Good eating

We ate good, drank good and had a good time. Christmas treated us well. For dessert we had Tirsmisu with raspberries. Yumm..

Lotta Bruhn & christmas gift.

Last week I got a suprice when I read Lotta Bruhns blog. She was telling the story behind her latest illustration, the Indian Nod. I read the story about Stina & Göran who just came back from a trip in India. Hold it, how many couples in Sweden are called Stina & Göran and who just came home from India?! It was my friends she was talking about!

Had a sms conversation with Stina about it & she wondered how I knew about Lotta Bruhn & her blog. I told Stina that I like Lottas illustrations & especially her whale tray.

Did I get even more supriced today when I received a big envelope in the mail today with Lotta Bruhns stickers on?!?

I was so supriced & didn't understand a thing. I have told mon monsieur that I would love that tray but I am not even sure he remembers it (I show him stuff almost every day). But I could feel it was a tray in the package..

But no, it was a very very lovely gift from Stina, Göran & Lotta herself! Can you believe my luck!? And with the whale tray Lotta sent some of her other things, like christmas stickers, a note card with a little fox, a post card, an owl bookmark & a pin with a cat. So so cute. You made my day!

Thank you, thank you, thank you guys! You are the best! En riktigt God Jul & Gott Nytt År till er!!!

Check out Lottas blog & and her cute illustrations here.



Merry Christmas! God Jul! Joyeux Noël! To everyone!

Inspiration christmas window

There are no window ledges in our apartment. Actually, it doesn't seem to be that common to have window ledges here in France. Can't remember that I have seen any at all here when I think about it. If I had any, I would decorate it something like this for christmas. Very cute. Would fit perfect in the windows in my old apartment in Stockholm. The picture is from Leva & Bo (Expressen) in Sweden.

Oreo Truffles

Treat yourself or someone you love with these yummy Oreo Truffles. They are super easy to make and will be a great treat under the christmas tree. You can find the recipe here, or scroll down if you prefer it in gram. I made them for the first time today, to test them out before giving some away for christmas. I already ate two, which you can see in the picture above. Now I will try to keep my fingers of them until mon monsieur comes home..

In Europe (well, in France & Sweden anyway) you can't find as big packages of Oreo's as in the U.S. So I had to change the recipe. And I also skipped to sprinkle some cookie crumbs on top of the truffles. I didn't find Philadelphia cheese in the store I went to either, but my truffles turned out delicious anyway.

Here is the recipe for about 20-25 truffles..

1 package of Oreo cookies (175 gram)
About 140 gram Philadelphia cream cheese (I took Fromage Blanc instead)
200g of milk chocolate OR white chocolate (whatever you prefer)


Mix the cookies in a food processor until finely cruched. Soften the cream cheese for about 10 seconds in the microwave (or leave it out from the fridge for half an hour before you start making the truffles).

Add the cream cheese with the cookie crumbles. Stir with the back of a big spoon until well blended. Roll to tiny balls (two bites big). Put them in the freezer for an hour (and not just for some minutes as the orginal recipe says. This will stop them from falling apart in the chocolate like mine did).

Then melt the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water. Dip the balls in the bowl of chocolate with the help of two forks. Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl before moving the ball on to a plate with baking sheet. Tips! Dip them two times (let them dry some minutes in between) for more evenly chocolate coat.

You can also sprinkle the truffles with some leftover cookie crumbs if you have saved a cookie or two. Or sprinkle them with colored sugar or sprinkles in general.

Put your truffles in the refrigerator for an hour before enjoying them.

A last tips that I didn't do, but for sure will do for the christmas gifts! Before freezing the balls for an hour (and before the chocolate dipping) put a tooth pick in the top of them. Will make it easier to dip them after, and to make the chocolate coat more even. And then just sprinkle something over the them to hide the tooth pick hole.

Dear Santa..

I would be so so happy if I could wake up on christmas day and discover this Solär IKEA kitchen (minus that hood) in our flat instead of our teeny tiny almost nonexisting kitchen.

As mentioned in the last post we have been ripping down the wallpaper in the kitchen. We did it after the news that we won't move until june. We are going to move because of work, and again, that is delayed. When I moved to France in the beggining of march we were supposed to move to another city in july-august. Then due to delay of construction workthe move was supposed to take place in february 2009. But for the same reason as last time, now it is delayed another six month.

So, we decided to do something we have been wanting to do for a long time, repaint the kitchen! We didn't want to put any money in the the apartment here since we are not going to stay, and since it is a rental. But, to chear ourselves up after the news of the delay we will do it! Or, we have to do more then just paint. After taking down the wallpaper we noticed that we need to do more work on the walls then we thought. Since they had been cheating a bit last time some work had been done in the kitchen.

Those ugly 70's tiles that are sitting in there will stay (the tiles make me not want to put up a picture of the kitchen here) for the next renter to admire (poor them). Well, if my wish to Santa wont't come true that is.. But atleast I won't have to stare on that awful yellow wallpaper anymore! Tomorrow will be spent looking for new wallpaper/paint.

Christmas deco

Its been a busy month with needed vaccation, lots of baking, longway visiter, hosting a Lucia/glögg party at home (Swedish traditions, made into a three course meal dinner party, which was a hit!), ripping down wallpaper in the kitchen among other things. I haven't been decoration that much for christmas. But here are some of it caputured on pictures I found in the camera. This will be the first christmas ever spent without my family back in far far away..