Every year, fours Sundays before Christmas, we make an Advent Wreath. The traditions goes way back and symbolizes the love of God, which has no end and no beginning. The Advent Wreath traditionally is made of evergreens to symbolize life during the winter time. In Ayoe’s family the Advent Wreath has been a big deal … Read more
Today I made chocolate treats and oh my, how I love making anything that includes chocolate. The best thing about making treats with chocolate is to test the samples as you go, sort of a quality control. You can’t serve anything to other people that you haven’t yet tested yourself, so I really make an … Read more
It is that time of year, the snow is falling (at least today it was), cookies are baking, nuts are roasting, chocolate is being melted to make treats and shapes are cut to make gingerbread houses. Christmas is a wonderful time for us because it means more “hygge” (coziness) and more yummy food and treats. … Read more
Goodmorning to a wonderful December morning! Today is Lucia day a day of light. Read the story about Saint Lucia here. My friend Marie, she is from Sweden, taught me how to properly celebrate Lucia day. The day before we bake Lucia buns, like these: Then in the morning of the 13th, we wake up … Read more
The past weekend Greens Organic & Natural Market had a smoothie championship competition. Because we make smoothies every day for breakfast I decided to sign up. I tried looking around online before the competition but there wasn’t much info available. All I knew was I’d be making a smoothie to be judged on its taste … Read more