If you don’t own a spiralizer, you need to do yourself and favor and add it to your kitchen tools. With this magical creation, you can conjure up wonderful gluten-free pasta recipes such as this one, add some twist to your salads, it could help to get your kids to eat more veggies, and generally gives you an opportunity to eat vegetables in ways that you maybe haven’t tried before.
Have you ever had that feeling when you look at a recipe and just think to yourself, “that is pure genius!”? Well, this is one of those for me. Packed chock full of incredibly tasty and healthy ingredients, and finished off with wasabi lentils. As much as I love the soup, I could simply snack on a bowl of the lentils on their own! This interesting take on sprucing up a basic miso soup will have your …
There is something about making curry at home that resembles a ritual. Maybe because you’re adding so many spices together, one by one, maybe because of the cozy smell that brings the whole family together around the table, or maybe because of its healing properties that almost turn it into a digestive medicine. I know for sure that there’s nothing more …
You probably know the feeling of wishing for the winter in the middle of summer and vice-versa, and it’s only recently that I discovered its roots. Being more present, participating mindfully, and embracing everything that goes on in your life are simple mind switches that will make us actually enjoy our reality. For me, summer means traveling, hiking, eating tons of blackberries and drinking cooling fresh juices during the long afternoons, and I know I didn’t have enough of these, nor was I present while…
Our liver, the master metabolizer, filters the entire blood volume every three minutes. How about that? All our organs are important, but it’s the liver that processes and neutralizes all the chemicals our body is exposed to, from our food, environment, or personal care products. In healthy diets or detox diets, when we consume appreciable quantities of vegetables and fruits, our cells receive high concentrations of potassium which flushes out excess water and toxins, creating an …
There’s nothing more comforting than turning fresh vegetables loaded with energy into nourishing food. I see the whole process – handpicking the ingredients from the farmers’ market, watching the yellow leaves falling on my way back, the grey sky, the basket on the kitchen shelf, the water breaking into drops while rinsing the vegetables, the first cut, choosing the spices, a sip of coffee, the grey sky, and half of my face mirroring in the window. And then, turning on the oven, hands going deep into the mixture, coconut oil sizzling in the pan, the meal that hides inside the …
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