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For ett tag sedan gjorde jag en riktigt god morotssoppa. Min syster skickade ett recept och jag gjorde om det lite efter vad jag hade hemma. Soppan var enkel att gora och blev underbart god. Resterna av soppan kan jag tanka mig kan vara en riktigt god dip till gurka, selleri eller chips for en lordags kvall. 
Jag anvande mig inte av nagra matt, jag gor sallan det, utan man far ga lite pa kann och smak. Det stod i receptet att man skulle anvanda creme fraiche, men vanlig sour cream har i USA smakar inte riktigt samma som i Sverige, sa jag valde philadelphia farskost vilket gjorde soppan lite tjockare, men ni far prova er till vilket ni tycker blir bast.
A while ago, I made a really tasty carrot soup. My sister sent me a recipe and I changed it a bit. The soup was easy to make and it was incredibly good. The leftovers I can imagine can be a really nice dip for cucumber, celery or chips on a Saturday night.
I didn’t really measure, I usually don’t, so just go on feeling and taste. It said in the recipe that you should use creme fraiche, but normal sour cream here in the US doesn’t quite taste the same as in Sweden, so I chose to use philadelphia creme cheese which made the soup a little thicker, but you can try what you think is best.

Sahar gjorde jag min soppa:
This is how I made my soup:

• morotter / carrots
• 1 paprika (jag anvande gron) / 1 pepper (I used green)
• ca 1 msk gul lok / ca 1 msk yellow onion
• ingefara / ginger 
• gronsaksbuljon / vegetable broth 

Skiva allt i sma bitar. Koka i vatten mixat med gronsaksbuljongen. Koka tills allt ar mjukt. 
Slice everything in small pieces. Cook in water mixed with the vegetable broth. Cook until everything is soft. 

Jag mosade allt med en gaffel forst och la sedan allt i mixern for att gora det mer som pure.
I mashed everything with a fork first and then put everything in the blender to make it more like pure.

• gradde / cream
• philadelphia farskost / philadelphia cream cheese
• salt, pepper 

Lagg gronsaks puren i en kastrull och lagg till gradde och farskost. Krydda efter smak. Servera soppan med kex eller farskt brod. Enjoy!
Put the vegetable pure in a pot and add cream and cream cheese. Add spices. Serve the soup with crackers or fresh bread. Enjoy!

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Idag ar det Vaffeldagen. Jag onskar verkligen att jag hade ett svenskt vaffeljarn, men, om jag skulle kopa ett i Sverige och ta med hit skulle det formodligen anda inte funka. Vi har annan styrka pa elen har. Tog med mig locktang forsta gangen jag kom hit och den blev aldrig varm, sa i ett vaffeljarn skulle det nog bara bli vaffel-soppa. Men jag undrar om det finns liknande jarn har i USA att fa tag i…? Eller sa far kanske nagon snall person bjuda pa en vaffel-fika nar jag ar i Sverige 😉 Jag funderade dock pa att gora vanliga svenska pannkakor till frukost idag, men jag har varken mjol, mjolk eller agg hemma sa det blir kanske till middag ikvall istallet.
Ska ni ata vafflor idag?

Today is Waffle Day (in Sweden at least). I really wish I had a Swedish waffle iron, but if I would buy one in Sweden and bring here it would probably nor work anyway. We have a different strength on electricity here. Brought my curler first time I came here and it never got warm, so in a waffle iron it would probably only be waffle-soup. But I wonder if there is similar irons here in USA to get a hold on…? Or, maybe some nice person can invite me to a waffle-fika when I’m in Sweden 😉 But, I thought I would make normal Swedish pancakes for breakfast today, but I don’t have either flour, milk or egg at home so might be for dinner tonight instead.
Are you gonna eat waffles today?

Update:
Jag hittade hjartformade vaffeljarn online. Men, jag tror vi ska vanta med att kopa ett tills vi har ett hus.
I found heart-shaped waffle irons online. But, I think we should wait to buy one until we have a house.

Hej mina vanner! Hur mar ni? Jag mar bra. Kanner mig lite ur form bara. Var borta fran traning i lite mer an en vecka pga att jag drog ut visdomstander. Later kanske konstigt men sant. Den ovre tanden ar kopplad till bihalan och jag fick inte bli forkyld, snyta mig eller nysa och nar jag tranade eller gick ut pa langre promenader borjade nasan att rinna, sa jag holl mig helt enkelt borta fran traning. Sa nu har jag traningsvark i hela kroppen fran de senaste dagarna, hahah. Dock, nar jag ar uppochner (i tex. yoga) kanns det som att bihalan ska sprangas vilket ar lite obehagligt, sa jag tar det lite easy med just det. 
I helgen ska vi till Washington DC. Thor ska fa vara hos en dog sitter vilket jag ar lite nervos for, men han kommer sakert ha riktigt roligt dar. De har tva egna sma hundar sa Thor kommer (forhoppningsvis) ha tva nya bastisar efter den har helgen. Det ska bli kul att komma ivag, bo pa hotell och umgas med min man. Jag har varit i DC en gang forut och gjort allt man ska som turist, men jag har tva saker pa min lista som vi inte gjorde forra gangen. Saklart ska jag latsas att jag ar Leslie Knope hela helgen ocksa 🙂

Hi my friends! How are you? I am great. Feel a little bit out of shape though. Kept myself away from working out for a little more than a week because of that I took out wisdom teeth. Maybe sounds weird but true. The upper tooth is connected to the sinus and I was not allowed to get a cold, blow my nose or sneeze and when I worked out or went for a longer walk I got a runny nose, so I simply didn’t work out. So now I have workout pain in my whole body from the last few days, hahah. But, when I’m upside down (in for example yoga) it feels like the sinus will explode which is uncomfortable, so I’m taking it a little easy with that. 
This weekend we are going to Washington DC. Thor is going to be with a dog sitter which I’m a little nervous about, but he will probably have a lot of fun there. They have two small dogs on their own so Thor will (hopefully) have two new bff’s in the end of the weekend. It’s gonna be fun to go away, stay at a hotel and spend time with my husband. I have been in DC once before and done all the tourist stuff, but I have two things on my list that we didn’t do the last time. Of course I’m gonna pretend that I’m Leslie Knope for the whole weekend too 🙂

Chia pudding with fruit gives you a great start in the morning. Love it!