Chez Larsson

Homemade Granola

When Wille and Martin returned from Skåne Wille told me he had tasted the best granola ever at his grandma's place. And it's home made! And healthy! So we made some. D.e.l.i.c.i.o.u.s.

 
Wanna try making some? The ingredients are:

• 5 dl / 2 cups Rolled oats
• 5 dl / 2 cups Rye flakes (look like rolled oats but from rye)
• 2 dl / 1 cup Almonds or walnuts
• 1 dl / 1/2 cup Linseed
• 2 dl / 1 cup Sunflower seeds
• 1 dl / 1/2 cup Shredded coconut
• 1 1/2 dl / 2/3 cup Brown sugar
• 2 dl / 1 cup Water
• 5 tablespoons Canola oil
• 2 dl / 1 cup Raisins / Dried apricots/ Goji berries

Chop the almonds or walnuts and place in a large bowl. 
Add the dry ingredients except for the raisins/apricots/goji berries. Mix together.
Heat oven to 200 C / 390 F.
Mix water with oil and sprinkle it over the dry ingredients.
Make sure all the ingredients are damp by mixing with your hands.
Spread the damp granola onto a large greased baking sheet.
Put it in the oven for 20-30 minutes checking and stirring at least three times so the granola gets evenly roasted. Be sure to check more often towards the end so it doesn't burn!
Once it's done, take it out, let cool, add the raisins or whatever you prefer and then store in an air tight jar.

Wille couldn't stop eating it. He's tried it with yoghurt, in milk, as snacks straight out of the jar and on ice-cream. Y.u.m.m.y.

Midsummer's Eve

Saturday was Midsummer's Eve. We were again invited to our friends at Söder in Stockholm. I told you about this awesome historical place in the city last year already so for more info check this post.


There was the traditional food; salmon, new potatos, pickled herring etc as well as the drinks that go with it.


In between courses some played Kubb. I suck at games like these because I can never remember any rules and also don't have one bit of winner instinct in me so I had some wine and watched instead.


Martin, Wille and "the mens team" won. Wille was very pleased. Apparantly the winner gene was passed on to him from Martin.


There was a lot of debating of the rules. All in good spirit :). That's Vitabergsparken right there in the background btw. It's a public park where there was an open Midsummer's Eve party with people pic-niking, kids dancing and singing around the midsummer pole. We could hear them all evening.

I much preferred the smaller party we were at. And we got to meet this little cute stray lady, Missan. She was apparently adopted by the whole neighborhood. She mostly stays with the tennant of the smaller of the historic apartments (who oddly enough is a friend of Martin's) but Missan is loved by the whole community and gets fed and petted by everyone around the area.

So, I'm on staycation now! Wohoo! I have so many little and big projects and for once the time to do them! Yay! I'll be off work for another three and a half weeks but I'll still be here Mondays through Fridays if you want to join me.

Cupcake Liner Storage

Loooooooove this way of storing cupcake liners. I saw it in a magazine or on some blog or other and it gives that instant little burst of color to an otherwise white kitchen.


And after those cupcakes have been eaten you can change your decor by switching to another cup cake liner color scheme :).

Saturday

 

So on Saturday we had Anne and her daughter over for dinner. I loved seeing them both so much. We see each other way too seldomly. Need to change that! Pronto!

Martin prepared the food. Tapas to begin with. It's been a while, we used to eat it often but I guess during the colder season we kind of forget about it.


Both Anne and I have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and Anne's daughter on top of the awful IBS can't have ANY milk protein or she'll get really really sick. Martin on the other hand is on a no carb diet. Wille can eat anything, lucky boy!


We had some snacks first, salted cashews and "Swedish country chips". Love the list of ingredients on them: Potatoes, oil, salt. No E's, no milk proteins, no artificial stuff, nothing, just plain old spuds.



Due to our weird diets there were two versions of the main dish, chicken filets in blankets. One with oat "cream" for the IBS-ers and one with real cream for the no carber and eat-aller. On the side the IBS team and Wille had rice and Martin some ratatouille.

All in all a lovely evening and I can't wait to see them again soon!

Btw, for those of you who read Swedish, Anne tells our story, how we met and became friends, on her blog. I promise I'll write the English version soon, it's pretty good :)

Pizza Chez Larsson

I bet that if Wille wanted a summer job in a pizzeria he'd get it.

I admit that I'm probably more interested in eating the pizza than he is making it but it's soooo good made from scratch like he and Martin do it.


Home made dough, home made tomato sauce. I'm not into food at all but it doesn't get better than this does it?

Oh wait it does! Cheese. And lots of it. Wille's and Martin's pizza concept is to make it like this and then serve the extras on the side. This way everyone can get their favorite ingredients and no-one needs to eat those warm peppers or the mushy mushroom if they don't want to.

And we don't. That's Wille and I.

Ps. As you're reading this I'm either on the train to visit my mom or have arrived down there in the south of Sweden. I'm hoping that my new mobile internet connection will work so I can post tomorrow and Monday but if you don't hear from me you know why.