To be honest with you, when I heard about buckwheat for the first time, I was wondering what this is about now! It was a completely unknown world to me! It is not that popular around Greece yet, but all the healthy or gluten-free diet fans, vegetarians, and vegans out there surely know it well. Buckwheat, also known as black …
What can anyone say about quinoa! It is widely known and has a well-earned place in every diet, nutrition, restaurant, and house. It could not be excluded from the Modern Yogi site! Quinoa is a bush with edible seeds. It belongs to the family of pseudo-cereals. The Andean populations have cultivated it for four thousand years. Incas referred to it …
It is vegan, gluten-free and absolutely addictive, packed with veggies and my favourite spices! I tasted it for the first time, at central London, in a famous organic store close to a central big university, where every day around noon a big vegan, gluten-free buffet is set up with hot and cold choices. Since then, every time I visit my …
I have to admit that I was not aware of a number of foods before I became a vegetarian. The amaranth was literally an unknown term for me. However, the fact that NASA includes it in the nutrition plan of its astronauts made me interested to find out more about it. Its outstanding nutritional value and its high content in …
They are the traditional taste of Middle East cuisine, coming probably from Egypt. They went along as street food or meat substitute all over the world. They are usually served into Arabic soft wrap or kind of tortilla. You can find them in any organic food store, combined with Mediterranean salad and hummus or sauce with tahini, the famous falafel …
Blueberries and all the berries, in general, are considered as one of the most nutrient fruits for human health, while they gain one of the top places in the list with the superfoods. They are high in nutrient ingredients, whilst they are poor in calories, carbs, and fat. They are sweet, tasty, and wildly popular. Specifically blueberries are rich in …
The red lentils soup is ideal for the cold winter days. Red lentils do not need overnight soaking. They get boiled in almost 20 minutes and make a chyme quickly. They have an impressive coral colour that becomes yellow when they are cooked. We should add whatever can give colour to the soup in order to maintain its colours bright …
Here in Modern Yogi, we love sweet pumpkin! Find below a dairy-free and egg-free recipe for sweet pumpkin tart. For a tart dish of diameter 27-30 cm For the almond or pecan crumble, you will need: 200 gr shredded almonds (or the leftover almond if you make your own almond milk) or pecan 240 gr whole wheat flour 200 gr …
For these healthy balls You will need: 115 gr oat flakes 20 gr mesquite powder 1 ½ tsp ginger powder 1 ½ tsp cinnamon powder ¾ κ.γ. nutmeg powder ½ teacup syrup from sugar beets 200 gr Medjool dates without the pit Instructions: Add all the ingredients into the mixer until they become a homogenous mixture. Shape the mixture into …
Make your own dark chocolate bar at home, without sugar, with low calories, using high-quality ingredients. You will need: 1/2 teacup raw organic cacao powder 1/2 teacup raw organic cacao butter or 1/2 teacup coconut oil 2-3 tbsp honey or agave syrup or maple syrup vanilla extract (optional but gives nice smell) Raw organic cacao powder is highly rich in …