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Eating in Front of a Screen?
Are you eating in front of a screen right now? Snacking perhaps? If so, this post is just for you! I don’t know a single person –myself included- who doesn’t eat in front of a screen sometimes, whether it’s having lunch in our work station, eating while scrolling on a mobile device, or snacking on the couch in front of the [...]
Real Food Matters
You know what this is? That’s right, orange juice I just squeezed a minute ago. It’s super fresh and chock-full of flavor and vitamins! Our post today is about real food, and this awesome orange juice epitomizes everything I want to tell you about it, which I can basically summarize in three lines: 1. Real food is made from [...]
Fruit-Flavored Water in 3 Minutes
See this awesome fruit-flavored water? Let me explain why this exquisite summer drink is starring in a post in mid-December. It all started at our school’s WINTER sports day. The kids had been playing in the winter wonderland (a.k.a our snowy school yard) the whole morning, tossing snow balls, building snowmen, jumping off snow piles, making snow angels, [...]
Fruit-Only Birthday ‘Cake’
See this? This is our daughter’s birthday cake. Now take a closer look. Yes, that’s right. There’s no cake there at all! Actually, this is a platter of her favorite fruits designed like a flower, and that’s what we served on her birthday instead of cake and candy. Sounds crazy? I counted 5 minutes, and it was all gone. Tried [...]
How to Reduce Gratuitous Sugar at Social Events
Does the prevalence of unnecessary sugar bother you? The sugar frenzy on Halloween, birthday parties loaded with candy and juices, social gatherings with cookies and cupcakes, hot chocolate at the annual winter festival, and the aisles and aisles of cakes and sweet pies at the local food bazaar during holiday season. I could go on and on, [...]
Got Some Leftover Apples?
Got some leftover apples? You know, those old, wrinkled, bruised, half-used, forlorn apples sitting in a basket on your kitchen counter or in some forgotten corner of your fridge? How about we give them new life? They may have lost their youthful charm, but that doesn’t mean they’re of no use anymore. Any guesses what they did with such [...]
Smoothie Bowl in 10 Minutes
Look at this! Oooh, yummy! Today’s post is dedicated to one of my favorite desserts - the smoothie bowl! A velvety smoothie served in a bowl, topped with fresh fruit – that’s all there is to it. If pictures conveyed flavor, we’d end this post right here. You’d dig into this fruity goodness, jump right to the recipe, [...]
Sourdough Bread – the Comeback of Ancient Baking
Bread. So ubiquitous, we almost take it for granted. For thousands of years humans have been baking it. Have you ever wondered how bread might have looked and tasted like hundreds of years ago? My guess is, ancient bread was more artisanal, less processed, and quite different in both looks and flavor than its modern counterpart. For one, for most [...]
In Praise of Beet Kvass
Looks like wine? Well, it isn’t. This is homemade beet kvass! A traditional fermented beverage as it has been made for centuries in Eastern Europe, and was mostly common among peasants. A tad fizzy, gently tangy, with a hint of sweetness and a teeny trace of alcohol, we can think of it as an ancestor of lightly boozy [...]
What I Found at the Farmers’ Market
What a beautiful Saturday morning! How about we head to the farmers’ market? I love farmers’ markets. Right up my alley those abundant straw baskets oozing with fresh produce that has just been picked. Always great in my book too, spending a lovely morning outdoors with no admission fee. The closest farmers’ market is in the center of a picturesque village a short [...]
