If you are looking for a simple and cheap way to improve your sleep, assist the treatment of anxiety disorders and boost the immune system, I must introduce you to my newest staple food, GABA rice. As a result of the sprouting process, germinated brown rice contains an increased amount of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter with calming effects on …
While comforting soups and stews are all I need for dinner, Fall is also when I feel like experimenting with my go-to recipes and this spicy hummus is definitely one of them. I used to be reluctant to adding new ingredients to my daily hummus, but the pumpkin and spices combo was a winner. It still is a healthy hummus recipe and its nutritional load was actually improved with extra fibre,…
Although I’m writing this from a mountain resort on a cold rainy day, I know that in couple of days I’ll be back to 86 degrees, trying to do everything else in my kitchen rather than heating the oven. Pasta salad is my go-to summer meal, especially because I photograph so much food that most of the time I find myself …
Testing quick ice-cream recipes using healthy ingredients is my favorite activity ever since we came back from our summer holiday in Sardinia (the ice-cream heaven!). I don’t have enough patience to test complicated recipes using our ice-cream machine, so my new popsicles molds are getting more time in the freezer than expected in their first week of life, stuffed with…
Summer is getting closer and afternoons are starting to be really hot, squeezing you out of energy and leaving you constantly craving for ice-cold drinks. These days I only dream of herbal teas on the rocks, ones that can heal my afternoon laziness without pumping sleep-disturbing caffeine into my system. This tropical detox tea was pure heaven for my busy workdays all this week, as it helped me…
Seed cycling was a big trend during the last years when hormone imbalances got a lot of attention from a lot of blogs and magazines. Without even knowing, some of us were somehow following the seed cycling schedule simply because we include a lot of seeds in our daily diet in the form of seed butter and tahini, or as a result of following a keto diet. As for myself, I always add seeds to my morning oats and sometimes in salads, but of course this doesn’t make me …
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