Almost 8 years ago, when I was in Romania, working for an American company, when our colleagues visited us, they brought some typically American sweets, including Reese’s. That was my first interaction with peanut butter cups and with peanut butter in general :). And I hated it!!! (I guess some of you can’t even imagine that someone…
Keto chocolate mousse and my love-hate relationship with avocado
The keto diet implies that you have to eat fat… loads of fat… like 75-80% of your calories should come from fat. If you go dairy free, the range of accepted fat foods you can have is reduced pretty much. One of the main foods that everybody is promoting is AVOCADO. And for good reason:…
Why I don’t read news anymore…
I love Dave Asprey’s podcast, the Bulletproof Radio. I’ve learned so much from it and it is very inspiring. In the last podcast (episode 405), beside other things, Dave talks with his guest James Altucher about the idea of not reading the news anymore. This is a sensitive subject for me because I also made…
Love the fat – Carbohydrates
For the last 11 weeks (at the point I’m writing this blog) I’ve been following a ketogenic diet which is a low carb – high fat diet. This diet implies that you get 75-80% of your dietary calories from fat, 15-20% from protein and 5-10% from carbohydrates. When I was talking with a friend about…
The most important things you need to know about the connection between the Sun, Ultra Violet Light and Vitamin D
This weekend was the first sunny, warm weekend we had in a while. I took the advantage of the sun and I got my coffee on the roof terrace. While sitting there in the sun I exposed both of my legs and arms to capture as much UV as possible. It was around 11 AM…
Chicken breast with mozzarella and basil
Simple to made, only 4 ingredients, low carb and delicious. You should avoid combining fatty foods (like mozzarella) with carbs (like rice, pasta or potatoes). I had it with a yummy salad, made of spring green leaves, red onion, cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, olives and olive oil. The recipe is easy to make and it…
Bone broth – the new… old miracle food
On the last few years, devouring tones of podcasts and blogs about nutrition, I came up on “bone broth”. Since English is my second language, this term was not familiar to me. After I google it, I realised that the wonder food that the nutrition world was so excited about, was actually a very old…
Cheese-bacon jalapeño bombs
1 pound ground beef 16 slices bacon 8 jalapeños medium 1/2 onion butter salt and pepper oregano and basil cream cheese In a saucepan fry the onion in butter until it turns yellow and tender, then add the beef, salt, pepper, oregano and basil and cook it. Separately, cut the jalapeño in half, lengthwise, removing the…
Fat for dummies – 4 key things you need to know about fat
Do you know what fat is? Have you ever heard that you should eat, or that you shouldn’t eat fat? Or more precisely saturated fat? Did someone told you: eat blueberries! they are full in antioxidants? I bet you did. And even if you do hear this every day, maybe you have no clue about…
Juicy beef with sauté asparagus
Yet another success in my kitchen today! I don’t know if it’s because of the organic food that I’m currently buying from the supermarket or because I have more time and patience when cooking, but since I moved to US, ALL the food that I cook, tastes unbelievable delicious. And I don’t put sugar or…