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Hey guys!
Today I would like to share two recipes with you which I cooked with my mum on the weekend. The first one is a carrot-oatmeal soup and the second one is traditionally Turkish cooked green beans.  Both of them are not very hard to cook and it also doesn’t take a lot of time. Additionally, these dishes are very healthy. So, if you want to keep fit and eat healthy, why not try them out?

Let’s start with the soup.

Ingredients:

·         4 carrots

·         2-3 cups of oatmeal

·         1 soup cube

·         Water

·         Margarine

Directions:

1.       First, peel the carrots and grate them.

2.       Then take a pot and put in 2 tablespoons of margarine.

3.       After the margarine melted put in the grated carrots and stir-fry

        them.

4.       Put in the oatmeal and keep stirring.

5.       After 2-3 minutes add some water so that the carrot-oatmeal

       mixture is covered.

6.       When it’s hot dissolve the soup cube in it and let it simmer for about half an hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now to the Turkish green beans:

Ingredients:

·         500g green beans

·         1 large onion

·         1 clove of garlic

·         Pinch of salt

·         1 tablespoon  of tomato or pepper paste

·         Water

·         Splash of olive oil

·         1 soup cube

 

 

Directions:

1.       First, peel and chop the onion.

2.       Clean the green beans and cut them into large pieces.

3.       Stir-fry them together with the onion in a pot in a splash of olive oil.

4.       Add one tablespoon of tomato or pepper paste, a pinch of

       salt and a crushed clove of garlic.

5.       After the green beans lightly change their colour pour water over it so that everything is covered.

6.       When it’s hot dissolve the soup cube in it and let it simmer until the green beans are soft.

 

If you try to cook them by yourself, enjoy your meal and I hope you like it! :)

 

 

 

 

Strawberry Dream

Hi,

Do you like smoothies as much as I do? If the answer is yes, then you'll love the following easy recipe. Today I want to share a strawberry smoothie recipe with you. This smoothie isn't only delicious, but also healthy. The ingredients I used are for two to three people.

Ingredients:
three cups of almond milk (750ml)
two handfuls of strawberries
three teaspoons of chia seeds

Instructions: 
- Put the ingredients into a blender and blend everything until smooth.
- If necessary, add more almond milk to get your desired consistency.
- Optionally, you can also add two tablespoons of soy yoghurt.

I hope you like the quick and easy recipe.

Bye for now,

Nicole

Quick-and-Easy Daily Diet Menu

Hi everyone!

Viktoria, Jelena and I decided to give you a little insight into a delicious menu from a special diet. We wanted to focus on both easy and affordable meals which are made in less than 10 minutes. We all know what it 's like to be a student nowadays. All of us are under a lot of stress, strangled between numerous lectures and sleeping less than we would normally do. The worst part of being a student is that we are eating on-the-go most of the time. Why? Because we pretty much don't have a lot of free time, especially for cooking and preparing healthy meals. Most of us just decide to eat whatever we first grab. Well, too bad, because we are hurting only ourselves and no one else. Every meal is important in its own way and we should, if possible, never skip any of them.

Yet, the meal that often gets skipped is the most important one - breakfast. During a busy morning, the last thing we think about is breakfast. Suddenly everything becomes more important than nourishing ourselves properly. In fact, taking just a few minutes to eat can really make a difference to our day. Without breakfast we are literally running empty, like trying to start a car without petrol. If you are one of those people who just cannot eat anything in the morning because they feel sick to their stomach, we have a solution for you and it's called SMOOTHIE.

Let's just say that the three of us are completely addicted to smoothies. We can drink them at all times and just can't get enough of them. They offer us unique health benefits, are easy and fun to make and a joy to drink. They are an excellent way to enjoy delicious drinks which satisfy hunger and offer maximum nutrition. The great thing about smoothies is that anyone can afford them and can create their own ones as they wish. You just need to decide which fruits or vegetables you like the most and mix them all together. If you haven't yet, you should definitely give it a try.

We decided to make one of our favourite fruit smoothies, which requires :

• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ cup oranges
• ¾ cups strawberries
• ½ cups blueberries
• ½ wild berries

This screams vitamin bomb, right?!

Time for lunch!

Everyone loves sandwiches, and most of us eat them daily, mainly for lunch. In fact, sandwiches are the most popular lunch choice by busy students. We thought we would make a sandwich which I believe many of us have heard of, but not so many have tried out. The famous HAWAII-TOAST requires :

·         1 slice whole-grain toast

·         butter

·         1-2 slices turkey ham

·         1-2 slices of Emmentaler cheese

·         1 slice canned or fresh pineapple

·         cherry tomatoes for garnishing

For a better taste you have to put it in the oven for about 10 minutes.

The HAWAII-TOAST is proof that healthy sandwiches can be tasty too!

And last but not least, dinner. This meal is a tricky one because most people eat the utmost in the evening, which is very bad. But if you really can't resist eating a lot before going to sleep, why not prepare something that contains meat, but is not too heavy for the stomach. SKEWERS, for example. The ones we usually prepare require :

·         250 g chicken breast

·         Salt

·         Pepper

·         ½ red, green or yellow pepper

·         cherry tomatoes

·         Balsamico

·         Olive oil

How you want to prepare this meal, is completely up to you. We like to prepare and fry the ingredients first, and then spear them onto the wooden sticks, while some people do it reversely.

So, we came to an end. We hope that at least one of these creative meals will become one of your favourite meals too and also save you a lot of time in your busy schedule.

Bon appetit and enjoy them! 

Are you a fan of vegan food? - Try this spring vegetable soup!

One of my favorite soups! It's easy to prepare, the ingredients can be found in every supermarket no matter there you are. If you are in a hurry, it's no problem at all. It will take you only 15 minutes to prepare this healthy, vegan, and super-delicious spring soup!

Pour some cold water into a cooking pan, bring it to a boil, add a pinch of salt and a laurel leaf. Peel two potatoes and cut them into tiny pieces. Let the potatoes cook for 5 minutes before adding the frozen mirepoix (time-saving) or fresh vegetables, such as carrots, onions, celery, Brussels sprout, string beans and any other vegetables you prefer. Cook for another 10 to 15 minutes and it's ready to be served.

Enjoy your meal!