After years in the States, I finally baked my own whole grain bread. My Mom has been baking this for years and it’s one of the things I missed the most when I moved to the US. The biggest hurdle was finding cracked rye berries… even Whole Foods and the...
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I honestly never thought I’d say this, but here it is: I dig green smoothies. The thought of having a thick milkshake-like-but-not-quite-milkshake-like tasting liquid in the morning substituting as ‘breakfast’ simply seemed absurd to me. I, the müsli-eating, cheese and liverwurst-loving, bread-devouring breakfast-enthusiast, really had a hard time with the...
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So, here we are… at the end of June and I am about to complete the 30-day Sugar detox course, including an actual 5-day sugar detox. No sugar (or very, very little natural sugar) for five days. It seems like a short period of time. 5 days. One can easily...
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12 days into the Sugar Detox and I already have so many thoughts… which… I will share at a later date. Today, I want to talk about bread. If you know me a little bit, then you know that bread is very dear to my heart. If I had to...
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I mentioned before that I like to join challenges and so it will probably come as no surprise that I signed up for another one. I’ll dedicate my June to Nicole‘s 30-day sugar detox. Yes, you heard me right. I (and I know many of you with me! Hooray!) am going...
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How was your weekend, peeps? Did you do anything fun? The weather was gorgeous here in Northern California this weekend. Friday was even almost a little too hot for my taste. Skipping spring, is this what we do now? Saturday and Sunday made up for it though – temperatures were...
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Christmas. Mmh. Christmas seems incredibly far away now. It’s been well a over a month. I feel silly writing a recap about Christmas being so far into 2013 already, but it must be done. To satisfy your curiosity (come on, I know you want to read about my Christmas vacation!)...
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I am a big fan of soups and stews, especially in the winter. They’re easy to make, easy to freeze, healthy and delicious! What else could you want from a meal? I love stews with lots of veggies. They hardly have any (unnecessary) calories and are so filling. You could...
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