One delicious daily dose of veggies in a cup :) 1 tomato 1/2 bell pepper 1 small garlic clove 4 basil leaves 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian herbs 1 sundried tomato 1 date 1 tablespoon of sunflower or pine seeds, or nuts Salt Extra virgin olive oil Lemon juice Simply blend everything together with about 1/3 [...]
If you have never tried these, please do! So simple and delicious. And healthy! Great for iron. Just go easy on the salt. Massage the kale with a few drops of vegetable oil, then spread the kale out in one layer on your oven rack lined with parchment paper. (It is very tempting to make [...]
Honestly, when preparing this I forgot to add the vegetarian 'minced meat' and it was still delicious. Would also be great with mushrooms! Find your own, buy fresh or soak dried mushrooms from your stock. First, mix together ingredients for the sauce. I used tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, sambal (chili paste) and bruschetta mix [...]
We found a beautiful bunch of parasol mushrooms (in Dutch: grote parasolzwammen) in a neighbor's garden. She was super friendly and gave us one, after we explained how delicious they supposedly were - although we hadn't tried before. (Btw: if it's not the right season or foraging is not your thing: you could substitute the [...]
Great news! Autumn has come (in my part of the world) and that means it's time for mushrooms and chestnuts. I love Autumn for its abundance in foods, colors and weather types 😉. Plus it means my birthday is coming up. I heard autumn children suffer from winter depression less often and that fits my [...]
An easy way to serve something special: bliss balls! These are nutrient rich, filling little snacks and they look wonderful. You can vary them endlessly. I happened to have pineapple juice and decided to boil that down to a syrup, but you could just as easily use honey, agave, rice syrup, apple juice etc. As [...]
Not sure I am even really allowed to use the word sushi here, as it has not so much to do with highly skillful processing of raw fish but all the more with combining the other usual ingredients of sushi into a delicious salad. Combine pieces of avocado with pieces of raw bell pepper (and/or [...]
A winner combo: homemade oat milk with turmeric (kurkuma). The health benefits of turmeric are abundant, just search the web and you'll find lots of info. One of the favorite ways of taking it, is the famous drink 'golden milk': a mix of milk (any kind) and turmeric with added oils and black pepper for [...]
Delicious, old fashioned, simple: my love came up with these when he remembered one of the favorite dishes his mother used to serve when he was little. I took the liberty to add walnuts, hope that's ok Hanni ;). So here we go, sweet memories: Cut the heart from your apple(s), cut in thick slices [...]
Light and fresh 💛 Slice bell pepper, cucumber and avocado, chop apple and thinly cut mint leaves. Combine everything and top with thin shallot rings, if you like that. My love preferred it without and removed them :). Dressing: olive oil and lemon juice, salt and pepper. Keep it simple!
Prebiotic vegetables create a favorable climate in your gut for probiotics (good bacteria) to grow. Among prebiotic vegetables are: leek, onion, garlic, chicory and fennel. This dish has leek, fennel and chicory. The white and light greens color beautifully with the drizzled olive oil. Keep it really simple: slice the veggies in halves lengthwise, brush [...]
A new favorite: buckwheat risotto! Healthy, heartfelt, full of flavors, absolutely lovely and so easy, too! Serves 2-3 Boil about 1 liter of vegetable stock. You could make your own, I use organic instant stock powder. Add a tablespoon of kurkuma to the stock if you have that available. In a frying pan, heat some [...]
Who would have thought I could make my own favorite cookies at home within a few minutes, in a vegan variety with no additives and it easily wins from the supermarket variety? Add 100ml condensed coconut milk to 100gr of dried coconut. Mix well, then use a measurement tablespoon (or whatever) to make small cookies. [...]
The Dutch kitchen has been blessed with many foreign influences, making our palette a lot more interesting than it would have been if we'd stayed with 'our own' boring variations on mashed potatoes, kale and meat. Green beans can be a bit boring as well, but if you spice them up Indonesian style like in [...]
