Breakfast porridge with miso and kale

Now that the weather got a bit colder, I started having warmer breakfasts again; porridge. I usually eat sweet porridge (with cinnamon, cocoa, maca and anything else that satisfies me in the morning), but I just saw this salty porridge recipe in the book Naturalista and was excited. Especially when it’s a macrobiotic recipe with…

Spirulina: Nasas superfood

The superfood on the spotlight this week is spirulina: spirulina is a green-blue algae that grows in warm, fresh water and produces energy from the sun, like plants. Based on historical records, spirulina was used and sold in cakes (the so-called “dice”) in the area of Lake Texcoco in Mexico by the Aztecs, in the 16th century….

Paleo granola (en)

I’ve got a great Paleo granola recipe for you, and for those who avoid wheat in their diet. It’s a great combination of almonds, cashews, coconut, a variety of seeds and goji berries, which will instantly make your breakfast and your smoothies so much tastier. This specific recipe is so delicious, I sometimes eat it…

Summer spelt pasta salad

As I promised to post only quick and easy summer recipes this week, here’s another one! Salad with spelt penne and cherry tomatoes. Spelt or otherwise dinkel flour is a variety of gluten grown for over 5000 years. Rumours say that the Germans and Romans ate it before battles to gain power. Although it contains…

Cold avocado soup

I only have 5-minute recipes to post this week, because I have exams on Saturday and I’m busy studying. For some inexplicable reason, it’s summer with 30 degrees in London, so I try to make light and cool dishes. There’s nothing more refreshing than this: cold soup with avocado, cucumber and lemons. In addition to…

Salted choconuts

This recipe is proof of the rule that simple things are sometimes the most delicious things. You only need 3 ingredients (unless you want to make homemade chocolate, then you need 6) and 10 minutes! You can imagine how well coconut matches with chocolate, but the biggest surprise is the salt which gives an unexpected…

Okras in cashew and tomato sauce

As strange as it may sound, my favourite summer food is okra. Even though I love the traditional recipe of sweet okra in red sauce, I had the best okra in Vietnam where they make them grilled with a spicy ginger and chili sauce. In general, okra is a particularly popular food in Asia and…

Spicy pumpkin chocolate mousse

This mousse recipe will help in those occasions where you want a quick and easy sweet to treat your friends. It’s literally prepared in 10 minutes, and it tastes incredible. The secret ingredient is silen tofu that replaces cream and gives an extremely rich, velvety texture. The tofu is a soy derivative and is a complete…

Beetroot pesto courgetti

This recipe’s inspiration comes from the beetroot pesto linguini recipe Akis Petretzikis posted at the start of the week. http://akispetretzikis.com/el/categories/zymarika/ligkoyini-me-pesto-pantzarioy This is the healthier, vegan, gluten free version of them as I replaced the linguine with spiralised courgette and the parmesan with nutritional yeast. You can’t imagine how delicious the result is: sweet due to the…

Choco muffins with blueberries

I’ll be honest: I’ve never been a muffin fan. However, my husband who trains for the Marathon and has a big run every Sunday, loves them. He always gets muffins from the supermarket, full of sugar and preservatives. So, I set a goal this Sunday to make muffins that will satisfy Michael’s demands. For an…