Creamy vegetable soups are one of my favorite meals when the colder seasons set in, dispelling my beloved summer months and making space for warm dishes and root veggies. Did you know that sweet potatoes aren’t actually potatoes and not at all ...
Healthy Morning Routines for a Happy Body and Mind
Whenever it comes to starting healthy habits, we love to say “tomorrow”. Yes, tomorrow is a great day to start something new, refresh our intentions in terms of healthy choices and simply refocus on a healthy lifestyle. It all starts with small ...
Have a Drink? Why I Turned Water into my Favorite Drink
When I was a child, I resented drinking water and tea. I associated tea with sickness, as my mom forced me to drink tea whenever I had a cold, cough or stomach bug. As for water – it simply was the most boring thing to drink on earth, at least for ...
Basil Strawberry Quark– a European Cuisine Original
There is something about the Western-European cuisine, that will always be missing in cultures far away from this beautiful part of Earth. It is the incredible variety and accessibility of dairy products, that can be found in all supermarkets, no ...
Anti-inflammatory Turmeric Smoothie
Lately, I have reduced my consumption of fresh juices and smoothies quite a bit after I realized that too much fructose, the natural sugar in fruits, didn’t work well for me. Despite a diagnosed fructose intolerance that I’ve had for years, fruits ...
Slow Cooked Indian Lentil Dal
Only two days before I traveled to India for the first time, I spontaneously decided to cook a lentil dal in my slow cooker - as a getting-into-the-mood-meal. A dal is the perfect dish to sneak in a lot of good and healthy ingredients, such as ...
An Ode to my Diary
Dear Diary, It was back in 1997, I was only ten years old, when I received a little blank booklet with a violet hard cover as a Christmas gift from a dear friend. I immediately decided to make this book my very first diary. Little did I know how ...
Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal
When it comes to breakfast, I love to have it all: hot, cold, savory and sweet. It doesn't matter as long as I have enough time to relish the first and most important meal of the day with no rush. I can get equally excited about a big hearty ...
Parsnip Soup Meets Roasted Sage
After a few weeks of taking a break from blogging I am back in the kitchen, preparing delightful, tasty and healthy foods I want to share with you guys. And since the temperatures in good cold Germany are well below zero I think it's nice to start ...
Have a Peaceful Merry Christmas
They say if you wish for something very very much and believe in it coming true, then eventually it will. If I could make a wish for this year's Christmas, I would choose peace over books, love over jewelry, freedom over chocolate and free education ...
