The Finnish forests are full of blueberries at the moment – the free superfood. You can read about the nutritional value of blueberries for example here.

I really love blueberries and each year we try to pick a load of them to freeze and then use during the dark & cold winter. Some years are not so good for blueberries but this year we have a lot of them and the season came earlier than usually. So I’ve made blueberry pies for the visiting friends and blueberry smoothies for breakfast. Sooooooo delicious!

Yesterday I made a low carb pizza which was really really yummy! I didn’t take a photo of it but I was very surprised how good it tasted – without any wheat and hardly any flour (just 3 table spoons of rye flour). It was very filling and pretty healthy and didn’t leave one feeling stuffed like a balloon… I’m not on any low carb diet but I do try to eat more protein and a bit less carbs…especially from wheat.

Days have been pretty mellow spending time with some friends, reading, thinking, exercising, cooking and picking & freezing berries. Pimu wants to participate in every action and she’s very excited about people. We’ve also done a few longer walks – she’s growing up very fast. But she still sleeps a lot – especially after exciting excursions…

By the way, I’ve read some Auster and Hustvedt. I finished Siri Hustvedt’s What I loved yesterday and it was just amazing. Probably the best novel I’ve ever read. I really enjoyed it.

Johanna