Studies have shown that consuming significant amounts of antioxidant-rich foods can help in protection against diseases. (1) That makes them, beyond every doubt, an essential part of our optimal health. Not only they are boosting your immunity and preventing diseases, they are also slowing down the aging process by fighting […]
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Chocolaty Plum Muffins
Perfect autumn season chocolaty plum muffins that are plant-based, oil-free and sugar free. You have to try it, or you will missed your own perfect autumn! It’s autumn and at least here in Spain plums are still in season. I order them organic along with apples, pears, grapes, carrots, potatoes, […]
Green Lentil Stew with Tomatoes [Gluten-Free, Vegan]
This green lentil stew with tomatoes is a perfect flavourful and hearty go-to meal. Prepare it in a bigger batch and your lunches for the week are covered. You’ll only need 10 ingredients, one pot and 30 minutes of your time. Lentil stews are my favourite thing for lunch lately. […]
Creamy Tofu Cashew Cheesecake Dessert Bowls
Should you crave for a decadent dessert to impress your guests or just enjoy it yourself at the end of a long day, look no further. My tofu and cashew cheesecake dessert bowls are an easy and quick version of raw cakes that doesn’t need to firm up in freezer. […]
Foods You’re Missing Out On
It is a fact generally known that eating a variety of foods makes a diet healthy and well balanced. The problem is that once we embark on a certain diet, we start buying all those foods, which supposedly have the highest amount of nutritional value. Once we start doing that, […]
Chocolaty Quinoa-Millet Muffins
Recently I have only used soaked grains in my muffin recipes (buckwheat-millet-blueberry muffins and buckwheat-millet-fig muffins with blackcurrants), and I must say the mania continues. This time, to have variety, I fitted quinoa seeds in the millet muffins. Quinoa is more similar to buckwheat rather than common cereals like wheat, […]
4 Tips for Healthy Cooking That Saves Energy
Blasting the heat in the summer was already a huge energy sucker, but so is cooking on the stovetop! (I know, right?! who’d have thought.) Thinking about how much cooking goes on in the house each day really opens one’s eyes to just how much of an energy waster cooking […]
Plant-Based Travelling: Kaunas, Poznan, Nürnberg, Zürich, and Orange
This time we drove all the way from Tallinn, Estonia to Barcelona, Spain. The journey lasted 6 days and we chose to stay at Kaunas, Lithuania; Poznan, Poland; Nürnberg, Germany; Zürich, Switzerland; and Orange, France. As last time, I packed a lot of food to go – a few bottles […]
Millet-Buckwheat Muffins with Blackcurrants
I developed my Millet-Buckwheat Groat Muffin Breads’ recipe into muffins that are as springy, but have a sweeter taste. Besides banana, the sweetness comes from oat milk and figs – my latest favourites to give sweet taste to bakes. Until very recently I only used dates, but after discovering the […]
Hearty Chickpea-Red Bean Stew
I like to make lentil stews for lunch, but suddenly my 5-year-old got tired of lentils and asked for a meal made of beans. So I made chickpea-red bean stew. I left the base the same – onion, garlic, celery, and carrot. I added potatoes for starch and corn for […]
Stress May Sabotage Diet Tenacity
Stress can significantly influence whether you are going to make healthy food decision or not, a new study suggests. When you are in a stressful situation, you are more likely to snack on a cake instead of fruits. According to the new study, it was found out that even moderate […]
Why You Shouldn’t Care About ‘Sticking Out’ As a Vegan
At the end of last year, articles like this one were written about a study that showed that out of those who go vegetarian or vegan, 84% end up going back to old habits. One of the main reasons cited is that people didn’t like ‘sticking out’ or being different. […]