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Doesn’t look to scary? I guess it’s more a celebration of all the pumpkins that’s around the shops at the moment. Even though this vegetable is common as the potato in Australia, is not that easy to get hold of here in Norway. But now around Halloween it’s everywhere. This pie is a new version of  Yolana’s  pumpkin pie, one of my favourites! I ran out of pastry to layer on top so I made a crumble topping instead.

• 500g butternut pumpkins
• 1 tbsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp cinnamon
• 250ml cream
• puff pastry shell, buy ready made ones.

crumble

• 1/2 cup oats
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1tbsp sugar
• 1tsp cinnamon
• 1tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 200oC

Cut pumpkin into wedges, remove skin and bake until soft. In a blender, blend spices and pumpkin until texture is smooth. Add cream, blend again. Then place puff pastry to a round pie dish. Now add pumpkin mix to the shell. Combine ingredients for the crumble and sprinkle on top and place in preheated oven (180 – 200oC) for 40 minutes.

One serving suggestion is to put the pie in the fridge overnight and serve heated the next day. The spices tend to be taken up by the chilling process and the taste is sensational the next day. Add a dollop of cream to taste.

I love walking through this little area called Rodeløkka. There is all these cute, small houses some as old as from 1859. Now the 137 houses still standing from this time is protected. There is so much atmosphere there! It’s like time has been standing still.

The cold and dry winter air can be quit dehydrating for the skin. This scrub will make your skin glow again and smell like Christmas.

• coconut
• cinnamon
• vanilla extract
• baby oil
• sugar

Start with filling up your jar with sugar and coconut, half and half. Fill the jar to 3/4 parts. Add one tsp of cinnamon, and a few drops vanilla extract and stir well. Fill rest of the jar with oil. ( you can use soy oil as well). Stir again and it is ready for use.

It’s 11 am and the sun has just peaked over the mountain tops.

And the snow is here! Just a thin layer at the moment but hopefully we get more!

It is 3 below zero, and all we need is snow!