Fall Vegetarian Stew

Last weekend was all about relaxing. The week had been so tremendously hectic at work that I really needed some time for myself. It was perfect and I am now also charged at allfully charged for a new week at work. Also, I had the time to prepare some blogs for you guys so the frequency will finally go up again! Because I didn's have to do anything I had time to cook. So I decided to make a stew including pumpkin and sweet potato, veggies typical for autumn

The recipe for 3 servings:

Fall Pancakes

It's Sunday and that means #pancakesunday on Instagram haha. But autumn has also started in the Netherlands. This weekend is a bit weird weather, it is much warmer than normal, but nature is ready for autumn, the leaves fall from the trees and the wind whips up more and more. If we are to believe the predictions for next week it will get a lot colder and rainier. Really autumn weather. So that means fall type dishes like my stew from yesterday which will be up on the blog tomorrow, but today we start with my favorite banana-egg oatmeal pancakes with warm apple and banana from the oven. Perfect for fall!

The recipe for 1 large portion (9 small pancakes):

Golden Chicken with Sweet Potato Gratin

As promised, here is the second dish inspired by my favorite cookbook Jamie in 15 minutes. But instead of a regular potato gratin I have made a sweet potato gratin ​​(you can also replace the sweet potato ordinary potatoes) and I served it with steamed cauliflower. This is not a dish which makes a nice and tasty picture but my god what was it tasty! The potato gratin is delicious and I wish I had more. Maybe better not because I had eaten all haha.

The recipe for 1 person:

Salmon Lasagne

Time for a new recipe from Charlotte! A salmon lasagne!

The ingredients for 2 servings:

• 500 g spinach
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 red onion
• 200 g smoked salmon
• 200 g ricotta or goat cheese
• Gluten free lasagne sheets
• (Himalaya) salt
• Coconut oil

What you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees of Celsius.
2. Finely chop de onion and garlic and fry on medium to high heat in a bit of coconut oil. Add the spinach and shortly bake along. Bring to taste with salt. 
3. Grease an baking dish. Start with a layer of spinach followed by lasagne sheets - spinach - salmon - ricotta - sheets - spinach - salmon - ricotta. Make sure you end with ricotta. 
4. Bake the lasagne for 30 minutes in the preheated oven. 

Enjoy!

Sweet Potato Hotchpot

Tonight it's time for Netherlands - Costa Rica!! Sunday I ate my orange sweet potato burgers during the match, and then they won so I thought tonight I will make another orange dish ! Bit superstitious but that's okay! Recipe is originally from a Dutch website (Uit Pauline's Keuken) with a slight modification.

It is a quick and easy dish with perfect taste combination.

Duration: 15 minuten

The ingredients:

• 2 sweet potatoes (about 300 g)
• Handful arugula
• 3 sundried tomatoes
• 50 g feta cheese
• 1 ts sweet paprika powder
• Pepper & Salt

What you do:

1. Peel the skin of the sweet potatoes using a peeler and cut into equal pieces of about 3 inches. Boil them with salt for 10 minutes until they are done. 
2. Meanwhile, coarsly cut the rocket, cut the sun-dried tomatoes into pieces and the feta cheese into cubes. 
3. Drain the potatoes when they are ready. Sprinkle with the sweet paprika powder, add salt and to taste and grind to a fine stew. Stir in the arugula and sundried tomatoes. Serve with feta cheese on top.

Enjoy!

Parmesan-Chicken with a Green Quinoa Salad

Tonight a friend came over for dinner, and on the menu was this delicious parmesan-chicken from Delicious. Magazine served on top of a green quinoa salad.I actually got a subscription to Delicious Magazine from her for my birthday! We had dish delicious dish on my balcony in the sun. For dessert we had, of course, my guilt free chocolate muffins with a cup of tea! I also gave some muffins to my fellow Bootcampers yesterday and so far all positive responses so you definitely need to try them sometime!

Duration: 25 minutes

The ingredients for 2 servings:

• 2 chicken breasts
• 80 g grated Parmesan cheese
• 10 g bread crumbs
• Butter (on room temperature)
• 180 g quinoa
• 200 g spinach
• 2 spring onions
• Fresh mint
• Fresh parsley
• 2 sweet paprika's
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• Salt & Pepper
• Olive oil

What you do:

1. Preheat your oven to 250 degrees of Celsius and line a baking tray with baking paper. Also boil some water in the kettle for the quinoa. 
2. In a bowl mix the grated Parmesan cheese with bread crumbs. Coat the chicken breasts all over with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Coat them well with the parmesan-bread mixture and press it sort of into the chicken. Place the chicken breasts on the baking tray and put the rest of the parmesan bread mixture on top and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil. Cut the paprikas into pieces and place them around the chicken on the baking sheet and brush with a very thin layer of olive oil. Bake the chicken for 15 minutes in the preheated oven until tender. Note that the paprikas do not blacken. 
3. Cook the quinoa while the chicken is in the oven. Put the spinach with onions, mint and parsley in a food processor and grind finely. When the quinoa is finished you stirr this spinach mixture through it. Serve the chicken on top op de green quinoa salad with the paprika pieces and some a cherry tomato wedges along the side. 

Enjoy!

Guilt Free Chocolate Muffins

Guilt free chocolate muffins, yes they do exist and are super tasty. The recipe is based on a recipe I found on a Dutch website. The muffins are made of almond meal making them gluten free. Additionally they are refined sugar free as I used dates and bananas instead of sugar.

Duration: 10 min prep+ 35-40 minutes oven time

The ingredients for 12 muffins:

• 150 g almond meal
• 2 ripe bananas
• 3 large Medjool dates (65 g total)
• 2 (organic) eggs
• 100 ml unsweetened almond milk
• 30 g raw cacao
• 60 g pure chocolate (>75% cacao)
• 2 ts baking powder
• 1/4 ts (Himalaya) sea salt
• 2 tbs sunflower oil (30 ml)

What you do:

1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees of Celsius.
2. Mash the banana and the pitted dates in a bowl using a hand blender. Then whisk through the eggs one by one. Stir in the almond meal, baking powder, cocoa and salt. Add the almond milk and the oil and mix until smooth using a hand mixer. 
3. Chop the chocolate into pieces and stir into the batter. Fill 12 muffin tins with the batter and bake the muffins about 35 minutes in the preheated oven. The muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean and dry. Note that you do not put the muffins in the oven too long so they do not dry out.

Preparation tip: preservable for 3 to 4 days in an airtight box or freeze them! 

Enjoy!

Spinach Pancakes! (V)

It's Sunday and that means time for healthy pancakes! You all know  my standard banana-egg pancakes in different variations (chocolate chip, oatmeal, etc.). But on the Instagram of Gigigisele I often see spinach pancakes. And so I had to try and today was the day! Especially since I have not eaten as healthy and clean as usual because I was eating out a lot due to birthdays, dinnerparty's with work (hence also the lack of posts) so today I really want to eat clean with few carbs, so a bit like going 'back to the basics'.

Duration: 10 minutes

The ingredients for 1 serving:

• 2 eggs
• 1 ripe banana
• Handful of spinach
• 1/2 tbs dessicated coconut
• 2 tbs oats
• Olive oil

The ingredients for the topping:

• 3 tbs Greek yoghurt
• Handful of strawberries, blueberries and apple pieces (or any other fruit you prefer)
• 1/2 tbs dessicated coconut

What you do:

1. Beat the 2 eggs in a bowl and put them, together with the banana and spinach, in the blender and blend untill well mixed. Put back in a bowl and stir in the oats and coconut grater.
2. Put a large non-stick pan on low to medium heat with a little bit of olive oil. When the oil is hot add the batter to the pan with a small 'sauce spoon'. The pancakes need to be small to make sure they don't break! As a guidance: you can make 3 small pancakes in one frying pan. Bake for a couple of minutes on low to medium heat (not to high because then they will burn!) on one side and then gently flip them over and bake for another minute or two on the other side.
3. Put them on your plate with a bowl on top to make sure they stay warm whilst you make the second batch of pancakes. 
4. I made a total of 8 pancakes and in between each set of 3 pancakes I put a tablespoon of Greek yoghurt. 
5. While you bake the pancakes you need to cut the rest of the fruit and when the pancakes are done you sprinkle it over along with some dessicated coconut. 

Enjoy!

Dates & Figs Raw Food Bar

Healthy and wholesome snacks, we are all searching for the perfect snack. But, sometimes, that can be a quite tricky. I always made my own raw food bar, but lately I got a little bored with my version, so it was time for a new one. Inspired by chef Erik te Velthuis, I have made a delicious bar ​​and it only took 10 minutes and it gives me a snack for 8 days!

The ingredients for 8 bars of 40 gram:

• 150 g fresh dates
• 50 g dried Spanish figs 
• 25 g dried pear
• 2 tbs dessicated coconut
• 2 tbs quinoa flakes
• 20 g almonds
• 20 g hazelnuts
• 10 g pecans

What you do:

1. Remove the pits from the dates and and place in your food processor and grind finely until it's one stickly ball. 
2. Cut the figs and pear into small pieces. Grind the nuts finely but not to fine as it's tasty when there are quite a few larger pieces of nut in it. Put the figs, pear and nuts in a big bowl together with the dates, 1 tbs grated coconut and the quinoa flakes in a bowl and mix with your hands till it's one solid whole. The dates make sure that everything will stick together. 
3. Put a piece of parchment paper in a meat tray and place the date mixture. Fold the paper in half and press the mixture flat. Sprinkle both sides of the bar with the rest of the coconut grater so that the tape no longer sticks and cut into 8 equal pieces of about 40 g each.
4. Save in your refrigerator so they set a little bit.

Enjoy!

Healthy Snack! Dates with Peanut Butter

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Dadels zijn een lekker en gezond tussendoortje. Een dadel is een vrucht van de dadelpalm. Deze palm komt oorspronkelijk uit Mesopotamië en Egypte. Tegenwoordig worden dadels vooral geteeld in Noord-Afrika, Arabische landen, Australië en Californië. 

Ze zijn het gezondst om te eten als het verse dadels zijn. Ze bevatten nog steeds veel vruchtsuiker, maar daarnaast ook een heleboel andere goede en gezonde voedingsstoffen. Er worden ook gedroogde dadels verkocht maar deze bevatten veel meer suikers en calorieën. Er is ook een verschil in smaak tussen verse en gedroogde dadels; de verse smaken meer naar honing en zijn minder zoet in vergelijking met de gedroogde dadels. In de winkels worden meestal gedroogde dadels verkocht maar ik vind persoonlijk de verse vele malen lekkerder! Ik haal deze vaak bij de notenkraam op de markt of bij de toko.

Wat maakt dadels dan zo gezond? Allereerst bevatten ze veel voedingsvezels en is het een zeer rijke bron van mineralen zoals fosfor, ijzer, kalium en magnesium. Maar een dadel bevat ook vitamine B1, B2, B6, B11 en vitamine C. Kortom allemaal stoffen die ons lichaam nodig heeft.

Dadels kun je op vele manieren gebruiken. Zo maak ik er altijd graag een raw food bar mee, maar je kunt ze ook door salades doen, verwerken in je kwarkbrood, gebruiken als suikervervanger in je gezonde chocolademousse, over je kwark of havermout heen doen of ze puur als lekker tussendoortje eten. Ik heb er een gezond bonbonnetje van gemaakt en dat doe je als volgt:

Wat heb je nodig:

• 2 verse dadels
• 2 tl biologische, suikervrije pindakaas
• Paar cacao nibs

Wat je doet:

Eigenlijk heel simpel! Snijd de dadel doormidden maar niet helemaal door. Haal de pit eruit en vul de opening met pindakaas en strooi er wat cacao nibs bovenop! Genieten maar! 

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English version

Dates are a tasty and healthy snack. A date is a fruit of the date palm. This palm is native to Mesopotamia and Egypt. Nowadays dates grown mainly in North Africa, Arab countries, Australia and California.

Fresh dates are healthier compared to dried dates. The fresh dates still contain a lot of fruit sugar, but also a lot of other good and healthy nutrients. The dried dates contain more sugars and calories than the fresh ones. There is also a difference in taste between fresh and dried dates; the more fresh taste of honey and are less sweet as compared to the dried dates. The stores usually sells dried dates, but I personally prefer the fresh ones! I buy them at the market or toko.

What makes dates so healthy? First, they contain a lot of dietary fiber and it's a very rich source of minerals such as phosphorus, iron, potassium and magnesium. But a date also contains vitamins B1, B2, B6, B11, and vitamin C. In short, all substances that our body needs.

Dates can be used in many ways. I always use them in my raw food bars, but you can also use them in salads, incorporate them into your quark bread, used as a sugar substitute in your healthy chocolate mousse. But they are also perfect as a tasty snack. I have made a sort of healthy bonbon to treat myself so here is the recipe:

What you need:

• 2 fresh dates
• 2 ts organic, sugar free peanut butter
• some cacao nibs

What you do:

It's actually very simple. Slice the date in half but not all the way through. Get the pit out of the middle and fill with peanut butter and some cacao nibs on top. 

Enjoy!

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Firm Meal Size Soup

As some of you probably already now, my wishdom teeth were extracted yesterday. It wasn't as bad as I though and it actually never really hurted, but as both of my wisdom teeth from my upper jaw are pulled out it is bruised and it actually still hurts with chewing. So today I had a smoothiebowl with bananas and raspberries in the morning and some slices of bread without the crust with avocado and egg for lunch. For dinner I decided to make a filling soup! And I must honestly say, this is probably the easiest soup on the blog so far and super tasty! Definitely my new favorite soup recipe!

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English recipe:

Duration: 20 minutes

The ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 pangasius fillet 
• 2 roasted red paprika's 
• 1 leek 
• 2 ts dried oregano 
• 300 ml passata di pomodoro 
• 150 g lentils 
• 1 tbs olive oil 
• 1 tbs fresh thyme 
• Salt & Pepper

What you do:

1. Cut the leek into rings. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil from the paprika pot in a (soup) pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and fry the leek rings along with oregano on a high heat for 2 minutes. 
2. Meanwhile, cut the grilled paprika's into pieces and add them to the pan after 2 minutes along with 500 ml of water, 300 ml passata and the lentils. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and let the soup cook on medium heat for 8 minutes. Do not forget to stir regularly. 
3. Meanwhile, cut the fish into small pieces and add to the soup when the 8 minutes are up. Let it boil for  another 4 minutes. Bring the soup to taste with salt and pepper and serve in a bowl with some fresh thyme on top.

Enjoy!

 

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Nederlands recept - Stevige maaltijdsoep:

Tijd: 20 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 2 porties:

• 1 pangasiusfilet
• 2 gegrilde rode paprika's 
• 1 prei
• 2 tl gedroogde oregano
• 300 ml passata di pomodoro
• 150 g linzen
• 1 el olijfolie
• 1 el verse tijm
• Peper & Zout

Bereiding:

1. Snijd de prei in ringen. Verhit 1 eetlepel olie uit de pot paprika in een (soep)pan samen met 1 eetlepel olijfolie en bak hierin de prei-ringen samen met de oregano op hoog vuur voor 2 minuten.
2. Snijd ondertussen de gegrilde paprika in stukjes en voeg deze na de 2 minuten bij de prei samen met 500 ml water, 300 ml passata en de linzen. Breng aan de kook, draai dan het vuur lager en laat 8 minuten op matig vuur koken. Vergeet niet regelmatig te roeren.
3. Snijd ondertussen de vis in stukjes en doe deze bij de soep als de 8 minuten voorbij zijn. Laat 4 minuten meekoken. Breng de soep op smaak met zout & peper en serveer in een kom met wat verse tijm erbovenop. 

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Charlie's Chia Punch

Yesterday I had diner at the new home of Charlotte from Charlie's kitchen. We were of course brainstorming of new lunch places to visit for the Hotspots on this blog and then we decided that from now on she will also post her recipes on this blog so you can all enjoy them! We are really looking forward to this! You can find all her recipes through the tag/label Charlie's kitchen in the right menu of this blog. We believe her recipes are a major addition to this blog als her style of cooking is different then mine, for example, she uses more superfoods than me but the recipes are still perfect to combine with a busy workweek! First up is one of her favorite breakfast recipes: a chia pudding!

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English recipe:

Duration: 5 minutes + overnight in the refrigerator

The ingredients for 1 serving:

• 3 tbs chiaseeds
• Twice the amount of coconut water
• Mango chunks
• Pineapple chunks
• Gojiberries

What you do:

1. Put the chiaseeds in a glass and add twice the amount of coconut water. Leave in the refrigerator overnight.
2. Make sure you have some fresh mango and coconut chunks in your refrigerator and put them on top toghether with the gojiberried in the morning.

Enjoy!

 

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Nederlands recept - Charlie's Chia Punch:

Tijd: 5 minuten + overnacht in de koelkast

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie:

• 3 el chia zaden 
• Twee keer zoveel kokoswater
• Mango stukjes
• Ananas stukjes
• Gojibessen

Bereiding:

1. Doe de chia zaden in een glas en schenk er twee keer zoveel kokoswater bij. Laat vervolgens de hele nacht in de ijskast staan.
2. Zorg dat je verse mango en ananas stukjes hebt en doe deze er 's morgens als het tijd is om te ontbijten bovenop samen met wat gojibessen.

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Cherry Smoothie Bowl

I absolutely love cherries and can't wait till it's Summer in the Netherlands so they are in season! But a couple of weeks ago they sold them at the market and I couldn't resist so I bought some and made this delicious cherry bowl for breakfast.

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English recipe:

Duration: 5 minutes

The ingredients for 1 serving:

• 4 tbs quark
• 1 banana
• 10 cherries
• 3 tbs homemade coconut granola
• 1 tbs bee pollen
• 1 tbs chia seeds
• 1 tbs shredded coconut

What you do:

1. Pit the cherries. I used a paperclip to do this since I don't own a special kitchen supply to do this. In this video you can see how: Pit cherries using a paperclip (the comments are in Dutch)
2. Mix the quark with the banana, 7 cherries, 1/2 tbs coconut grater and 1 tbs chiaseeds in a blender until well combined.
3. Pour in a bowl and top with the granola, rest of the coconut grater, bee pollen, some banana slices and the 3 cherries.

Enjoy!

 

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Nederlands recept - Kersen Smoothie Bowl :

Tijd: 5 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie:

• 4 el kwark (250 g)
• 1 banaan
• 10 kersen
• 3 el zelfgemaakte kokos granola
• 1 el bijenpollen
• 1 el chia zaden
• 1 el geraspte kokos

What you do:

1. Pit the cherries. I used a paperclip to do this since I don't own a special kitchen supply to do this. In this video you can see how: Pit cherries using a paperclip (the comments are in Dutch)
2. Mix the quark with the banana, 7 cherries, 1/2 tbs coconut grater and 1 tbs chiaseeds in a blender until well combined.
3. Pour in a bowl and top with the granola, rest of the coconut grater, bee pollen, some banana slices and the 3 cherries.

Bereiding:

1. Ontpit de kersen. Ik heb hier een paperclip gebruikt omdat ik geen kersenontpitter bezit. In deze video kun je zien hoe je dit doet: Kersen ontpitten met een paperclip.
2. Doe de kwark met de banaan, 7 kersen, 1/2 el kokosrasp en de chia zaden in een blender en mix totdat het één geheel is. 
3. Doe in een kom en doe de granola, rest van de kokosrasp, de bijenpollen, nog wat plakjes banaan en de overige 3 kersen erbovenop.

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The best Coconut-Chocolate Pancakes

Sunday is usually pancake day for me! But as I just arrived in Rio de Janeiro yesterday I'm not able to make them and I must say I already miss them! I've already posted a couple of pancake recipes! Of which one as a sneak peak of a recipe from my E-Book. So here is another variant, and as I might say so myself, absolutely delicious!

My flight was great! Here it's 7 o'clock in the morning right now. Getting ready for breakfast and my first surf lesson here! Can't wait! Have a great Sunday everybody!

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English recipe:

Duration: 20 minutes

The ingredients for 9 small pancakes (1 serving):

• 25 gr coconut meal
• 100 ml water (or coconut milk)
• 2 organic eggs
• 1/2 tbs apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 ts Himalayan sea salt
• coconut oil

The ingredients for the topping:

• 1 tbs quark or Greek yoghurt
• 1 apple
• Handful blueberries
• 1 ts chia seeds
• 1 tbs shredded coconut
• homemade chocolate sauce: 3 tbs water & 1 heaped tbs cacao powder

Directions:

1. Mix all the ingredients for the pancakes until it's smooth and let it sit for 10 minutes so the coconut meal can absorb the water.
2. Heat up a little bit of coconut oil in a frying pan and make little pancakes (if they are to big they will break. I use a gravy spoon of batter for each pancake and you can fit 3 pancakes into a large frying pan)
3. Then bake the pancakes on medium heat for about 2 minutes, turn them (gently) and bake for another minute on the other side. 
4. Meanwhile, cut the apple and mix the ingredients for the chocolate sauce in a small bowl until it's a smooth sauce. If it's too thick just add a little bit more water.
5. Put the pancakes on top of each other on your plate, and top with the quark, fruit, chia seeds, shredded coconut and chocolate sauce!

Enjoy!

 

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Nederlands recept - Chocolade-Kokos Pannenkoekjes:

Het recept is geschikt voor 9 kleine pannenkoekjes wat goed is voor de lunch voor 1 volwassene of 2 tot 3 kinderen. Uiteraard zijn deze pannenkoekjes ook heerlijk voor het ontbijt of brunch op zondag!

Tijd: 20 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 9 kleine pannenkoekjes:

• 25 gram kokosmeel 
• 100 ml water
• 2 grote biologische eieren 
• ½ eetlepel appelazijn
• ¼ theelepel fijn zeezout
• Kokosolie om in te bakken

De ingrediënten voor de topping per persoon:

• 1 el Griekse yoghurt of kwark per portie
• ½ tot 1 appel
• Handje blauwe bessen
• 1 eetlepel kokosrasp
• Zelfgemaakte chocoladesaus: 3 eetlepels water met 1 flinke eetlepel rauwe cacao poeder
•  Optioneel: 1 theelepel chia zaden

Bereiding:

1. Meng op de kokosolie na, alle ingrediënten voor de pannenkoekjes in een beslagkom tot je een mooi glad beslag hebt. Dit kun je het beste doen met een handmixer. Zet de beslagkom 10 minuten weg zodat het kokosmeel het water kan absorberen.
2. Meng ondertussen de ingrediënten voor de zelfgemaakte chocoladesaus in een smal kommetje totdat je een gladde, beetje dikke saus hebt. Is de saus te dik? Voeg dan een beetje water toe. Snijd ook alvast de appel.
3. Als de 10 minuten om zijn verwarm je een beetje kokosolie in een grote koekenpan op laag tot matig vuur. Maak dan kleine pannenkoekjes want anders breken ze. Gebruik een kleine juslepel beslag per pannenkoek en maak ze niet te dik. Ter referentie: er passen 3 pannenkoekjes in een grote koekenpan. Bak de pannenkoekjes ongeveer 2 minuten aan de ene kant, draai voorzichtig om met een spatel en bak ze nog een minuutje aan de andere kant tot ze goudbruin zijn.
4. Bewaar ze op elkaar op een bord met een omgekeerde kom erop zodat ze warm blijven terwijl je de rest van de pannenkoekjes maakt. Voeg indien nodig een klein beetje kokosolie toe aan de pan voor de volgende pannenkoekjes.
5. Serveer de pannenkoekjes op elkaar (zoveel als je wilt) en doe een eetlepel Griekse yoghurt of kwark bovenop gevolgd door het fruit, de kokosrasp, chocoladesaus en eventueel chia zaden.

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Zucchini Boats

These zucchini boats have been on my recipe wish list for a long long while and I finally made them! They are delicious! Found the recipe in my recipe book when I was searching for new ideas for my weekly menu and decided to make them as I want to eat less carbs from grains like pasta and rice during dinner.

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English recipe:

Duration: 10 minutes preparation, 20 minutes oven time

The ingredients for 1 serving: 

• 1 large zucchini
• 1 large ripe tomato
• 1/2 small white onion
• 1 ts dried oregano
• Handful fresh basil leaves
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 chestnut mushrooms
• 1/2 sweet paprika
• 1/2 can of tuna in water
•  Feta cheese
• Salt & Pepper

What you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
2. Cut the ends of the zucchini and then cut it in half. Put the tomatoes with the onion, garlic, oregano, basil, and salt and pepper in your food processor and puree fine.
3. Put the tomato mixture on both sides of the zucchini halves. Cut the mushroom into thin slices and the paprika into cubes and place on top of the tomato mixture, followed by the tuna. Crumble over the feta cheese. 
4. Put the zucchini boots in the oven for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

 

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Nederlands recept - Courgette pizza's:

Tijd: 10 minuten voorbereiden, 20 minuten oventijd

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie:

• 1 grote courgette
• 1 grote rijpe tomaat
• 1/2 kleine witte ui
• 1 tl gedroogde oregano
• Handje verse basilicum blaadjes
• 1 teentje knoflook
• 1 kastanje champignons
• 1/2 zoete punt paprika
• 1/2 blikje tonijn op water
• Feta kaas
• Zout & Peper

Bereiding:

1. Verwarm de oven voor op 200 graden Celsius.
2. Snijd de uiteinden van de courgette en snijd hem dan door midden. 
3. Doe de tomaat samen met de ui, knoflook, oregano, basilicum, en wat zout & peper in je keukenmachine en pureer fijn.
4. Smeer het tomatenmengsel op beide kanten van de courgette helften. Snijd de champignon in dunne plakjes en de paprika in blokjes en doe dit op het tomatenmengsel gevolgd door de tonijn. Verkruimel de feta kaas erover.
5. Zet de courgette pizza's in de oven voor 20 minuten.

Eet smakelijk!

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Chocolate Chip Pancakes (V)

Goodmorning! I know, I already posted my very berry pancakes last Friday but it's Sunday which is usually pancake day for me and I was craving chocolate so I figured, why not make chocolate chip pancakes?! They were amazing! So couldn't not post them!

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English recipe:

Duration: 15 minutes

The ingredients for 1 serving pancakes:

• 1 banana
• 1 egg
• 1 tbs cacao nibs
• 1 ts olive oil

The ingredients for 1 serving chocolate sauce and topping:

• 1 tbs raw cacao powder
• 3 tbs water
• Handful of fresh berries
• 1 ts coconut grater
• 1 ts flax seeds

What you do:

1. First, mash the banana completely with a fork in a bowl until it has a somewhat smooth consistency. Then add the egg and cacao nibs and mix well until it's a smooth batter!
2. Put a large non-stick pan on low to medium heat with a little bit of olive oil. When the oil is hot add the batter to the pan with a small 'sauce spoon'. The pancakes need to be small to make sure they don't break! As a guidance: you can make 3 small pancakes in one frying pan. Bake for a couple of minutes on low to medium heat (not to high because then they will burn!) on one side and then gently flip them over and bake for another minute or two on the other side.
3. Put them on your plate with a bowl on top to make sure they stay warm whilst you make the second batch of pancakes. When these are also done place them on top of the first batch.
4. In the meantime mix the water and cacao powder until it's a thick yet smooth chocolate sauce.
5. When all the pancakes are done put the chocolate sauce on top followed by some fresh blueberries, coconut grater and flax seeds.  

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Nederlands recept - Chocolate Chip Pannenkoekjes:

Tijd: 15 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie pannenkoekjes:

• 1 banaan
• 1 ei
• 1 el cacao nibs
• 1 tl olijfolie

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie chocoladesaus en topping:

• 1 el rauwe cacao poeder
• 3 el water
• Handje verse blauwe bessen
• 1 tl kokosrasp
• 1 tl lijnzaad

Bereiding:

1. Prak de banaan helemaal fijn met een vork (ik vind op een bord het makkelijkst). Meng dan met het ei en de cacao nibs in een kom totdat je een redelijk glad beslag heb.
2. Verwarm dan een beetje olijfolie in een koekenpan op laag tot middelhoog vuur en maak kleine pannenkoekjes! (Klein want anders breken ze!) Ter referentie: ik gebruik een juslepel beslag per pannenkoekje en er passen 3 kleine pannenkoekjes in een grote koekenpan. Zorg ervoor dat ze niet te dik zijn want ook dan breken ze.
3. Bak ze ongeveer 2 minuten aan de eerste kant en keer ze dan voorzichtig om en bak ze nog 1 minuutje aan de andere kant.
4. Bewaar ze op elkaar op een bord met een kom op zijn kop erbovenop zodat ze warm blijven terwijl je de rest van de pannenkoekjes maak. Voeg indien nodig een klein beetje olijfolie toe aan de pan.
5. Meng ondertussen de cacao poeder met het water in een kommetje tot het een dikke maar gladde chocoladesaus is.
6. Wanneer alle pannenkoekjes gebakken zijn doe je de chocoladesaus erbovenop gevolgd door wat verse blauwe bessen, kokosrasp en lijnzaad!

Eet smakelijk!

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Very Berry Pancakes

It's Friday which means it's almost weekend! So to celebrate I decided to make pancakes this morning! So yummy! Had these pancakes with a very delicious berry sauce! It was like a little party on my plate.

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English recipe:

Duration: 15 minutes

The ingredients for 1 serving pancakes:

• 1 banana
• 1 egg
• 2 tbs oatmeal
• 1 ts olive oil

The ingredients for 1 serving berry sauce and topping:

• Handful of fresh berries
• 1 tbs red fruit mix from the freezer
• 2 tbs quark or Greek yoghurt
• 1 tbs mango pieces
• 1 ts coconut grater

What you do:

1. First, mash the banana completely with a fork in a bowl until it has a somewhat smooth consistency. Then add the egg and oatmeal and mix well until it's a smooth batter!
2. Put a large non-stick pan on low to medium heat with a little bit of olive oil. When the oil is hot add the batter to the pan with a small 'sauce spoon'. The pancakes need to be small to make sure they don't break! As a guidance: you can make 3 small pancakes in one frying pan. Bake for a couple of minutes on low to medium heat (not to high because then they will burn!) on one side and then gently flip them over and bake for another minute or two on the other side.
3. Put them on your plate with a bowl on top to make sure they stay warm whilst you make the second batch of pancakes. 
4. When these are also done place them on top of the first batch.
5. In the meantime put the quark, berries and red fruit mix in the blender and mix until it's a smooth berry sauce. 
6. When all the pancakes are done pour the berry sauce on top followed by some more fresh blueberries, mango chunks and coconut grater.  

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Nederlands recept - Bessen Pannenkoekjes:

Tijd: 15 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie pannenkoekjes:

• 1 banaan
• 1 ei
• 2 el havermout
• 1 tl olijfolie

De ingrediënten voor 1 portie bessensaus en topping:

• Handje verse blauwe bessen
• 1 el zomerfruit mix uit de vriezer
• 2 el kwark
• 1 el mango stukjes
• 1 tl kokosrasp

Bereiding:

1. Prak de banaan helemaal fijn met een vork (ik vind op een bord het makkelijkst). Meng dan met het ei en de havermout in een kom totdat je een redelijk glad beslag heb.
2. Verwarm dan een beetje olijfolie in een koekenpan op laag tot middelhoog vuur en maak kleine pannenkoekjes! (Klein want anders breken ze!) Ter referentie: ik gebruik een juslepel beslag per pannenkoekje en er passen 3 kleine pannenkoekjes in een grote koekenpan. Zorg ervoor dat ze niet te dik zijn want ook dan breken ze.
3. Bak ze ongeveer 2 minuten aan de eerste kant en keer ze dan voorzichtig om en bak ze nog 1 minuutje aan de andere kant.
4. Bewaar ze op elkaar op een bord met een kom op zijn kop erbovenop zodat ze warm blijven terwijl je de rest van de pannenkoekjes maak. Voeg indien nodig een klein beetje olijfolie toe aan de pan.
5. Meng ondertussen de kwark, blauwe bessen en zomerfruit mix in de blender tot een gladde bessensaus. 
6. Wanneer alle pannenkoekjes gebakken zijn giet je de bessensaus erbovenop gevolgd door nog wat verse blauwe bessen, mango stukjes en kokosrasp!

Eet smakelijk!

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Kiwi Pancakes (V)

You are probably all familiair with my Fruity Pancakes! If not, that you have really missed out! The fruity pancakes will be part of my upcoming Ebook! It's finally almost there, and will be available within 2 weeks! I'm having a real fun weekend so far and today I'm going to Amsterdam with some friends, and finally had some time to sleep in this Sunday. So decided to make brunch! And what better than making my fruity pancakes with 2 kiwi's as part of my 14-Day Kiwi Challenge. Yum! Have a great Sunday everybody!

Duration: 15 minutes

Amount of servings: 1

The ingredients for 6 small pancakes:

• 1 egg
• 1 ripe banana
• 1 ts cinnamon
• Olive oil

The ingredients for the topping:

• 1 green kiwi, 1 sungold kiwi
• 2 strawberries
• 1 tbs quark
• 1 ts shredded coconut

How to make these delicious pancakes:

1. First, mash the banana completely with a fork in a bowl until it has a somewhat smooth consistency. Then add the egg and cinnamon and mix well until it's a smooth batter!
2. Put a large non-stick pan on low to medium heat with a little bit of olive oil. When the oil is hot add the batter to the pan with a small 'sauce spoon'. The pancakes need to be little to make sure they don't break! As a guidance: you can make 3 small pancakes in one frying pan. Bake for a couple of minutes on low to medium heat (not to high because then they will burn!) on one side and then gently flip them over and bake for another minute or two on the other side.
3. Put them on your plate with a bowl on top to make sure they stay warm whilst you make the second batch of pancakes. 
4. When these are also done place them on top of the first batch. Add the quark on top followed by the freshly chopped fruit and shredded coconut. 

Enjoy!

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Nederlandse recept - Kiwi Pannenkoeken:

Tijd: 15 minuten

De ingrediënten voor 1 persoon maakt ongeveer 6 kleine pannenkoekjes:

• 1 ei
• 1 rijpe banaan
• 1 tl kaneel
• olijfolie

De ingrediënten voor de topping:

• 1 groene kiwi en 1 sungold kiwi
• 2 aardbeien
• 1 el kwark
• 1 tl kokosrasp

Bereiding:

1. Prak de banaan helemaal fijn met een vork (ik vind op een bord het makkelijkst). Meng dan met het ei en de kaneel in een kom totdat je een redelijk glad beslag heb.
2. Verwarm dan een beetje olijfolie in een koekenpan op laag tot middelhoog vuur en maak kleine pannenkoekjes! (Klein want anders breken ze!) Ter referentie: ik gebruik een juslepel beslag per pannenkoekje en er passen 3 kleine pannenkoekjes in een grote koekenpan. Zorg ervoor dat ze niet te dik zijn want ook dan breken ze.
3. Bak ze ongeveer 2 minuten aan de eerste kant en keer ze dan voorzichtig om en bak ze nog 1 minuutje aan de andere kant.
4. Bewaar ze op elkaar op een bord met een kom op zijn kop erbovenop zodat ze warm blijven terwijl je de rest van de pannenkoekjes maak. Voeg indien nodig steeds een klein beetje olijfolie toe aan de pan.
5. Snijd ondertussen het fruit. 
6. Wanneer alle pannenkoekjes gebakken zijn doe je per persoon een flinke lepel kwark op het stapeltje pannenkoekjes. Gevolgd door het fruit en de kokosrasp!

Eet smakelijk!

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Blissful Banana-Quark Smoothie Bowl

For those of you who don't follow me on Instagram, a couple of weeks ago I discovered the best breakfast ever and since then I'm kind of addicted to it and it has become sort of my signature dish. Ladies, gentleman, be prepared because it's delicious and super simple! You just blend a banana with quark or Greek yoghurt and top it with Homemade Coconut Granola and any fruit you like but this combo with blueberries en white grapes is definitely my favorite so far.

Through all the questions on my Instagram pictures I learned that quark isn’t well known outside Eastern Europe countries so here’s a short explanation: quark (I use ‘lean quark’) is a dairy product with a similar texture as Greek yoghurt, only a little thicker and richer in proteins. It is made by warming soured milk which is strained when the desired consistency is met. And no it’s not the same as cottage cheese, because this is made with rennet and has a more loose consistency. So if you are living outside of Eastern Europe, you can substitute it with low-fat Greek yoghurt.

English recipe:

Duration: 5 minutes

The ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 4 tbs (125 ml) quark or Greek yoghurt
• 3 to 4 tbs Homemade Coconut Granola
• 1 tbs blueberries
• Couple of white grapes
• 1 tbs Bee pollen

What you do:

1. Simply blend quark with a banana in your blender and top with granola, blueberries, white grapes and bee pollen! 

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Nederlandse recept - Banaan-Kwark Smoothie Bowl:

Tijd: 5 minuten

De ingrediënten:

• 1 banaan
• 4 el (125 ml) magere kwark of Griekse yoghurt
• 3 tot 4 el Zelfgemaakte Kokos Granola
• 1 el blauwe bessen
• Paar witte druiven
• 1 el bijenpollen

Bereiding:

1. Doe de banaan en de kwark in je blender en meng tot het een glad geheel is. Doe in een kom en top met de granola, blauwe bessen, witte druiven en bijenpollen.

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Coconut granola

One of the first recipes I posted on my blog was my homemade granola and although this one is delicious I thought it was time to experiment with some other granola's. I've made a delicious cinnamon granola which will be part of my upcoming E-Book but I've also made this amazing coconut granola! So if you, like me, want some variation in your granola this is definitely one you should try out! All nuts you use need to be unsalted and unroasted!

And something new on the blog especially for my Dutch readers! From now on you will find the newly posted recipes also in Dutch at the end of the blogpost. I will update the most popular previously posted recipes too, but not all of them. Hope you like it and don't forget to let me know if you liked the recipe when you tried it!

English recipe:

Duration: 30 minutes

The ingredients:

• 150 g oat flakes
• 150 g quinoa flakes
• 60 g almonds
• 40 g almond flakes
• 50 g hazelnuts
• 30 g walnuts
• 25 g pumpkin seeds
• 25 g sunflower seeds
• 3 tbs flax seeds
• 1 heaped tbs coconut oil
• 3 tbs rice syrup and 3 tbs agave syrup (or 5 tbs honey)
• 4 tbs shredded coconut
• optional: 1 ts vanilla extract

What you do:

1. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees of Celsius. 
2. Put the almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts on a clean towel, fold and crush them with  your dough roller. You can also do this with a mortar but this is more time consuming.
3. Put a frying pan on low to medium heat and melt the coconut oil. When it's melted, remove from the heat and stir in the rice & agave syrup and when it's well mixed add the vanilla extract and give it another good stir.
4. Mix the oat flakes, quinoa flakes, shredded coconut, crushed nuts, almond flakes and all seeds in a bowl. Pour over the coconut oil-syrup mixture and make sure everything is covered.
5. Spread the mixture out on a baking sheet with grease proof paper and put in the oven for about 25 minutes. Stir halfway through and check after 20 minutes to make sure that they don't burn. The mixture is done when it's golden brown.
6. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the granola cool down. When cooled it will get very crunchy and it is possible that it sticks together. Simply break it with your hands and store in an airtight jar! Preservable for about 3 to 4 weeks.

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Nederlandse recept - Kokos Granola:

Tijd: 30 minuten

De ingrediënten:

• 150 g havervlokken
• 150 g quinoavlokken
• 60 g amandelen
• 40 g amandelschaafsel
• 50 g hazelnoten