Spicy red lentil soup

Today I finished my juice fasting and as my digestive system was not working fully these days, it is suggested that the transition to solid foods should be smooth by giving my body light and digestible foods. So, this soup was the perfect start! Red lentils are another variety of our well-known brown lentils, they…

My juice cleanse part 2

The third day of my juice fasting went well, just as I expected it as the body is now used to the smaller energy load and hunger is less. I had a difficult day since I travelled back to London, but I never felt that I was tired, or that I did not have any…

My juice cleanse part 1

Juice fasting contined… As mentioned in yesterdays’ post, the story goes on as follows: – Vazaki sends you 5 juices of your choice per day as long as they agree with the following: 1 almond milk in the morning 1 fruit or vegetable juice for a snack 1 vegetable juice or soup for…

My juice cleanse

After exchanging a lot of gifts during the holidays, I decided to give my body a treat, to my liver in specific: this precious organ that worked double shifts all year round to detoxify chemotherapy drugs and worked overtime in Christmas to metabolize all the food I had in celebrations. I started a juice cleansing…

Christmas cupcakes

Yesterday I decided to invite all my friends in Greece that see the recipes I post but rarely cook for them to a healthy brunch, to end the Christmas days blissfully! I made gingerbread, buckwheat pancakes with an apple compote (I used pear instead of apple which I think made it more delicious) two delicious…

Choco coconut cookies

They may not be the most photogenic, but they are certainly the most delicious and easy to make biscuits with ingredients you already have at home. They have an intense chocolate flavour while various spices give them a seductive scent. They are incredibly crispy and will crumble into your mouth as you eat them. I’m…

Courgette lasagne with vegan ricotta

I don’t eat pasta often, but I have a special love for lasagne. How not love them baked in the oven while vegetables melt, releasing their tastes and aromas? It’s the perfect Sunday lunch. In this particular recipe, the special ingredient is vegan ricotta cheese made from tofu, lemon and basil, and it truly is more…

Cacao quinoa energy bars

This is another of those recipes I’ve made to take with me to the mountains so that I have a delicious and healthy snack for when I’m hungry and need some energy. The plan was to put them in Sanitas incredible paper bags, keep them in my pocket and eat a bar of energy whenever…

Matcha Kaleola

Yay! We leave for a snowboarding holiday in the Alps tomorrow. It’ll be a week of intense physical activity but a week of relaxation at the same time as my mind always empties and soothes in this kind of vacations. In addition, our stay includes food in the chalet, which is an advantage as you…

Parsnip soup

I think I will officially introduce a Monday soup category. There’s no better food for cold winter Mondays than a stewed, tasty vegetable soup dish. This particular soup recipe has a root I came across in England, and I admit that its Greek name seemed very funny to me: parsnip. Parsnip looks like a white…