Breakfast

Eggs, smoothies, pancakes, breakfast bowls, and more.

A word about sugar … sugar-free banana bread

A word about sugar … sugar-free banana bread

Sugar has always been quite a controversial topic for me. On the one hand, I know the health damages sugar can cause and on the other hand, I love cake, pastries, and sweet treats. So how can that work? I have to admit I’m struggling ……

Healthy Zucchini Bread

Healthy Zucchini Bread

Have you ever heard of or eaten Zucchini bread? You are probably a big fan of carrot cake (who isn’t?), so you know that putting veggies into your baked goods makes a lot of sense. But Zucchini? When I saw a recipe some months ago,…

Quick breakfast and other morning rituals … açaí berry chia pudding

Quick breakfast and other morning rituals … açaí berry chia pudding

There is a pretty popular saying in Germany that translates to something like “breakfast like an emperor, lunch like a king, and dine like a beggar.” Basically, it means that breakfast should be the most important meal of the day. And I couldn’t agree more!…

Homemade almond butter … it’s an addiction

Homemade almond butter … it’s an addiction

Was there a life before almond butter? Hard to imagine right? I got introduced to almond butter a few years back when I lived in New York. I knew about peanut butter (but only the highly processed one), but have never heard of almond butter…

Gluten-free black bean brownies

Gluten-free black bean brownies

I love to search for new recipes and explore alternative baking methods or ingredients. While my primary source is wonderful online blogs, I enjoy browsing real paper cook and baking books (find the sites and books that most inspire me here). One of the first “healthy”…

Chocolate Babka

Chocolate Babka

It’s only one more week until Easter, and at home, we would typically make a Hefezopf, a brioche-like braided yeast bread, for our Easter brunch. I like baking with yeast. It’s like magic when the yeast is working, making the dough to rise until double…