Did you know that yesterday, April 22, was Earth Day? Earth Day Smoothie Inspired by Zain who created an Earth Day Smoothie using ingredients from earth, ocean and sky: 1 banana 1 apple a handful of red oak leaf lettuce (gives the nice earthy colour!) a small piece of ginger 1 ts tahini 1 cup of coconut water 1 handful of icecubes Blend until smooth and enjoy!
The best way to flush out toxins is simple: lots and lots of water. I start my day off drinking water from a bottle right in the bathroom and continue throughout the day finishing at least one big jug more. 1. Recommended amount: at least 2 litres daily. 2. Have a glass of water with your cup of coffee/ expresso or black tea because caffeine dehydrates the body. 3. Add natural flavours […]
After the opulent Christmas cooking I’m craving “clean” and simple food again. You know what I mean: a few ingredients like vegetable, fruit and herbs can make such a quick and delicious (and healthy) meal. I put “healthy” in parentheses because in the past, the h-word was the most reliable motivation killer for my children to like my cooking. Healthy equaled “muesli” and uncool; in consequence: not desirable at all. Once I learned to […]
Believe me, this drink has been a real challenge to photograph! Due to the mixture of the violet acai berry powder, the dark orange quince sauce and the green portulaca leaves it quickly adopted an uninviting brownish greyish colour (just like a facial mud pack!) I took two nice glasses we inherited from Grandpa – those with the silver rims, poured in the drink and decorated it with pieces of beautiful apple skin. Now a […]
We didn’t wait for the first signs of a flu to sip a cup of linden blossom tea, this summer’s harvest. It is a gift from friends from Lipniky, a tiny slovakian village, which precisely got its name from an enormous old linden tree. And talking about linden blossoms: did you ever smell a linden tree in full blossom? It’s intense, dizzying, luring, evoking jasmine and tuberose….. Lucky the one who can sleep the siesta […]