tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29107979264912781232024-02-21T08:57:42.290+01:00A passion....A Passion for life, love, food and all there is!Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-34795214154637476032013-06-19T21:47:00.002+02:002013-06-19T21:53:39.363+02:00Nieuwe blog over bewust eten, een gezonde lifestyle en een gelukkig leven! www.ashahossain.nl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sinds kort kunnen jullie meer informatie vinden over bewust eten, een gezonde lifestyle en een gelukkig leven. <br /><br />In deze blog ga ik dieper in op verschillende dingen omtrent een gelukkig en een gezond leven. Blogposts over afvallen, gewichtsverlies, meer energie en beter in je vel komen allen aan bod. Je vindt er handige tips, leuke weetjes en gewoonweg een goede handleiding voor een bewuster, gezonder en dus gelukkiger leven.<br /><br />Kijk snel op <a href="http://www.ashahossain.nl/" target="_blank">www.ashahossain.nl<br /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liefs, Asha </span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-13262097034668655722013-05-23T14:19:00.001+02:002013-05-23T14:19:53.627+02:00Green and red pesto pasta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't we all love some pasta's every now & then? I really really do..I love to mix them up, keep it simple (as the real Italians) and enjoy the lovely comfort food. Pasta's are mostly known as unhealthy and refined grains, which are mostly true..But if you want to make it a bit healthier choose wisely and go for the organic, fresh and different kinds of grain pasta's such as spelt, quinoa even mungbean pasta...I still need to find a place where I can get mine mungbean pasta..so if you have any idea, please let me know:-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a lovely mixed up red and green pesto pasta with some healthy and lightly cooked asparagus. What do you need for this recipe?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- pasta of choice, I used organice spelt tagliatelle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 coffeecups of fresh basil leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 coffeecup of sundried tomatoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 gloves of peeled garlic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1/3 coffeecup of roasted pinenuts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 3 tblsp fresh lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of red pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 6 - 8 green asparagus</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cook the pasta according to preparation. Put the basil, pinenuts, tomatoes, garlic, lemon juice in the foodprocessor and mix it al well. Add the olive oil and mix until a smooth paste. Add more oil if needed. Then put some salt & red pepper flakes with it and stir or mix. Cook the asparagus for about 8 minutes in some boiled water and serve the red & green pesto with the asparagus and the pasta. Mix it all before serving. Enjoy your colourful pasta!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know what it is with tempeh. But I just love it! It's such an easy food to eat with just anything and there is so much what you can do with it. Sunday dinner was made out of tempeh too;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a delicious and very easy recipe to make at home. You don't need anything really complicated such as a foodprocessor. All you need are the easy peasy ingredients and a pan;-) What do you need for this Mediterranean tempeh burger?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 100 grams of tempeh cut into some small slices.<br />- 1 tomato cut into thick slices<br />- 1 small red onion cut into rings<br />- 2 handful of fresh & clean spinach<br />- 6 tblsp of olive oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of pepper & salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 tsp paprika powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 tsp turmeric powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 tsp dried thyme</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1/3 tsp cayennepepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 0,5 tsp garlic powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- soy yoghurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- tzatziki herbs (you can find some in the store but you can use your own dried spices too)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put the oliveoil in a bowl and mix with salt, papper, paprika, turmeric, garlic, thyme & cayenne. Spread the spicy oil all over the sliced tempeh on both sides untill it's completely covered in the marinade. Let it marinade for about 10 minutes. Heat a pan and bake the tempeh until crispy on both sides (probably about 5 -7 minutes total). Meanwhile heat the extra oil in a small pan en cook the spinach in it for about 3 - 5 minutes untill it's getting smaller. Serve the tempeh on a bun with the spinach, tomatoes & red onions on top. Mix the yoghurt with the tzatziki herbs and serve on top of the burger & veggies. Enjoy your easy made Mediterranean tempeh burger;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also grill this tempeh burger on the grill!! Nice! </span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-60872257639263266682013-05-19T14:58:00.001+02:002013-05-19T15:01:23.589+02:00Hot served coconut banana's<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week I found this recipe idea from: Slimbliss, not so much a vegan foodie, but definitely someone who loves to eat clean & healthy. This recipe was a great inspiration for me to make a delicious banana treat. You can use this dish as a dessert, for breakfast or just as an healthy treat. What more do you need?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 ripe banana, cut in in half in length and then cut in the middle so you have 4 parts of bananas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 tblsp shredded coconut</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be aware of what you put into your body. What kind of food you eat, how you eat your food, but also what kind of emotions and feelings you let trough to get into your body. <b>Do you have any idea what kind of effect food, emotions & thoughts have on us? </b>On our mind, on our bodies? Your body and mind don't only need to process what you eat but also how you feel and what you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is really important to realise what you eat and how you nourish your body. This counts for your body as for your mind, which ofcourse means that body & mind are both connected. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>energy</b> of your food & mood is <b>important.</b> It can heal you or it can make you sick. It can make you feel happy & energised or it can lower your energy & make you feel depressed. Be aware of what you eat. Be aware of what you feel. Be aware of what you think. And last but not least: Be aware of what you let go trough your body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I know how to cook my asparagus I'm a big big fan...There is so much what you can do with asparagus: cook them in an Asian stew, grill them, make eggrolls with them of just put them in a wrap...and there is still so much more..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 4 or 5 asparagus (depending on how much you would like to eat:-) with the steels cut off</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- speltbulgur around 70-80 grams<br />- 2 tblsp tahini (sesame pasta)<br />- an handful of fresh parsley<br />- 2 cloves of peeled garlic<br />- 5 tblsp of fresh lemon juice<br />- 1 teaspoon (Himalaya) salt<br />- 3 tblsp water<br />- 2 handful of roasted pinenuts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Put the asparagus for about 7 minutes in boiled water. Cook the spelt bulgur according to preparation. Heat the grill and grill the asparagus on every side for about 10 minutes total. But the tahini, with the water, lemon juice, garlic en salt in a foodprocessor and mix everything very well untill fine and not very thick anymore. If it is still too thick add some more water. You can mix it by hand too, just make sure to chop the garlic very finely or mix it with a mortar. Whisk it all. Put the parsley in it and mix it with a fork or spoon together untill the parsley is all covered in the tahini sauce. Serve the grilled asparagus on top of the bulgur and put the tahini sauce and the pinenuts and almonds on top. Enjoy your healthy and easy food.<br /> </span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-90306420951262360142013-05-14T17:12:00.000+02:002013-05-14T17:15:07.088+02:00Spicy soy marinated tempeh and veggies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's also a dish you can choose how you would like to eat it and also depending on your mood. If you feel like eating a lot you can use the rice. But if you feel like having a light dish, use soba noodles instead. Soba noodles are very light and easy to digest. The thing is if you have big eaters around you, make sure you'll have enough..because they might not feel like having enough as the effect of soba noodles is so much different to other grains. Soba noodles are delicious and light, and you are actually full, just make sure that people dining with you listen to their bodies or just serve it with rice;-) What do you need?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 150 gram tempeh, cut into small slices and these cut into bigger parts<br />- 80-100 ml soy/shoyu sauce</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 3 tblsp cocnut oil or sesame oil<br />- 3 tblsp roasted sesame seeds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 sliced onion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- half a zucchinni sliced into parts<br />- half a red bell pepper sliced into small cubes or strokes, whatever you prefer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />If using rice, cook the rice according to preparation.Heat 2 tblsp oil in a pan and bake the tempeh slices on both sides untill crispy. Let them leak on a towel/kitchenpaper. Meanwhile put the soy sauce in a bowl together with the garlic and all the spices. Mix with a fork and put the zucchinni, red bell pepper, onion and tempeh in the soy sauce, mix again well and let it marinate for about 5 minutes. Add the sesame seeds and mix again. Heat 1 tblsp oil in a bigger pan and stir frie the tempeh and veggies for about 10 minutes. If you use sobanoodles, prepare them according to preparation meanwhile. Serves the marinated tempeh and veggies with the rice or the sobanoodles and serve with some fresh lemon juice and cilantro. Enjoy!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-33651203418354808592013-05-11T18:28:00.000+02:002013-05-11T18:33:36.358+02:00Puffed sweet potato boats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 has been all about puffed sweet potatoes;-) I've just found the puffed version out very recently (I guess about 2 or 3 months ago) and they are seriously one of my favourites ever. I love them because you can truly taste their natural sweetness when you prepare them in an oven. You can also make a variety of different sweet potato dishes....Oh men...there is so much more..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago I made this delicious sweet potato boats with a fresh homemade guacamole dip and some healthy nuts & seeds. They were seriously again, very delicious;-). What do you need for this easy bake sweet potato boats?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of red chilli pepper<br />- an handful of walnuts<br />- an handful of almonds<br />- an handful of pumpkinseeds<br />- tortilla chips</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heat the oven on 200 degrees and wash the sweet potatoes. Cover them in a thinfoil and prepare them for about 60 minutes in the oven, depending on the size of the potato. They are ready when you can easily put a skewer or a fork in it and trough the whole potato. Mash the avocado and mix it well with the lemon juice, tomato, garlic powder, chili and salt. Slice the sweet potatoes when finished in half and serve the guacamole on top of them. Put the nuts and seeds over the guacamole and some tortilla chips and enjoy your dinner!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-2974819559903850602013-05-10T13:21:00.002+02:002013-05-10T13:22:45.969+02:00What are you grateful for?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In daily life there is a lot to handle. We work a job, have a family, live a live. Most people on earth are most of the time sad, unhappy, stressed and not living their lifes to the fullest. We blame our job, family, friends or just anything in life and we don not seek within ourselfs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try every day again to be grateful for something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It could be anything from the sun, the sea, the birds, your job, your family & friends or whatever you feel like being grateful for. If you realise what you are grateful for, you will be realising what you have and not so much on what you don't have. Therefore you will be more positive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are grateful for something, it will be attracting more of it and because you are being more positive, your life looks a little happier & lighter. So tell me, <span style="font-size: large;"><b>what are you grateful for?</b></span> </span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-22216392130917823872013-05-09T15:33:00.001+02:002013-05-09T15:33:46.209+02:00Butter spelt spaghetti with nuts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've recently found out that garlic is giving my skin a bit of a problem. Well if I eat it too much...for the Ayurvedic lifestylers within here: it aggravates my Pitta.Basically I feel so bummed that I found it out, as one of my all time favourite ingredients is garlic. So I need to be careful with my garlic intake and use it moderately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>* serves 1<br />* 15 minutes</b></i><br /><br />- (spelt/quinoa/kamut/wheat) spaghetti</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2- 3 tblsp vegan butter<br />- 1 handful of sliced basil leaves<br />- an handul of roasted pinenuts<br />- 1 tblsp slivered almonds<br />- an handful walnuts (optional)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ohhhhhh I love my veggies and especially the plain ones, simply grilled or baked with a bit of salt & pepper and sometimes with a good oil or butter. If you eat veggies like this, you can totally feel them entering your body and give your body a boost. Well...at least I feel this way about my simply baked veggies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- half an orange organic pumpkin sliced in small parts (the reason why I really mention organic, as al my food is organic, is that you can leave the skin on the pumpkin in the organic version)<br />- 8 asparagus</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- couscous for 2 (around 170-200 grams)<br />- 2 handful of chopped walnuts<br />- 2 tblsp of slivered almonds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 handful of roughely chopped fresh parsley</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of crushed black pepper<br /><br />Put the sunflowerseeds, basil leaves, sundried tomatoes, lemon juice & garlic in a foodprocessor en mix until smooth. Add the olive oil and mix until a fine paste. You can add some more oil if you want it to be more smooth. Put the tapenade in a bowl or jar or where you would like to put it in and add some salt and pepper. Mix a little with a spoon and serve on delicious bread, or with veggies or as a dip on your dinner plate. You can leave it in a closed box for about 5 days in the refrigerator. Enjoy your delicious summer tapenade!<br /> </span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-83507061728749172013-05-03T11:36:00.000+02:002013-05-04T21:27:41.049+02:00Superfood amaranth porridge<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love my porridges. I used to be a sandwich lover...which I still am every now and then, but I really switched in to a cooked porridge lover in the mornings. They are my fuel for the day, the give me energy and I can truly feel them nourishing my body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>* serves 1 <br />* 10 minutes</i></b><br />- 2 coffeecups of amaranth flakes<br />- 2 coffeecups of rice milk (a bit extra for when it's getting too dry)<br />- an handful of soaked & peeled almonds<br />- an handful of mulberries and chopped pitted dates<br />- some pumpkinseeds<br />- an handful of raw cacao nibs<br />- 1 teaspoon chiaseeds<br />- optional: 1 teaspoon of hempseeds/flaxseeds/gojiberries etc</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 0,5 teaspoon cinnammon<br />- 1 tablespoon agave or maple syrup<br /><br />Put the amaranth flakes and rice milk in a pan and bring to a boil. Stir in between once a while and let it slowly cook for about 7 minutes. Add some more ricemilk if it's getting to dry. Keep on stirring the porridge. Put the porridge in a bowl and add everything else to it. Before eating make sure to mix all well together. Enjoy your morning fuel!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-71500639466709392192013-05-02T10:35:00.000+02:002013-05-02T11:22:04.091+02:00Moroccan pumpkin and chickpeas with couscous and potatoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this stew! It's a great stew to share with others, to make a big pot so you can invite anyone over and to expend the table of food with bread, grilled veggies, dips and sauces...like a true feast!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 dried bay leaf<br />- 1 onion chopped finely<br />- 2 cloves of garlic chopped finely</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 teaspoon of cumin powder<br />- 1 teaspoon of coriander powder<br />- 1 teaspoon of cinnammon<br />- 1 teaspoon of ginger powder<br />- 1 teaspoon of dried thyme<br />- 1 teaspoon of vegetable stock<br />- half a coffeecup of water<br />- 200-300 ml water<br />- olive oil</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Pre-heat the oven on 200 degrees. Put the potatoes in a bowl and add a pinch of salt, some oliveoil and thyme and mix everything well. Put the potatoes in an ovenbowl and baked them for around 40 minutes. After 10 minutes you add 1/3 of the water in the ovenbowl and turn the potatoes around. Make sure to do that every 10 minutes until the water is finished. They need to be in the oven for about 40 minutes..<br /><br />Heat the coconut oil in a big pot and cook the onions and garlic for 5 minutes until transparant. Add the cumin, ginger, cinnammon and coriander en stir around for 2 more minutes. Add the pumpkin and tomatoes and cook for 5 more minutes. Add 200 ml of water (until almost everything is covered in water, so add more if needed), add the stock, bay leaf, chickpeas and bring to a boil. When boiled let it shimmer for about 20 minutes. If it is getting to dry add some more water. Stir once a while and add a pinch of salt. <br /><br />Cook the couscous according to preparation and serve with the potatoes and the Moroccan stew. You can add some more food to the table to make it a true feast with Moroccan bread, grilled veggies, sauces, dips etc. Enjoy your delicious food;-)</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-38846563971580879902013-04-27T15:47:00.000+02:002013-04-28T10:07:59.564+02:00Do you know your food?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's in your food?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have any idea what is in your food? Do you know where your food comes from? Do you know who it produces and do you have any idea what you put into your body? Do you eat processed food such as wraps from a package, curries from a jar? Do you have any idea what's inside those jars, cans and packages?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you know they spray all kinds of chemicals on our non organic fruit and veggies? Just so the colour will be brighter, the food will be bigger and it won't go bad too fast. These are again chemicals which causes diseases and which are body isn't used to and makes it harder too digest. And what about meat? Do you eat non-organic meat? A food full of antibiotics and a true healthkiller. Is this something you can still call food too? Did you know that actually all kinds of meat are difficult to digest for the human body? That some meat can stay in our colon for more then 50 years, rotting in our body? Do you really believe this is healthy? And that the human body really needs meat? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you have any idea where meat comes from? How slaughterhouses massively kill those cows and those cute little piggy's, just for some beef and bacon? If those slaughterhouses had glass walls, you probably would never eat meat again. Besides that, there is nothing natural about all those 100.000 billions of animals slaughtered every day so we can have our meat every day again. On our eggs, with a sandwich and for dinner. And what about the way they treat all those animals turned into meat. Do you think they have a lovely life? Do you think they were treated with respect? If you dare to find out, you'll see yourself there is nothing respectfull and natural about it. Do you also believe that all that meat coming from pain and fear is good for our body? That this energy and this meat is truly nourishing? And have you ever thought about all the food for those slaughtered animals?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We feed our slaughtered animals tons and tons of grains. 70-80% of our grains is for our piece of meat. You need 5 kilo's of grains for just 1 kilo of meat. Did you know that all those grains are fed together with all kinds of chemicals to the animals that we eat? Besides that, do you have any, any idea where all those grains come from? We grow all those grains in third world countries in Africa and use all of their land so we can feed our meat. Which also means that people in Africa don't have any land left to grow their own grains and veggies and that 40.000 children die EVERY DAY due to the food they don't have and eat. Is your piece of meat worth that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you also know that we grow more grains in countries like Brasil, where they have to take down tropical forest so we again are able to grow our grains for our slaughtered animals. Have you ever thought about all those animals living in those forest. Where did they go to? Are they still alive?</span><br />
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Have you ever even thought of this all before eating that hamburger? Before using that pasta sauce from a jar? Did you realised your impact on the world? That if the western world stopped eating meat, the world hunger would be gone. But that already one person can make a difference. Sometimes it is just good to think about where your food is from, what's in it and what you put into your body. Try to create some awareness in the food you eat and the food you serve and create an happy and healthy world. I serve the food I know the story behind. Which just literally means, I only use whole organic foods and make my own sauces and put them in my own jar. They might go bad very quickly, at least I know what's in it;-)</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-90069951760795606912013-04-27T12:28:00.001+02:002013-05-11T18:32:04.048+02:00Vegan spelt pizza with basil pesto and cherry tomatoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's really funny as I was posting the veggie healthy pizza last week and realising during the writing why I just love that pizza and why I don't used to be a pizza fan. Until now ofcourse;-) I realised I normaly don't like the cheese on my pizza as it gives me that fatty and guilty feeling afterwards. So since I know that, I DO love pizza's but then just the healthy ones..I feel like eating pizza every day..well..almost every day now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preheat the oven on 180-200 degrees. Spread the rised dough over some paper tray on the griddle. You can do that by hand or by rolling pin. Spread the homemade vegan basil pesto evenly over the pizzacrust and dived the cherry tomatoes on top of it. Add some salt and peper and sprinkle some olive oil over the pizza and put into the oven for about 20-25 minutes untill ready. <br /><br />When served add some basil leaves to garnish. Enjoy your healthy pizza!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I truly love pancakes. It's not that I eat them a lot..(well, I might make some tonight as well..) But they remind me of my childhood. You can fill pancakes with any kind of filling. Savory with (vegan) cheese, vegetables, spices, nuts and seeds or sweet, cooked together with fruit, syrups, sugars and again spices and nuts and seeds. There are so many options in the pancake world. There are so many options in the VEGAN pancake world too.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />As I'm still a bit new to the vegan world, I actually just found out about vegan pancakes. Best thing I ever bought so far was the egg-replacer. Since a short time I'm trying to ditch the eggs..(more cruelty which I never expected) so, this egg-replacer is a great way to replace the real eggs. Too be honest, I'm not using them a lot, but it's coming in very handy when it comes to pancakes etc. In Holland you can find egg replacer from Organ at "De Tuinen" or at "Ekoplaza" and I'm sure there are many more stores where you can find them. <br /><br />What do you need for this delicious basic pancakes with banana?<br /><br /><i><b>* 5 to 6 pancakes<br />* 20 minutes</b></i><br /><br />- 2 very ripe banana's mashed up in a bowl<br />- 200 grams of buckwheat flour<br />- 3 eggs from Egg Replacer<br />- 250-350 ml non dairy milk (depending on how thick you want the pancakes to be)<br />- a pinch of salt<br />- 50 ml water</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just finished my Ayurvedic Nutrition Course and it has been changing my life in an amazing way.I never actually realised how much it has been changing me and my lifestyle untill the last class of the course the teacher asked us what we have been learning from this course. It made me think about my previous lifestyle and my previous thinking regarding to food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favourite all time dish is Kitchari. Kitchari is a dish, a very well known dish in Ayurveda and is very benificial for many reasons. Kitchari has a basis of split mungbeans, white basmatirice, vegetables and some digestive spices. Kitchari is kind of a savory porridge as you cook all the ingredients together in one pot. In this way the ingredients already get used to eachother before they get into your body. Which means that your body can easily digest and assimilate the lovely food. Which also means, as it is this easy to digest, you can give your body a bit rest. Sometimes all your digestive organs need to have some rest as they work your whole life digesting everything you put into your body.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I've been trying different kitchari's but this is one of my favourites as it is easy to make and delicious to taste. I got the recipe from a lovely woman specialised in Ayurveda: <a href="http://wholesomelovinggoodness.com/" target="_blank">http://wholesomelovinggoodness.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>* 25 minutes</b></i><br /><br />- 1 coffeecup of split mungbeans (I know in Holland it is difficult to find them organic, so you can also try it with red lentils) Soaked them 1 hour before cooking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 0,5 coffeecup white basmatirice<br />- 4 tot 6 hands full of washed fresh spinach chopped up (depending on how much you want)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 tblsp Ghee (clarified butter) or extra virgin coconut oil<br />- 0,5 teaspoon cuminseeds<br />- 1/4 teaspoon corianderseeds<br />- 1 teaspoon turmeric</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 cm of fresh ginger, finely chopped </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 5 coffeecups of water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of (Himalayan) salt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Heat the ghee or coconutoil and toast the cumin seeds and corianderseeds for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Make sure not to let it burn. Add the ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add the turmeric and stir well. Then add the mungbeans/lentils and the rice and stir until everything is covered in the spices. Add the water and bring to a boil, stir regulary. When the beans/lentils and rice become creamy add the spinach and stir well. Cooked for some 10 minutes more. Add some extra water if too dry. Add a pinch of salt and stir again. Serve with fresh lemon juice on top and enjoy your healthy, ayurvedic and delicious dinner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So take a deep breath, be aware of you in your body, where both mind and body are connected. Breathe towards your belly and just follow your breath. Let the breath take you inside. Inside, where there is nothing but just silence. Go find that special place and be in silence. Let there be nothing, leave your worries, thoughts and everything else outside of your body and dive into the silence and be in peace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not a real pizza fan. I mean, I do like pizza's, but I only eat them probably 2 times a year..so you can't call me a pizza fan. I now know why...Most pizza's are topped with fatty cheeses, which always gave me such a fatty full feeling. You know the feeling that you overeat, or after MC Donalds..well that was what I got from the pizza's I have eaten..untill now..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I have been making my own, vegan and so without cheese veggies and healthy pizza and it was delicious. With the homemade tomato sauce and the lovely herbs, it was a great pleasure. Even when I have finished the pizza, I felt great. Not too full and still healthy. That means from now on...there will be more vegan pizza's coming our way;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- organic pizza dough (This is what I had in my house, you can ofcourse give it a try with any kind of flower and extra's you need to make for the pizzacrust)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 6 sundried tomatoes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 tomatoes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a pinch of Himalayan salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 dried chiliflake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 tblsp dried oregano</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1 red onions, diced in rings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 15 haricot verts/green beans topped</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make the pizza crust according to preparation. Put the sundried tomatoes, tomatoes, dates, 2 gloves of the garlic, lemonjuice, Himalayan salt and the dried chiliflake in the food processor and mix well until a thick paste. Put the tomato sauce on the pizza and slice the rest of the garlic in thin slices. Divide them on the tomato sauce together with the onions and the haricot verts/green beans and bake the pizza in the oven. (probably about 20-25 minutes according to preparation time). When the pizza is done garnish with the sprouts and the chopped walnuts and enjoy a very delicious & healthy pizza!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-3709211754947712322013-04-21T16:02:00.001+02:002013-04-27T16:09:28.092+02:00Spelt spaghetti with a vegan basil pesto sauce <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week I've been having lots of pasta's. Not sure what it is, might be a bit of comforting and also easy food. My mom have lived in Italy for 5 years, my parents actually met in Rome..so I guess there must be a family feeling around Italian food..especially pasta's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 1/3 coffee cup roasted pine nuts<br />- 1,5 to 2 garlic cloves<br />- 1 to 2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice<br />- 1 dried chiliflake</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bring the water to boil and cook the pasta according to preparation time. Put the basil leaves, pinenuts, garlice, lemon juice and chiliflake in the foodprocessor until mixed well. Add some olive oil and mix again. Add some more olive oil and mix well until a fine paste. Put the leaked spaghetti in the pot and mix well with spoon and fork until the spaghetti is fully covered with the pesto. Garnish with some extra basil leaves and enjoy your healthy pasta with homemade vegan pesto!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-37886515320360710272013-04-08T11:20:00.003+02:002013-04-08T11:21:34.500+02:00Clubsandwich met gegrilde halloumi & groenten en een homemade vegan basilicum pesto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Van de week heb ik een heerlijke couscoussalade gegeten met gegrilde halloumi. En toen ik gisteravond wat simpels en makkelijk wilde eten lag daar mooi precies nog 1 stukje halloumi, precies genoeg voor 1 persoon. In combinatie met het heerlijke gezonde spelt brood, de gegrilde groentes en de homemade vegan basilicum pesto een heerlijke topper!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- een half koffiekopje geroosterde pijnboompitten<br />- het sap van een halve citroen<br />- een klein gedroogd chilipepertje<br />- olijfolie<br />- zout<br /><br />Bestrooi de aubergine plakjes met zout en laat deze uitlekken in bijvoorbeeld een vergiet. Verhit de oven op ongeveer 200 graden en leg hierin de tomaten. Grill deze 15-20 minuten totdat ze zo goed als droog zijn. Doe de basilicum met de pijnboompitten, knoflook, citroen en chilipeper in de keukenmachine en mix alles glad. Voeg op de laagste stand vervolgens wat olijfolie door totdat dit een zachte pasta wordt. Breng wat op smaak met zout en houdt apart. Verhit vervolgens de grill. Dep de aubergine plakjes droog met wat keukenpapier en grill deze aan beide kanten op hoog vuur ongeveer 5 minuten per kant. Leg deze vervolgens apart. Grill vervolgens de halloumi aan beide kanten 3 minuten op de grill. Leg het brood in de oven bij de tomaten en bak dit nog een paar minuten mee totdat deze lekker knapperig is. Leg 1 laag brood op een bordje en smeer hier royaal de pesto over. Leg de halloumi er op en vervolgens de aubergine en de tomaten. Smeer nog wat pesto erover en leg het 2e broodje hierop. Doe het zelfde op deze laag en dek af met het laatste broodje. Enjoy!</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2910797926491278123.post-64374141577707399632013-04-05T13:22:00.000+02:002013-04-27T16:10:25.738+02:00Raw cacao bliss balls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know these days when you are craving for something sweet? Especially after dinner you sometimes feel like eating something sweet and delicious. I found out that I always needed to have some dates in my kitchen. As you can do anything with them. Put them in a smoothie, salad, eat them as a snack from the hand or you can add them in some middle eastern dishes. Yumm!!! But the best is: you can make some lovely bliss balls with them;-) From cookie dough balls, to fruity chocolate chip balls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- desicated coconut, flaxseeds, hemspeeds, (raw) cacao powder or whatever you have to garnish with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We zitten in een prachtig seizoen, de overgang van winter naar zomer, van koud naar warmte en voor de meeste ook naar een seizoen vol met nieuwe energie. De lente is de ideale tijd om je lichaam te reinigen en schoon te maken voor een prachtig stukje zomer wat er aan zit te komen. Wat denk je van een heerlijk rode fruit smoothie?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ik heb pas sinds kort pasta Alfredo uitgevonden en dat terwijl ik een ongelooflijke kaasliefhebber ben. Doordat ik me de laatste paar jaren steeds meer bewuster wordt van dierlijke voedsel (en dan heb ik het niet eens over het vlees) merk ik dat ik eigenlijk geen dierlijke producten meer wil eten. Of in ieder geval zo goed als niet meer. Kazen, melk, snoepjes, chocolade etc. Alle dingen die voorheen zo logisch en lekker leken zijn in mijn ogen nu dier onvriendelijk. Dus als snel moest ik ook weer afscheid nemen van mijn Parmezaanse kaas (ik heb nog niet vega gestremde gevonden) en dus ook van mijn Pasta Alfredo. 1 keer eerder heb ik met een vegan kaas van de biowinkel een Alfredo saus gemaakt..die beviel me helaas niet zo.. Ik durfde het al bijna niet meer aan. Totdat ik dit heerlijke recept vond van <a href="http://www.forgivingmartha.com/search/label/Pasta">http://www.forgivingmartha.com/search/label/Pasta</a> en toen moesten we het wel proberen. Deze was zo ontzettend heerlijk! Ik ben er serieus verliefd op geworden en hij is nog stukken gezonder ook;-) Wat heb je nodig:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 0,5 tl paprikapoeder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 2 - 3 teentjes knoflook</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- pasta naar keuze (ik gebruik meestal spelt of quinoa pasta daar deze heerlijk verteerbaar zijn voor mij)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Kook de pasta volgens bereidingswijze en mix alle ingredienten behalve de peterselie in de blender voor 3 minuten op hoge snelheid. Doe de uitgelekte en gekookte pasta in een pan en voeg de saus toe en verwarm deze al roerend 3 tot 5 minuten op het vuur. Bestrooi met peterselie en enjoy your meal to the fullest;-)</span>Ashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12451853220045409605noreply@blogger.com0