Menu Plan Monday Week 31

It's Monday and time for a new Menu Plan Monday post, thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie. At the moment I'm a bit uninspired when it comes to dinners, but hopefully this will change soon.

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Here is my menu plan for the week.
Monday; Salmon with Pasta
Tuesday; Norwegian "Pytt i Panne"
Wednesday; Fish Gratin
Thursday; Tomato Soup with Basil
Friday; Fish Gratin
Saturday; Pasta with Vegetarian "Meat Balls"
Sunday; Leftovers from Saturday

What is on your menu plan this week?

Monthly Favourites; July 2017

I decided I wanted to try writing a new monthly feature on Add Norwegian Lifestyle; monthly favourites. In the end of the month, I will make a list of some of my favourite things during the month and this will be the first month doing it.

From top left;
Authentic Moroccan Leather Pouf purchased at Etsy
Beautiful hand soap my father purchased to me during a vacation to Crete
Beautiful roses
An interesting street art piece in Haugesundsgata, Stavanger
Tompkin's School : For the Extraordinarily Talented by Tabi Slick
Urban Camoflage HD Lipsticks (3pcs) and Moisturizing lip balm chubby stick; Got a feeling from Makeup Mekka

Friday Finds; Summer Wedding

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Summer Wedding by gothicvamperstein featuring a flower bouquet

White top, 165 NOK / Carvela white sandals, 700 NOK / Allurez white gold engagement ring, 16.365 NOK / Fascinator hat, 525 NOK / Nail treatment, 105 NOK / Flower bouquet, 580 NOK / Wedding flute, 130 NOK

Thursday Movie Picks Television Edition; Non-English

It's a new Thursday, which means a new Thursday Movie Picks-post, thanks to the blogger behind Wandering Through the Shelves. The theme of the week was Non-English TV-series and here are my picks.

Skam; A Norwegian TV-series about teenages that has been a major hit, both in Norway and overseas.

The Heavy Water War; A Norwegian TV-series about the effort of sabotaging for Hitler in terms of producing and shipping Heavy Water from Norway to Nazi-Germany during WW2.

Borgen; A really good political thriller from Denmark.

Menu Plan Monday Week 30

Monday, so we meet again. Oh well, at least it's time for a new Menu Plan Monday post, thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie. My menu plan for last week didn't go quite as planned, as I had to go through 15-ish cardboard boxes at my father's place as he is having a massive clean up in the junk room. Personally, I ended up filling about 4 garbage bags full of stuff I didn't want any more, phew. Now it's just to order a dumpster to remove all the garbage, which is in a massive pile in the middle of the junk room. The fortunate thing is that it will be A LOT more tidy afterwards.

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Anyway, here is my menu plan for this week.

Monday; Norwegian Pancakes

Tuesday; Fish Fingers

Wednesday; Tortelloni

Thursday; Fish Fingers

Friday; Tortelloni

Saturday; Chicken Tandoori

Sunday; Leftovers from Saturday

What is on your menu plan for this week if you have one?

Friday Finds; All Patched Up

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All Patched Up by gothicvamperstein featuring a party hat

Summer shirt, 335 NOK / Sequined pants, 180 NOK / High heel boots, 325 NOK / Sam Edelman brown leather purse, 420 NOK / Beaded earrings, 46 NOK / Siggi party hat, 240 NOK / Mineral makeup, 200 NOK / Makeup, 42 NOK

Thursday Movie Picks; The Chosen One

It's a new Thursday, which means it's time for a new Thursday Movie Picks post, thanks to the blogger behind Wandering Through the Shelves. The theme of the week was "The Chosen One", so here are my picks.

The Lord of the Rings; It's one of the best trilogies released in the last two decades.

Matrix; It is an eye-opener of a movie.

The Harry Potter-series; As a bibliophile, I couldn't resist put HP one the list (that goes with LOTR as well, really).

Menu Plan Monday Week 29

It's Monday again, which means it's time for a new Menu Plan Monday post, thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie. For some "weird" reason (aka me doing a wee bit of grocery shopping), my freezer is full yet again, which means I need to intensify my freezer destash. Luckily writing a weekly menu plan helps out quite a bit, even though it means eating the same dish several times during one week.

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Here is my menu plan for this week.
Monday; Vegetarian Burgers
Tuesday; Panko Breaded Cod Nuggets
Wednesday; Vegetarian Burgers
Thursday; Fish Fingers
Friday; Vegetarian Burgers
Saturday; Fish Fingers
Sunday; Norwegian Pancakes

Friday Finds; Summer Activities

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Sooner or later, parents will probably hear the words "I'm bored" from their kid(s) during summer break. Here are a bit of inspiration if you need it.

KitchPro BBQ Wire | Apportkanonen iFetch Frenzy | Slackline | Taubanen Slackers Zipline | Fuglekasse med kamera | Vindu Fuglebrett | Superhengekøyen Vagaborn | Zorbz Vannballongfyller | Volkswagen Telt Grønn | Campfire Popcorn Maker |

Top Five Beach Reads

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I'm not going to deny the fact that I love books, which is the main reason why I write the bilingual book blog Lukten av Trykksverte. Considering a lot of us has a summer break/vacation at the moment, I figured out I wanted to share a top five list of beach reads. Not heading to the beach? Don't worry, the books are suitable as light summer reads anyway.

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

The Almond by Nedjma

At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen

Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile

The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley

Have you read any good summer reads lately? Feel free to mention them in the comment section below.

Menu Plan Monday Week 28

It's a new Monday, which means it's time for a new Menu Plan Monday post, thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie. Even though I've had a freezer destash lately, it still continues, although I can admit that I have sometimes been a bit uninspired in terms of dinners (btw, if anyone has any good ideas what to make with 500g/one pound of skin and bone free Pollock filets, feel free to let me know).

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Regardless of inspiration or not, here is my menu plan for this week.
Monday; Pulled Salmon Wraps
Tuesday; Leftovers from Monday
Wednesday; Vegetarian Burgers
Thursday; Norwegian Meat Patties
Friday; Leftovers from Thursday
Saturday; Tortelloni
Sunday; Chicken with Sauce

Friday Finds; Life is a Beach

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Sometimes it is really fun being at the beach during summer-time and if you're searching for a fun towel or a cooler, I've found a couple of items for you.

Donut Badering | SwimFin Svart | Pizzaslice Luftmadrass | Hans og hennes strandhåndkle | Volkswagen Kjølebag | Bumerangen Wicked Booma |

Thursday Movie Picks; Summer Vacation

It's a new Thursday, which means it's time for a ew Thursday Movie Picks post, thanks to the blogger behind Wandering Through The Shelves. The theme for this week is summer vacation. I might have bent it a little bit, but the picks are at least related to summer.

Zeus and Roxanne; A cute movie about the friendship between a dog and a dolphin.

Eat, Pray, Love; Sometimes we need to re-discover ourselves.

Dirty Dancing; Well, how can I write a list about summer vacation movies without mentioning this one?

Making a Home; Time for Gardening

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Summer is the perfect time for some gardening. I admit that I am by no means a fan of weeding, but luckily I just have a small garden spot outside my rented basemet flat, so there is luckily not that much work for me in that respect.

I mainly have a few pots with flowers that I've grown from seeds, but also a couple of flowers that I've purchased. I do believe that sometimes less is more, so things don't "drown" or is too cluttered. One of the things that I really like this year is the fact that I came across an online shop called Solhatt, that specializes in organic seeds, they have a production of seeds here in Norway and they try to produce some Norwegian heritage seeds, so that they are preserved for future generations.

Ekspanderende Vannslange | Lag dine egne såpotter | Fiskars Roterende spreder i metall med hjul | Fiskars Sammenleggbar Spade M/Hylster | Eva Solo Fuglebrett Hengende Hvit |

Menu Plan Monday Week 27

It's Monday again, which means it's time for a new Menu Plan Monday post thanks to Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie. I had originally planned to write and publish this post earlier today, but I was a bit groggy with fever for most of the day, so it wasn't until now I felt okay enough to do it.

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Regardless of being groggy with a fever, here is my menu plan for this week.
Monday; Panko Breaded Cod Nuggets
Tuesday; Spaghetti Bolognese
Wednesday; Leftovers from Tuesday
Thursday; Dinner at restaurant
Friday; Pasta di Parma
Saturday; Chicken with Sauce
Sunday; Tomato Soup with Basil