banana package

It was time for me to buy some fruit. And now that I have some fruit I just did not know what to do with it. Shall eat eat the regular way or shall I make a smoothie with this fruit? I just did not know what to do.It's very cloudy outside and it rains now and then, so it's not the weather to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine. I had to look up some information about different subscriptions. So now it's the right time to do that. But I also wanted to make something yummie. And then I had a great idea, let's make something cozy. A banana package!



All you need is:
2 bananas 
maple syrup (1 tbsp per package) 
4 pieces of puff pastry 
1 beaten egg 
 cocoa powder

Preheat the oven on 200degrees.
Slice the bananas in half, place one half on a puff pastry. Put 1 tablespoon of maple syrup over the banana, Fold the package. Put the beaten egg over the pastry. Put it in the oven for about 15minutes.
Sprinkle some cocoa powder over it.
So now you've got 4 banana packages. It's a delicious dessert or a snack.
Very easy to make this.
Let me know what you think of this recipe.

Kingsday Smoothie

Happy Kingsday everybody!

It's the first Kingsday here in Holland so time to make a Kingsday smoothie.

To be honest it's not really my favourite smoothie but it's orange and healthy!

All you need to do is put some carrots and pure orange juice into a mixer en mix it till you've got a smooth texture.

I've added 1tbsp maplesyrup for the sweet taste.

And here is your Kingsday smoothie.

Have a nice day ;)

Cauliflower Leek Soup

A couple of days ago I've made a yummie soup. I love cauliflower and my hubby also, so I've tried to make a delicious soup of it.

It will take some time but it's not that hard to make.

You'll need:

2 tbsp olive oil 

40 grams of butter 

3 leeks into pieces 

1 large cauliflower 

3 cloves of garlic 

2 liters vegetable broth 

salt and pepper to taste 

250 ml cream (optional)

Put a large pan on medium heat,  heat the olive oil and butter in it.

Add the leeks and cauliflower and garlic with it and let it sautéing for 10 about minutes.

Stir the vegetable broth through it and make sure it would boil.

Reduce it to low heat and let it simmer for 45 minutes.

Remove the soup from the heat, mash everything with a hand mixer.

And if you want you can add the cream to it and stir till it's smooth.

Chocolate fudge

I've found a new recipe and now I'm really addicted. Sometimes I've got a huge chocolate craving. And last time I've made a delicious quinoa brownie. Now it was time to make a chocolate fudge. We all know fudge with caramel flavour but this one is with 100% cacoa. It's also a healthy snack. But if you are a chocolate addict like me than you will eat to many of those and that's also not that great haha.

Here is how you make it.

100 grams of coconut butter 

3 tbsp maple syrup 

2 tbsp cocoa powder 

2 tbsp of peanut butter 

1 tsp vanilla extract

Put everything in a saucepan and mix together on a low heat.

If you have a smooth mixture you put it in a mold.

That may be an ice mold or a cupcake form.

Store it in the freezer.

And your chocolate fudge snacks is ready.

It goes well with a cup of tea or a cup of coffee.

There is only 1 warning: It's addictive yummy!

Ow and this one is boyfriend proof. My hubby does not like that much of healthy home made stuff but this one he likes ;).

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” 

sweet mashed potatoes with salmon and asparagus

I love sweet potatoes.They are rich of vitamins C and E.
They taste very sweet and you can do so much with it.
Now it was time to make a mashed potatoe of it with salmon and asparagus. It's pretty easy to make this dish (no worries).

What you need:
Asparagus
salmon
sweet patatoes
parsley
pepper
bread-crumbs
beaten egg

Cook the asparagus for 10 minutes.
Cook the sweet patatoes for about 20minutes till it's done.
Put the salmon with some pepper on it for 15/20 minutes in the oven (180 degrees).
Roll the asparagus in the beaten egg and then through the breadcrumbs. Bake until they are golden brown.
Chop the parsley and add them to the sweet potatoes. Mash the potatoes with parsley through it.

I've told you this dish would be pretty easy.

Don't give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato.

 

strawberries, rhubarb cobbler

In an earlier blog I've told you that a friend of mine came by for a little lunch so I've made a strawberries, rhubarb cobbler.

A cobbler is a pastry which consists of a layer of fruit, wich has a layer of dough on it.

Rhubarb May not be the most popular vegetable on the produce stand, but it still makes a pretty tasty jam.

Rhubarb is an excellent source of Vitamin C, Which is important to help support a healthy immune system. It is high in dietary fiber All which helps to maintain regularity within the digestive system.

Rhubarb is low in sodium and saturated fat All which makes it a very good food to help preventable heart related diseases. It is usefull high in Vitamin K, Which is thought to help preventable diabetes.

Rhubarb is an unusual vegetable and Often thought of as a fruit. It is an excellent and healthy food to add to your diet as it can be prepared and served in many different fashions. Although rhubarb can be tart, it has a sweetness that comes alive when cooked.

Here is the recipe:

2 tbsp cornstarch 

500 grams rhubarb 

300 grams of strawberries (halved) 

1 tbsp water 

15 grams of butter 

1 tsp ground cinnamon 

1 beaten egg 

stevia to taste 

puff pastry

Preheat the oven on 200 degrees. 

In a saucepan: Add the rhubarb, strawberries and water, let it boil for one minute. Add the cornstarch and optionally some stevia. Scoop it into a greased baking dish. Spread the lumps of butter and cinnamon over it.

Normally you make the dough on your own. But I did not have time for that so I've used puff pastry.

Spread the pastry over it. Add the beaten egg over the pastry.

Put it in the oven for 20 minutes  until the top is golden brown and crispy.

When I'm sad I go shopping

Yesterday I went to the gynecologist and she was not nice at all.

She told me that my tummy hurts and my bleedings are a way to get attantion and that it's only my imagination that I have that. I was so mad I could cry. How can she say such of things? Like if I enjoy it to lay in the hospital or laying at home because my  midwife said so? Hell NO!!! 

I want to work, I want to enjoy my pregnancy without bleedings or pain like anyone else. And she tells me that it's all imagination to get attention. 

Next week I must go back to my midwife I hope she can tell me why she said such of things! 

Maybe I need a towel full of blood to push in to her face the next time. That's the devil in me talking. 

So before I'll go home by buss I go in to the shop for some new summer clothes. It was or that or wait on the bus for an hour. Well that's an easy choice to make. And shopping makes me feel happy!

I went to one store because my tummy hurts again and I bought 2 sets of clothing! Happy me!!!

I've made pictures of it but they are not that professional like the most fashion or beauty bloggers. But I'm not an official beauty/fashion blogger also.

Both outfits came from the New Yorker and they are not that expensive! Me like...

In the evening I had an appointment for my nails. So they are beautifull again also! 

So now I'm a little bit happy again. And the sun is shining today. My friend is comming to have a lunch so I've made a strawberrie, rhubarb cobbler 

But that recipe I will post maybe later the day. 

Quinoa Brownie

Sometimes you crave for something sweet with chocolate...

But must of those things are really unhealthy. Now I've found a recipe that is healthy, sweet and it tastes like chocolate.

A quinoa chocolate brownie! It's gluten and sugar free. I've tasted it and it's very smooth and it stops my chocolate cravings, a well known phenomenon if you are pregnant. So a good chocolate recipe can not be missed.

What you will need:

300 gram (if it's cooked so +/- 150gram uncooked) quinoa

2 tbsp shredded coconut

2 tbsp pure cacao powder

2 tbsp flexseed

2 tbsp 100% organic peanutbutter

1 tsp baking powder (glutenfree)

1 tsp vanilla extract

100 gram seedless soaked dates.

Preheat the oven on 180 degrees.

Prepare the quinoa like you always does. Put everything into a mixer and mix it till you've got a smooth paste.

Put the mixture into a greased cake tin and put it in the oven for 25 minutes.

Red Curry Chicken

New recipe you can try out. 

There are 2ways to prepare this dish.

If you are in a hurry you can use the readymade red curry sauce. 

But if you've got plenty of time you can make it for yourself it's not that hard.

coconut milk, 5-6 dried chillies, garlic, lemongrass, shallots, coriander. 

Mix everything till it's smooth. 

This is your sauce.

I've used multigrain rice instead of regular rice.

Cook them like regular rice.

Cut the chicken in little pieces. Bake them in coconut oil.

If the chicken is done you can add your vegitables.

I've used: bean sprouts, leeks, chestnut mushrooms and snow peas.

At last add your sauce to it and your Thai dish is ready to be served!

Healthy granola

I've made a healthy granola (in dutch also known as cruesli). If you buy granola in the store they are not so healthy as it looks like. They added a lots of fats and sugars to it that you better can eat a bar of chocolate.

But you can make it of your own a healthy viarity of it and it's pretty simple,

Preheat the oven 180degrees.

flaxseed, granola, pecans

Or other grains or nuts you like.

1eggwhite 

Maple syrup or honey.

Mix everything together.

Place on a baking dish baking paper.

Spread your mix on that.

Put it in the oven for about 20minutes.

Turn the mixture once to get it brown everywhere. But not to brown.

Cool down for a while and you've got your home made healthy granola!

You can add it to your yoghurt or just add some dried fruit with it.

I've ate mine with soy milk and fresh strawberries.

And now it's time to relax in the garden with my new heat jar from zensy.

My tummy still hurts, so must slow down like always! Everything for the little baby!