Ingredients: 500 gr. millet 1 strip of kombu 1 onion 1 eggplant 1 fennel ½ endive head 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 tablespoon ras al hanout 1 teaspoon chilli 350 gr. frozen peas 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds (gomasio). Coconut oil or butter for frying. Bring 500 ml of water to a boil and stir […]
For 4 persons. Ingredients: 100 ml water 100 gr. cashew nuts 1 mango (peeled) 1 lime (zest and juice). 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons coconut oil handful of red berries Instructions: Use a good food processor or blender and mix for 30 seconds until it is an even mass. Divide between 4 ramekins and […]
One of my favourite vegetables is asparagus. Already in April asparagus season starts and will run till mid-June. White asparagus grow under the ground and wont catch any sunlight. Green asparagus on the other hand produce chlorophyll as they grow above the ground and are receiving sunlight. Asparagus contain good amounts of vitamin A, C, […]
We focus quite a bit on sweet and salty tastes while we tend to forget about umami, sour and bitter. Especially the last flavour is not often favoured by little children. This recipe has an abundance of endives, the curly cousin of Belgian endives. Other bitter produces such as grapefruit, sesame seeds or rucola also […]
Red lentils are an easy to digest legume providing you with a good ratio between carbohydrates and protein. Rutabaga is a root vegetable not seen so often on menus. Yet it gives us a decent amount of fibre, Vitamin C, calcium, potassium and smaller amounts of immune boosting selenium. This earthy and grounding recipe just […]
Pancakes with blackberry sauce, dried apple & whipped cream This satiating recipe can be eaten as breakfast, lunch or dinner. Blackberries are rich in antioxidants and known for increasing circulation in the body. When days get colder, I tend to veer towards more nutrient dense and warming foods. You can heat the blackberry sauce right […]
This energizing spring spinach salad contains lots of raw and nutritious ingredients. The benefit being that it keeps a lot of enzymes intact, needed for properly digesting our food. Only when we absorb and assimilate our food well, it can be used by the cells for energy. Nutritional yeast is a powerhouse full of B […]
This amazingly easy to make treat is full of bioflavonoids, also referred to as Vitamin P. The letter P stands for permeability: it determines capillary health (very thin vessels) by regulating permeability. With the help of Vitamin P we can support capillaries and may prevent haemorrhage, ruptures, bruising, viral infections, histamine overload and reduce inflammation*. […]
Very little effort goes into making this bread and the pay off is a nutritious wholesome one. The main ingredient is buckwheat flour which during processing is not being heated higher than 40 degrees C. This is important so that much of the lysine, calcium, Vitamin B and E is contained. Lysine is one […]
There is an overwhelming selection of granola’s in any supermarket. However, many of them contain lots of added sugar, which is not what you want to start your day with. In an average granola package you will quickly find about 20 to 40 gr. of added sugar per 100 grams of serving. The World Health […]
