Hello everyone, The other day I went out to eat at my favourite restaurant. It really is the best restaurant ever. The food over there is so good that I had to tell you about it. It’s called Lento, it’s located in the city centre of Hasselt and everything you can get there is vegan. I know a lot of you guys will probably not be a big fan of vegan food, but I, who loves to eat cheese and ice cream, can assure you that you will really love it. There isn’t that much on the menu, but that’s just because they want to serve fresh food and do not want to throw a lot ingredients away, so who doesn’t want that, right? They change their menu every once in a while, so that every time you go there, you can try out something new. Even my mum and my sister, who both aren’t vegetarian, love to go here and enjoy the food. They even said that they would prefer some of the vegan dishes over the same dish with meat in it. If you are willing to try it out, I would definitely suggest the pizza with potato and truffle. I know it sound a little weird, but believe me, you’re going to love it. It is a really cute place and everyone is so nice to you there. So next time you’re in Hasselt you should really go and try it out!
Hello everyone! Last week my cousin visited me from Italy with her boyfriend and he promised me to make me a delicious vegetarian pizza with spinach, just like the real Italians make it. It really was delightful, but when I asked him to give me the recipe, he was really protective about it. Apparently he likes to keep his famous recipes for his Italian family (even my cousin can’t know it!), but he did advise me to show you guys this authentic Italian recipe. I also tried it out afterwards, and it really was aslmost as good. I really love the combination of the egg and the spinach, definitely on a pizza. I’m really glad that I discovered this recipe and I’m happy to share it with you, so enjoy!
Ingredients: Pizza base: – 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing – 200g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting – 7g fast-action dried yeast – pinch of salt – 140ml warm water Pizza topping: – 300g frozen spinach, defrosted – 2 mozzarella balls, drained and cut into small cubes – 2 really fresh eggs – 60g freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions: Prepare 2 baking trays by pouring a tablespoon of oil on each and spreading it out with your fingers or a pastry brush. Brush the inside of a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of oil and set aside.
To prepare the dough, place the flour, yeast and salt in a large clean bowl, make a well in the centre and pour in the water plus 2 tablespoons of the oil. Mix with a wooden spoon to create a wet dough.
Turn the dough onto a clean, well-floured surface and work it with your hands for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Shape into a large ball and place in the oiled bowl. Brush the top of the dough with a little oil and cover with cling film. Leave to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas mark 6.
Squeeze the spinach for the topping between your hands to remove any excess water. Set aside.
Turn the rested dough onto a well-floured surface and divide it in half. Roll each piece into a ball, then push outwards from the centre to create 2 circles about 25cm in diameter. Place them on the oiled baking trays.
Brush the top of each pizza base with 2 tablespoons of oil, then scatter with the mozzarella and spinach, leaving an empty 5cm circle in the centre.
Bake in the middle of the oven for 8 minutes.
Remove the trays from the oven and crack an egg into the centre of each pizza. Continue baking for a further 8 minutes, scattering the Parmesan over the top 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time.
… and that’s it. Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your real, Italian-approved pizza. ;))
Hi guys, here you have this weeks fun facts about vegetables.
photo from the splendid table
Cucumbers: The skin of a cucumber can apparently erase those ink stains from your desk, by just rubbing it over the surface after it got stained. It also is very good for your brain. Cucumbers can protect your nerve cells from age-related decline and it can also improve your memory.
photo from Almanac
Carrots: Turning orange from eating too much carrots isn’t a myth. Carrots contain beta-carotene, which causes the orange colour. If you eat too much of this, the beta-carotene will enter your bloodstream, but since it can’t be broken-down, it will be picked up in your skin and can leave you with an orange/yellow colour. But don’t worry eventually your skin will break this down, and you will look totally normal again. But don’t stop eating carrots, because of this, because it also contains a lot of vitamin A, which is really good for your eyes and can avoid night blindness.
photo from Oxford dictionaries
Potatoes: Potato plants were taken into space into 1996 on the Columbia space shuttle where they were grown. According to NASA, these “Quantum Tubers” involved “combining an agricultural technique from China with controlled environment technologies originally developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison for plant growth in space.” Potatoes are often thought of as a comfort food thanks to their high starch content and many of the methods that they are cooked with, but they are also really good for you when they’re not fried or covered in butter, cheese, or sour cream. Potatoes are a good source of vitamin B6, potassium, copper, vitamin C, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, dietary fiber, and pantothenic acid. Some studies have found that potatoes contain a compound called kukoamines which can help to lower the blood pressure..
photo from medicalnewstoday
Celery: Many people call foods like celery a negative calorie food since it is so low in calories that it’s assumed that you burn them all off just chewing and digesting the damn thing. However, science says that negative calorie foods don’t actually exist. Personally, I still would like to believe that they do, just because. Apparently, a single stalk of celery has somewhere between six and ten calories, and about eight out of ten of them would still count. There is something called the TEF (Thermal Effect of Food) which is a metric calculation that figures these types of things out. It usually only adds up to about ten to 20 percent of the food. But let’s be honest, the eight calories from eating a stalk of celery probably aren’t going to cause you a whole lot of issues… especially compared to the calories in the bloody mary that it came out of.
photo from McGill
Tomatoes: You know that tomatoes are actually botanically a fruit, but they are legally considered a vegetable thanks to a decision the government made in the late 1800s. Like many other things the government does, their intention was to make money. Back then there was a trade tariff in place that taxed vegetables not fruits, so they called it a vegetable so that it would be taxed every time it was imported into the country. It seems like one of those choices that make you scratch your head, but how can you do that, but the Supreme Court said so and continues to say so today. It works out fine enough since tomatoes seem more like a savory veggie thanks to their low sugar content, but we know the truth. Tomatoes are super good sources of vitamins A, C, and K, and are quite good sources of vitamin B6, folate, and thiamin.
Hi there fellow vegetable-lovers! Welcome to my blog. I’m Ella, I’m sixteen years old and I live in Belgium. I’ve been a vegetarian now for 3 years, so I’m basically living on vegetables and chocolate these days. :)) I also love to cook and discover new ingredients from all around the world.
I’m going to post different fun facts about vegetables every week, so you can get to know everything about your favourite vegetable ;)) Vegetables aren’t only very important for your health they are also very delicious. You can look around to find out some amazing recipes that I’ve discovered for you to try out. I will also be reviewing some of my favorite restaurants, so stay tuned!
RECIPES WITH VEGET-ELLA-BLES 