Smoothie Time

Soooo.....I made a smoothie :P
Hahaha I don't know they are very popular right now!! Have you seen how many instagram accounts have been created only for smoothies?? But I love them...

They give you pretty good ideas ;)
As I started to put smoothies in my daily eating schedule (sounds so fancy) I started looking through some of those instagram accounts and other "smoothie blogs" and saw THE Green Smoothie!! Ahhhhhhhhh (angel voice) 
They promised me: Healthy and delicious! Soooooo I tried it and it was amazing! I didn't believe at first that something so tasty could have like spinach or lettuce in it :P
But never judge a book by it's cover right? Hahaha I had to put that in there!!
So this is my recipe that consists maybe out of 2 blogs and 4 insta accounts and my own little twist :P
Enjoy

What you need:

1 Banana
2 Peaches
2 handfuls of spinach
1 tbsp Chia seeds
1 tbsp Linseeds (Flaxseed)
Water (or milk)

How to make it: 
 
Put the spinach with some water in the blender first because it needs more blending than the other ingredients. Blend it until smooth and than add all the other ingredients. If you want your smoothie to be nice and cold because it's SUMMER...put in some ice cubes or freeze your fruits! 

And voilà!! 

That's it and basically you can leave the seeds out if you don't have any. They just make it more nutritious and long lasting so you don't get hungry that fast again.
Also instead of water you can use milk or coconut water, but if you use water it's also vegan and lower on calorie.
As you can see, there are some things that you can change here and there....Just don't use sugar or honey as the sweet part of your smoothie, because that makes the whole effect of "I'm drinking a nutritious, healthy and low calorie drink" go away! Duh..
Always use sweet ripe fruits, because fructose is also sugar and therefore sweet ;)

Since I'm making them almost every day now, I'll probably be posting more ideas for recipes in the future! Until then feel free to leave comments and suggestions! Maybe you have a cool recipe to share :)

M

Healthy Salad With Mushrooms

We all get lazy, when we have to decide which healthy meal to cook. I totally hate it. Especially when you have to boil everything separate and make something out of it. It just takes so much time. Fun fact: Vegetables are healthier in their raw form. 
This salad is an easy and nutritious way to fill your dinner schedule any day. I enjoy it every time and the good thing about it, you can totally put your own twist on it. I'll give you just some basic ingredients and the dressing and everything else I will leave to your imagination! :)

Let's begin! 

First choose all the vegetables you want to put in your salad. I chose lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red peppers and a cucumber.

Cut them anyway you like and put them in a bowl.

After you're done with that, cut your mushrooms again anyway you like. I like to slice them first and then cut them again in the middle, but it's up to you. Whatever you prefer. And that is me making stupid faces with vegetables and taking pictures of them.

After doing that haha take a pan and heat some vegetable oil over medium heat. Afterwards add the mushrooms and leave them in for a couple of minutes.

Then turn up the heat and deglaze them with some balsamic vinegar. As soon as the vinegar disappears and they get a nice brown color, turn off the heat and put them in the bowl with the rest of the vegetables.

 

Choose a small jar to prepare your dressing. I always keep all the jars from marmalade or honey for this purpose. ;)

For the dressing you'll need: olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, honey, salt and pepper.

The proportion of olive oil and vinegar in a dressing is always 3:1. That means if you put 3 tbsp of oil. You have to put 1 tbsp of vinegar. (For more dressing just do 6 oil and 2 vinegar, and so on...) This depends on how much dressing you want.

Then 1 tablespoon of each mustard and honey and some salt and pepper and that's really it.

Pour the dressing over the salad when you're ready to serve it , otherwise it's gonna get soggy.

Now to give you some variations....you can also put some chicken in or cheese cubes.

Croûtons are also a very nice addition you can make. Just mix it up. The only thing that really stays the same is the dressing. You can use a little bit more mustard, if you put chicken in your salad. Chicken and mustard are just a really tasty combination. Just make it your own and enjoy eating it.

I hope I could give you some ideas. It is actually a pretty easy recipe that everybody can enjoy.

So Bon Appetit!

M