Ebook

I’m publishing an ebook! + Giveaway

OMG guys, I have some *Big News* for you all… I am currently working on my first ebook!!!! I’ve been working on it for the last couple of weeks, and it is not close to being done yet at all, but I couldn’t keep this secret in any longer. If you’re a subscriber to my newsletter, you already knew about my big news, but of course I wanted to let everyone know! (not a subscriber yet? Click this link to go to the signup page.)

I’ve always wanted to publish a book, either a cookbook or a novel (or both!), but since it is quite hard to find a publisher that wants to take you on and such, I decided to take matters into my own hands and publish an ebook myself instead! In this blog post you can find photo’s of some of the recipes you will find in this ebook. Can you guess what the theme is going to be? Let me know in the comments below and if you are the first one to guess right, you will receive a free copy when it’s finished!

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Recipes

Vegan falafel with fresh mint, cilantro and pistachio’s

Is falafel a comfort food for you? Yeah, me too! *raises hand* It always surprises me how delicious such a little ball of humble ingredients can taste so good. I love chickpeas in hummus, but other than that I’m often disappointed by chickpea dishes. But then again, perhaps hummus is the king/queen of chickpea products and I’m just expecting too much? Well, I can happily say that these falafels are pretty delicious too. Dare I say even better than some specific kinds of hummus?! (Ever had beet hummus? I’m personally not a fan haha).

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Recipes

Sweet potato brownies

Recipe for sweet potato brownies with walnuts

These brownies are heaven on earth! Fudgy, nutty and uber-chocolatey with a crunch from the walnuts. Yum! I know there are a lot of sweet potato brownie recipes out there, but this definitely is a keeper.

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Recipes

Mango smoothie bowl

Recipe for mango smoothie bowl

I posted the photo above on Instagram a little while ago, and it wasn’t until a few people asked for the recipe that I was convinced that I should post it on my blog, because it is so simple I felt it would be ridiculous to make a blogpost about it. But well, here we are! I guess easy recipes are what people like so here it is! So guys, thanks for the encouragement to post this! 🤗

This mango smoothie bowl only has 5 ingredients (okay, 6 if you count water too), and it is super simple to make. You can also replace the mango with any other fruit to make it into e.g. a banana and blueberry smoothie bowl, and I bet one with strawberries and raspberries must be delicious too! The trick to get a good smoothie bowl is to get the right consistency. And to top it with yummy things of course!

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Middle-Eastern shakshuka with feta

Recipe for Middle-Eastern Shakshuka with feta

If you’ve been following me on Instagram since before my blog hiatus, you probably know that I love shakshuka. It is a really simple and easy breakfast/lunch/dinner meal, and it ticks all the boxes for what makes a meal healthy in my opinion: lots of veggies, plenty of fiber, and a good source of protein too. However, it isn’t a very pretty dish. It is in fact so ugly, that I avoided posting my recipe on the blog for literally years. That changed when I saw the first few episodes of Ugly Delicious by Dave Chang (of Momofuku) on Netflix last week. In one of his episodes, Dave says “I just reached a point where I’m okay making really ugly food. […] I think it is a mixture of age and me coming into my own a little bit.” That really resonated with me, and I would never claim to be on the same cooking level as him, but it did inspire me to finally post this delicious (but ugly) dish.

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Spicy ramen with homemade broth

Recipe for spicy homemade ramen broth with all the toppings, including tofu, soft boiled eggs, fresh cilantro, red chili peppers, green onion, bok choy and buckwheat noodles. Gluten free!

My love for ramen started with the famously unhealthy instant noodles that you can get for €0.50 a package in most (Asian) supermarkets. Yummy but soooo incredibly unhealthy! It contains loads of salt, and also a lot of saturated and trans fats. Did you know that the noodles in those packages are fried, and not dried to preserve them?! I used to have no idea, and enjoyed a simple noodle soup once a week or so as an easy and tasty snack, until I found out. Well, no more instant noodles for me!

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Cinnamon rolls

Recipe for the best, fluffiest cinnamon rolls

As some of you might know, I spent almost 3 months in Canada and the US during my blog hiatus. Before this trip I’d never had a cinnamon roll, can you believe it? Yeah, I’d heard of them, seen them on tv, and I also read about all sorts of people that raved about cinnamon rolls, but I never tried them. Cinnamon rolls are not really a thing in the Netherlands, which is why they are difficult to get if you’re not into making them yourself.

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