HE DID IT!!!!!!!!!
Did what, I hear you say? And who 'he'?
My darling lovely N is now a Dr N!!!! The best ever and now with a title to show it off :D
My Doctorinho ;)
Friday 26 March 2010
Trekking shoes - the big dilemma
I received a pair of these for my birthday. I have to go and change them to a bigger size, but then started to wonder if perhaps another kind would be better...
Many sites suggest to get a pair of hiking shoes - something in between the shoe I got and a real hiking boot. A colleague also suggested this - but of course, she thinks I am going to use them for hikes in the mountains :D
My N and my lovely friend Mims suggest the kind of shoe that I received, a pair of Asics Gel Moriko WP, as they are lighter to carry when not used, less warm, and probably I am not going to hike too much in difficult terrains anyway.
I am leaning towards choosing these Morikos, but would really appreciate advice!
Many sites suggest to get a pair of hiking shoes - something in between the shoe I got and a real hiking boot. A colleague also suggested this - but of course, she thinks I am going to use them for hikes in the mountains :D
My N and my lovely friend Mims suggest the kind of shoe that I received, a pair of Asics Gel Moriko WP, as they are lighter to carry when not used, less warm, and probably I am not going to hike too much in difficult terrains anyway.
I am leaning towards choosing these Morikos, but would really appreciate advice!
When is it appropriate to inform them at work?
Continuing on the theme of 'only 5 months left WTF?', I would love some advice on when to inform my boss that I am leaving.
Originally - meaning months ago - I had decided to inform him about 5 months or so before leaving. Originally!! There is NO way that I am ready to inform him in the next week or two!
Legally, I have to inform the company 2 months before my last working day - hence by 30 June.
But I want to be nice and inform them, not the HR but my boss and colleagues, more in advance to allow them to find a replacement and to organise themselves, especially since I want to leave on 31 August, hence right in the middle of vacation months here.
I am also increasingly starting to feel like I'm living a lie at work. I have told all my friends about this trip, but none of my colleagues although I talk to them every day, lunch with them etc. I am starting to feel bad when we discuss future projects, when I come with ideas for new projects when I know I won't be here to implement them. Or when we discuss reporting deadlines in the fall, meetings and outings and other stuff - and all the time I am not telling them the truth. Plus they will all understand, once I do inform them, that I have planned this trip for months and that all this time I just did not bother informing them that I am leaving.
At the same time, I do not feel ready to inform my boss about this yet. I feel I want to finish a few more things first, prove myself a bit more, make sure I leave with a good impression. Plus, I do not want to risk that he gets so angry (not that he probably will, but the risk does exist) that he asks me to leave as per my 2 months notice period. This would not be good as I'm counting on the salary from the next 5 months to buff up my savings.
So when would be appropriate to tell them at work? By the end of April - hence 4 months in advance? By mid-May, once 2 out of 4 of my conferences for this spring are over - hence about 3.5 months in advance? Or???
What do you think?
Originally - meaning months ago - I had decided to inform him about 5 months or so before leaving. Originally!! There is NO way that I am ready to inform him in the next week or two!
Legally, I have to inform the company 2 months before my last working day - hence by 30 June.
But I want to be nice and inform them, not the HR but my boss and colleagues, more in advance to allow them to find a replacement and to organise themselves, especially since I want to leave on 31 August, hence right in the middle of vacation months here.
I am also increasingly starting to feel like I'm living a lie at work. I have told all my friends about this trip, but none of my colleagues although I talk to them every day, lunch with them etc. I am starting to feel bad when we discuss future projects, when I come with ideas for new projects when I know I won't be here to implement them. Or when we discuss reporting deadlines in the fall, meetings and outings and other stuff - and all the time I am not telling them the truth. Plus they will all understand, once I do inform them, that I have planned this trip for months and that all this time I just did not bother informing them that I am leaving.
At the same time, I do not feel ready to inform my boss about this yet. I feel I want to finish a few more things first, prove myself a bit more, make sure I leave with a good impression. Plus, I do not want to risk that he gets so angry (not that he probably will, but the risk does exist) that he asks me to leave as per my 2 months notice period. This would not be good as I'm counting on the salary from the next 5 months to buff up my savings.
So when would be appropriate to tell them at work? By the end of April - hence 4 months in advance? By mid-May, once 2 out of 4 of my conferences for this spring are over - hence about 3.5 months in advance? Or???
What do you think?
D-day minus 5 months and a bit...
In a few days there are only 5 months left until I am planning to do my last working day, and about 5 months and a week until I'm planning to change my apartment for a backpack, my high heeled boots for trekking shoes, my 9-5 (or rather 9.30-7) working day for adventure, planning for conferences to planning for where to go next or preferably to 'no planning at all', a pay check to slowly - hopefully - eating through my savings.
5 months!!!!! How did this happen? I remember a morning that feels like it happened yesterday, when I calculated the time left and realised there was still more than 7 months to go. And 7 months sounded like loads of time! Now, there's only 5 months left - and somehow 5 months sound like a very short time indeed. I mean, 3 months have already passed since the birth of 2010 and what have I done in these 3 months??? Well, except for some cool days skiing, and a lot of days kind of working, the answer has to be: dodilidodili close to nothing!
But in the 5 months left before I leave, besides organise 4 conferences, prepare 2 publications of participants papers, budget and oversee the translation, editing and printing of 7 national context analysis papers, oversee the financial side of one of our external offices, prepare 2 financial and narrative reports, create project proposals and find funding for projects that I will not be here to implement (somehow now that I am soon to leave, I have loads of ideas that for once my boss is actually listened...), and prepare for handing over my projects to someone else (sort through 5 years of mail, papers, information on my personal drive etc).
Besides all that work related stuff, in these 5 months I also have to find time to do the following preparations for the trip:
- get a thousand and one vaccinations,
- find a backpack, well once I've decided what size and type I want - why do I feel that this might turn into a last minute buy?
- find the right shoes (trekking, sandals, a 'nice pair'),
- get visas,
- get e-banking,
- get a first-aid pack,
- chose clothes and stuff to bring,
- get a thousand small and not so small stuff (Swiss army knife, zip-lock bags, packing tubes, day pack, rain jacket, sports bra and underwear, earplugs, flash light, duct tape, journal, money bag, travel towel..... and so on),
- decide if I want to bring a computer, and if so, chose what model,
- find someone to rent out our apartment to (for a bizarre period - possibly 2 months sharing with N, 6 months by themselves, 4 months sharing with N),
- go through all my books, clothes, papers, shoes and other stuff and get rid of a big part (a third at least? ouch!!), packing up the rest (the plan is to store it all in our basement but it's not very big),
- find a good but not too expensive health and travel insurance,
- get flight tickets and decide what system to go by (RTW ticket, or single tickets or....)
- decide on what country to start from... (a small, kind of tiny, decision ;))
- decide on what country to meet N in...,
- choose the language school(s) (thinking about possibly doing 1 month intensive Spanish in one country, and then a second month in another country - hence allowing me visit, during weekends, and get to know at least 2 countries during the first 2 months),
- learn some Spanish before leaving (optional, but would be very good),
- etc, etc.
In addition I should also supposedly try to get rid of my arachnophobia before I leave!!? This came as a suggestion by a couple of friends who do not understand that to get rid of my impossible fear of spiders, I will most probably have to put myself under the obligation to have to touch a spider at some point, and probably a BIG spider - now why on earth would I want to put myself through that? I mean, going through therapy means a most definite obligation to touch spiders! Travelling through the areas I want to go to, means a possible risk of having to touch a spider... Hopefully a very tiny risk. A lot bigger risk will be to have a big spider in my hostel room - but the answer to that would be very simple - I would just have to move to another hostel! :D
And of course, I shall also try to enjoy spring, meet friends, travel for Easter, travel 4 times for work, travel for Ascension, and then in the summer, say goodbye to family, extended family and friends - meaning trips to Sweden, Slovenia and Portugal! Plus a wedding in Greece.
Hmmmm am I the only one that just got severely stressed?
5 months!!!!! How did this happen? I remember a morning that feels like it happened yesterday, when I calculated the time left and realised there was still more than 7 months to go. And 7 months sounded like loads of time! Now, there's only 5 months left - and somehow 5 months sound like a very short time indeed. I mean, 3 months have already passed since the birth of 2010 and what have I done in these 3 months??? Well, except for some cool days skiing, and a lot of days kind of working, the answer has to be: dodilidodili close to nothing!
But in the 5 months left before I leave, besides organise 4 conferences, prepare 2 publications of participants papers, budget and oversee the translation, editing and printing of 7 national context analysis papers, oversee the financial side of one of our external offices, prepare 2 financial and narrative reports, create project proposals and find funding for projects that I will not be here to implement (somehow now that I am soon to leave, I have loads of ideas that for once my boss is actually listened...), and prepare for handing over my projects to someone else (sort through 5 years of mail, papers, information on my personal drive etc).
Besides all that work related stuff, in these 5 months I also have to find time to do the following preparations for the trip:
- get a thousand and one vaccinations,
- find a backpack, well once I've decided what size and type I want - why do I feel that this might turn into a last minute buy?
- find the right shoes (trekking, sandals, a 'nice pair'),
- get visas,
- get e-banking,
- get a first-aid pack,
- chose clothes and stuff to bring,
- get a thousand small and not so small stuff (Swiss army knife, zip-lock bags, packing tubes, day pack, rain jacket, sports bra and underwear, earplugs, flash light, duct tape, journal, money bag, travel towel..... and so on),
- decide if I want to bring a computer, and if so, chose what model,
- find someone to rent out our apartment to (for a bizarre period - possibly 2 months sharing with N, 6 months by themselves, 4 months sharing with N),
- go through all my books, clothes, papers, shoes and other stuff and get rid of a big part (a third at least? ouch!!), packing up the rest (the plan is to store it all in our basement but it's not very big),
- find a good but not too expensive health and travel insurance,
- get flight tickets and decide what system to go by (RTW ticket, or single tickets or....)
- decide on what country to start from... (a small, kind of tiny, decision ;))
- decide on what country to meet N in...,
- choose the language school(s) (thinking about possibly doing 1 month intensive Spanish in one country, and then a second month in another country - hence allowing me visit, during weekends, and get to know at least 2 countries during the first 2 months),
- learn some Spanish before leaving (optional, but would be very good),
- etc, etc.
In addition I should also supposedly try to get rid of my arachnophobia before I leave!!? This came as a suggestion by a couple of friends who do not understand that to get rid of my impossible fear of spiders, I will most probably have to put myself under the obligation to have to touch a spider at some point, and probably a BIG spider - now why on earth would I want to put myself through that? I mean, going through therapy means a most definite obligation to touch spiders! Travelling through the areas I want to go to, means a possible risk of having to touch a spider... Hopefully a very tiny risk. A lot bigger risk will be to have a big spider in my hostel room - but the answer to that would be very simple - I would just have to move to another hostel! :D
And of course, I shall also try to enjoy spring, meet friends, travel for Easter, travel 4 times for work, travel for Ascension, and then in the summer, say goodbye to family, extended family and friends - meaning trips to Sweden, Slovenia and Portugal! Plus a wedding in Greece.
Hmmmm am I the only one that just got severely stressed?
Thursday 18 March 2010
Delicious chocolate treats - part 3
Some comments from my fellow colleagues to today's 3 chocolate treats:
OMFG – chocolate with raspberries is heavenly!!!
Thank you so much for the divine treat! I was wondering if you could please share with me the pecan treat recipe? I love it!
I ended up not being able to resist temptation and tasted one of those chocolate balls… They are absolutely divine so to hell with the calories!!!
OMFG – chocolate with raspberries is heavenly!!!
Thank you so much for the divine treat! I was wondering if you could please share with me the pecan treat recipe? I love it!
I ended up not being able to resist temptation and tasted one of those chocolate balls… They are absolutely divine so to hell with the calories!!!
Delicious chocolate treats - update
The challenge was 2-3 chocolate cakes plus some chocolate balls in 2h15!
The result:
- 1 'sticky' chocolate cake with pecan nuts and grated coco nut (see earlier post regarding this cake under Am I nuts?)
- 1 almost sticky chocolate cake with fresh raspberries and grated almond - a first trial that turned out very nicely although less sticky than usual, probably due to the liquid from the raspberries
- About 50 small chocolate balls, approx. 35 coated with grated coco nut and 15 coated with 'decoration' sugar (pearly sugar in Swedish). The sugar ones were my favorites when I was a kid, but yesterday I finally understood why my mother preferred doing coco nut covered ones as they take about half the time. That bloody sugar just didn't want to stick to the balls. While the coco nut adhered without a second thought!
- Total time spent: 2h30!
Overall impression: chocolate balls are a pain as they take ages to turn from yummy dough into small balls! Putting the dough in the fridge for about 15 minutes helped greatly for facilitating shaping the dough into balls, but made it more difficult to get the sugar to stick... This is where I lost time. I could easily have made 2 extra cakes during the time it took to make these 50 balls.
All these treats were a success at work - which might just mean that my colleagues are all chocolate addicts, something that I have long suspected anyway :)
The result:
- 1 'sticky' chocolate cake with pecan nuts and grated coco nut (see earlier post regarding this cake under Am I nuts?)
- 1 almost sticky chocolate cake with fresh raspberries and grated almond - a first trial that turned out very nicely although less sticky than usual, probably due to the liquid from the raspberries
- About 50 small chocolate balls, approx. 35 coated with grated coco nut and 15 coated with 'decoration' sugar (pearly sugar in Swedish). The sugar ones were my favorites when I was a kid, but yesterday I finally understood why my mother preferred doing coco nut covered ones as they take about half the time. That bloody sugar just didn't want to stick to the balls. While the coco nut adhered without a second thought!
- Total time spent: 2h30!
Overall impression: chocolate balls are a pain as they take ages to turn from yummy dough into small balls! Putting the dough in the fridge for about 15 minutes helped greatly for facilitating shaping the dough into balls, but made it more difficult to get the sugar to stick... This is where I lost time. I could easily have made 2 extra cakes during the time it took to make these 50 balls.
All these treats were a success at work - which might just mean that my colleagues are all chocolate addicts, something that I have long suspected anyway :)
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Tonight's challenge
To cook 2 or possibly 3 different kinds of chocolate cakes, plus a set of 'chocolate balls' to bring into work tomorrow for my birthday. And well, yes, because I felt like cooking and my N is working on his thesis late tonight so the decision fell on making some cakes...
It is now 20:14. The goal is to have finished everything by 22:30. Let's see how much I manage to do in these 2h15.
Update tomorrow!
It is now 20:14. The goal is to have finished everything by 22:30. Let's see how much I manage to do in these 2h15.
Update tomorrow!
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Happy!
I just got this message from my brother (my translation):
'You're the world's best sister!'
Me happy now :D and all because I took 2 minutes to add a picture to an exhibition about fashion that my brother is working on. Recognize the ears?
'You're the world's best sister!'
Me happy now :D and all because I took 2 minutes to add a picture to an exhibition about fashion that my brother is working on. Recognize the ears?
Freedom from chosing what to wear....
My mind is set at thinking about my trip at the moment and especially on what size and kind of backpack to buy, how many and what clothes to bring, what other stuff to bring etc. I have been looking through packing lists for ideas and started my own very first draft list yesterday.
So not bizarre then that I woke up this morning wondering what to wear today to work and soooo looking forward to the trip when I will be able to just put on the first thing that falls in my hand, not caring how it looks, if it fits with the rest of the outfit, if it is 'professionally' enough looking (although the clothes I deem professional enough would never make it through a bank) etc.
Instead I will only have to care what kind of activities we/I will get into that day and how cold it is. And even if I would start to fret, well, the backpack will have a very limited choice of stuff, so the easiest is probably just to wear the same as the day before, as long as it is not too dirty.
Freedom!
So not bizarre then that I woke up this morning wondering what to wear today to work and soooo looking forward to the trip when I will be able to just put on the first thing that falls in my hand, not caring how it looks, if it fits with the rest of the outfit, if it is 'professionally' enough looking (although the clothes I deem professional enough would never make it through a bank) etc.
Instead I will only have to care what kind of activities we/I will get into that day and how cold it is. And even if I would start to fret, well, the backpack will have a very limited choice of stuff, so the easiest is probably just to wear the same as the day before, as long as it is not too dirty.
Freedom!
Monday 8 March 2010
Last birthday before the big trip, what better than too.....
...make a wish list completely based on stuff I will need for traveling :) So no fancy pancy clothes and shoes, but rather practical ‘boring’ stuff, but stuff that I will be very happy to have during my trip! The list was sent to my mum, brother, and boyfriend as they are the main suspects for planning to get me something...
In case you don't know (and most of you wouldn't), my birthday is soon to come up and I will hence soon become a perfect double 3 and in about 2x3 months, as you should know if you have been following this blog for a while, I am planning to hit the roads around the world (well not really around the world I guess, but with 4-5 continents included, it’s not that bad an attempt, and if you count in Europe since it is the departure continent, I arrive at 5-6 out of 7…. Wow, I guess I can actually start calling it a world trip after all).
Some of the gear needed/recommended for such a trip, I already possess (like a silk bag, fleece sweater, sunglasses, camera, ipod, gloves, sarong…), but much of it I still need. Hence what better opportunity than to ask for some of it for my b-day.
Ok, so here goes my wish list:
- A camera case to protect my already all scratched up camera against even more scratches, banging, humidity;
- An extra camera memory card;
- A traveling pillow (although I still have to find one I actually can sleep on);
- A headlamp or perhaps rather a book lamp – I got a recommendation from A for one called ‘mighty bright’(that can be bought through Amazon).
- A medium size super light travel towel (N has the same, but perhaps another colour than his not to mix them up);
- A ‘money’ hiding ‘revolver’ case bag… meaning, instead of a money belt or a bag that goes around the neck, this one goes over the under the arm…;
- A backpack… now this is a difficult one. We looked at a few this weekend but didn’t find anything we want yet. Probably going for 60 litres though. Have been checking some websites but not yet sure what I want. So perhaps money for a backpack? And any ideas from backpacking friends or others are very welcome!!!!
- Hiking shoes. Not that easy either, but I think I found a very nice pair Saturday. More a kind of running trail than real hiking boots, as we will probably walk around more than hike. Asics something (N has more details). The size was 40 instead of my usual 39, but then my running shoes that are also Asics are 40.5 I think.
- ‘Hiking’ sandals. Hence not flip flops, but something that stays on the foot. I have been checking out this website and they have some nice ones. For example, the ‘Trailhead Venice’ in parsian blue. Or the ‘Trailhead Newport Canvas’ in amaranth/nile. The ‘Waterfront Balboa’ in dark citron, regal orchid or air blue is also very nice but more for beach than walking I think.
- A super light rain jacket.
- A rain protection cover to the backpack (but probably can’t get this until I have decided on the backpack, right?).
- Light travel pants. Possibly a pair that zips into shorts – although I find that very ugly. So perhaps not, and rather travel shorts and travel pants…
- A nice but light journal to put down my thoughts in during the trip, when we don’t have access to computers.
- A mini computer?????? Not sure yet if it is a good idea to bring one. It seems that people are divide on this. Some say that it is better to just use internet cafés etc, and it is an extra weight to carry around. But others think that it is worth the weight to not have to plug in your ipod, camera, usb-sticks etc and not use your credit cards etc on internet café computers due to the numerous viruses there and risk for people stealing ones secret passwords etc. Plus as A argued (they just bought a small computer after about 1 month of traveling), it doesn’t weigh mush more than a travel book and you can download travel books onto it instead of buying them. Any ideas on this?
Ok, that’s all folks. I think the list is long enough this time, overwhelmingly long in fact. Other stuff can of course also be added, either for the trip like other clothes (long sleeved thin cotton shirts, a thin and light summer dress that is very modest (sleeves to elbows, no real cleavage, at least to the knees), hiking socks etc), or stuff that you hear are very useful for such a trip, or of course, clothes or stuff that are fun for the next 6 months in Geneva :)
Any tips from anyone out there on things that I have missed? Or on the issue of bringing a small computer or not? Or even on the question to go for fashion or comfort when it comes to zipped short/pants thingies? :)
In case you don't know (and most of you wouldn't), my birthday is soon to come up and I will hence soon become a perfect double 3 and in about 2x3 months, as you should know if you have been following this blog for a while, I am planning to hit the roads around the world (well not really around the world I guess, but with 4-5 continents included, it’s not that bad an attempt, and if you count in Europe since it is the departure continent, I arrive at 5-6 out of 7…. Wow, I guess I can actually start calling it a world trip after all).
Some of the gear needed/recommended for such a trip, I already possess (like a silk bag, fleece sweater, sunglasses, camera, ipod, gloves, sarong…), but much of it I still need. Hence what better opportunity than to ask for some of it for my b-day.
Ok, so here goes my wish list:
- A camera case to protect my already all scratched up camera against even more scratches, banging, humidity;
- An extra camera memory card;
- A traveling pillow (although I still have to find one I actually can sleep on);
- A headlamp or perhaps rather a book lamp – I got a recommendation from A for one called ‘mighty bright’(that can be bought through Amazon).
- A medium size super light travel towel (N has the same, but perhaps another colour than his not to mix them up);
- A ‘money’ hiding ‘revolver’ case bag… meaning, instead of a money belt or a bag that goes around the neck, this one goes over the under the arm…;
- A backpack… now this is a difficult one. We looked at a few this weekend but didn’t find anything we want yet. Probably going for 60 litres though. Have been checking some websites but not yet sure what I want. So perhaps money for a backpack? And any ideas from backpacking friends or others are very welcome!!!!
- Hiking shoes. Not that easy either, but I think I found a very nice pair Saturday. More a kind of running trail than real hiking boots, as we will probably walk around more than hike. Asics something (N has more details). The size was 40 instead of my usual 39, but then my running shoes that are also Asics are 40.5 I think.
- ‘Hiking’ sandals. Hence not flip flops, but something that stays on the foot. I have been checking out this website and they have some nice ones. For example, the ‘Trailhead Venice’ in parsian blue. Or the ‘Trailhead Newport Canvas’ in amaranth/nile. The ‘Waterfront Balboa’ in dark citron, regal orchid or air blue is also very nice but more for beach than walking I think.
- A super light rain jacket.
- A rain protection cover to the backpack (but probably can’t get this until I have decided on the backpack, right?).
- Light travel pants. Possibly a pair that zips into shorts – although I find that very ugly. So perhaps not, and rather travel shorts and travel pants…
- A nice but light journal to put down my thoughts in during the trip, when we don’t have access to computers.
- A mini computer?????? Not sure yet if it is a good idea to bring one. It seems that people are divide on this. Some say that it is better to just use internet cafés etc, and it is an extra weight to carry around. But others think that it is worth the weight to not have to plug in your ipod, camera, usb-sticks etc and not use your credit cards etc on internet café computers due to the numerous viruses there and risk for people stealing ones secret passwords etc. Plus as A argued (they just bought a small computer after about 1 month of traveling), it doesn’t weigh mush more than a travel book and you can download travel books onto it instead of buying them. Any ideas on this?
Ok, that’s all folks. I think the list is long enough this time, overwhelmingly long in fact. Other stuff can of course also be added, either for the trip like other clothes (long sleeved thin cotton shirts, a thin and light summer dress that is very modest (sleeves to elbows, no real cleavage, at least to the knees), hiking socks etc), or stuff that you hear are very useful for such a trip, or of course, clothes or stuff that are fun for the next 6 months in Geneva :)
Any tips from anyone out there on things that I have missed? Or on the issue of bringing a small computer or not? Or even on the question to go for fashion or comfort when it comes to zipped short/pants thingies? :)
Friday 5 March 2010
the world is a small place...
This morning after having decided to take the bus into work as it was too cold and windy to walk down by the lake, I bumped into my aunt and her friend at the bus stop!
They live in Sweden! And although they are in Geneva visiting my cousin, she lives 20 outside of Geneva by bus! Hence, I was just a bit surprised to find such good company 'waiting for me' at my stop. Good that I chose the bus after all as my boring morning bus ride was turned into a lovely one :D
The world is really a small place sometimes and full to the brim of coincidences.
They live in Sweden! And although they are in Geneva visiting my cousin, she lives 20 outside of Geneva by bus! Hence, I was just a bit surprised to find such good company 'waiting for me' at my stop. Good that I chose the bus after all as my boring morning bus ride was turned into a lovely one :D
The world is really a small place sometimes and full to the brim of coincidences.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Mims
Just got a call all the way down from Zambia from my darling Mims :D
So great to talk! To hear about the hippo and other news, and to hear her voice!!!
Me happy now :)
So great to talk! To hear about the hippo and other news, and to hear her voice!!!
Me happy now :)
Skiing queen
My goddaughter - the queen of the pistes! Do you see the resemblance with the tongue out just like me? :D
Tuesday 2 March 2010
The risk of the trade...
Is a hair colouring specialist with a bad hair colour and cut, to be seen in the same light as an overweight heart specialist?
Should I have ran away as fast as possible, or tried my luck?
Well the result came out nicely....
Should I have ran away as fast as possible, or tried my luck?
Well the result came out nicely....
Monday 1 March 2010
Nutty success!
Comments from two colleagues who had the chance to taste the nutty cake:
"Wow……………..!! I had no idea what I missed all my life!!"
"That was the best cake ever!"
Ahhh, me very happy :D
"Wow……………..!! I had no idea what I missed all my life!!"
"That was the best cake ever!"
Ahhh, me very happy :D
Am I nuts?
No skiing this weekend, instead a lot of sleep, winter Olympics, nice food (sushi, Chinese dim sum brunch, home-made lasagna) and a new nutty version of my killer chocolate cake.
Or to be precise, of my Swedish kladdkaka (I make 2 different chocolate cakes, one could possibly be considered as a 'moelleux' and the other, the kladdkada, as a 'fondant').
As my N loves coco nut, we decided to try adding some to the chocolate cake, and as the experiment was anyways on, I decided to also add some pecan nuts as they are very yummy in brownies - so why not in a kladdkaka?
So about 2.5 tablespoons of grated coco nut (yep, we bought it already grated), and perhaps 4 tablespoons of chopped pecan nuts were added to the batter, while I limited partly the sugar and flour (4 dl of sugar instead of 4.5, and a bit less than 2 of flour instead of 2.25). All the other ingredients stayed the same.
The result? Not so nuts after all :)
Next time I think I'll put in fresh raspberries and perhaps almonds... Change is fun!
Or to be precise, of my Swedish kladdkaka (I make 2 different chocolate cakes, one could possibly be considered as a 'moelleux' and the other, the kladdkada, as a 'fondant').
As my N loves coco nut, we decided to try adding some to the chocolate cake, and as the experiment was anyways on, I decided to also add some pecan nuts as they are very yummy in brownies - so why not in a kladdkaka?
So about 2.5 tablespoons of grated coco nut (yep, we bought it already grated), and perhaps 4 tablespoons of chopped pecan nuts were added to the batter, while I limited partly the sugar and flour (4 dl of sugar instead of 4.5, and a bit less than 2 of flour instead of 2.25). All the other ingredients stayed the same.
The result? Not so nuts after all :)
Next time I think I'll put in fresh raspberries and perhaps almonds... Change is fun!
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