Apparently I have been doing the whole blogger thing wrong. I have been waiting for other people to comment on my blog while all along I should have just been writing the comments myself. That is what the glamorous bloggers (top blog in Norway) do at least. Instead I sit her unbelievable unglamorous in my pyjamas and wait and wait while I struggle doing the simplest things like getting dinner on the table. Unglamorous dinners I might add. Life is a bit hectic with a four year old and a colic infant that wants to be carried most of the time. Keeping up appearances is really not high on my list right now.
I am extremely fascinated by all the bloggers that manage to portray their life as perfect. I often wonder if I could also pull off a perfect appearance on my blog and social media. I am tempted to try but since I despise selfies it is a lost cause. You have to do selfies to pull that off don’t you?
I very well aware that their life isn’t perfect as I have yet to meet a person without imperfections and some kind of skeletons in their closet. It is fascinating to watch these people, how they go to extreme measures to keep up appearances. Not many go to such lengths as Fotballfrue but then again her blog is a full blown business. It reminds me a bit of the Truman show, I wonder if her daughter will feel like Truman? Everything seems orchestrated. Even all the packages under her Christmas tree were in the right color code. Wonder if she sent wrapping instructions to her family? Or if she has a dress code when she invites people for dinner to make sure they can be photographed?
I try to tell myself that this fascination is something positive. That I am just interested in the concept and that I admire these people for being able to pull off an enterprise like that. There is however this nagging feeling at the back of my head that tells me I am also waiting for them to mess up and show that they are human. After all, I am only human like the rest of mankind, I need to feel that I am not the only one with flaws.
Now lets talk about my unglamorous dinner. It might not be fancy, it might not look great but it is easy and it is healthy. I have also tested that it can be made while carrying a crying baby in a baby carrier!
Eva Thai fish
Adapted from an recipe I found in an Eva magazine many years ago.
Sauce:
1 chili in slices
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Juice of 2 limes
4-5 branches of fresh coriander, chopped
1 tsp fish sauce
Stir all the ingredients together and put aside.
Stew
Handfull of green string beans
1 can kidney beans, drained
1 bell pepper, chopped
400 g white fish cut in cubes, I usually used either haddock or cod
Salt
Black pepper
Oil to fry in
2 spring onions, chopped
2 tbsp Sesame seeds, lightly toasted on a pan
Heat the oil and fry the bell pepper, string beans, and kidney beans until the bell pepper starts to soften. Add the fish, salt and pepper. Fry until the fish is cooked through.
When finished pour the sauce over and stir. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and spring onions. Serve with rice.
This stew looks great! Can’t wait to try it!
Fantastic! You are great!
Love your blog! You are perfect!
This is exactly how you do it! A chef
Found you!
And I may leave a comment as well, even though I mostly read and seldom comment very much. I like the FB style of klicking a “like” to show I was there.
That made me realize that my like button has gone missing 🙂 . Strange!