Month: January 2018

I don’t know how it is where you live, but in Switzerland, the range of fresh, regional produce is very slim this time of year. But like I covered in my last blog post, there is a simple solution for that: Just grow your very own little sprouts, that will provide plenty of vitamins and antioxidants when you need them the most.

Sprouts can be grown out of a variety of seeds and legumes. For today’s recipe we will need sprouted brown lentils. In case you followed my last blog post, you might have started cultivating the little sprouts already. If that is not the case, don’t worry! If you start the sprouting process today, you will be able to enjoy this aromatic winter salad in about 4-6 days yourself. weiter lesen...

The best-known sprouts are probably soy- or mungbean sprouts in Asian woks. Most other seedlings have previously been accused of being the hippie-veggies of barefooted folks wearing tie-die shirts and of belonging to a bygone era. Today, however, slowly but surely they are brought out of their shadowy existence, and by and large praised as superfood. Let’s take a closer look today.

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What are sprouts?

In general, a sprout or shoot is the early growth of a plant. When talking about sprouts in the culinary field, the term “food sprouts” is commonly used. Although you could also include real sprouts like asparagus or bamboo shoots to this group, today we only want to focus on the very young plants grown out of seeds of all sorts (e.g. the five-day-old lentil sprouts in the picture above). weiter lesen...

A delicious, nutritious breakfast in the morning sets the foundation for a successful day full of energy. However, the food industry loves to sell us loads of easy to access junk food as a proper first meal of the day. An unhealthy breakfast quickly brings back hunger and decreases your ability to concentrate throughout the day.

Because making healthy decisions in our every day lives begins right after we wake up, a delicious and healthy breakfast-recipe might help you with being successful. Maybe you have set yourself new goals for this year or you are still working on precious ones. In any case, I hope this new recipe will help you lead a healthier life. weiter lesen...