Granola bars

Hello my dears! If you are looking for a healthy snack then you are in the right place. After the Christmas season, many of us want to eat healthier. I for example am on a diet - a few pounds have to go and I think now is the time to start losing weight. However, I do not want to miss anything. That is why I am looking for healthy alternatives. The granola bars aren’t forbidden in my diet...why? Because they are healthy, vegan, contain no sugar and still taste delicious. In addition, they are the perfect snack between meals.

Oven-roasted pumpkin soup

On the blog, there are two other pumpkin soup recipe. Nevertheless, what can I do if I love pumpkin soup and try every year new recipes? They taste so delicious that I cannot withhold the recipes from you. I do not post every pumpkin soup recipe I try, but this time it just was not possible. Even if I have other recipes I want to share with you, today I had to publish the recipe for oven-roasted pumpkin soup. You will surely forgive me.

Sage polenta with mushrooms

It's time for a main course recipe. This time, I have a recipe of sage polenta with fried mushrooms. A simple, delicious and vegan recipe. I cooked this recipe the first time last year. And then it was prepared again and again. Last time, I also took some pictures, because I did not want to keep the sage polenta with fried mushroom recipe just for me. It just tastes too good...and as you know, I like to share good recipes with you.

Almond milk

As you know I am not a vegan. Nor a vegetarian. But I like to try out new recipes. Also vegan recipes. When it comes to cooking, I have no problems…I find it very easy to cook vegan. But when it comes to baking…this is another story. But I don’t give up. My biggest problem is replacing eggs. The other ingredients I can replace without problem: instead of butter I take margarine or oil. Instead of honey I take maple syrup. And instead of milk I take almond milk. So I decided to make almond milk. One can buy it in the shops to buy I have a problem: one can always buy 1 liter. But often I need much less. And before I buy too much, I prepare it myself. The almond milk is easy to prepare...you only need almonds and water. You can read below how you can make almond milk.

Tomatoe-basil soup

From an astronomical point of view, the summer will continue until 22 September. But if you look out the window, autumn is already here. For a few days it has been cold and rainy in Vienna. I am a summer person and I really hoped that we will still have a few warm days. But it does not look like this at the moment. As the weather was cold, I cooked a hot soup on the weekend.

Sour cherry liqueur

As you can still find sour cherries to buy, I thought it is time to show you the recipe for homemade cherry liqueur. I made this liqueur 2 years ago, but I didn’t manage to publish the recipe until now. I don’t want to wait another year, so I publish today. As you just notice, today I have no inspiration for a better introduction. I just repeat myself. Sometimes this happens 🙈. Another thing I can say about the recipe: it's a family recipe - I got it from my grandma. So, now I leave you with the recipe, it just does not get any better.

Aqua Smoothie Bowl

My dears, today I have an aqua smoothie bowl recipe for you. A what? This was what I asked myself when I saw photos of aqua smoothie bowls (also known as mermaid smoothie bowl) on Instagram. I must confess, I was intrigued about the color and so I wanted to find out what that is and of course how to prepare it. So I searched the web and read several recipes but none really inspired me. But now I knew what I needed to get this great color. I will tell you: Spirulina Powder. Since I knew the secret ingredient I created an aqua smoothie bowl to my taste. Well, got curious? Then read on.

Fast spelt bread with grains

Some time ago I bought an enamel loaf pan from Tchibo. Somehow, I lost one of my loaf pans and I needed a new one. So when I saw the one from Tchibo I had to buy it. I like enamel dishes, this was pretty and practical. The loaf pan came also with some recipes but I found only one interesting. Exactly, it was the recipe for the fast spelt bread. I've changed the recipe a bit and this has come out.

Infused water

I do not know about you, but I drink too little water. An adult should drink more than 2 liters of water a day. But on most days I don’t even drink 1 liter. The problem is that I do not feel the need to drink more. But my skin suffers (it is very dry) so I will try to drink more. In order to make the water tastier, I began to "refine" it with fresh fruits and herbs. So today I share with you my 3 favorite infused water recipes:

Nectarines jam

Do you remember the story with the nectarines from the previous year? No? Ok, I'll tell you briefly what it was about: last year I bought nectarines, although I knew they would not taste. It was not their season. And what did I do this year? Exactly! I’ve made the same mistake. Last year I used the nectarines to bake a delicious fruit cake. This year I cooked jam with them. And since the nectarines were not sweet, the marmalade tastes just right.

Zucchini cream soup

In the last post I shared with you the recipe for the courgettes-chili-mint salad. I have not used the part of the zucchini that had kernels for the salad. Since I didn’t want to throw the courgettes away, I used that part to cook a vegan zucchini cream soup. You can use also whole zucchinis to cook this soup, you don’t have to make the salad…but I recommend you to try it.

Green beans with garlic

Today, I present you a very simple recipe for a dish I have not eaten for ages. I think the last time I cooked this meal was7 yeas ago. But do not ask me why. When I think about it than it comes to my mind that there are many dishes I have not cooked for ages. Does this also happen to you? But I'm going to change that. Because there are dishes I like to eat and remember of my youth 😁. But back to today's dish: Today, we have green beans with garlic. Simple but delicious.

Coffee liqueur

Dear all, today I have a coffee-liqueur recipe for you. Why a liqueur recipe? Because I think that this liqueur is a great Easter gift. I always am happy when I receive homemade gifts. Don’t you? And if you prepare the liqueur today, there it has enough time to infuse and you have a nice Easter gift for your loved ones.

Orange-carrot banana smoothie

I started to drink smoothies again. Now in the cold season we should strengthen our immune system. I do not take vitamins, but I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. And I drink smoothies. I take everything the refrigerator has to give and experiment cheerfully. Sometimes these experiments succeed, sometimes not. The orange carrot banana smoothie was a successful experiment and I want to share the recipe with you. Maybe you want to try it out.

Vegan lentil bolognese

Can you remember the recipe for the lentil soup? After I cooked it I still had some carrots, tomatoes and of course lentils. Since I hate to throw away food I had to prepare something delicious with these ingredients. I had seen on various blogs recipes for lentil bolognese. So I read the different recipes and then I start cooking. I haven’t used red wine or vegetable stock. I was out of fresh basil so I used dry one and fresh thyme (it survived the winter on the balcony) for garnishing. And I had no celery either. So I just took what was in the refrigerator and storage cabinet and created my own lentils bolognese. The vegan lentil bolognese looks just like the classic bolognese and I find it tastes the same. 

Cauliflower-romanesco soup

99% of the time I cook after recipes. Of course I always change something. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Developing recipes is not my strength. Respectively I'm too lazy to do that. But this has changed with this soup. I was in the supermarket to buy broccoli...I wanted to cook a broccoli soup. But then I saw a bowl with cauliflower and romanesco. Without thinking, I bought them. Not because I like cauliflower so good, no, it was rather because of the romanesco. I have never eaten it before, but I found it is a super food model. Sounds a bit crazy, I know. Now that I had bought and photographed it I had to cook it. So I decided to cook a soup. I did not have any recipe so I used what I had home. The soup tastes delicious, so the recipe made it on the blog.

Warm quinoa with berries

Sunday, 11am. In 45 minutes I have to be at the gym. And I woke up too late. I need also to eat something for breakfast. And then I realize that the rest of the bread I have is hard as a rock. What should I do? That it strikes me: why not use the remaining quinoa and the almond milk I have? I quickly prepare everything. The whole must boil for 20 minutes. In the meantime, shower, brush the teeth  and dress. Quickly take a few photos, quickly eat up and sprint to the gym to arrive on time. Good that this is within 5 minutes by metro. As you can see, it was not planned to cook this recipe. But it emerge from the need and it tastes so good that I had to share it with you. The recipe reminds strongly of the quinoa pudding.

Hasselback potatoes

My dear readers, I returned home. Thailand was wonderful...I would have loved to stay there longer. It was so gorgeous there. Sun, beach and the sea...this is all I need to be happy! And the food...I loved the food. But after 2 weeks of Thai food you get the desire to eat something European. Curries and Co are really fine...but after a while you want to eat a pizza, a burger or a normal soup. When I was back home the first thing that I baked were these hasselback potatoes. I choose to bake this dish because I had all the ingredients at home and I did not have to go shopping. And it is also an easy dish.

Apple-cinnamon granola

 

Are you still looking for the right Christmas present? Then I have an idea for a gift from the kitchen. Whenever I don’t know what present to make to someone then I always give something homemade. Can you remember the apple sauce recipe? Back then I told you that I cooked it because I wanted to make a winterly granola. And exactly this apple-cinnamon granola can be a wonderful gift.

Mulled wine

I must confess, this winter I drank only once mulled wine. Just once…and I like mulled wine…especially on cold winter evenings. But luckily you can cook mulled wine at home...and mostly it tastes better than the bought one. That's what I did. If you also like mulled wine here is the recipe for you.