GREEN SMOOTHIE

STARTING YOUR DAY RIGHT

#GREENSMOOTHIE

As you know (or you may not), I got a job a couple of months ago. Woah, time is flying by so fast.
My job is the reason for my absence on social media and I'm trying to figure out how to balance everything. Enough about that, you're here for the smoothie recipe.

Kot že veš (ali pa tudi ne), sem par mesecev nazaj začela z novo službo. Ufff, čas kar leti.
Moja služba je med drugim tudi razlog za mojo odsotnost na družbenih omrežjih.. Trudim se, da bi ''pogruntala'' kako uskladiti vse skupaj. Ampak dovolj o temu, prišli ste po recept za smoothie!

I noticed I started geting hungry a lot and very quickly at my workplace, just because I didn't have a proper breakfast. Ain't nobody got time for that. 
I did bring a smoothie with me every morning, but I got pretty tired of drinking the same smoothie every day. If you didn't see the recipe for it - check it out here.

Opazila sem, da sem v službi zelo hitro ratala zelo lačna, ker nisem zajtrkovala. Kdo pa ima čas za zajtrk, če je pa treba vstati zgodaj in v službo.
Prinašala sem si sicer moj morning smoothie (glej tu), vendar sem se naveličala vsak dan piti eno in isto stvar. 

I just got a nutribullet, and I also thought to myself ''huh, I might as well buy coconut water'' while I was in the grocery store. I decided I'm going to start making my green smoothie again.

Bila sem v merkatorju, kjer sem kupila Nutribullet. Medtem ko sem se sprehajala po trgovini, sem opazila kokosovo vodo, in sem si rekla: ,,Eh, zakaj pa ne'', in sem kupila tudi to, da bom začela ponovno delati svoj zelen smoothie. 

You need :
Potrebuješ 

• Bananas (1 or 2)
• Kiwi (1)
• Frozen mango (handful) - Zmrznjen mango (LIDL)
• Spinach (handful)
  
  ˘OPTIONAL˘
• Chia seeds (1/2 tbsp) - HOFER
• Maca powder (1/2 tbsp) - MEDEX

As we all know, spinach is rich in antioxidants, vitamins and a great source of iron. It's a really good food to eat (in this case, drink) on the job, because it helps with mental clarity and overall well being.

Chia is packed with omega-3's, and because I got tired of chia pudding, I'd rather put it in a smoothie than throw it out.

Maca is really good for your skin, libido, and your mental health, supposedly. If you have a hormonal imbalance, maca is known to help with that too.

Kot že vsi vemo je špinača polna antioksidantov, vitaminov in je super vir železa (pomaga z utrujenostjo). Je super hrana za jesti (v našem primeru: piti) med delom, ker pomaga z ''jasnotjo'' misli in splošnim dobrim počutjem.
Chia semena imajo visoko vsebnost omega 3 maščob. Ker sem se prenajedla chia pudinga, sem se odločila, da jih rajše porabim v smoothieju, kot pa vržem stran.
Maca je super za kožo, libido in psihično dobro počutje. Če imaš neravnovesje hormonov, je maca tudi za to zelo dobra!

It's a great way to get your superfoods in!

So this smoothie is basically a big nutritious bomb and is a great quick breakfast you can drink at your workplace, so you don't starve till lunch. 

To je super način da vase spraviš superfood. (maca, chia)
Tale smoothie je v bistvu ena velika hranilna zdrava bomba in je super hiter zajtrk, ki ga lahko piješ med delom, tako da ne rabiš stradati do malice.


If you try it out, tag me in pictures, I would love to see!


Če probaš ta smoothie, slikaj in me označi na fotografiji, zelo rada bi videla!

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS

 pt. 2

Because I can't help myself in december and because I can't stop shopping for presents I've put together another post where I give you even more ideas for presents. 
I hope it's helpful for some of you.

Ker decembra meni pač ni pomoči in si ne morem pomagati, da ne bi kupila daril za prijatelje, sem se odločila, da bom napisala še en post, kjer ti dam še par idej za božična darila. 
Upam, da komu pomaga. 

DOVES FARM - Vegan chocolate chip cookies

(Vitacare)

BIOTOP - Christmas tea

CHA ČAJNICA - Cinnamon sugar

DEPEND - Nail strenghtener

(DM)

EBELIN - Pocket hair brush

BALEA -  Bath bomb 

(DM)

TREND IT UP - Holographic nail polish

SHE STYLEZONE - Purple glitter nail polish

(DM)

VANDINI - Gift set (shower gel + body lotion)

VANDINI - Lip balm

(DM)

BOURJOIS - Nude eyeshadow

CATRICE - Blush nail polish (Limited edition - Victorian poetry)

(DM)

THE TRUTH BEHIND DAIRY

WHY I STOPPED CONSUMING DAIRY

I don't usually make these kinds of posts, but I've been wanting to share this for a long time. I don't think many people are aware of how dairy industry works.

• We're the only species on earth that continues to drink milk after done being breastfed. And we are the only species that drinks milk from another species.

• This varies, but by default, most of us are lactose intolerant.

• After being breastfed, we cease to produse the digestive enzyme required to digest lactose.

• Milk has casein, which is actually toxic for humans.  One potentially harmful effect of casein protein is kidney damage.It is also responsible for acne, asthma, irritable bowel, diabetes, cancer.

• Milk is designed to make a baby cow grow really big really fast. 

• Milk has pus cells. Pus is an exudate, formed at the site of inflammation during infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess, whereas a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis is known as a pustule, pimple, or spot.

• Dairy causes an immune response in our body : mucus, sore throats, congestion, infections...

How the dairy industry works:

• Cows are atrificially insemenated, because they need to be pregnant in order to produce such large quantaties of milk.

• After their baby is born, they take is away, so it doesn't drink his mother's milk, because..Well..We ''need'' that milk.

• Their babies are usually killed for soft leather goods or being abnormally fed so they grow really fast and can be sold as veil.

• After the cows stop producing milk, they are considered useless and are slaughtered and sold as beef.

I definetly recommend watching cowspiracy. The creator of the documentary goes in depth about how the ''standard diet'' is not sustainable. 

MY MORNING SMOOTHIE

BANANA HEMP SMOOTHIE

This is going to be a super quick post but I thought I'd share it. 

Tale post bo zelo hiter, vendar sem želela deliti recept za tale preprost smuti.

I drink this smoothie almost every morning and it's starting to replace my morning coffee.

It boosts my metabolism and makes me feel so much better and I don't know what it is, but it really helps with my overall focus and concentration. 

Ta smoothie pijem skoraj vsako jutro. Skoraj zamenjal je mojo šalico kave zjutraj. 
Pospešuje presnovo in izboljšal je moje občutje. Da o izboljšanju koncentracije sploh ne govorim!

I grab a small bottle and I put in these ingredients : 
Vzamem posodico za smoothie (ali pa dam v blender) :

• 2 big bananas /2 veliki banani 
• 1 tbsp Nutrisslim hemp protein powder /2 žlici konopljinih proteinov Nutrisslim
• 4 dates /4 datlji
• rice milk (to fill the bottle up) / you could just use water /riževo mleko ali voda (okoli 2 dcl)
  

Today I was using soy milk because, well, I got it for free, but I would recommend any other kind of mylk before soy. 

Danes sem uporabljala sojino mleko, ker sem ga dobila v dar. Še vseeno priporočam kakršnokoli drugo rastlinsko mleko.

I finally bought this hemp protein powder after years of wanting it. If you're from Slovenia or Croatia and can't find any other brands, Nutrisslim superfoods came through for us!Visit them here (SI)

And one more thing that sold me, not gonna lie, is the packaging. It just looks super slim and simple and I love it how it doesn't take up a lot of space in my pantry. 

Končno sem kupila konopljine proteine. Po vseh teh letih opazovanja vrečke na policah v trgovinah. Če si iz Slovenije ali Hrvaške in ne najdeš konopljinih proteinov, je tu za nas Nutrisslim superfoods! Lahko jih obiščeš na spletni strani ali pa facebooku. 
Kot vedno pa me je prevzelo tudi pakiranje. Embalaža izgleda tako preprosta in tanka, prav veš, da ti ne bo vzela veliko prostora v omari, hehe!

VEGAN BANANA BREAD

The ultimate comfort food

I don't know about you, but cooking and baking really comforts me. My kitchen is my getaway.

Lately I've been overstressing and I just didn't know what to do with myself. Last week, my mother was cleaning the pantry and got tired of looking at chia seeds so she tried mixing them with water because she wanted to make pudding. I really didn't want chia to go to waste, because it's really expensive. So, last night I thought of something. Chia is often used as a substitute for eggs, and I had a ton of bananas laying around. Plus, I've been thinking about baking banana bread for months. And that's what I came up with. Vegan banana bread. (I recommend looking at the notes at the end for additional information.)

Ne vem kako nate vpliva na tebe, vendar mene peka in kuhanje zelo pomirjata. Moja kuhinja je kraj, kamor se skrijem pred problemi.
Zadnje čase sem pod stresom in sploh ne vem, kaj bi sama s seboj. Prejšnji teden je mati čistila shrambo in našla chia semena, katera je nato hotela porabiti in naredila puding. Na žalost je chia semena zmešala z vodo namesto z riževim mlekom, skratka, ni bilo za nikamor. Čeprav ni bilo užitno, sem iskala način, kako naj to porabim, ker enostavno nisem dopustila, da bi se chia semena vrgla stran. Chia semena le niso poceni.
Včeraj ponoči mi je pa nekaj padlo na pamet. Chia semena so pogosto uporabljena kot nadomestek za jajce v peki. Spomnila sem se tudi, da imam ogromno zrelih banan. Poleg vsega tega pa sem že nekaj časa hotela speči bananin kruh. (Priporočam da pogledaš v dodatne informacije)

You will need:
Potrebovala boš:

• 2 cups whole wheat flour/2 šalici polnozrnate moke
• 0.5 cup brown sugar/0.5 šalice rjavega sladkorja
• 2 cups oats/2 šalici ovsenih semen
• 1 cup sunflower (or mixed) seeds/1 šalica semen
• 3 tsp baking powder/3 žličke pecilnega praška 
• 1 tsp sea salt/1 žlička soli
• 1 tbsp cinnamon/1 žlica cimeta
• 6 ripe bananas/6 zrelih banan
• 0.5 cup oil/0.5 šalice olja (najboljše kokosovega)
• 1 cup of chia soaked in water/1 šalica chie v vodi
• 1 tbsp agave syrup/1 žlica agavinega sirupa
• 1 tbsp almond milk/1 žlica mandljevega mleka

Put the dry ingredients in a big bowl and mix them up.

Then take the wet ingredients and put them in a blender until you get a creamy consistency. I however do not recommend blending the chia seeds. 

Then just mix the dry and wet ingredients. If you feel the need, you can add a little more oats and flour.

Put the oven to 350°/175°C and bake for an hour. V veliki posodi zmešaj suhe sestavine. Mehke sestavine daj v mešalnik in jih mešaj, dokler ni vse kremasto. Ne priporočam blendanja chia semen. 
Nato vse skupaj zmešaj. Če se ti zdi vse skupaj preredko, lahko dodaš malce več ovsenih kosmičev.
Pečico pogrej na 175°C in peci eno uro.

Notes :
Dodatne informacije

• Make sure your bananas are overly ripe.
  Banane naj bodo res zrele. Že malce prezrele.
• This banana bread is really moist (yeah, we all hate that word, but it's the best way to describe it)
  Tale bananin kruh je zelo vlažen.
  
• If you have some spare dark chocolate, stick little pieces of it on random places of the bread.
  Če imaš kaj temne čokolade na strani, zatakni delce le-te v mešanico, preden daš v pečico.

• I know mine isn't the usual looking banana bread, but I didn't really have the proper baking tray.
  Vem, da moj bananin kruh ne izgleda kot normalni veganski bananini kruhi na internetu, vendar nimam normalnega pekača.
  
• If you have the proper tray, you might have to split the ingredients or just make two of them.
  Če imaš pekač za bananin kruh, ti bo recept služil za dva. 

Hope you enjoy! 

VEGAN MAC AND CHEESE

Your favourite junk food lunch turned healthy 

I love eating simple things or just monomeals, but some times I just want something that will keep me full for hours and is creamy and warm and satiating. 

I've heard of vegan mac and cheese but they all required nutritional yeast and I could never find it in stores here. 

So one day I was looking through my pantry and noticed I had tapioca starch and I thought I'd give it a try and it actually worked. So I decided to share the recipe.

You will be needing :

• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 full tbsp tapioca starch
• 2-3 handfuls of nuts (cashews preferably)
• water/mylk(I use oat milk)

Najrajši jem preproste stvari ali pa dobesedno samo eno stvar (na primer pečen krompir) za kosilo. Včasih pa se mi pojavi tista želja, katere ne morem preslišati. Želja po nečem toplem, ''nezdravem'', kremastem in preveč nasitnem.
Slišala sem že za veganske makarone s sirom, vendar so vsi recepti imeli suhi neaktivni kvas, katerega pa pri nas komaj najdeš. En dan sem opazila da imam tapiokin škrob in sem se odločila, da probam z njim in ugotovila, da le ni tako slabo. Pa sem se odločila da recept delim z vami!

Potrebuješ : 

• 2 stroka česna
• 1 čebulo
• 1 polno žlico tapiokinega škroba
• 2-3 polne pesti oreščkov (najbolje, da indijskih)
• začimbe po želji (priporočam kaj malce pekočega, da ubije tisti okus škroba)
• voda/rastlinsko mleko (jaz sem uporabila ovseno)

First you will need to mince the garlic and onion, they put them in a pan on low to medium heat.

While your onion and garlic are in the pan, get a little bowl and put the starch, the cashews and the spices inside. I recommend something spicy (if you like spicy food) and garlic powder, curry, salt, pepper.

Najprej narežeš česen in čebulo, jih daš v ponev in jih pražiš na šibkem ognju.
Medtem ko se to dogaja, lahko vzameš posodico in v njej pripraviš ostale sestavine - oreščke, škrob in začimbe (kot sem rekla, priporočam nekaj pekočega in morda kaj česna v prahu, sol, poper).

What I learned is that when you do not have nutritional yeast, you will get that creamy texture but not that cheesy flavour and you will need a bit more spices than usual to get rid of the starchy flavour. 

Opazila sem, da če nimaš neaktivnega kvasa, bo omaka sicer kremasta, vendar ne bo imelo tistega sirastega okusa, kot bi ga imelo s tem kvasom. Zato potrebuješ malce več začimb.

Once the onion and garlic are transparent/caramelized put them in a blender with the other ingredients. You should add your oat milk/water little by little, until the blended texture is your preffered. Do keep in mind that once you heat the sauce up, it will become creamier, so more is better than less in this case.  You should blend until a milky texture.

 Ko je čebula prozorna ali pa zlata, lahko odmakneš z ognja in vse skupaj z vsebino tiste posodice daš v mešalec. Vodo/mleko dodajaj sproti, da lahko reguliraš vse skupaj. Imej v mislih, da bo omaka postala bolj kremasta, ko jo bomo ponovno pogreli, tako da jo malce bolj razredči, kot bi jo normalno.

Once everything's blended, your sauce is ready. Just put your pasta and the sauce in a pan on low heat and keep stirring until it's creamy. While stirring, try the sauce and add some more seasoning if you'd like. 

Ko je vse zmešano, daj vse skupaj z makaroni v ponev in malce pogrej na šibkem ognju. Mešaj, dokler ni kremasto. Sproti probavaj in dodajaj začimbe po želji. 

There you have it, vegan mac and cheese!

Kick it up a notch:

I recommend chopping up some veggies and mixing them in. Really makes a difference!

Še en nasvet :

Priporočam, da narežeš kakšno zelenjavo in vmešaš zraven, ko je vse že skuhano. Da daš jedi malce življenja.

Hope you enjoy your lunch with a healthy twist ! For more recipes keep tuning in and follow my social media for random pictures. If you do try the recipe out, be sure to send me pictures, I would love to see them!

Upam, da ti bo všeč malce bolj zdravo kosilo. Za več receptov priporočam obisk mojega bloga in sledenje na socialnih omrežjih, kjer objavljam slike hrane. Če recept preizkusiš, me pa označi v sliki! Zelo rada bi jih videla :) 

CARROT PASTA - easy vegan lunch

Who said vegans don't have anything to eat? 

So, I believe you have all heard at least someone ask you, at least once, ''So you just eat salads then?''

And the common misconception is that you have to be rich in order to be a vegan. Trust me, if that was the case, I wouldn't be posting this right now. All the money you save up when you don't buy meat, you can spend on the essentials.

I am here to prove people that being vegan can be really easy and destressing!

Upam si dati roko v ogenj, da si zagotovo že slišala ''O, a potem ješ samo solate, ko si vegan?''
Še ena butasta zmota je, da moraš biti bogat, da lahko ješ vegansko. Verjemi mi, če bi bila to resnica, ta blog ne bi obstajal in jaz bi jedla umor.
Ves denar, ki ga prihraniš s tem, ko ne kupuješ mesa in sira, lahko zapraviš na OGROMNO stvareh, ki jih kot vegan ješ vsak dan.

And, who said leftovers can't be fun? Today's lunch came to be just because I had leftovers from previous days and the thought of them laying in my fridge was haunting me.

Plus, I was really lazy, so this is a super quick easy recipe but is really really delicious. 

Pa kdo je rekel, da so ostanki bedni? Moje kosilo je nastalo iz ostankov prejšnjega dne, in ker sovražim, da mi neka hrana leži v hladilniku, sem se odločila, da to porabim. Pa čisto po pravici, bila sem zelo lena, haha.

I shall stop boring you and just tell you about the recipe!
Nehala te bom dolgočasiti in ti dala recept!

You will need :
Potrebovala boš:

• Coconut butter (kokosovo maslo)
• 1 serving of Spaghetti (špageti za tebe)
• 1/2 small onion (polovica male čebule)
• 1 carrot (grated) (nariban korenček)
• 1 tbsp mixed seeds (žlica semen)
• 1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk (žlica mandljevega mleka)
• 1 tsp curry (žlička curryja)
• 1 tsp garlic powder (žlička česna v prahu)
• 1 tsp salt (žlička soli)
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper (žlička kajenskega popra)
• 1 tsp soy sauce (žlička sojine omake)

Keep in mind, the ingredients were my leftovers, so the pasta was already cooked.
Imej v mislih, da sem imela špagete že skuhane.

I just took a pan and put coconut butter, and when it melted, I just put the onion beforehand and had it on high heat until it turned golden. After that, I put it on medium heat and just added the spaghetti, the carrot and the seeds and I just seasoned it with spices of my choice. After a few minutes, I just took a little bit of unsweetened almond milk because I think it gave it an almost kind of creamy texture + I added soy sauce, just because I love how the food tastes and looks after you've added soy sauce. 

Vzela sem ponev in stopila kokosovo maslo, nato sem dodala čebulo in jo pražila na močnem ognju, dokler se ni obarvala zlato. Nato sem zmanjšala ogenj in dodala špagete, korenje, semena ter začimbe. Po nekaj minutah sem dodala žlico mandljevega mleka, ker je jed naredilo kremasto. Na koncu sem dodala še sojino omako, in to je to.

To be honest with you, I was actually really surprised how filling the meal was! I highly suggest trying it.

Če sem čisto iskrena, sem bila presenečena nad tem, kako nasitno je bilo vse skupaj. 

BON APPETIT

VEGAN HEALTHY BREAKFAST

CHIA PUDDING

If you are looking for a healthy vegan recipe for your breakfast, you're in the right place!

This is a breakfast I make almost every day and I swear by it. It is great if you have digestive issues, because it helps you debloat, and of course, it is great for your health.

Če si v iskanju recepta za zdrav veganski zajtrk, si prišla na pravo mesto.

Ta zajtrk jem skoraj vsak dan in prisegam nanj. Je super, če imaš probleme s prebavo oziroma presnovo, ker ti pomaga proti napihnjenosti. Vsi pa vemo, da je veganstvo super za tvoje zdravje.

You will be needing:
Potrebovala boš:

FOR THE PUDDING:
Za puding:

• 1/2 cup chia seeds (polovico šalice chia semen) 
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut/any vegan milk (1 šalico kokosovega/kateregakoli veganskega mleka)
• 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (1 veliko žlico grenkega kakava v prahu)
• 1 tbsp cinnamon- optional (po želji lahko dodaš veliko žlico cimeta)

FOR SPICING IT UP:
Če želiš dodatke:

• 1/3 apple, diced (1/3 jabolka, ki si ga izrezala na kocke)
• 1 tbsp agave syrup (1 velika žlica agavinega sirupa)

How to do it:
Priprava:

This is super quick and super simple, just pour your milk and chia seeds into a little pot and start cooking it. Stir it throughout!! Add cinnamon and cocoa powder, 

I cook it on high heat to speed up the process. The chia seeds are going to soak in the milk and you must cook it until you get a pudding-y consistency.

Priprava je preposta in hitra. V posodici pogrej mleko in dodaj chia semena, vendar stoj zraven in mešaj. Dodaj cimet in kakav v prahu. Jaz kuham na močnem ognju, da se čim hitreje pripravi. Kuhaj, dokler se ne naredi pudingasta konsistenca.  

Once that's done, you just pour the pudding into a cup and top it off with diced apples and a tbsp of agave syrup. 

Ko se vse skupaj skuha, daj puding v malo posodico in dodaj jabolka posuta z agavinim sirupom.