Pumpkin soup

Hokkaido pumpkins are a typical autumn vegetable. The skin is edible but very hard, so I prefer to cook the pumpkin as a whole before cutting it into pieces. The Hokkaido gives the soup a wonderful taste and creaminess. The combination of the spices ginger and coriander are essential and give the soup a very…

Healthy Banana Bread

Sugar-free Oil-free Vegan Banana bread is an absolute favorite of mine. The goal for this recipe was to create a delicious, but still healthy banana bread which can be enjoyed as breakfast, desert or snack. It is free of refined sugar, oil and butter. Sweetness is added by the bananas (chose very ripe one’s) and…

Veggie Curry with Cashews

This curry dish is super easy to make and an ideal comfort food for cold weather. The variety of vegetables creates a delicious taste and contains high amounts of vitamins and minerals! Roasted cashews not only taste really good but add healthy fats and proteins to this dish. The curry is great to be served…

Carrot Lentil Dahl

The colder the weather gets the more I enjoy warm, hearty and creamy meals for lunch and sometimes even for dinner. Dahl is a traditionell Indian dish mainly consisting of legumes cooked until they reach a very smooth texture. By adding coconut cream, the Dahl becomes creamier and vegetables, spices and even fruits add delicious…

Quinoa-Pumpkin Salad

As the pumpkin season just started, here is a recipe to a hearty salad with a lot of flavor! Squash, especially red kuri squash, also known as Hokkaido squash, is one of my favorite vegetable as it has a wonderful texture, tastes really delicious and contains heaps of vitamin b1, b2, b6, vitamin c, vitamin…

Summer Apricot Balls

These little sweet and sticky balls are made out of dried fruit, oats and nuts. The consistency and taste reminds me of the raw cookie dough I used to eat as a child during baking. Depending on the dried fruits used, the taste of the balls varies and the pineapple-apricot-combination literally tastes like summer. The…

Chickpea Salad

This recipe creates a delicious, light and cold salad – perfect for a lunch or dinner on warm summer days! Chickpeas are the hearty and filling base of this salad, the cucumber creates a light feeling, the mixed salad adds extra vitamins and the dried tomatoes an interesting extra flavor! Ingredients for 2: 500 g…

Banana Ice Cream

Who does not love ice cream? In summer and winter and to be honest just always! 😄 Original ice cream mainly consists of heavy cream and sugar, which is not very healthy. Banana ice cream is just made out of frozen bananas and a splash of milk or yoghurt. It is often also referred to…

Breakfast Smoothie

Usually I’m not a fan of having a smoothie for breakfast and do not think it is a very healthy way to start the day as I explain in this article.Recently I got my wisdom teeth removed and I could not eat anything solid for a week so I created a sweet and filling breakfast…

Red beet hummus

Hummus is a healthy oriental side that goes with many dishes. Originally, hummus is made out of chickpeas only (recipe here) and in this variation we add red beet roots.  The taste becomes sweeter, beetroot hummus has a lovely pink color, is packed with extra vitamins and slightly lighter which is perfect for summer!  I…