Today I have some vegan burgers for you...
... I love to have burgers from time to time. Usually I make them at home, because I always like them better when I make them on my own instead of buying them in a restaurant. Its because I have a special taste when it comes to burgers and I just know best what I like best ;)
I always use fresh salad, tomatoes and cucumber on my burgers, I also always have some avocado with it. Usually I make some fried veggies, such as zuccini or egg plant (sometimes I prefer sweet pepper or even carrots and sweet potatoe) to put on my burger. When it
comes to the sauces, I love to use ketchup, mustard and barbeque sauce
(plus the avocado) which is all vegan - and so yummy :) And, finally, I am having a different vegan patty every time I make burgers. Sometimes I make them from kidney beans or from lentils but this time I used the patty mix from Davert.
Davert is a brand that you may have seen in some of my vegan boxes (between others here) and that I totally love because of their philosophy: They stand for controlled biological cultivation, continuous further
development of processing methods, transparency, careful monitoring
of every production step, and guaranteed organic products – from
cultivation to packaging. Plus their products are mainly fair trade! Feel free to find out more about this brand on their website.
I do not only like their philosophy but also their products - of course :) The veggie patties (one made with green spelt and one with lentils...) are really good and so are all other products I tried from Davert so far (remember the cocoa nibs from my breakfast smoothie? They are from Davert too!). I am almost sure that you will see this brand more often on my blog since I really love their products and since I feel good about advertising this brand, because its doing a lot of good out there!
But now I am curious - how do you like your burgers best? Do you make your patties yourself or do you buy them ready made? Do you also prefer whole wheat buns? And do you also love fried veggies on your burger as much as I do :)?
I would love to know!
Sending much love!
In the background of these pictures you can see that Fall arrived...
...the berries are ripe on all bushes and you can find loads of blackberries and rosehips everywhere. However, I am not yet totally ready for Fall so this outfit is something in between Summer and Fall - the soft colors of Summer but now with longer sleeves and longer pants ;)
The blush chino pants have already been in my "for the second hand shop"- bag for a few months and I had totally forgotten about them. But then, the other day, I looked at them again and I decided that actually, I still love them. I wore them only once or twice so far but I think I will wear them again more often next Summer. They are rom H&M and around two years old. I am also wearing the kimono from my last my purchases post plus a blouse from C&A which is at least six years old.
How do you like this somewhere-between-Summer-and-Fall look :)?
How was your weekend by the way? I hope you had a lovely one!
On Friday my husband and I went to visit an apartment that we would like to rent. We really liked it and (hopefully!) this week we will get to know if we can rent it or not. Please cross your fingers for us ;)
After all, we decided not to move to the coutryside yet, but to stay for another 3-5 years in the city. Then there is still enough time to move to the countryside. However, we thought if we are going to stay in the city for another couple of years, we need a bigger apartment with a nice and big balcony... and this is what we will (hopefully) have from December on.
I spent my weekend planning how to set up the new place and what to build and what to buy - it was a lot of fun! Sunday I spent in our new family garden which was so peaceful and wondeful and little N loved to play in the grass :)
Have a great start in the new week everyone!
Sending lots of love!
Today I want to share my favorite breakfast smoothie with you...
... I have this smoothie every morning. Sometimes I just have a little one and I have something else for breakfast on top, sometimes I have a huge one and nothing else. It gives me all the energy I need in the morning and it fills me up with loads of nutrients :)
For my breakfast smoothie I use:
1-6 bananas (depending on how much smoothie I want)
Puffed quinoa
Puffed amarant
(sometimes I also use oats, or cooked quinoa or puffed rice or cooked rice... depending on what I have and what I feel like)
A handful of almonds
A handful of dates
Some cocoa nibs
Some chokeberry powder
(sometimes I leave away the chokeberry powder and sometimes I use non-sugar cocoa powder)
Some of my vitamin b12 drops
Water - of course
I just blend everything together in my highspeed blender and I end up with the most delicious, smooth, creamy, healthy and filling smoothie ever. The grains give me loads of energy, the dates give a sweet flavor, the alomds give the creamyness, the cocoa nibs and the aronia powder add some extra nutrients. Perfection!
I love this smoothie so much that it is the first thing I am thinking about when I wake up in the morning... and sometimes I have another in the afternoon because I am craving it so bad.
Make sure to use only really ripe (spotty) banans for your smoothie, cause otherwise it will not be as creamy and sweet - and not as good ;)
Do you like smoothies for breakfast? If you do - you should really try this one!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Sending much love!
Today I want to share some book recommendations with you...
... back in April this year I posted a post on WHY to be vegan and today I want to write a little bit about HOW to be vegan.
Eating a vegan diet does not always mean that you are also eating a healthy diet. And eating an unhealthy vegan diet can actually be pretty bad for your body. This is why I think it is important to think about HOW to be vegan.
I have some book recommendations, some of them are German but I am sure that you can also find similar English books :)
First of all, I have two books by American authors, which I both really love. The Starch Solution was also named in my WHY to be vegan post because it does explain a whole lot on the health benefits of a vegan diet (plus a little on the benefits on the environment) but it is mainly about HOW to be vegan - namely starch based, with loads and loads of greens and fruits! WITHOUT any added fats, without any "fake meats" and other processed foods and without much refined sugar.
It is basically as simple as this: Avoid processed foods (this includes loads of oils, sugars, prepacked food...), eat loads of starches, veggeis and fruits and you will be fine - not only fine, but healthier than ever before :)
The same is said in the Campbell Plan which is another GREAT book that I can recommend to anyone who wants to know more about what to eat on a healthy vegan diet. Both the Starch Solution and the Campbell Plan have each around 50 really good and super easy recipes in the back of the book (which I use A LOT because they are so easy and so yummy!). From this book you will also learn what to stock in your kitchen, how to read labels and shop, and
what to watch for in social and eating out situations. Very practical!
Next to these two books, I totally recommend to get one or two GOOD cookbooks! When I say GOOD cookbook, I mean a cookbook which does not only show you the dishes you normally eat in a vegan version but new and easy vegan dishes (its totally fine to eat vegan bolognese, vegan mac and cheese and those kind of things and I love eating them - but usually, when you crave for something like this, you just go online and google "vegan mac and cheese" and you will find a million recipes, however, when it comes to really NEW recipes then you need a good cookbook to get inspired :)).
My favorite cookbook is a German one, and the English translation of the name is "always vegan". There are only recipes in this cookbook which have always been vegan, recipes from all over the world. This book showed to me that there are plenty of recipes out there who have always been vegan, because they are just BEST when they are made vegan.
Maybe I will share some of those really good recipes with you on my blog sometime :)
Google for the China Study Cook Book for the English Version of this book:
If you are interested in a vegan diet, I thnk its really important to get some research done. I hope this post inspired you a little on how to be vegan and please feel free to go back to my post on why to be vegan to get some information on that. Please also feel free to ask me any questions, if you have any :)
Sending much love!
Happy Monday everyone!
A new week, a new look :)
Today with this jeans dress that I got back in 2013 when I lived in the US. I actually wore it on the blog back then (as you can see here) but since I combined it with black tights and a black cardigan at the time, I thought its okay to put it on the blog again - Summer style like :)
I got the dress from Old Navy at the time and I am wearing it here with my favorite sandals that you can see on my blog in every second (Summer) outfit post and some casual golden jewellery. I was never the kind of person who is wearing big jewellery, statement necklaces and those kind of things, but I prefer to wear simple and small golden pieces. The only exception are big earrings from time to time - I really enjoy earrings!
What kind of jewellery do you like best?
Did you have a good weekend?
I actually had a special one, because I had my final exam in my nutrition class! From today on, I am an officially certified nutritionst! Hurray :)! I am now waiting to receive my certificate and my final grade. As soon as I am done with maternity leave I want to begin working as a nutritionst. For now, I am still in maternity leave and all my attention is going to my daughter... well, and a little bit to my blog too ;)
Have a great start in the week!
Sending much love!
From time to time I like to have pancakes for breakfast...
...who does not ;)? I think we all do.
Of course I make vegan pancakes and I make them with whole grain flour. My recipe is as easy as it can be:
Flour (whole grain spelt or wheat...)
Water
Some Baking Powder
(You can always add salt or sugar if you like - or cinnamon or vanilla or fruits... :))
Mix it all together (make sure the dough is not too firm) and make your pancakes!
I like to eat my pancakes with jam - especially with the Vita Frucht from Jomu. This jam is more than 80% fruit, plus a little bit of barley grass. Nothing artificial in there - nature only! The jam consists of 24% raspberries, 14% cherries, 13% strawberries, 12% blackberries, 10% red currant and 10% black currant. Then there is a little bit of brown sugar in there and apple pectin to jellify. All natural, all good :)
I love the sweet yet natural taste of it and we actually finished it in two days (we were three persons though). Isnt it the best when something tastes sweet, amazing and somehow like a sweet little sin - and is still really healthy and good for you? I think it is!
Feel free to find out more about the jam and other healthy products from Jomu here.
Whats your favorite way to eat pancakes? And what is your favorite recipe?
Wishing you all a great weekend and sending much love!
Happy Wednesday!
The week is half over and so is Summer (more than half actually) ... but we are not yet at the really end and I am all ready to show you a few more Summer looks of mine :)
So here we go with this white Summer outfit- a simple dress from H&M paired with some turquoise accessories and my favorite sandals from a market in Tanzania (I think I have to go back to Tanzania the day these sandals break ;))
How do you like this simple white Summer look?
By the way, this is me not wearing make up :)
Its really hot again around here and I just do not feel like wearing make up when its so hot. How do you handle hot weather and make up?
Also, I have some trouble with the light these days - we somehow only manage to go out for pictures in the evening sun and either I pose in the sun and I am way too bright on the pictures, or, like here, I pose in the shade and the pictuers turn out really dark. Sorry for that! I hope you dont mind. Some day I really need to get one of these professional cameras that can take perfect pictures in almost every light. But I am not there yet and since my old Nikon is still working fine I am going to stick to it for a little longer and you guys have to live with the outcome ;)
Have a great Wednesday and enjoy the rest of your week!
Sending much love!
