āYouāre a ball of stress these days, arenāt you?ā Thatās what my wife asked me one weekend last year, seven or eight months after we moved from California to Idaho. Idaho is not a stressful place, but my life in California was. There, I was always rushing, always doing something […]
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How Yoga Can Help You Manage Stress and Find Serenity
When it comes to stress, common everyday situations matter the most. You are running late for a meeting, you have a work overload, your boss keeps emailing you after hours, you have miscommunications with your partner, you donāt make time for regular exercise and so on. Yeah, weāve all been […]
Top 5 Medicinal Herbs to Reduce PMS
Bloating, crazy mood swings, fatigue, acne and headaches are just a few of the up to 150 symptoms of PMS or premenstrual syndrome. PMS effects upwards of 90% of women at some time during their life and 30%-40% of women have PMS severe enough that it interferes with their daily […]
5 Ways to Prepare Nutritious Porridge, Video
How to make nutritious porridge. Learn 5 different methods to cook porridge ā I bet many of you didnāt know the last one! As continuation to my last weekās post 9-Step Guide to Preparing Balanced Porridge, Iāll be explaining 5 ways to make nutritious porridge. The below chart gives you […]
9-Step Guide to Preparing Balanced Porridge
I think almost everyone has been told in childhood to eat his or her porridge. And itās a good advice indeed ā porridge is a highly nutritious food when combined and prepared correctly. In case you wonder, porridge can actually do harm if itās made of refined grains and loaded […]
10 Plant-Based Proteins to Add to Your Diet
Most people assume that vegans lack a healthy diet because of protein intake that often comes from meat. But back in the hunter/gatherer days, the man ate only 20% of meat in his total diet and more plants that were easier to find. There are plenty of nutrient-dense foods with […]
Spirulina-Buckwheat Muffins, Oil-Free & Sugar-Free
Itās been a while since I last posted a muffins recipe ā in November to be precise. It doesnāt mean that I havenāt been baking ā in fact I have, but just the same recipes over and over again. Turmeric-Chocolate Muffins have been my favorite for a long time. When […]
Quick Artichoke-Bean Stew
Iāve been preparing a lot of lazy meals these days. Lazy or time-saving for me means skipping peeling and chopping onions and garlic and instead using onion flakes and granulated garlic as well as preparing one-pot stews and curries that take max 15-20 minutes to cook. I decided to make […]
Asparagus-Mushroom Curry with Chickpeas
Asparagus-mushroom curry with chickpeas makes a quick, easy, delicious and comforting meal that is also vegan, plant-based, oil-free and gluten free. I havenāt posted a savory recipe for a while, because there is always so much sweet going on. However, a few weeks back, when I needed to fix a […]
Raw Buckwheat-Carob Cream Breakfast with Chia Pudding
Buckwheat-Carob Cream with Chia Pudding is a great nutritious lower-glycemix-load alternative to banana ice-cream to have for breakfast or as dessert. I see so many gorgeous nicecream (read: banana ice-cream) photos on Instagram every day and I really do enjoy them a lot in terms of photo styling and source […]
Carob-Buckwheat Pancakes
In Spain it was Motherās Day already on May 1 and I decided to make a festive pancake stack. My kid is only six, so I need to wait a bit before he starts to treat me on Motherās Day. Although, he already has his own recipe ideas heād like […]
Top 10 Herbs To Get Rid of Asthma
Do you know what asthma is or have you ever seen anyone who has been diagnosed as asthmatic? There are lot of questions that come into mind regarding asthma. Asthma has dreadful effects on human beings. People of all age groups (children, adult and aged) are affected by this disease. […]