So this is a staple in the Swedish home for Christmas. You can either make them yourself or you buy ready-made in the store. There is a lot of different cookie companies that make gingerbread cookies, but homemade is always best in my opinion. So I always make one or two batches of these with…
Recipe for trillingnöt
So this is something I have been whipping up for the last couple of Christmases as there are family members that absolutely love these. It is basically 3 hazelnuts covered in chocolate, trilling is Swedish for triplet and nöt is nut. For many years they where a staple in a popular brand of boxes of…
My easy & delicious recipe for Saffron buns
Saffron buns are only sold and baked around Christmas, with saffron being so expensive up here in the north, but they are so quintessential Christmas for me that I can’t imagine Christmas without them. I enlist the help of my kids when I am making these. At least when it is time to shape the…
How to Eat for a Healthy Pregnancy
We have all heard it, don’t eat this and don’t eat that. But when you are pregnant it is a whole nother ballgame. When you are pregnant what you can and can’t eat becomes more important because it affects not only your health but the health of your baby. Things like Listeria and Toxiplasmosis become…
20 Dates That Won’t Cost You a Fortune
I think we have all been there. Wanting to take your SO out on a date, but every date you can think of costs a small fortune. So how can you go on dates that won’t cost you a fortune? When funds have been tight in my life I have opted for taking a stroll…
4 Ways to Date Your SO with Your Kids Around
We have all been there. You and your significant other want to go out to dinner. Or spend time with just the two of you. Alone. But the kids are always around, so how do you date when you have kids?