asparagus risotto

Spring time with Asparagus risotto

Although Spring weather has not reached us yet, I couldn't resist making a Spring type meal with asparagus. The tips of the asparagus are actually little flowers while the middle part are young sprouts. Full of vitamine A and C they also contain…
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Glutenfree Spiced Rhubarb Cake

This quick to make spiced rhubarb cake or bread is filling and delicious. With a mix of gluten free flours you whip up this cake satiating a sweeth tooth without any added sugars. Ingredients: 100 grams of almond flour 100 grams of buckwheat…

Anti-viral garlic kale pesto – goes on anything!

The benefits of garlic are plenty and incorporating it into your meals in various way is an excellent way to alleviate viral infections. The component in garlic when you press it, is alliinase which forms into allicin. Besides its anti viral…

Rainbow coloured pumpkin cabbage soup

This week I was caught by first a cold and then the flu. I was lucky to be over it in a couple of days. This soup definitely made my days more warming in those moments when I was chilled to the bone due to fluctuating temperatures inside my…
dahl
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Warming dahl bowl

Autumn has officially arrived and personally I find this a difficult transition: from Summer to Autumn. I get cold quickly, so those wet and colder days don't help. Fortunately there is dahl. Dahl is a type of soup-like dish that originated…
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Omelette meal for your brain

This quick breakfast, lunch or dinner is made in an instant. You don't need much cooking skills and it is a satiating meal on itself. Select organic eggs as they are rich in protein and omega 3 fatty acids. Eggs contain lecithin or phosphatidylcholine…
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Hormone balancing Brazilnut yogurt

This yogurt is quick to make and is packed with selenium: a trace element which forms important proteins to keep the immune system strong. Selenium, found in Brazil nuts, also ensures that our cells stay healthy and this trace element is stored…

Green Salad with White Asparagus

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…
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Bitter Veggies for Digestion

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.…
red lentil rutabaga soup
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Red Lentil Rutabaga Soup

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…