My teen daughters love nail polish like many other girls. In general I have always been careful with them to let them only get natural cosmetics, because I am worried about all the chemicals entering through the skin. However, with
Chocolate Avocado Truffles
After the Black Bean Brownies recipe that I shared last week, I thought I might share another nice treat for the holiday season! I love the creaminess of avocados, and in this recipe even those who don’t like avocado by
Black Bean Brownies
Yesterday, I had baked brownies for the December meeting of the Professional Women’s Group of Basel, a nice community of women in which I am already active for over 10 years. Everybody liked them and were surprised to hear that
Genes don’t rule our defences
I just read about a study of twins that shows that our environment, more than our heredity, plays the starring role in determining the state of our immune system, the body’s primary defense against disease. This is especially true as
Online Nutrition Course from Wageningen University
I have audited some courses for free in the last year at the online education site Coursera. Now I saw in a newsletter from Wageningen university, where I did my Msc, that they are entering the free online education scene
Kids favorites the healthy way: Pizza
The school year has just started again for us, and with it also the lunch table at the school which I am leading. Our village did not have any organized child care, and last year we started to cook lunch
Healthy Pizza Dough
Prep Time:60 minutes Prep Notes: Preparation starts the day before, blender or kitchen machine needed Cooking Time: 25 minutes Yields: 5 people Ingredients: 40g dry Chickpeas 110g whole Spelt blended zucchini and water – amount see below 2 tbsp olive
Tomato-Free Pizza Sauce
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes Yields: 4 people Ingredients: 500g steamed carrots 50-60g steamed beets 100g chopped, cooked onion 150ml water 3 Tbs lemon juice (I have used apple cider vinegar too) 1 1/2 tsp salt 1