All posts filed under: Nutrition

Mind Detox

Detox is a word which has become almost as common as the word “Iphone” in our every day lingo. Even though we might not know all the exact down-to-the-nano-particle-of-certain-molecules-or-cells-details-and-functions of neither the word “Detox” nor the word “Iphone” , we are all aware that both words are necessary for our survival ( ? ). Or at least we know that one is – the other we most likely feel like it would be pretty difficult to survive without. Well aware of the fact that Detoxification is the process in our bodies which rids our system of toxins we have become more and more picky about what we put in our mouths, on our skin, the quality of the air which we breathe in and more. But what about the things we let in to our minds through the gateways of our senses? And what about the stuff that comes out of our mouths as we speak? Is the music you are playing, the books, magazines and blogs you are reading, the movies you are watching, the people …

Cooking and nutrition workshop ; Detox – what is it actually?

When : Saturday 1/4 11.00 – 15.00 Where: Drapeniersstraat, Vijfhoek, Haarlem Detox. Cleansing. Eat Clean. Sugar free. Gluten free. Lactose free. Cruelty free. And so many more words & terms are being thrown around out there in Food & Nutrition Lalaland , all in the same sentences – but do we know what they mean? Do we know how it works, or – more importantly maybe –  if it works? What is ”it” ? If we were to tell you that when it comes to the inital meaning of ”detox” as a word in our modern day vocabulary and the space it is currently inhabiting we would also need to throw in words like Ramadan, Lent, Metal Element, – would that make sense to you? Let´s get down to both the nitti gritti of ”detox” as well as what does and does not work, what is the intended meaning and practice, how and what can & will benefit You, what can you toss out the window and what can you keep once and for all. …

Detox

Detox . – What is it actually? Food, nutrition, science and inspiration seminar.

  When : Thursday 30/3 18.00 – 19.30 Where: MICA´s Coffee Bar , Kleine Houtstraat 103, Haarlem Detox. Cleansing. Eat Clean. Sugar free. Gluten free. Lactose free. Cruelty free. And so many more words & terms are being thrown around out there in Food & Nutrition Lalaland , all in the same sentences – but do we know what they mean? Do we know how it works, or – more importantly maybe –  if it works? What is ”it” ? Let´s get down to both the nitti gritti of ”detox” as well as what does and does not work, what is the intended meaning and practice, how and what can & will benefit You, what can you toss out the window and what can you keep once and for all. Plus, allow us to answer any questions you have on not just the subject of Detox but anything nutrition and Yummy Fun And Healthy Living related! Welcome to Yummy, Fun And Healthy Living´s Health Food seminar series! The whole point of this series is that …

Kale and spinach soup

Oh so yummy easy as soup

Short post again ;-). It will take you just about 1 minute longer to cook this soup than the time it takes you to read this recipe post –  that´s how short they both are ;-). Ingredients; 150 gr kale 100 gr spinach 500 ml vegetable stock half a lemon 2 cm approx fresh ginger root 1 onion coconut oil pepper Sautée the onion and the garlic in the coconut oil in a pot on medium heat. Add the kale and spinach and allow them to sautée along for a little while. Stir in the stock, the ginger and the lemon juice. Use a mixer to get the soup in  smoother state, spice with the pepper and serve! Enjoy!

Quick, easy, yummy healthy breakfast / snack

Sometimes we just need to get some “grubb” like we call it in Sweden in really fast. This is one of my favourite Yummy, Fun and Healthy breakfasts and snacks. There are even times when I am guilty of having a double portion of this for lunch as well, when time feels really scarce. What you do is basically to mix this together; 200 or 250 grams of cottage cheese handful of nuts pinch of cinnamon huge serving of your favourite berries or fruit, or whatever berries or fruit you have in your house 😉 Enjoy!

Waffles!

Waffles to me is one of the most Swedish dishes ever. Waffles instantly make me think of my grandmother´s kitchen, cold winter days in the snow  with friends and once we were cold to the bone after hours of pulka rides and snowball fights, arriving at grandma´s for freshly made waffles with jam and whipped cream. Waffles takes me back to days on the ski slopes in Sälen , stopping by the “Våffelstuga” – literally translated “the waffle hut” – to fill up with energy through , you guessed it , waffles , whipped cream and jam. Since then I found out –  8 years ago –  that I am allergic to gluten, plus I have cut out sugar entirely of my diet and dairy products rarely enter our household. Every time my friend Stina posts her healthy waffles she makes in the mornings on Instagram and Facebook I get instant home-sickness mixed with this urgent need to have waffles – which a has been going on for at least 3 years :-). So when one …

Frozen water

Winter. That is what frozen water often represents to us. We see the crystal-covered, uneven surface of the ice taking shape as the temperatures drop and the mix of cold air and sparkling sunshine are working its magic. While the surface might be frozen, underneath it the water still flows, the fish are still swimming, the rocks on the bottom are still being shaped by the underwater currents. There is a stillness. A stillness which, when we sit down to listen to it, tells us to slow down, to embrace the darkness which comes in a little earlier every day, to light our candles and allow our attention to turn inwards. There is a yearning for warming, nurturing and nourishing foods. Foods which represents the holidays and festivities  already present in our calendars this very season; pumpkin, squash, (sweet) potatoes, leafy greens such as kale and green cabbage, mushrooms, apples, pears… While I lived in The Netherlands I fell in love with one of the staple national foods available there at this time of the …

Food and Mood seminar

Food & Mood

Sunday we held our 3rd seminar / Health Food Brunch in the Yummy, Fun And Healthy Living seminar series at MICA´s Coffee bar in Haarlem –  us being Stephanie from Appetit Voyage and me. We would like to thank all of you who attended as well as Annemarie and Sophie for another morning of amazing food, drinks and atmosphere at their beautiful coffee bar. The main idea behind these Health Food Brunches and Seminars is that people get together , bringing any questions they could possibly have when it comes to food, nutrition and health and we are there to answer them all. We start the morning off with a theme to get the conversations and questions going, while staying open to being flexible to what the need is of the participants. This time the kick off topic was ”Food & Mood”. Up until recently most research in the field of ”Food & Mood” has been focused on the brain – the hormones and chemicals there which are supporting or even creating the way we …

Food and Mood – Health Food Brunch & Nutritional Seminar

Sunday Jan 29th, 11.00 – 13.00 MICA Coffeebar, Haarlem January. Cold. Grey. What happened to the sparkling, candle lit, anticipating coziness of December 😉 ? Why do some people glow the whole year around , while others feel grey inside close all months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere aside from July  and August? What is actually true with regards to how we nurture ourselves, with what we put on our plates, in our cups and our glasses throughout the days, weeks, months and years in relation to how we feel, our moods? Come join us at MICA´s Coffeebar in Haarlem for a Yummy Fun And Healthy Living staple morning of great nurturing food, gorgeous drinks, yummy coffee, heavenly tea, good company and a nutritional seminar on the theme ”Food and Mood” on Sunday January 29th. Feel free to bring any questions you would like to ask and/or ask anything with relation to nutrition/food, health and mood popping up during this seminar. We looooove questions. Welcome! Your hosts and facilitators;  Stephanie Mazier of Appetit …

Happy Foods – Cooking & Nutritional Workshop

Welcome to the first of 2017 ´s cooking and nutritional adventures by Yummy Fun And Healthy Living. What better way would there be to kick off the new year with then a fun workshop on the theme Happy Foods 😉 ? In this workshop we will get our hands dirty in the kitchen, we will fill our tummies with Happy Food, we will fill our minds with scientific knowledge on how our brain works and what foods trigger what plus maybe most importantly  how come  the way to happiness goes through both the gut and the brain simultaneously. Like the chicken and the egg, which ones comes first 😉 and why ? Plus, we will have fun – the most important ingredient of them all! The afternoon consists of a cooking part, a nutritional seminar part and finishes off with us all enjoying the food we cooked together around the table. Every workshop always creates a great fun Q & A atmosphere as well, so feel free to ask any questions regarding nutrition and health, …