Frost and frosting

Its cold!

King Winter has arrived,

and this is the frosty view from my bathroom

I got these silicone baking cups

from my best friend Monica in Denmark:

I had to try them out!

Must not forget to do the pots

While the muffins are cooling

Suddenly muffins became cupcakes

with fluffy frosting!

Lemon bars

Today I fancy something sweet yet tangy

I found the recipe at

Joy of baking

This is a good place to go if you want something

sweet and nice!

Mmmmm! lovely!

It's Merry times

Remember the fish tank?

The fishes have moved out,

the angels have moved in

For Christmas I got a macro lens for my camera!

So from now on

Here comes the close ups!

This is my Christmas tree:

(close up, that is)

This is a yorkshire pudding

(still on a 5 cm distance)

And then to a wider perspective:

We are having a

Good Christmas!

We are greatful that we have each other
We have had a year full of

challenges, clarification and reorganization.

We have come out on the other side

More wise, more whole
and happier.

For all this we are greatful!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Pile up food

Half of the burger

is the bread.

And all the other stuff you can manage to pile up

on top of the burger

Grab and eat!

I'm a trufflemaker

Lets face it

I'm a good girl, rarely up to any trouble
This is as close to trouble I get these days

Chocolate truffles with a hint of coffee

You just need one

And your head goes to

Chocolate heaven!

Fire and forgetfulness

Presenting my chile babies

Full of red fire
And then
Blogging and baking simultaneously
might cause distraction...
And the smell of something burning!

What a waste!

straight in the bin!

sigh.....

Grøtfest!

Advent traditions in Norway

and in our house contains (among other things) this:

Risgrøt

(rice porridge or pudding)

Before Christmas the two teenagers in our house

invited some friends

for a Advent party.

Mommie dearest made

loads of rice pudding!

Rice
And milk

This was after the first round

and there was hardly any left at all!

The rice pudding is served warm

with sugar, cinnamon and butter in the middle

(you dip every spoonful in the melting butter )

At Christmas we hide a peeled almond or three

in the rice pudding.

The lucky one who finds it is not to tell

but hide it in his mouth or hand until every one has finished eating

then he reveals the almond,

and gets a price!

Usually the price is a pig made of marzipan.

It was a loud and happy party

with laughter and warmth.

and it went surprisingly well to mix

6 sixteen year olds

and 6 thirteen year olds!

(As it did last year and the year before)