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Green Tea & Clementine Smoothie

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I told you I’d be back with more smoothies, and here I am. This is the second smoothie I tried for the detox experiment . Ingredients (for 1 person): 3 clementines; 250 mL of cold green tea; 2 or 3 mint leaves Preparation: Mix all ingredients in a blender until you obtain a homogenous mixture, and serve. The book says: “Green tea is rich in vitamin B, folates, manganese, potassium, magnesium, caffeine and other antioxidants, among which are catechins. This smoothie is a source of vitamins, facilitates digestion and is refreshing .”   This smoothie had really big summer vibes for me, as it was so cool and refreshing. Since I don’t really appreciate when smoothies come out really thick, the green tea made it more fluid for me and it made me enjoy it even more. I really recommend it. Be sure to check other delicious recipes here . And if you enjoy my content and want to support it in order to help me make it better, please consider becoming a patron . Thank you so ...

Spinach Goodies

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I can’t stand the idea of eating some vegetables, well, most of them! And it’s not all about the taste, it’s mostly about texture. I can stomach eating lettuce and small quantities of spinach. However, I found a way to consume some vegetables, by transforming them into something a little bit different. Today I want to show you a way to eat a lot of spinach in one sitting! Here’s what you’re going to need:      - 1 bag of fresh spinach (I have loads of spinach in my garden, so I don’t need to buy   them);      - Half of a natural yoghurt (plain yoghurt, no sugar);      - 1 garlic clove;      - 2 small shallots;      - Salt and pepper. Start out by washing your spinach really well and cooking it in boiling water until it’s almost done. Then, put the spinach in a processor (save the water you used to boil it), add the rest of the ingredients and season it with salt and pepper, to your liking. Process everythi...

Chocolate & Strawberry Cake

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I said I was on a diet and I am, trust me! If any of you had the courage to watch my first rant on Youtube you might know that May 9 th was my sister’s birthday. Since we couldn’t go and see her, we decided to bake a cake we never tried before, and this is how it went! Ingredients: (for the dough) 6 eggs; 200g of sugar; 170g of flour; 1 tea spoon of baking powder; 40g of powdered chocolate; Butter (to grease the mold); Flour (to sprinkle on the mold). (for filling and coverage) 300g of culinary chocolate (tablet); 250 mL of cream; 350g of strawberries; Chocolate sprinkles. Preparation: Mix the eggs with the sugar first and then add the flour, baking powder and powdered chocolate. Mix well. Grease a 23 cm diameter mold and sprinkle it with some flour. Pour the previous mix into it and bake it at 180ÂșC (356ÂșF) for 35 minutes. Let the cake cool off and remove it from the mold. Cut the cake in two halves, longi...

Antioxidant Smoothie

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Yesterday, I brought you a great recipe for a Detox Smoothie , and right next to it, in my little book, was another recipe for and antioxidant smoothie, so I couldn’t resist it and I tried it! Ingredients: ½ of a banana 60g of blackberries 6 strawberries 100 mL of water 1 tea spoon of chia seeds 1 mint leaf Preparation: Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix until its homogenous. For a more refreshing feel you can add ice. I cannot describe how amazing this one tasted! In fact, is was so, so good that I’m going to do it again today. Even my dad, who refuses to try anything different from what he’s used to, liked it! This time I had to buy all fruits necessary for this recipe, but I’m hoping that soon I’ll be able to have enough organic strawberries and blackberries from my own garden to make these recipes even more amazing! Also, I found this book, coincidentally: It’s Fern Green’s Smoothy Detox Bible and it is packed with ton...

Chocolate Roll

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Here’s the recipe for one of the cakes we baked here this Easter ! I honestly don’t know if there’s any other way to call it anywhere else in the world, so I literally just translated it from how we call it in Portuguese. Ingredients: 250g of sugar 125g of flour 6 eggs 1 tea spoon of ferment Nutella (or any kind of spreadable chocolate) Preparation: Pre-heat your oven to 180ÂșC; Mix the eggs, sugar, flour and ferment in a bowl until you get a homogenous mixture; Pour the mix into a square or rectangular mold; Bake until done (~10 – 15 minutes); Remove cake from the mold and spread the chocolate on top; Roll the cake until you obtain the desired spiral shape. And there you have it! Some of the tricks that make this recipe even more special will be available at my Patreon for Tier 2 patrons (only 3€ a month), be sure to check it out!  For more delicious recipes, click here !

Quarantine Thoughts - Day 24

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Easter is tomorrow and, even though this might be the most different Easter of our lives, we still wanted to keep the traditions that we could. That means today was BAKING DAY ! We usually have to do a lot more than what we did today (because the family gets together and all) but since it’s just me and my parents we decided to do the three sweets we’re most used to: sponge cake , chocolate roll and French pudding . It always fun setting up everything to start baking with my mom: getting all the ingredients, the utensils, prepping up the oven... I always help with mixing, either by hand or with the help of a mixer. Usually mom mixes by hand (she’s a really strong lady) but age starts getting to everyone so I’m always around to lend a helping hand! I love the bond that comes with these little moments in life, of sharing, laughing and loving. It’s incredible how food can bring people together, but it does! Here are the final products: ...

2-Ingredient Bavaroise

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Yes, you read that correctly, I am about to tell you how to make a delicious, yet healthy , bavaroise using only 2 ingredients. It’s really simple , I promise you can do it at home in like... 5 minutes? Trust me. Ingredients : - Flavored gelatin (the flavor you love the most); - Liquid yoghurt of the same flavor. Preparation : First you prepare the gelatin, according to the instructions in the box. For every 500mL of gelatin prepared, pour 1 yoghurt of the same flavor into the mixing bowl. You can then distribute the mixture into smaller serving bowls, put them in the fridge and let it solidify. For the "healthy" effect you can do this with zero calories gelatin and yoghurt. And that is it! I promised it would be simple! If you put the mix into clear cups or bowls, you’ll see a really cool effect where some of the gelatin separates from the yoghurt and creates a different phase. It’s really cool, refreshing and yummy! Go make some dessert! ...

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