Chopped "Postelein" Salad

Chopped with my Vitamix. Postelein (very tasty little leaves - dont know how to translate) with fennel, apple, a lot of lemon juice, linseed oil, salt, pepper - a real energy booster :-)

Finally he is really MINE :-)

When I read about the Vitamix the very first time, I thought: HOW ridiculus  - a mixer for THIS amount of money!!! In this moment I had never ever thought that all the research about food could convince me to NEED this beautiful blendermonster. 
I will love my Vitamix for ever :-)

Simple Green Salad with Sprouds

Almondcream-Dressing

                                                            

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Unfortunately its always too dark already to make a picture from my newest salad:
green salad with very thinly sliced fennel, apple, add halfed cherrytomatoes, sliced chiccoree and parsley - with this dressing its really veery delicious, try this out:
1 tablespoon 100% almondcream, 1 tablespoon hemp seed oil, 1 tablespoon lemonjuice, 1 tablespoon vinegar, salt, pepper (I always mix everything by feeling - tablespoon is really just guessing...)
So far everybody loOoved this dressing :-)

Now it's for sure: I am in LOVE ! And very very soon he will be MINE !!!! :-) :-) :-)

This guy is just pretty amazing. First I wanted to be loyal to my old blender which are all doing a quite good job - but nutbutter they just cant do, smoothies so smooth that one understands why its called smoothie they just cant do, making linseeds to powder in some seconds they just cant do....
So I think this pretty guy will be a friend for lifetime :-)
And KEIMLING.de makes it possible for me. Patrick Tomforde from Keimling is very supporting  and makes non-possible things possible! Thank you Patrick!

Can I imagine a life without smoothie? I really dont think so!

My best smoothie so far - with aronia berries

 Foto: www.arionaplanzen.com

                                     
Last time the mixture was just boosting :-)
1 banana, 1 apple, 1 orange, 1/2 lemon, black cabbage, celery leaves aaand:
dried aronia berries, bee pollen, hemp seeds, almond butter, a bit water...a DREAM!

Kohlrabi with sweet potatoes

An easy tasty dish:
sweet smashed potatoes, kohlrabi with the green and a green salad with avocados and red onion.

Wintersalad with fennel and apple

A delicious salad with fennel, mizuna salad, wild herbes, apple, peeled hemp seeds, sesam seeds, hemp oil, vinegar, salt, pepper - very refreshing!

"Markthalle 9" - its like paradise there....

Today I bought my food like every saturday in Markthalle 9 - my favourite markethall in Berlin - its an fantastic atmosphere there, just around my corner in Kreuzberg. Its mostly organic and always regional (exept some bananas) - the avocados I bought somewhere else.
There is a guy who is even selling wonderful wild herbes - great for my green smoothies.

Beetroot Soup

Beetroot, pumpkin, potatoes, parsleyroot, orange, apple, roasted onion, later roasted seeds....and some spices and hempseed oil...I forgot the parsley....a delicious soup for a cold-humid sunday in fall.

My green collection

Even just to watch this makes me happy :-)

Simply a fruit smoothie

so smooth... 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 lemon, a bit water...thats all....simple, delicious and refreshing :-)

Creamy crunchy hazelnut squish

This is suuuch a dream: hazelnuts just with molasses in the Vitamix....stop before too creamy....delicious :-) great to use for desserts with fruit squish and soy cream......

He arrived!

Oh my goodness, the Vitamix arrived!! Unfortunatley in blaack...but hey, I am sooo happy to have the possibility to try this Vitamix for 2 MONTHS for FREE! Many thanks to www.KEIMLING.de - the german distributor for the Vitamix and many other stuff for our health.
I think I fall in love with this huge blendermonster....

Actually....

...during my Sabbatical I did not run - for more than one year  for which reasons ever. Step by step I changed my way of eating, but in may 2013 I changed REALLY. So since nearly 5 months I dont eat any industrial sugar, honey etc, no cereals, no milk products, no saussages etc....just fruits, vegetables (raw and cooked!), legumes, seeds, good oils, green smoothies etc -- I ran now twice around 6 km each time and I can say: I am running as quick and fit as never before in my life!!!!
I am sure this has something to do with my way of feeding my body . I find my way of feeling fit and awake and concentrated really really amazing!

Vitamix

Okay: I am veery content with my Philips HR 2096/00! Really! For just 90 Euro he is doing an amaaazing work!!!
But, yes, I admit: I want to have the iphone of the mixers: a vitamix.
And, I am sooo happy, "Keimling" in germany is renting for 2 months (!!) a Vitamix for free - so I can be really really sure to buy or to leave it!
In some days he will arrive at my place - I am toooo curious and I will tell you my experience with the monstermachine of mixers ;)

The amazing great Philips HR 2096/00

To be honest: this mixer is really great - for just 90 Euro instead of around 650 Euro in Germany for a Vitamix!
But yeeesss: nevertheless I am dreaming of a Vitamix.... 

SOME MONTHS LATER
......SOOOOOO......now I can tell: this blender just works for around 10 months....theeeen a srew inside of the blade gets rosty and it is amazing how endlessly rosty liquid cream comes out there - disgusting. I mean, it might not be harmful - but all your smoothies get orange and the taste is BAH!
Pity. Could had been a good and cheap alternative. But unfortunately: no.

5 different leaves for a luxurious green smoothie :-)

5 different leaves for my green smoothie, with 1 banana, 1 apple, lemonjuice, almondbutter and chia seeds. Pure healthy power :-)

Kale Chips Try

Its not Green Kale time yet - so I tryed another sort of kale to make my chips....I greased each piece in coconut oil, a bit pepper and salt - and put it in the oven on low temperature.

yes, it worked! Crispy and just great! :-)

Radicchio Salad

hmmm! Radicchio with fennel and apple and a great sauce made with almondbutter, linseed oil, lemon, vinegar and salt.....very good!

Cosy fall plate ;-)

I am back in Berlin, my wonderful Sabbatical in Marseille is over.......phu, not so easy this change....and here its already cold and humid...buuut: I am very happy about all this wonderful fall-vegetables: pumpkin, beetroot, parsleyroot, kale....so I put all this things in my oven, all pieces greased in coconut oil, with fresh rosemary, fennelseeds and a bit salt...feels homy :-)

...and after 15 minutes I enjoyed a superyummy mixture and crispy leave chips from the beetroot!

Stay Tuned

  

 

Its so warm overhere in Marseille....so we mostly just eat salads and make smoothies....nothing new....and we have many longterm guests who do not want to eat always healthy stuff...
But soon I will post new stuff :-)

Almond Cacao with Mint and Matcha

Almondbutter, water, raw cacao powder, 1 banana, a bit coconut oil, fresh mint leaves and matcha in the blender.....a dream :-) I realize more and more: all this agave syrop, dates and stuff is not really necessary to sweeten up smoothies.....

Almond milk with Matcha

Almond milk and matcha in the blender plus some ice cubes......hmmm :-)

Organic beef with curcuma, cumin and onions

The last days it was soooo warm in Marseille - I just ate fruits fruits fruits.
So today my body was calling for meat. I made organic beef with cumin and curcuma and lots of onions - with salad and quinoa.

Almond milk with cherries

I actually dont make "fresh" almond milk anymore.....I just take almond butter from the bio shop, mix it in my blender with water and done it is.
Here with cherries, melon and banana....soo yummy!

Chicory salad with dried tomatoes

This is one of my favorite salads: sliced chicory (I dont take of the bitter parts), some green salad, parsley, coriander, onions, dried tomatoes, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper, sesam seeds - I love this mixture :-)

Chard Salad with Quinoa

Chard, tomatoes, avocados, quinoa and parsley with oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Water Melon Smoothie

Just watermelon, water and ice cubes.........best stuff to drink in the heat :-)

Parsley-Carrots + Quinoa and mixed Salad with herbs + selfmade Cashew-"Cheese"

Carrots are one of sooo many veggies, which have much more absorbable nutritions when they are cooked. And which are easier to digest.
Raw ist great. But sometimes cooked is better. Otherwise we still had the brain of an Australopithecus...but hum....would be probably better....

Raw icy Sesam and Lins seeds Comfit

Sesam and lin seeds in the food processor, mix with cocnut oil, raw cacao powder, a bit aromatic honey and some lemon zests. Pour on baking paper and put this in the fridge for some minutes. Cut in quarters after. Tooo good with a Matcha! :-)

Beluga Lentil Salad

Beluga Lentils, mix with white and red chopped onions, sliced chicory, cherry tomatoes, fresh thyme, olive oil, a lot of apple vinegar, salt, pepper, sesam seeds. Very tasty. And better for sure with parsley :-)

Pak Choi in coconut oil

Pak Choi and other asian green leaves (I did not find the name in the shop..) baked carefully in coconut oil, wholecorn rice and mixed tomatoes. Poured vinaigrette with onions over and sprinkled some sesam seeds.

Fresh Sardines with Rice, Melon and Salad

Oki, rice, especially white rice does not belong to the healthy kitchen....but the combination was great nevertheless :-)

Veggie boat :-)

Chicory for the "boats", fill them with sliced carrots, avocados, tomatoes, curcumbers, coriander and for the amazing tasty sauce you take: chopped mild onions, olive-sesam-and coconut oil, honey, a tiny little bit of almondmilk, some cinnamon, salt, pepper...uuach...its really yummy!

Best Green Smoothie Ever :-)

So far this was my best green smoothie ever. With chard, coriander, celery leaves, banana, apple, kiwi aaand: freshly picked lime-blossoms....tooooo GOOD!

Carrot + Chard Salad

 
Carrots with chard, olive oil, coconut oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper. Its more than simple - but we just love it this way :-)

Lime-tree blossom tea

Oohhh the last weeks Marseille was smelling like a sweet dream. It was soo amazing! Lime-tree blossoms smell like a wonderful mixture of curcumber and rock melon - at least in my nose ;-)
And finally I found some trees in a parc with reachable branches...

Lentil Salad with eggs

Funny, this dish reminds me food pictures from the 70ies ;-)
Beluga lentils with onions, oil and vinegar, salt and pepper (I cooked them with too much water...),
add some tomatoes, eggs, and yes I loove them: sardines, sprinkle some sliced spring onions.
Bon appetit.

Carrot Salad

Classical version: carrots, celery stalks and leaves, curcumber, apple, salt, pepper, lemon juice, olive oil :-)

Green Salad with Ananas

Like one can see in my blog: I love to keep it simple. So this salad is just made out of:
green salad, a quarter of an ananas, coriander, sesam seeds, lemon juice, coconut oil, salt, pepper - done :-) This salad is as simple as refreshing...

Mango "Chocolate"

Mix coconut oil, grounded lin seeds, raw cacao powder, add a bit agave syrop, pour on baking paper. Sprinkle little pieces of fresh mango and some thinny sliced mint leaves. Put in the fridge for 30 minutes....and then.....hmmmm...

Very quick and easy gluten-free noodle salad

Sometimes there is not much time to enjoy preparing food...(and sometimes I need noodles).
I take gluten-free noodles. Add some chopped red onions, a lot of coriander, a can sardines in olive oil, some extra olive oil, lemon juice (!!!) salt, pepper. Its simple but yummy. And more quick is not possible...

Quinoa Salad

Its so warm in Marseille....so this salad is perfect because its very refreshing. Quinoa (cold) and tomatoes, red onions, spring onions, parsley, lemon juice, apple-vinegar, olive oil, salt pepper....done :-)

Lentil Salad with warm potatoes

I used green lentils and my favorite ones: Beluga lentils. I sliced spring onions, chopped parsley while the potatoes were cooking. For the vinaigrette I used olive oil, a loOot of apple-vinegar, some lemon juice, salt, pepper, chopped two toes of garlic and very small chopped "Maggi" leaves (important for the taste!).
Mix the cold lentils with vinaigrette and after fold in the still warm potatoes. On top I added some Tamari sauce.

Raw Icy Comfit......

Oh this is soooooooooooooo good (and sooo healthy!)!!! It melts on your tongue....
I just put some lin + sesam seeds in the foodprocessor and mixed them with two big spoons of Dr. Georg's Coconut oil, 1 big spoon of raw cacao and a tiiny bit agave-syrop....put the mixture on baking paper, into the fridge for 15 minutes.....and enjoy! 
But this is just the simple base.....try as well to add some berries, matcha or mint leaves....must be a dream!

"Fève" (broad beans) with Quinoa and black lens and green salad with avocado

oh, this was very tasty and satisfying!