Do you find pineapple too sour? A bit astringent maybe? Well here is a way to make your dish sweeter: Just use the bottom half of the pineapple! Yes, try this trick and be amazed. Ingredients ½ pineapple 1 pear, cored, in chunks ½ small Romaine lettuce, torn to smaller pieces A handful of grapes […]
Juicy Carrot Apple Ginger Salad!
This is a juicy and crunchy salad. Both sweet and tart. And so quick and easy to make. Do place on some lettuce leaves and make cute little wraps! Ingredients 2-3 carrots 1 apple, tart is great ½ tablespoon olive- or other oil of your liking 1 tablespoon grated ginger root 2-3 drops essential lemon […]
Creamy Grapefruit Bowl
Do you like grapefruit? With it’s juicy and somewhat bitter taste? Yes, it is a wonderful fruit for sure. But if you haven’t taken this fruit to your heart yet, then here’s a recipe for a more creamy and milder citrus bowl, which may suit you better. Creamy Grapefruit Bowl 1 serving Ingredients 1 large […]
Easiest Homemade Coconut Milk!
Do you sometimes read recipes where they state to use fresh coconut milk? Fresh like in opening a young coconut and blending its water with some of the meat? Sounds so yummy and delightful, right? But what to do when you live a plane ride away from where you can get hold of a young […]
Watermelon Slushy
I love watermelon! It’s soo delicious and juicy. Furthermore, it is so beautiful to look at with its green shell (filled with chlorophyll), its light inner rind (with the precious salts needed in hot weather), and the intense red meat with the cleanest water and the sweet nutritious pulp. There is nothing better than sitting […]
Nettle-Persimmon-Smoothie
These sweet persimmons, the Fuyu persimmons (also called Kaki and Sharon persimmon), really do make this smoothie so wonderfully creamy. How come? Because they contain lots of water-soluble fiber. And adding nettles makes this beverage soo nutritious. This smoothie is quick, simple and DELICIOUS! You can substitute with Hachiya persimmons, they taste just as yummy! […]
Sesame & Cashew Cream!
A calcium bomb! This cream carries a somewhat bitter and unique flavor, but is wonderful with sweet fruits and berries. It balances them well. And like mentioned before it is a calcium bomb! It contains more calcium than cow’s milk and a lot of iron and vitamin E as well. Milk and milk products are […]
Shaved Fennel Apple Salad
I found a fennel bulb in the fridge today. Well I knew I had bought it, but then forgot to use it. Since I always have apples, walnuts, apple cider vinegar and oil (today olive oil) at home, I suddenly got an urge to make me some delicious shaved fennel salad. With a mandolin you […]
Bircher Muesli – Filling & Creamy!
2-3 servings A healthy and filling “cereal”. This modernized version of the original Swiss Bircher-Benner muesli recipe is still the prototype of most of the muesli cereal of today. Dr. Bircher-Benner He gained ideas and inspiration from observing the shepherd’s way of living in the Swiss Alps, where they carried on a simple and healthy life […]
Almond Cream
Raw almond cream is such a wonderful treat. It is great with fruit salads etc. and is an important base for the famous Bircher Muesli. In this almond cream recipe we let the fibers remain to give more of a substance to the cream. 1½ cups Ingredients 3/4 cup almonds and cashews soaked for 8-12 […]