Healthy Inspirations & More

Yeah, might be a strange name, still it immediately came to mind when I saw the result of this mix, which looks so harmless for all the flavour it contains.

Here's what's in it (2 glasses)

• ½ banana
• 1 yellow kiwi
• ½ fennel
• ¼ gaia melon
• 1 cm of ginger
• 250 ml water/icecubes

Lovely colour...and the surprise is the peppery note. Absolutely great taste.

For the curious among you: Double anti-inflammatory through kiwi and ginger. The latter is superb for the upcoming colder days when you feel a cold coming up: Take some fresh ginger, cut it into pieces and pour hot water over it, add a tad of honey and sip over the day. Perfect for the throat (also ant-bacterial), the voice and your whole system.

TIP: don't peel the ginger, most of the great stuff sits right underneath the skin. If you don't like the brown outer side, scrub it slightly off with a knife, that'll do the job and you keep the greatness of the root.

I love colourful food - after all we are visual beings, right? This smoothie does not only have an incredible colour, but tastes just DELICIOUS. One of my few recipes without any veggies.

For the advanced food lover: This smoothie is full of great properties: Blueberries are on the top of the list when it comes to do something good for your brain! According to studies they can even support our memory when eaten regularly and help prevent destruction in the brain.

Strawberries are one of the fruit with the most ant-oxidants. Translated that means, that stuff keeps us young (as these little wonder things protect our cells).

That's pretty cool. And a perfect reason to eat more of them.

Here's how Berrylicous works:

• ½ (actual) cup of raspberries frozen or fresh
• 7-8 big strawberries
• ½ mango
• 3 stems of mint
• Some lime juice (like half a lime...you can just peel it and throw it all in as well - is just a bit more intense

Very light, beautiful red colour, berries at their...

What can I say: I love sweet potatoes (and they are so much healthier than the regular ones), I am a sucker for flavours, regardless if from spice or herbs (and here both of them have their place) and cheese....well, I live in Switzerland :-).

Super quick - and while it's cooking all nicely in the oven you can treat yourself to a glass of wine and prep the salad that goes with it.

Definitely one of my favourites on the vegetarian side.

What you need:

•  600 g sweet potatoes
• 1 tea spoon of ground coriander
• ½ tea spoon of chili flakes
• ½ tea spoon of coarse sea salt
• ½ tea spoon freshly ground pepper
• 3 table spoons of olive oil
• 100 g of gorgonzola cheese
• Some basil leaves

Salad

• 1 iceberg salad
• Dressing: 2 spoons of light vinegar, salt pepper, a dash of maple syrup, 5 spoons of olive oil, ½ bunch of chive

How it’s being prepared

1.      Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (180 if you use an oven with fan)

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It's Sunday - the fridge is full again and I have all sorts of variations possible for a lovely vitamin kick in the morning....and decided to go for some celery as a veggie.

Don't like celery? That is what I thought. Until I tried it in a smoothie, particularly the green ones. Can't always have spinach, right? Or kale. Give it a try and make sure it is super fresh - when it loses water, the taste can become a tad over-powering.

So here's today's recipe for two portions:

• 1 kiwi (the yellow ones - they are a tad smoother and milder than the green ones)
• A small handful of white grapes
• 1 stick celery
• 1/2 banana
• 3 sticks of basil (complete or just the leaves)
• 300 ml cold water

Put all into a blender and mix creamy.

Useful knowledge for the advanced smoothie drinker: kiwi are amongst the top fruit in terms of ant-inflammatory properties. Like pineapple the fruit contains enzymes which support your body to fight inflammation (the root cause for a lot of diseases, even auto-immune ones).

Green smoothies are special: either you love them...or absolutely not. This one will change your mind though...and you will notice that green is not necessarily really green.

What?

Yes, this one is healthy AND tasty. Really, I mean. No cringing due to bitterness or absolutely no taste (had those unfortunately). Instead a slight sweetness with the wonderful nutty flavour of basil in the background.

Delicous.

So here we go with the recipe:

½ banana, ½ peach, a slice of mango, 1 good handful of baby spinach, lime juice (half a lime), 3 stems of basil, 200 ml water (1 portion)

Just put everything in a blender and mix (don't forget to put the top on...;-) )

See you tomorrow!