safari, snow scooter rides and dogsledding.

Love

Lizzy

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Left to right, top to bottom: Angeline Tournier ballet flats, +d tag cup, Perch mason jars, Jack Spade canvas weekender, Richard Nicoll tank, Aiaiai earphones, and Milton toe cap flats.

Photos: ida nielsen

I woke up this morning to a blanket of fresh white snow and my forty-something year old heart nearly stopped beating.

I don’t care how much people might hate dealing with a winter of snow and ice; there is nothing as beautiful as a fresh snowfall in the early morning.

The way the light inside changes, and how you know, before even opening a curtain, that something is changed. The way the street looks, all white, with no tire tracks. The way the tree branches hang, droopy under the weight of the snow. It’s a wonder.

Have a lovely day, wherever you are

Love lizzy

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