Delicious, healthy, vegan, gluten free bread

Self-care is still quite a priority for me.

I have to watch it, because I am such an all-or-nothing person. Which is pretty good when I am in healthy
living mode, but can deteriorate and turn into all things sweet, fatty, salty and alcoholic very quickly.

After living with this pattern for many years, I finally had a little 'aha' moment. How about finding food that tastes
like it is bad for you (that delicious, yummy, want-lots-more taste!), but at the same time actually supports and
nourishes your body.

One favorite such recipe is still the healthy sweets.
I also discovered a brilliant, quick, raw chocolate mousse (recipe coming soon).

And now I have found a bread that is really, really good for you :-). AND it tastes divine!

And as an added bonus, it is very easy to make.


Here is what you need (recipe from My New Roots):

145 g (1.5 cups) rolled oats
135 g (1 cup) sunflower seeds
90 g (0.5 cups) flax seeds
65 g  (0.5 cups) whole hazelnuts or almonds
4 Tbsp psyllium seed husks (if you are using psyllium husk powder, use only 3 tbsp)
2 Tbsp chia seeds
1 tsp sea salt
350 ml (1.5. cups) of water
3 Tbsp melted coconut oil or ghee
1 Tbsp maple syrup or honey, or a pinch of stevia

If you have, use a silicon loaf pan. I didn't have one and the bread turned out just fine using my glass pie dish.
Mix all the dry ingredients together in your pan.
Then put your water into a measuring cup, add the oil and syrup, and whisk.
Add the wet mix to the dry mix and mix very well, until everything is soaked. Smooth the top.
Let stand for at least two hours (or over night). This gives time for the seeds to soak.

Preheat the oven to 175 ° C (350 ° F)
Place the pan on the middle rack and bake for 20 minutes. Then take the bread out of your pan, and put it
upside-down directly onto your rack. Bake for a further 50 minutes (the original recipe says 30 to 40 minutes,
but mine wasn't ready yet). Your bread is done when it sounds hollow when you tap it.

Let cool completely before slicing and enjoy!

I ate mine with some self-made hummus. Just put a can of chickpeas into your blender, add lemon juice, salt (and
1 glove of crushed garlic if you like that) 2 Tbsp tahini and a bit of olive oil, and blend until smooth.


Enjoy a wonderful day of caring well for yourself!


Lots of love,

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The three week challenge to health, beauty and a clean home

When I was still on a 'raw food only' mission I read about retox somewhere.

This concept seemed very strange to me.

Who would want to retox after they went through the withdrawal, the inconvenience and then the pleasure of
eating healthy?




Fast forward a couple of months and here I am, a retox expert!
I am back to eating chocolate and cookies, drinking red wine and lying around on my couch.

Very enjoyable as long as it is balanced by other food and other activities :-).

I am pretty much an 'all or nothing' kind of person (nice excuse) and right now it is close to nothing health-wise.


But this is about to change, and I would love some company on my mission!

Lets eat healthy, lets get fit and subtle, lets find clarity about the things that are really important to us, lets sort out our cupboards, wash our curtains and clear out the storerooms…


Please join me for a simple three week program to get fit, healthy, happy and centered.

At first I planned this as a six week program, but that just seemed too overwhelming. Apparently it takes 21 days for new habits to form, so three weeks should do the trick.


Here is the button you can use if you would like to take part:






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The plan:

Please adept so it works for the time you have available and for your preferences (I do NOT mean watching TV while
eating junk food :-) ):

• 1 hour of sports on 3 days a week (I will mainly do Power Yoga)
• 30 minutes of sports on 3 other days (f.ex. jumping on the mini trampoline)
• Only fruit until lunchtime 
• A big salad or veggies with and sometimes instead of lunch and dinner
• Lots of water between meals 
• Healthy sweets as the only sweet stuff 
• 2 hours/week to think about your life. Where do you want to go, what is important to you, what are your goals and values, what needs sorting out or resolving
• writing a list of unfinished projects and doing them or giving up on them
• Clear out, clean and organize every room of the house, including the outside rooms, the garden, the car, the computer… 

I will regularly post updates, a list of cleaning and sorting tasks, resources and inspiration, and healthy receipes.

Hopefully this will keep me nicely on track and motivated...


The program will start on Monday, 2nd of April and run until the 22rd of April.

Please join me on finding a healthier, happier you that is able to locate the missing cellar keys, is calm and serene
under fire, knows that she is beautiful and loved, and looks and feels 10 years younger :-).

Let me know in the comments if you are in.


To love, beauty and clarity!

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