Today I have been a bit creative. Made this years first batch if saffron buns. Im going to Karlstad tomorrow to celebrate my sisters birthday and I wanted to give my granny something and figured that this was a good ide. Im hoping she'll like them :)
Saffron buns
1 package of yeast
150g butter
500 deciliter milk
250g quark
3 deciliter sugar
1 g of saffron (finely milled)
1/2 teaspoon salt
17 deciliter flour.
(topping 1 egg and raisins)
Melt the butter and add the milk. When the temperature is 37 degrees add the yeast and whisk until its melted. Add the other ingredients. mix until its a smooth dough. Let sit for 30 minutes. Divide into about 30 pieces and roll them to S shape. Set the oven to 225 degrees and let these buns sit for another 20 minutes. Add one raisin in the twirl of each bun, whisk one egg and brush them lightly. Put them in the oven for 8(?) minutes, I had mine in for double that because they need the nice color.
Delish! and very traditionally Swedish! In Germany, 1600th the devil came as a cat beating naughty kids up and Jesus came as a child, giving out buns to the good kids. A lussebulle is colored yellow with the saffron to keep the devil at bay and isn't originally linked to st Lucia (celebrated mid December in Sweden) but it got spread amongst the Swedish society when we started to celebrate Lucia in the 1800th.

Havent been feeling okay the last couple of days and had a tinsy bit sore throat yesterday. Will be chilling today, watching movies and relaxing trying to get rid of this. Hopefully its because of the stress at work. Ill be competing tomorrow if I feel like today. Maybe not the smartest thing but...

Been doing lunches for the week. Sort of pizza with salmon, feta cheese, garlic philadelphia, onions and tomato sauce.

well

Ive decided to open my blogg again.
Going down to Lund today to compete in SM in power lifting :) Wish me luck!

One thing I have to recommend is the zucchini spagetti, marinated in garlic and olive oil, wok fried and covered with parmesan cheese and walnuts. Fantastic

Just did a great zucchini gratin!

Its 500g of zucchini cut into slices, 1 yellow onion, 500g of 4% cooking cream, 4 cloves of garlic, salt and pepper. I also had 250g of light quark in but it was a bit to much fluids so some have to go for the next one. Put zucchini and onions in a medium sized oven dish. mix cream with garlic, salt and pepper. Pour over the zucchini and onion and top with cheese. I used 12% grated cheese. Bake in the oven at 175 degrees for about 35 minutes. 54 kcal /100g, 3 gram of carbs, 2 gram of fat and 5 gram protein.
It was unfortunately to runny but tasted great. Ill be having that and chicken burgers for lunch next week. I absolutely love my meat grinder! Its just awesome!!!

So I rested yesterday, I reckon that was a good thing. Ill be skipping the heavy leg session this week. Im about to head over there to do some benching, chest and abs. Then Ill head over to dads and do some ice skating!

Dinner yesterday was great, very tasty, although mum had made 2 starters hehe and a desert, crazy... its normally us who makes the food... anyway, I made a great dish, so easy and very tasty (was surprised)

First you wok vegetables, start with oil and fry some garlic, onions, egg plant, zucchini, capsicum and whatever you like. use salt and pepper after taste. Add fresh basilica and in the end throw in some chopped tomato. According to the website you should use some dry roasted almonds but I thought I had some at home but didnt...
Put the fresh whiting, or any white fish, in the bottom of a oven safe pan and cover with the wok. crumble feta cheese ontop and put in the oven (about 175 degrees) for 20 minutes. It sounds dry but comes out very moist and loads of flavors!!! serve with rice or eat as is.
(borrowed the picture from tasteline.com)

My brother had made a sticky chocolate and digestive crackers mud cake! Very nice, covered with shaved orange chocolate! Well done :D

I have also discovered soy milk! Love it! I cant get enough! hihi
 

Ive had a very quiet weekend, didnt manage much on Saturday, feel a lot better today, belly is fine (?) dunno why and dunno for how long but I sure hope it will stay this way.
Some pictures from the trip, the main room in the cabin

the kitchen and fireplace

The outside

My Aunty and her cat Ceasar

And today I have made myself a lovely dinner (inspired by LissFit) its just a small containter lined with boiled chicken slices, one whole egg, some muchrooms, sundried tomato, a tablespoon of philadelphia extra light and a tablespoon of extra light creme fraiche mixed with some spices. (garlic and herbs today).
Line the little container with the chicken slices, add the egg (keep the yolk intact) add the rest ontop and finish it off with halloumi cheese, bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 185 degrees. Served with a fresh avocado salad.

Saffron bread (sweet)

This is a high fibre version, 100g of bakepro (protein powder that will be okay in the oven) 200g of Dinkel flour, 30g of po-fibre and 250g of light quark, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate and ½ a gram of ground saffron and liquid sweetener after taste. Mix everything together and bake for about 25 minutes in 160 degrees. 207 kcal, 23g protein, 26g of carbohydrates and 2 grams of fat. Warning tho, tastes great but will make your belly work a lot of you over eat ;)

Christmas lollies
This is almond paste as a base dipped in white and dark (70%) chocolate. The dark chocolate ones I used peppermint essence to flavor the almond paste. You can do so much with almond past, color it, flavour it and creat the cutest little figures. Its a very traditional Christmas lollie that kids love to make. We used to make litle animals, santas and only your imagination sets the limit.

Dark and white chocolate treats.
The dark chocolate with white dots are also flavoured with pepper mint, the white I left as is. The dark chocolate with the pretty hearts have some dried fruit/nuts to make them look and taste a bit different. Don’t they look pretty? Delish too! Now all I have to do is wrap them up and give away as gifts (soon as they are tasty as haha) hopefully there will be some left for chirsmas ;)

These are pretty much the same as the above chocolate with dried fruits and nuts only in a different format.

The cute little hearts are just sugar decorations to make it look a bit more festive :D

Crunchy creamy and gooey! Today's carb deload breakky! Fried 28% fat cheese with full fat Philadelphia and a fried egg! Great mix of textures!

Firefox is working and windows back to normal, weeeell sort of anyway and oldish messenger is up and running! iTunes isn't tho but 2 out of 3 isn't too bad! I'll sort iTunes out during the week :)

the last carb deload dinner (this time around) 2 eggs, 70g cheese and 20g Bearnaise sauce. LOL very tasty and filling and feels strange but its working...

Had a very quick arm session today, did super sets then posing practice, I have dropped a lot of fluids and its looking good. My legs have come thru a LOT! :) as well as my belly! Happy with that!

Great session today! Really got the pump in the legs going like crazy! Real fun training session even tho the gym didnt have any music and I forgot my earplugs!

Decided to give Andereaz Engstöms protein fluff (picture from his blog) a try. I was lucky to find 2 kg of frozen blackberries at willys (no sugar added). I used 25 g of faring sloow protein with the flavor wild berries, it will work with most whey protein i think and 200g of frozen blackberries. They need to be frozen, mash them up with a fork and put in a dl of water in the mix. Pre mix it, otherwise it will be extra messy when you start mixing. Use a handmixer, needs to be a strong one. It will look funny in the beginning but keep going. Mix it for more than 5 minutes and you will have a solid, very filling mousse.
(picutre from Andereaz blog)
My belly hurts cause its so fillilng, I think you will be okay with using 150g of frozen berries.
Macros for this baby is 175 kcal, 24g protein, 19g carbs and 1g of fat. I topped it with a bit of sweetner.

Abs today

So I have more great news in regards to work! Ill be a test leader for the Indian team! Making sure their environment is all good and that they test properly and be the responsible one against the team/project we are testing. Its great!
I also have good news in regards to the spots! All fixed up and no need to worry anymore! Such a big relief! He also checked ALL my spots so I know they are good. He provided me with some information in regards to how the bad ones looks as well so I know what to look for in the future. Im soo happy!

Making a new version of opsies now.
2 medium sized eggs (110g)
20g kruska kli
60g low fat cream cheese
30g bake pro (protein powder that can take 200 degrees heat)
a tinsy bit bicarbonate
It makes up in total 373 kcal, 47,7g protein, 10,5g of carbs and 15,7g of fat.
I made 3 cakes so about 125 kcal, 16g protein, 3,5g carbs and 5,3g of fat. (loads and loads of fibres)
Im using the same spices as before, chili, garlic, pepper and salt.
At 175degrees in the oven for about 20-30 minutes. Looks a whole lot better dont they!

Opsies - first take!
Put the oven at 150 degrees.
Take 3 eggs and separate them. Whisk the egg whites real hard. Mix the egg yolks with 100g of cream cheese (something like philadelphia) I used a 4% fat (low cost brand) then fold the two together. I put chili/garlic and salt on mine but you could probably put any flavor you like.

Splat the mix out on oven safe paper and put in the oven for 30 minutes. (smells absolutely delish) Ill try to make the next bash with a bit of fiber added I think but for now Im using a basic receipt from http://www.lifezone.com/

They look alright dont they!
They did become very light so definitely a batch with some fibrex in them I reckon!
Did get company on my walk today :D hope you have had a happy hump day!

Since I wanted the cheesecake to be a bit more like the frödinge cheesecake that I love I modified the receipt a bit and put it into portion sized forms.
The ingredients
500g low fat Quark
3 whole eggs
50g (about 1 dl) of dinkel flour
20g almonds (crusched)
2 packets of vanilla essence.
15g of canderel
200g of Philly, extra light 5%
1/2 a teaspoon of bicarbonate
mix everything in a bowl until even. Put in the forms and in the oven, at about 180 degrees.
Leave it in the oven until the top has a slight color (it will rise a fair bit), very nice! You can flavor it with whatever you like, like fresh berries.
Kcal per 100g is 115, 11g protein, 9g carbs and 4 g of fat. Its very filling! I think it will be okay without the dinkel flour if you want to do a lower carb version.

Today is resting day, Im packing a bit and doing my lunches for the week, I think it will be another tuna pie this time. Dad is picking me up to go food shopping (more cheesecake ingredients haha) then the guy that I bought the apartment from and his girlfriend is coming over. I think Ill try to watch a movie, brother gave me some good tips in increasing the performance when viewing them via my laptop to the tv and I have to try that. Calfs are a pain haha really sore in them... and I managed to hurt my knuckles when doing the boxing with coach lol its a biatch since I keep bumping into them...

Yesterdays dinner was awesome, starter was nachos with guacamole and cheddar cheese dip, main (awesome!!!) was a great cut of  meat (oxfile) 1/2 grilled lobster, baked potato (that I couldnt finish) and at the movie I had popcorn. The 3d version wasnt that good, its a lot better for animated movies and I think its because the normal movies has a lot of unfocused areas and when putting 3D effects on them they become to blurry. that makes it really hard to watch when its speeding up a bit. But I loved it! I cant wait to go see a animated movie in 3D!! Great food, awesome experience and good people to share it with! loved it!

When I arrived to the gym I was actually getting energetic, was a bit worried Id be tired but no, went really good!
Shoulders and hamstring was on the agenda today. I even pulled off straight legged deads with 90kg, felt really good. We also played around in the posing mirrors, great fun and its good to see how you develop with training. Ive been training with Coach for a month now and I can see result!!! Love it!!!
Jumped of at täby centrum (mall) and managed to buy a pair of jeans, fits perfect, so maybe not the best idea but I loved them. I havent removed the tags so if I come to my senses I can change my mind. I even bought a pair of blue streaky sneakers and a new sportsbra.
Todays dinner was shredded potatoes, mince, onions, fresh chili, salt, pepper and tomato. I put a bit of cinnamon in the mince and it tasted really nice.
Havent managed to get any work done but the place is cleaned and washing is done so I have time tomorrow. Dad and I are going to look at a car tomorrow then food shopping :D

Ive just come home from the best super-set training session! It was hard and fast and I loved it!!! Chest and back, massive pump!

Made the best roast yesterday too, garlic and fresh herbs. Roasted it for 1.45 min at 85 degrees, took it out when it was just under 60 degrees. Perfectly juicy! Home made zatziki(quark, cucumber, salt, pepper and garlic!) Coach came over and tried some and he approved! LOL as a thanks he rammed his elbows in my butt. OUCH!!! let me know if the pictures are to big and takes to long to load (Im lazy and havent changed the size from the camera)
Also if you wanna know what my training or calories are let me know otherwise :p Lazy again!
Im extremely high on endorphins right now LOL and life is brilliant!!! (the weather today was awesome as well)

Todays breakky

40g Oats with gingerbread spices, mixed with whole eggs (3) and topped off with 250g cottage cheese with vanilla powder. Very Very nice! My whole apartment smells of gingerbread now I LOVE IT!!!

So the bulk starts now, nothing crazy but it will be great fun and Im looking forward to some fun hard training! Meeting up with ze Coach tomorrow for a back/chest session, since I trained back yesterday and I am feeling the soreness creeping up from behind haha it will be :) interesting lol but I sure will enjoy it!!!!

Im going to try to get going with the painting of the doorlists today! Shouldnt take to long, its just to sand down a bit and slap on some ole paint.
My Iphone is really bugging me tho, I cant get the effin pictures from it anymore... I just cant see it in the explorer... dammit

Since I forgot to get some protein bars I decided to make my own. I used a modified version of the protein muffins, put it in a big container and when it has cooled down Ill make bits of it so Its easy to carry along. Should be okay for a day in a bag.

Protein "bar" recepie

100g Kruska kli
200g Quark
35g Cacao
75g Whey protein (chocolate banana)
4 whole eggs
5 egg whites
25g baking powder (bit to much I think)
30g Soy flour.
Per 100g its 157Kcal,  18,5g Protein, 6,7Carbs and 5,7g fat.

I also made lunch for tomorrow, moose meat with wok veggies and sweet and sour sauce MMM

Awesome snack or for whenever ;)
200g ICA's light Quark (new 0.1% fat) very yummy btw, not as bitter. 30g of vanilla whey and 10g of cacao.
261kcal, 45.5g protein, 10g carbs and 4 gram fat. THANK GOD I ONLY BOUGHT ONE tub otherwise there would be quark coming out of my ears right now ;)
I have run out money on my sim card (prepaid) and Im trying to arrange a contract so its not so expensive, hopefully I have tomorrow... hard since I dont have a credit history here... blerg...
Sorta good session today, 1h 10 min (dont ask me why it took so long, its no good) strong but ran out of power in the end... legs tomorrow and chest, shoulders and triceps on Wednesday. Im off to Austria on Thursday so squishing in this weeks training now.

Went out for the first run in the snow, -3 and sunny and absolutely stunning. Although there is snow everywhere there is spring in the air, its absolutely fantastic. Me my sis, dad and I where supposed to go longdistance skating but the ice is really bad and the snow slush thats on it makes it a no go. Thats why I went for a run, or jog rather. 4 k's dont want to over do it!

I made a hot and spicy taco pie yesterday and I used a pie base from Sofie that actually turned out very good! I used a bit of a massive pie form tho so I needed to make more but ran out of quark...
Anyway, next time Ill use more eggs and fresh tomatoes as it was a bit to much tuna but it tasted awesome! Not bad for a first try to make a pie.
Spicy taco pie.
720g brine tuna, make sure its all dry before mixing.
200g eggwhites
2 whole eggs.
2 bags of taco mix (hot)
100g of tomato pure
1 big chopped onion
Muchrooms and bit of fresh chili and basilica.
Mix everything together.

Pie dough
250g kesella (low fat quark)
1 deciliter of oats
2 deciliter of dinkel flour
a splash of olive oil and salt.
mix together and put in your form
126Kcal,  16g protein, 9g carbs, 3g fat per 100g of tuna pie

Put the tuna mix in and in the oven for 20-30 min or until cooked
then finish the whole thing off with grated cheese. I used a 10% cheese.
Enjoy with a fresh salad.

I also made protein muffins just now, not bad at all!!!!
Chocolate Soy flour and protein muffins
100g soy flour
50g kruska kli (sort of like wheat bran)
250g low fat Quark
17g caco
5g bakingpowder
40g whey protein
220g eggwhites
13g sweetner.
154kcal, 19g protein, 8g carbs and 5g of fat per 100g muffin dough (tastes very delish bytheway)
Mix everything in a bowl and try not to taste it ;) Then put in muffin forms and in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Form check Sunday morning! (massive) 59.5kg and feeling good.
I am getting harder, I can see it in my legs (always the first thing... not very female of me...)
Friday we got a severe thunder warning
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds with gusts in excess of 90 km/h and possible large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Adelaide, Maitland, Murray Bridge, Clare and Robe.
So I decided to head home instead of the gym, it was pouring down, humongous raindrops, when driving home. Spend the night in the couch with a blanket watching dvds. Very wintery like!
Saturday, did house work, went to the gym and had a great session, sneaked a bit with the 100kg deads as I was supposed to work on the form… anyway… Was going to go to the movies but it was just way to windy and wet so we decided not to… Sunday I made a chocolate cake and I found these little adorable sugar figurines. SOOOO CUTE! Went to Thea’s birthday celebration and driving there it was pouring down, but at their house it was sunny, windy, but sunny! (drove home later that night and it started poring down about half way home, apparently it had been raining all day) it was a great BBQ, fantastic food (Richies potato salad is to die for!)
Calories for Friday and Saturday I met (don’t have the numbers with me) Sunday, I’m not sure but my the food was good ;)

Chocolate cake
50g Dark chocolate
300ml Flour
2 pinches salt
100ml Cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
500ml Sugar
4 eggs
225g butter

Put the oven at 175 degrees, butter and breadcrumb a form. Melt 175g of butter and let it cool off. Whip the eggs with the sugar. Add vanilla sugar, cocoa, salt and flour. Mix the butter in and pour in your form. Put it in the oven, the middle should be sticky.
Topping, melt 50g of chocolate and the rest of the butter (50g) on low heat. Pour the mix over the cake. The cake has to be cold when you do this.(I got the little sugar figurines at the shop, sooo cute)