Happy New Year and weekly menu

Hope everyone had a good start to 2016. I certainly did. Yesterday we cleaned away Christmas, as nice it is to put up all decorations in early December it is also so nice to get rid of it all after New year. Today school started so we are back into the routines again and that is kind of nice for all of us.

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Weekly menu of Dec 21 and Happy Holidays

My children are getting very excited and are wondering a lot about Santa, "how can he know every child name", my daughter is very concerned about Santa´s diet "does he only eat porridge and gingerbread cookies" and "how can he see us when we don´t see him". It is actually amazing how parents keep lying (or not telling the truth) for their children about Santa but I am doing it as well.

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Weekly menu of December 14 and Lucia.

Another amazing "spring" weekend has passed here in NJ. Yesterday my children even dug out there shorts when we went to the play ground. I certainly hope the ski resorts will get a big snowfall soon. The holidays are approaching fast and there are still a few things to take care of. This year I did all my shopping from my computer and I am just about to press the purchase button on the last couple of gifts. How do you do it? It is so convenient and you don´t have run around in stores.

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Weekly menu and farm visit.

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. I surely did. We had amazing weather so we spend a lot of time outside. We did do a lot of eating too of course. Last turkey went in my children's lunch box today.

One thing I love being in the Bucks County area is that there are so many creative farmers and foodies. This past Saturday we visited Bobolink in Milford NJ. It is a dairy farm and bakery.

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Thanksgiving week

I can´t believe it is Thanksgiving already and soon will this year be over. Growing up in Sweden Thanksgiving was never anything I celebrated or even knew about. When I met my American husband he introduced it to me to this wonderful holiday that is ALL ABOUT FOOD.

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Saturday candy and weekly menu

I hope everyone had a great Halloween and ate lots of candy. We sure did but now it is back to normal. Our kids go crazy with the candy for that day but then we put it in out candy cupboard and they slowly forget about it and some how the candy mountain disappear any way. It is a mystery in our house....

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Another fruitful trip to the market

Yesterday I went to the Farmers market again, I simply can´t resist if I am home on a Sunday. A few more weeks to squeeze out of the locally produced vegetables. It is actually nice because my children loves to come with me as well. While I wonder around looking at all the good and beautiful produce they try to pet every single dog that is there. They also like to bring their own wallets and insist on buying something with their own money and they usually ends up with a flavored honey stick. It is only my husband who doesn´t really enjoy going there but when he gets the vegetables prepared in healthy meals during the week then he appreciate it.

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Fall at the farmers market

I love shopping my vegetables at the local farmers market. In Summit NJ, where I live there is a great farmers market Sunday mornings, it is perfect to get all your vegetables for the up coming week. I like to shop around to see what is fresh, in season and looks fantastic. Then when I plan my weekly menu I start with all the delicious vegetables I just got. Usually when I do my weekly shopping I do the menu first and then the shopping list but sometimes it is more fun to do it this way and a bit more of a challenge to use the veggies I just bought.

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