FOOD FOOD AND SKORTS

Suprise! I’m still here, haven’t left this time! January is halfway through, and I’ve been trying little by little to change some things and work on other things. As I mentioned before I’m trying going to lose some weight. At the same time I have to save some money because my new apartment cost a little more than the one we’re renting now. Given that we have had three months notice to cancel this apartment and the one we wanted was available NOW; we’re going to be paying double rent for 3 months. So in a combination of trying to be healthy and trying to save money I have some DELICIOUS dinners to share!

I’ve had a spinach fetish lately (that sounded weird but given my poor vocabulary I’ll stick with it). This salad is made up of spinach, some regular salad (hjertesalat in Norwegian), pasta, pork meat, red pepper, spring onion and feta cheese. YUM! Seriously one of the better salads I’ve ever had. I know I suck for sharing a dinner here without knowing the entire recipe, but Paul did the meat and made a kind of dressing to put on it. All I know is there was balsamico and white vinegar in it. *Drool*.

Last night’s dinner was surprisingly yummy despite it’s simplicity. I took some water, added some vegetable broth and cooked up pasta in that. Then in a frying pan I put some sliced smoked sausage (kjøttpølse), added chopped broccoli and cauliflower, some salt and pepper and finally added the cooked pasta. Cheap and yummy, not to mention filling!
At work we still have the big new years sale going on. There I found a pair of shorts I drooled over this past summer, but didn’t buy because to sum it up: I didn’t wear shorts that summer. I don’t care much how I’ll look in a bikini this summer, more so I want to wear shorts and not feel like a heffa in them. So I bought these shorts in the biggest size we had left: 40. Let’s put it this way; I used to be a 42, am currently 44. So they’re my skorts; SKinny shORTS, and my goal for summer is to get into them without looking like a muffin top.

And the good news is; I’m on my way! Since January 1st I’ve gone down 1,6kg (3,5lbs). I’m very happy. It’s a slow process but it’s also a lifestyle change. I feel super awesome every time I leave the gym, so hopefully I’m going to keep it up and reach my goals!

Thumbs up for looking piggypink in January! That’s a good sign in my opinion.
How are your new year resolutions going?
Sarah

White chocolate peanutbutter cups

I’m weak for white chocolate. Seriously, I love it. Bad Sarah, bad… I’ve also been entertaining myself alone in Oslo with food. Again, bad Sarah.. baaaad… but sooo good!
Just to mention yet another thing, I have waaay better access to American snacks here in Oslo which is REALLY bad for my wallet; and that’s just for a little bit of whatever I’m wanting. So while trying to save my wallet and realizing I have a lot of peanutbutter in my cabinet; this is was my solution.

12 oz white chocolate
1/2 cup peanutbutter
1tbsp brown sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/8tsp salt
You basically mix everything but the chocolate together until you get sort of a peanutbutter dough. Then you melt the chocolate. Put a layer of the chocolate in some cupcake liners, the get a little scoop of the peanutbutter dough; roll it into a ball and flatten it a little. Put that on the chocolate layer and cover with more chocolate. Into the fridge to chill like a boss and you have your very own and MUCH cheaper if you live in Norway, peanut butter cups!