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The last day of Christmas

13/1/2017

Today is the last day of the Swedish Christmas. On Knut’s Day we take down all the Christmas decorations and throw out the tree. We throw a little party where we eat any remaining Christmas biscuits and candy, and dance around the tree singing traditional songs.

I’m super busy writing the last pages on my examination essay, it’s due today. Therefore all I have time for is making crepes. In Sweden we typically serve them with lingonberry jam.

Gluten-free Swedish crepes, makes more than 15

7 eggs
400-500 mL oat flour, finely ground
400 mL milk
50-75 grams butter

Break the eggs and gently whisk them.
Add flour, a little at a time while whisking. Make sure all lumps are resolved.
Keep whisking and add the milk.
Fry in butter, at medium heat, in a griddle. .

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Fruit salad

30/12/2016

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After several days with Christmas dinners and leftovers, all I long for is something light and fresh. Like fruit salad. Super simple, and everyone likes it. Just take whatever fresh and dried fruit you have left in your fruit basket. Serve as it is or with some vanilla ice cream.

Fruit salad, makes 6-8 servings
2 oranges
2 persimmons
2 apples
2 bananas
Lemon juice (from half a lemon or a bottle)
Half a box of physalis
Dried cranberries and/or finely chopped figs and/or dades
Dried pumpkin seeds and/or sunflower seeds

Peel off the oranges with a sharp knife and remove all skin. Cut out the segments, and divide in two or three pieces. Squeeze out the juice from the leftover parts.
Wash off the persimmons and cut in pieces.
Peel the apples and bananas and cut in pieces.
Mix all fresh fruit pieces in a bowl and pour over juice.
Wash the physalis and cut in halves. Add to the fruit mix.
Sprinkle over some dried fruit and seeds.

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The Day Before The Day

23/12/2016

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“It’s the most wonderful time of the year” is by far the best Christmas song ever. It totally nails December.

Some things I love with December are:

the Christmas music; both carols and more contemporary, all day long, from the first of Advent until New Year’s Eve
the smell; a mix of hyacinths, gingerbread, fir-tree, hot chocolate, warmth and happiness
the colours; dark red, rich green, creamy brown, rustic grey…
the contrast of dark and light; the sun sets at three p.m. and everyone turns on their white, bright, yellowish Christmas lights. If we’re lucky there’s snow and that’s so beautiful it sweeps my feet away every time

I also love to curl up in my old couch in layers of hand knitted clothes with a good book and some hot tea. A gingersnap to that and I’m in heaven. Friends and family are of course an important ingredient to a happy festive season. The house gets warmer, the food tastes a little better in company, the sound level raises a little, and a certain level of chaos appear, which I appreciate. Playing board games, reading silly Christmas gift rhymes, solving cross words…

I wish you all the best of holidays!

Christmas Tree of 2016

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The last day of Christmas

Fruit salad

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