Super Sweet yet Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Since we know breakfast is the most important meal of the day, we should consider to eat healthy in the mornings because this will assure us to feel better and to be able to manage the day. However, some need to or want to eat a sweet breakfast but that is not a problem! You can still have healthy and sweet breakfasts.

You might ask, how is that possible? Let me explain. There are several fruits which have a super sweet flavour like bananas or raspberries. Those can be used without compunction. You can also use dried fruits like apricots, coconut chips or especially dates as they are often referred to have a caramel taste.

Additionally, adding nuts or even nutbutters (addictive!) to your breakfast will give you the essential proteins, fiber and healthy fats you need. Nuts are nutritious and the source of energy. Although they might have many calorins, you still eat them because they are healthy and bring along many benefits like protecting you from heart diseases and of course take in those calorins and fats are better than those from fast and junk foods. Furthermore you do not need to buy those expensive nutbutters in shops because you can easily prepare your own nutbutters if you have a good blender (always a good investment). 

There are also some sweet stuff you should always have at home. I recommend you to substitute agave syrup by honey. Ok, you can use honey and also sugar beetroot syrup but I also like to usw agave since it has a nice taste. You may also find many internet websites which predict that agave is not healthy but rather dangerous but I do not believe in them. It is up to you if you want to skip everything which might be unhealthy but then you will not have so much to eat. Another natural sweetener are bee pollen. They might be a little expensive but it is worth having them. You just need a little sprinkle of bee pollen and your meal will be so sweet. 

But you can also put chocolate cream on your bread as well. Try to use a little of it because the amount of consuming such creams is the important fact. If you just eat a spoonful, that is ok! Nevertheless a dark chocolate cream is much better than nutella. It is always better to eat the darker one. You can even buy cacao nibs which are pure cacao beans thus also bitter but you will like them! 

Examples of combination for a sweet breakfast. 

- One bread slice with banana coins and date sticks, drizzled with hemp butter and bee pollen.
- Another bread slice with banana coins and date sticks, drizzled with dark choco cream and coconut chips.
- The next with banana coins with coconut sugar and sprinkled chopped almonds.
- The last one with banana coins, drizzled tahini and a sprinkle of muskat powder.

Hemp seeds and butter contain essential amino acids and are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Those need the human body because it cannot produce 8 from 21 amino acids, thus, it has to be intaken with foods. 

Tahini is a pure sesame paste full of vitamins (esp. B1, B2 and B6) and calcium. I always buy a glas of tahini in turkish or arabic shops, think they are cheaper there than elsewhere. 

Coconut sugar has a kind of caramel taste, containing potassium, magnesium, zinc and iron but also rich in vitamins and amino acids.

So do you need more suggestions? I think that it will be so easy to eat a sweet and healthy breakfast as you now know the benefits of these ingredients.  Bon appétit!

Spicy Detox Greensmoothie

Happy new year folks! I hope you all had a great New Year's Eve. For me, it was a great celebration among wonderful friends with raclette and too much alcohol but that's ok since New Year's Eve is a special day thus should be celebrated. I also wrote down some resolutions and I am keen to fulfil everyone! In the Glamour Magazin I read an article about resolutions in which they also suggested to write each resolution on a sheet of paper and put all in a jar. Each month you pick one sheet and check if you have done it so far. If not it is time to accomplish it. Great idea right? I guess this year will be so exciting. There are several things I want to do but they are also time consuming. But if you do not try you can never win.


Now, let's have a look at the greensmoothie recipe. If you are following me on Instagram you will know that I love to have a smoothie in the mornings for a fresh and healthy start. So I also like to experimentalise with different greens and ingredients. My basis greensmoothie only needs 3 ingredients; orange juice, frozen spinach and a banana. That's so simple since you can storage the spinach in the freezer and take blocks if you need some. In that case I am able to prepare greensmoothie whenever I like.

However, this greensmoothie is really a detox drink and spicy as well. So if you want to try a greensmoothie for the first time, use more fruits and only spinach or kale for greens. They have not a really strong taste thus you will not exactly taste the greens. Now, back to my smoothie creation.

Spicy Detox Greensmoothie

 

Recipe ( one serving )

1 handful spinach or 5-6 frozen spinach blocks
1 handful chopped cucumber
1 celleric stack
1 small ginger stick
1 tsp turmeric
splash of orange juice ( use more if it's too thick)

First, I recommend you to blend the spinach, celleric with orange juice. This step assures a smooth drink without any chunks (celleric is not easy to blend). Then, add the other ingredients and blend well again. 
You can also put all ingredients at once but be aware that you have to blend it three times longer than a fruit smoothie.

PS: I did not use any fruits besides the orange juice. You can definitely add fruits to it. Add a banana for sweetness and creaminess or an apple for a refreshing drink.

PS no.2: Put your smoothie in a bowl and make a smoothiebowl by adding granola, nuts, seeds and spices! This is how I do it when I have a smoothie for breakfast. Bon appétit !

Ben & Jerry's Taste & Tunes Tour 2014 in Düsseldorf (german)

Aloha zusammen!

Am Mittwoch den 30. Juli war es wieder so weit. Ben & Jerry's kam nach Düsseldorf, um das berühmte Eis frei Haus zu verteilen.

Die Lokation war Treibgut. Besser hätte es nicht sein können. Ich hatte ein sommerliches Outfit mit Römersandalen an und spürte auch den Sand unter meinen Füßen. Einen kleinen Pool gab es natürlich auch und nicht zu übersehen, ein riesengroßes "All or nutting" Ballon über dem Ben & Jerry's Tourwagen.
Alles sah sehr einladend aus und nachdem wir eine kurze Zeit gewartet hatten, wurden große Mengen an Eis an die hungrigen Sommermenschen verteilt.
Meine Schwester und ich hatten jeweils eine 250ml ! "All or nutting" Eis, Haselnuss- und Schokoladeneis mit Schokostücken und einem Kern von Nougat. So wie es sich anhört, hat es auch geschmeckt, vorallem der Nougatkern war überraschend und sehr lecker.
Da wir so viel Eis gegessen hatten, waren wir danach auch richtig satt und hatten unseren Schoko- und Zuckerverlangen für die nächsten Tage gedenkt. :)

Natürlich gab es auch einen Stand, wo man unterschiedliche Dinge erwerben konnte. Darunter waren z.B. ein Ben & Jerry's T-shirt, Kopfhörer etc. Die Buttons waren umsonst. Da muss man auch nicht lang überlegen, denn die Buttons sehen sehr süß aus (runterscrollen).
Für das T-shirt musste man auf Instagram ein Bild mit 150! Tags posten. Da unser Instagram immer das macht was er will, konnten wir einige Tags nicht hochladen. Fehlgeschlagen. Probiere es erneut.
Nein, es funktionierte nicht.
Während ich versucht hatte, #tasteandtunes zu posten, war meine Schwester mit dem (netten) Arbeiter am quatschen und wollte unbedingt einen T-shirt kriegen. Nachdem der Arbeiter, der aussah wie ein Surfer, uns als Zwilingsschwestern und Afghanerinnen geschätzt hatte und mit uns eine Weile geplaudert hatte, gab er nach. *g* Insgesamt hatten wir beide ja genügend Tags. Nur den einen Tag konnte ich nicht hochladen.
Wir versprachen ihm, dass wir #tasteandtunes noch posten werden und sogar einen Blogeintrag schreiben könnten. ;)

Ich bin immer wieder überrascht. Ben & Jerry's hat ein gutes Konzept und ist #fairtrade. Die comichaften Kühe in den Werbungen und die leckeren Eissorten verführen uns. Wir können da nicht widerstehen.
Ben & Jerry's ist einer meiner Lieblingseismarken, vielleicht sogar die Einzige.

Wir hatten so ein schönen sommerlichen Tag und ich freue mich immer wieder auf die Ben & Jerry's Tour. Wer weiß, vielleicht werde ich die Aktion "free hugs" nächstes Jahr nutzen.


Danke ! 

PS: Ihr habt selbst die Chance einen Ben & Jerry's T-shirt zu bekommen. Dafür müsst ihr drei verschiedene Ben & Jerry's Eisdeckel (500ml) sammeln und per Post senden !
Mit 3 dabei !   Den Umschlag könnt ihr auf der Internetseite runterladen und ausdrucken.



peace love & ice cream , xoxo

Raw Bliss Balls

I know that it is a huuuuuuuuuge while ago since my last post but I have good news. After one week I will have more time because of my last exam on Tuesday. In that case I will be able to write frequently posts.Nevertheless, my instagram account is on-going where I post almost everyday food which I have prepared.
So, check it out!

I also posted the picture of these special raw choco treatments. I was craving something sweet, consisting of choco. So, I have decided to creat something NEW and without any recipe. It is my first own creation because I usually search for some recipes to prepare sweets etc. 

I call them Raw pralines because they really taste like the little chocolates in a box.

 

Raw pralines

Recipe ( 20 mini balls ) :

2 tbsp      cashew nuts (not salted)
1 tbsp      raw cacao powder
1/2 tbsp   cinnamon
4 tbsp      oats
1/2 tbsp   popped amaranth
2              medjool dates
2-3 tbsp   water

Blend first the cashews, cacao powder and cinnamon. Then add the medjool dates, amaranth and oats. Now add 2-3 tbsp water. You have to stir with a spoon before you blend again. It is up to you how many tablespoons water you add but be careful; if you add more water, it will be harder to form balls because with 2-3 tbsp water they have the perfect sticky concentrate. 

You can easily eat them with you fingers since they are somewhat dry on the surface.

Enjoy!

xoxo,
cloverleaf