Did you dream about a burger?
Whenever we are grilling burgers I always skip the bread as I am not really doing so good with it and t that’s ok but to be perfectly honest I do miss to be able to hold it and the texture of the...
View ArticleAfter rain there is sunshine so lets make dinner outside!
I think this is honestly the roughest winter I ever experienced, even for a swede! So when I woke up to a coldish gloomy day I never thought I would make dinner outside but I guess behind the clouds...
View ArticleBeetroot soup with ginger, lemon and chili
It seems like everyone is escaping this never-ending winter and traveling south. At the same time we are receiving letters regarding strep throat, infections and stuffy noses so what else can you do...
View ArticleLowCarb Nasi Goreng
I always have my freezer stocked with meat or fish but when I opened it up today I realized the only thing left was a piece of pork tenderloin. Not knowing what I was going to do with it I started to...
View ArticleWhat’s in your cupboard?
I know it is only Thursday night and Taco Night is sort of reserved for Fridays but what the heck. This is what I found in my cupboards, so tonight we’ll have Taco Pie! Pie Shell 3 deciliter Almond...
View ArticleLowCarb Crepe filled with garlic and mushroom
I have never been a big fan of pancakes or Crepe as they always given me a tummy ache, not even as a child. Today I was in the mood to make something fast and easy and I thought Garlic and mushroom...
View ArticleGrilled Cod with the famous yumyum sauce
A few weeks ago we ended up going to a local restaurant after my dinner attempt turned into an epic fail. I ended up having the fish tacos and after that I am craving fish, so fish was what was on the...
View ArticleLeftovers comes from a lot of love and so does this lasagna!
I spend a fair amount of time planning, preparing and cooking and I think the more love you give the better the outcome and sometimes leftover just gets better with time. But be warned, they may have...
View ArticleIt doesn’t have to be “Chicken Fried” to be fast food…or a friday night!
What a gorgeous day it was yesterday and when I got back from the gym I had my lunch and drank my coffee in the sun while watching Gary running around in the deep wet snow having the time of his life....
View ArticleA stormy Wednesday Night
I had no classes today so I decided to kill my arms and shoulders over at Lifetime Fitness this morning and it went really well So this evening I decided to cozy up in the mid-September storm with...
View ArticleAnother low calorie soup…with chèvre!
After my cracking spinning class this morning I thought this day would be though but fasting has gone great and now we have just finished a delicious Spinach and Asparagus soup topped off with a splash...
View ArticleVegetable Lobster Bisque…less than 500 calories
We are now 8 weeks into the 5:2 diet and I’m sitting in my kitchen eating a nice bowl of Kefir filled with Chai, buckwheat and hemp cereal just completed my fist “fast” of the week. I’m looking back at...
View ArticlePizza Date Night
Earlier this week I went to Costco and could not believe my eyes when I saw they already brought out the Christmas decoration and what I thought was even more weird was that there were people putting...
View ArticlePut another shrimp in the soup!
I knew last night when I went to bed that my second day fast this week was going to be a tough one. I’m not sure if it is mentally because I already had that mind-set that way, well what I do know was...
View ArticleGrilled skirt stake, roasted sweet potatoes and guacamole
What a hectic and not so healthy labor day weekend. Every night we had a party and don’t take me wrong it was fun and awesome but maybe not so healthy!! I was really in the mood for something easy,...
View ArticleGrilled Salmon and a funny spinning class
I am so glad this day is finally coming to its end because it has just been one of those days when everything is not going your way! Mira has started first grade this week and it is very exciting but...
View ArticleLean Meat Bolognese and very tried legs
So not working out with my girls is a new experience as I am ending up workout mostly on my own. I miss them tremendously (but I still will see them like I use too) but I think I am so focused of...
View ArticleTurkey Burger with a Feta Cheese Creme
Today is my first fast day of the week and when I think eating soup is a great way to fill yourself up with limited calories I wanted to explore what else I can come up with within the 500 calorie...
View ArticleBroccoli and Spinach soup
Twice a week I eat less than 500 cal/day (will write more about it later) so this is the first low-calorie recipes I am posting…The soup is really delicious, full of vitamins, it will fill you up and...
View ArticleA date night with File mignon and a Moroccan Salsa
Last christmas I got a book called perfect pairings by Evan Goldstein. I love wine but I don’t know too much about it but last night I picked up the book and started to flip through it when I thought I...
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