Inspiratie & Inzicht

Ever since I came back from my latest trip to the US, I crave warm and easy food. When I traveled through Florida this winter, the sun, sea, beaches and palm trees made me eat only raw foods. From the day I arrived in the Netherlands though, I’m longing for warm and...

I'm working on a shiny brand new cookbook! And it makes the flame in my heart dance with joy. In fact, it makes it hard for me to do anything that involves leaving my kitchen.  Because I'm working on this cookbook while still teaching all my group classes, private...

Ever since I returned home from leading a retreat in Morocco, I crave Moroccan inspired foods. I’ve always loved hummus, which is a well-known vegan dish and is incredibly easy to make. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why I love it, even though I get slightly bored by...

One thing I love about Autumn and living close to a forest, is watching the leaves turn red, yellow and orange. They look a bit toasted even. Which inspired me to make this toasted Autumn salad! It’s an easy salad, ready within ten minutes. I enjoyed it for lunch, but...

‘It smells like chicken soup!’ my husband exclaimed when he walked in the kitchen. I’m not sure if it does, it’s been a long, long time since I’ve smelled chicken soup. What I’m sure of though, is that this dahl tastes amazing. And it has more healing ingredients than...

Especially in springtime, I love to start my day with a fresh and delicious nettle smoothie! Nettles contain large quantities of vitamin A, B and C. They also contain a lot of antioxidants and different kinds of minerals. Because the vitamin C enhances the absorption...

Vijf keer had ik een verkeerd wachtwoord ingevoerd. Ik mocht twee uur lang niet meer proberen in te loggen op de website waar de gegevens over mijn ov-chipkaart bewaard werden. Dat betekende dat ik niet verder kon met mijn aangifte omzetbelasting, zoals ik van plan...

On a rainy Sunday afternoon I taught a few classes while my man studied for his upcoming First Aid exam. Our cats decided to stay in bed and shed some hair there. They didn’t even lift an eyelid when I came home - cold, soaked and hungry. They did however come running...

Na een lange wandeling kwam ik vanmiddag thuis met een flinke hoeveelheid paardenbloemen. Ik verwerkte ze in een prachtige groene spread die heerlijk is op brood of door de pasta. Paardenbloemen zijn, behalve in deze spread, ook erg lekker in salades en ze zijn...

Anderhalf jaar geleden reisde ik met mijn man door het Zuidoosten van Amerika. We reden door warme en stoffige staten terwijl we naar de Hackensaw Boys luisterden. Gisteravond luisterden we weer naar de Hackensaw Boys. Dit keer niet op cd, maar live. Op een koude en...