Autumn lunches

It is getting nippy outside

and even inside my office at work

it is a bit to chilly.

Today I made a load of vegetable soup

(with a bit of chicken, and made with home made chicken stock)

I put it in some plastic containers

stack them in the freezer

and they are ready to go.

Tomorrow, I'll put one frozen portion of soup in my bag

(no spilling since it's frozen)

and reheat at lunch time.

The Norwegian lunch is usually

openfaced sandwiches with salami, cheese or liverpaste etc

This is what we are raised on from kindergarden and until we retire from work.

Yes, we are a sandwich generation!

But tomorrow there will be soup.

This and that in the beginning of July

The yorkshire lad is being a handyman

finishing of the inside wall of the carport

While walking in the park the other day

we came over this scary creature!

A bowl of carrot soup

even summer days can be a bit nippy!

Measuring device with a history

We keep this item at the cabin

we use it all the time

This item has a history:

My mother, she was born one month before

the second world war came to Norway.

Norway was invaded 9th of April 1940,

she was 3 weeks old

and her family fled the capital to live with her grandparents

in another town.

This kitchen utensil was held by her little hand

5 years later

Norway still paralyzed by war

she fetched soup in it, Swedish soup,

this soup was made of oats

and given out to the hungry children

innocently struck by

war.

When I hold this item in my hand

I sometimes think of my mothers little hand

holding it

not spilling a drop of her treasurable soup

Food and nutrition project

Little Chef was in charge of

a 3 course meal tonight,

as a project at school.

He used his cook book

planned the menue

set the table and started cooking:

Home made tomatoe soup from scratch


Spicy meat balls

Served with rice and a fresh salad For dessert:

Tilslørte bondepiker

He sure did a good job feeding us!

Cold feet, warm heart/soup

We are freezing here!

Trying not to complain, but -10 and below for 4 months?

I think my husband will get cold feet

if he puts his feet in these frozen things!

Soup is the answer

while we wait for the milder weather

"Potatosoup" is on the menue

Notice the vegetables have about the same color?

(except for the sweet potatoe)

Thats how you sneak in vegetables
to the ones who squeal if they find a piece of onion in a soup

The blender is your friend:

Voila!

Smooth ptatoesoup with sausages

Heart warming.
For young and old!

Peas and Love

These round little friends of mine

Make a wonderful Soup!
It takes some good hours to make

But it's not a lot of work!

Dried green peas,

in water over night

The meat is smoked pork

Peas, onions, meat, carrots, salt, pepper, thyme
Slowly simmering for hours

Soup of peace, Soup of Love

Potato soup

Leftover potatoes, mashed swede, and sausage?

add some water, onion, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper..

blend

and voila

potato soup

very smooth, very tasty!

That's some good and easy Monday grub!

Challenge Chile

Last chance today!

Here's my entering to the Chile Challenge

hosted by At Home With Rebecka

It is autumn, it is getting chilly

and what we need is hot heartwarming soup

full of colour, antioxidants and taste!

My own chicken and chile soup

with red peppers, tomatoes, onions, leek, carrots, chick peas, cellery, garlic,

thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper

and of course chile and chicken!

And some home made bread rolls with pumkin seeds

after all, it is Halloween

Chicken and chick pea soup

It is always time for soup

Warm, thick and tasty.

our throuts are slightly sore,

just when school is about to start for the kids.

I didn't go lightly on the chile!

Cabin cooking

Cooking over an open fire

in an old iron pan

To stirr the soup, this worked perfectly
stirring and watching the fire

Little Chef

Time to serve!

Cauliflower soup

Cauliflower, spring onions, celery and stock(cube)

After boiling it for some minutes

I remove some of the cauilflower

and mash the rest

I whisk milk, cream and flour to thicken the soup,

and boil in a few minutes

Before serving put the pieces of cauliflower back in the soup to heat

Then it's time for yummy soup!

See like I see

Sunrise from my window this morning

A bit later, winter wonder

Our snowy garden

Leftover fish from yesterday

makes good fish soup!

I was generous with the garlic!

Drying up

We seem to be hit by different viruses these days!

This demands different diets:

There has been an increased use of

dry crackers, cola, rice and blueberries among some of the family members.

And others keep guzzling warm tea with honey and warm soup

All this sickness does not inspire much to food blogging!

Meet the sleet with some heat

Its so cold and wet outside

baking and cooking makes me warm

Warming soup

How my yorkshire lad husband does it:

Bread goes in the soup

And while making the soup

I make som rice pudding for the Little Chef

He's more of a white food man..

With sugar, cinnamon and a nob of butter

Soup

Its the time of the year

The cold season

And we need something to warm our hearts

I love soup!

plenty of vegetables, chicken and chicken stock

Some candles of course

So warm and tasty