It’s always a feast when Mr. Herzog from Landmarke delivers the first young and tender vegetables of the season. They are so fresh and tiny, you literally can eat them with root, stems and leaves. Here’s how I prepared my first spring beetroots: green smoothie with fresh beet leaves the leaves of 4 baby beets a handful of lemon balm leaves a few mint leaves 1 apple 1 banana 1 teaspoon almond butter 1 cup […]
In the evening I fill a jam jar with dried goji berries dried sour cherries water to soak oat flakes almond cuisine (= creamy almond milk) pestled flaxseed chia seeds chopped and roasted nuts chopped dates, agave or maple syrup to sweeten Next morning I top the mixture with fresh fruit. Be inventive and combine whatever you fancy. In case you need more inspiration click on Zain’s Swiss Summer Oats. Great photos and recipes!
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!
Whenever I prepare a rhubarb sauce for dessert I add more water than the usually needed for the cooking. Later I strain the juice into a little crystal jug and put it apart. I love to pour a sip of this essence into my water. It’s a refreshing, mouth-puckering springtime beverage. Even the boring oatmeal for breakfast becomes a perfumed extravaganza, if you substitute part of the milk by rhubarb essence. Don’t be disappointed if […]
I’m looking forward to my super fruity breakfast tomorrow morning: pink grapefruit, pears, banana, apple, flaxseed oil, almonds, goji berries( still to be soaked) and chia seeds. All mixed in a blender and poured over a bowl of white rice. A cup of light green tea would match perfectly, what do you think?
I had a flu. Runny nose, sore throat, cough and fever. So instead of throwing myself into the planned spring detox and sports in the (supposed) sunshine I’m spending my days lazily on the sofa, recovering, drinking hot English tea and trying to motivate myself to breathe the snowy air outside my warm cocoon not only for shovelling snow. Snowboots and ski pants on, camera hidden under the parka I bravely headed into the forest. […]
Following my intuition rather than a recipe I broke my red cabbage routine. The original recipe contains apples and onions which gave the distinct savoury-sweet flavour. This time I used dry golden figs and cooked chestnuts to add sweetness and body. I was happy to find that the cabbage was no longer merely a side dish but had been transformed into a filling meal. Red Cabbage with Figs and Chestnuts 2 tbs […]
1 pear 1 orange the juice of half a lemon a handful of lemon balm leaves a handful of nettle leaves 1 cup of coconut water
I’ve recently been hooked on the green smoothie fever, all thanks to Victoria Boutenko and her two books “Green for life” and “Green Smoothie”. Here is my own little introduction to the power juice and detox wonder: Green smoothies typically contain at least 1 cup of water, leafy green vegetables and fruit, and often small amounts of secret power foods. The green smoothie can be served as breakfast, lunch or dinner because it is so […]
… quick photo, before the last bit of delicious gazpacho disappeared in my mouth. Not only the southern part of the Península cools itself down with chilled gazpacho during the summer months, I loved to savour it under the hot sun of the Alta Meseta, in Salamanca, where I spent my student days. It’s easy to prepare if you’ve got a mortar, a blender and plenty of field grown, sun riped vegetables: tomato + cucumber […]