The Smoke Joint

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Vi akte till Fort Green i Brooklyn och at middag pa The Smoke Joint idag. Riktigt riktigt gott! Vi sag nagot matprogram for nagra manader sedan dar de rekommenderade detta stalle, sa idag vill vi prova. Maten kom ut nastan direkt efter att vi hade bestallt kandes det som, vilket ar ett stort plus nar man ar hungrig. Dock en ganska typiskt Brooklyn restaurang med ratt trakig tra-design. Jag at catfish sandwich med potato salad och Jim bestallde in beef short rib med bbq beans och vi delade pa majs. Latt vart att testa och vi kommer att ga dit igen! Du hittar menyn som vi hade HERE.

We went to Fort Green in Brooklyn for dinner at The Smoke Joint today. Really really good! We saw a food program few months ago where they recommended this place, so today we wanted to try it. The food came out almost directly after we ordered it felt like, which is a huge plus when you are hungry. Though, a kinda typical Brooklyn restaurant with pretty boring wood-design. I ate a catfish sandwich with potato salad and Jim ordered beef short rib with bbq beans and we shared corn. Absolutely worth to try and we will go there again! You can find the menu we had HERE.

Starflakes

I mandags fick jag hora om snoflingor som var formade till riktigt fina stjarnor. Jag sag nagra pa min jacka da, men hade inte kamera/mobil med mig. Igar snoade det igen och Thor’s pals blev helt full av tjocka vackra stjarnor. Hade ju inte kamera da heller 😛 Under en senare promenad kollade jag efter dem men flingorna hade fatt en annan form, men jag lyckades iaf fanga nagon pa bild, men tyvarr ingen bra pa en perfekt stjarna. Men aja.
Jag gillar att ta tid och njuta av vad var vackra varld har att erbjuda. Jag tror inte sa manga pa Manhattan tar sig tid att faktiskt stanna upp och se vad som finns omkring en. Man springer mellan stallen och alla fungerar som maskiner eller robotar. Man tar yoga klasser for att “koppla av” en stund och tror att det ska hjalpa innan man springer till nasta stalle. Men kanske behover man ocksa faktiskt bara satta sig pa en bank och ta in vad staden erbjuder? 

On Monday I got to hear about snowflakes that was shaped to real nice stars. I saw some on my jacket then, but I didn’t have a camera/phone then. Yesterday it snowed again and Thor’s fur got full of thick beautiful stars. Had no camera then either 😛 During a later walk I looked for them but them but the flakes had got a different shape, but I succeeded to catch some on pictures, but unfortunately no good on a perfect star. But, oh well.
I like to take time and enjoy what our beautiful world has to offer. I don’t think many on Manhattan takes time to actually stop and look what around them. You run between places and everybody works like machines or robots. You take yoga to “relax” for a while and think that will help before you run to the next place. But maybe you also need to just sit down on a bench and take in what the city has to offer? 

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How do I make my chiapudding?

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Jag fick fragor om hur jag gor min chiapudding, sa idag har jag gjort den igen. Det ar sa enkelt, nyttigt och gott till antingen fruksot eller mellanmal. Idag toppade jag med farska hallon, fryst mango och kokos. Yum!

I got questions about how I do my chiapudding, so today I have made it again. It’s so easy, healthy and tasty for either breakfast or snack time. Today I had fresh raspberries, frozen mango and coconut. Yum!

2 msk ekologiska chia fron / 2 msk organic chia seeds
1 dl osotad mandelmjolk / 1 dl unsweetened almond milk
kanel / cinnamon

Lagg chia fron i en burk med lock. Hall pa mandelmjolken och onskad mangd kanel. Ror om och pa med locket och in i kylen over natten. Pa morgonen: ror om och servera med bar och frukt. 
Put chia seeds in a jar with lid. Pour the almond milk and desired amount of cinnamon. Stir and cover and into the fridge over night. In the morning: stir and serve with berries and fruit.

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The so called snow storm is over

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Idag ar det sol och bla himmel. Har i NY har inte snostormen varit sa farlig som de sa pa nyheterna att det skulle bli. 15-20 cm sno ar inte mycket att oroa sig over (men, jag ar ju ocksa svensk och van vid det, hihi). De har de fatt mycket mer uppe  i Massachusetts. Barnen i omradet har lekt for fullt har utanfor. Thor tyckte att det var roligt tidigt igar, men pa kvallen behovde jag dra honom ut. Idag tror jag att han borjar bli sjuk. Han ville inte vara ute alls, han ater inte och han ar bara ihopkurad i sin sang. Forhoppningsvis bara en forkylning.

Today is sunny with blue sky. It wasn’t so bad here in NY with the snowstorm like they said on the news that it should be. 15-20 cm snow is not much to worry about (but, I’m also Swedish, and used to it, hihi). They had got a lot more up in Massachusetts. The kids in the neighborhood played like crazy here outside. Thor thought it was fun early yesterday, but at night I had to drag him out. Today I think he’s getting sick. He didn’t want to be outside at all, he doesn’t eat and he’s just curled up in his bed. Hopefully only a cold. 

Snowstorm in NYC

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Subway ar avstangda och trafiken var avstangd under natten. Det ar tyst och bara nagra som skottar sno som ar ute. Den varsta snon skulle komma under natten, men nar vi gick ut innan var det inte sa fraligt, sag typ ut som det gjorde igar. Men, nu snoar det riktigt mycket sa vi far se hur det kommer att se ut senare.

Subway is closed and the traffic was shut down during the night. It’s quiet and only few that is shuffling snow outside. The worst snow was supposed to come during the night, but when we went out earlier it wasn’t that bad, looked kinda like it did yesdterday. But, now it’s snowing a lot so we’ll see how the day turns out later.