My husband loves pastry, but having a nutritionist wife is probably not very fun for him. I dread most of the pastries that look appealing to him, lift an eyebrow when I see him picking at the dessert section on restaurant menus and basically have a scientific answer to practically everything he has to say … Read more
Many people ask me which food should they eat before Yom Kippur fast to keep them full for longer and less hungry. The answer is actually pretty simple and if you think about it makes a lot of sense. When we enter a fast we have to prepare our body that for the next 24 … Read more
One of the things that came up constantly during my research on health and nutrition was incorporating green smoothies in your day, preferably in the morning. I have tried many recipes some of them were delicious and some were disgusting, to say the least… I believe that in order to retain a new habit we … Read more
Prep time: 20 minutes Ingredients: Your favourite pasta (whole grain or gluten free pasta) 1 large onion – diced 2 small tomatoes – diced 1 red bell pepper – diced 1 medium zucchini – diced 1 tbsp coconut oil 1/2 cup cashews 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts Spices: 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 … Read more
Prep time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 5 bunches of carrots (with the greens on top) 1/2 head of garlic, peeled and minced 1/3 cup olive oil For dressing: Juice of 1 lemon 1 tsp caraway seeds, whole or ground in a coffee grinder 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp sweet paprika For … Read more
Total prep time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 1 medium head of cabbage 2 carrots 2 handfuls of fresh dill – chopped 2 tbsp vegetable oil (I prefer grapeseed oil or flax seed oil) juice of 1 lemon 1 tsp Himalayan sea salt 1/2 tsp cane sugar Directions: Chop the cabbage finely and place in a large … Read more
Prep time: 20 minutes Ingredients: rainbow trout fillets (as many as you need) 1 bunch of asparagus olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, minced Teriyaki sauce (preferably with sesame seeds) Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place a parchment paper on a baking sheet. Wash the asparagus and discard bottom parts off it, place … Read more
These easy, quick and healthy patties were a huge hit in our household for the past few months. My kids love patties and particularly meat ones, this time they didn’t even notice that I’ve made them with tuna! It took me 20 minutes to make them (not including baking time). Ingredients: 2 cans of tuna … Read more
I made this for Shabbat last week and got many compliments. It is fast, easy and of course healthy and delicious! Ingredients: Wild Salmon filet cut the way you like it (I have used Tilapia in the past and it worked as well) 2 red onions cut to quarters 1 Red pepper cut to stripes … Read more
Top 5 health benefits of buckwheat: 1. A great source of high quality, easily digestible protein Because of its high protein content, it is a great substitute to animal based protein. In my opinion, as moms it is our responsibility to teach our kids to get used to the flavour of buckwheat. The more we … Read more