Category: Food
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Recipe: chili con carne
When I found myself craving meat all of a sudden a few weeks ago, I knew instantly what I was going to make. I hadn’t had chili in a long time. Rice was one of the foods that my stomach didn’t agree with, but since I have been doing pretty okay these past few months…
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Adding protein to your diet
Making sure you get all the nutrients you need in your diet is important. Especially since I have started working out a bit more again since I got back from vacation, I have found that my body is craving two things: protein and carbs. After a few weeks of working out more steadily again I…
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Tapas for four
It has been a while since I threw a dinner party for some friends, but last Saturday I threw one again. My plans had to be altered slightly because I had been sick for 2 weeks. Friday was the first day on which I felt better and when I cook dinner for 4, I have…
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Savory & sweet cheese salad
Salads have been a go to meal for me for years now and I have come across some great combinations. My general rule of thumb is to add plenty of greens in the shape of lettuce and spinach and then pack with with more veggies with my basis usually being tomatoes and cucumbers. I like…
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Recipe: Apple-cranberry breakfast crumble
A perfect breakfast for fall? A homemade apple-cranberry breakfast crumble. Especially when served warm, this crumble is a delicious taste if you are in for a change of your usual morning meal. There’s some sweetness, some tartness, some crunchiness and let’s not forget about the massive amount of yumminess this brings together. And it really…
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Plastic free on the go
Don’t feed the plastic monster! That is the slogan for the Plastic Free Tuesday campaign. A slogan I wholeheartedly agree with. Although I am may not be as fanatic about my plastic waste reduction as some people, I am trying to do my bit. I have been refusing plastic bags wherever I can and in…
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Recipe: Broccoli soup w/ bacon bits
It is fall which means that soups are high on my list to be made when it comes to cooking. A soup that I still wanted to try, was a broccoli soup. I used a basic broccoli soup recipe that I found on a random website, but since that used flour to bind the soup,…
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What I eat #24
Since the last What I Eat dates back to June, I thought we needed another one to round up summer. I keep finding it harder and harder to gather pictures for these. When it comes to the different meals I prepare, I still make a good variety, but there seems to be less of a…
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Weekly meal plans
One way to control your food intake is to write down everything you eat. Or at least, so we’re told by countless magazines and food experts. In a way to try and get insight in what I eat, how much, and when, I decided to keep track of what I ate for 6 weeks leading…
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Getting my butt into gear
So for the past year one of my main goals has been to try and get back into shape. In 2013 I was in the best shape of my life, but then I was unfortunately tackled by exhaustion through work which rendered working out a futile attempt. As a result, my fitness level plummeted to…
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Recipe: Rocky Road
One of the most indulgent treats on the planet? Rocky Road! I first discovered this at Starbucks, but I figured that it should be something that is easy to make yourself. Once I had found a recipe that worked, I have made this several times, and served to my friends when I celebrated my birthday…
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Recipe: Pasta with green beans & blue cheese
After all those vacation blog posts, this week, we are back on track to the regular programme. And that means it’s time for another food blog and this time I have super delicious, yet easy and quite cheap recipe for you. I have been making this for years. It was a dish I found in…
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Bread baking adventures
Last winter I decided I wanted to try and bake bread. Since I cannot eat a lot of wheat bread, because I am wheat intolerant, and I miss eating bread from time to time, I thought it would make for some variation. So I bought myself some gluten free, wheat free bread mix and set…
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Recipe: Hummus
One of my favorite things to eat is some veggies with a hummus dip. I take some with me to work and then have them as a mid afternoon snack. However, hummus is also great as a spread on crackers or bread with some alfalfa on top. In any case, hummus is super versatile and…
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Recipe: easy tuna salad
In summer, I am all about quick and easy recipes. Salads are thus some of my favorite meals to have. Be it lunch or dinner, salads can be eaten all day long. At least, that is my humble opinion. And they are perfect for summer! There are many fresh ingredients around at that time and…
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How to sneak veggies into every meal
A little while ago, I made it my mission to try and eat more vegetables. How? Really easy: by making vegetables part of almost every meal I ate during the day. Whether I was having a snack, a smoothie, breakfast, lunch or dinner: I made sure there were vegetables involved. And this is how I…
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Recipe: black bean brownies with raspberries
Brownies & black beans: who knew they would be such a great combination? I had heard of black bean brownies before, but I had never come across a recipe, nor had I ever tasted them anywhere. But when I was on the hunt for some new recipes to try again that contain no wheat and…
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Recipe: Zoodles with Cauliflower Alfredo sauce
Looking to eat more vegetables without noticing? One thing you can do is to substitute your pasta for zoodles and your cream sauce for a cauliflower sauce. This recipe is a) quick, b) easy and c) 100% vegetables. You can make this vegan if you like, but you can also go with the vegetarian version…
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What I Eat #23
Time to show you what I’ve been eating again. I have been spending quite some time in my kitchen again these past few weeks and I’ve been cooking up a storm. Mainly because I’ve decided it is time for me to make some healthier choices again. I find that making my own food and snacks…
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Recipe: Better-for-you flapjacks
When I visited my friend Alison in the UK, we bought ourselves some flapjacks from ASDA and had them for breakfast when we took a trip to Llandudno. I absolutely loved them and when I got home I tried finding a recipe immediately. Traditional flapjacks are made with oats, golden syrup and butter. I decided…
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Wheat free staple foods
When anyone decides to cut out a food from their diet, no matter the reason, the first thing we do is look for replacements for it. I’ve seen vegans looking for ways to fill the void of having no yoghurt and myself, I have been trying to fill the void that is wheat. For more…
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Recipe: pesto pasta
For today’s food blog post I thought we’d go back to basics. I used to make pesto pasta a ton when I was a student as it is a quick and easy meal which is also budgetproof. However, the past few years, I have been cutting down on the amount of pasta I eat, so…
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Updated recipe: breakfast muffins
Remember how I made some breakfast muffins last year? Well, I made them again and this time tweaked the recipe and I like them even better now. I mainly made them more simple and with ingredients that I will always have lying about. The first version was a bit soggy and dry in the middle.…
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Substituting sugar
When it comes to food, it is sugar that is my true nemesis. I can steer clear of fatty and salty foods very easily, but the sweet stuff is what gets me every time. White, refined sugar is now deemed a major culprit in the battle against being overweight and some studies have found it…
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Recipe: The savory-sweet salad
It is no secret that I love my salads and when it comes to making salads there is no rhyme or reason to my methods. I simply chuck some things I like together and see if I like it. In my salad making endeavors, I thus came across some unexpected yet, nonetheless delicious combinations of…
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What I Eat #22
It’s been a while again, so time to show you what I’ve been eating in the past few months. Since January I had a lot of social gatherings, which makes it harder for me to stick to my regular mojo of wheat free eating. I did alright though, but I do feel that some of…