Author: Zeljko

Vegan Chocolate Pancakes – the perfect start to your day Well, vegan chocolate pancakes are actually always a good idea – not only for breakfast! The other day I made myself some after hiking and I can’t tell you how blown away I was. They are also super quick to prepare, you usually have all the ingredients at home, and they are always simply delicious. Also, you can easily vary their flavour by using a different flavour of cocoa. This time I chose “Rosas Mischung”, because it gives them a very pleasant spicy note with ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and Szechuan…

Nibble, nibble, gnaw… Since my vegan buffalo wings have gone down so well so far, I’ve realized how much I like crispy breaded food! Today, we have a new episode of Rosa’s breaded dishes: crispy tofu sticks with cornflakes coating! On one hand, these irresistibly delicious sticks are not only easy to prepare, but also a fantastic alternative to traditional fried snacks. Personally, I ate them for the first time in one of my favourite Munich restaurants. Actually, I was also able to infect my best friend with my cravings for them pretty quickly. All the better to be able…

Coconut popsicles – the perfect summer snack Summer is finally here and with it the perfect ice cream weather! Enough waiting – I’m happy to present you my current favourite ice cream recipe: Coconut popsicles with chocolate coating. It is not only super easy to prepare but also vegan, gluten-free, and free of refined sugar. This means feasting without regret because we sweeten only with dates! The base of this popsicle consists of soaked cashews, a little plant-based curd, and creamy coconut milk. Cashews are absolute nutritional bombs and are rich in healthy unsaturated fats, protein, fibre, vitamins, and minerals…

Cacao meets banana – that’s all summer needs There is really only one thing you can eat in these warm summer temperatures: Ice cream! And all the better if you only need two ingredients: cacao and bananas! It is only important that you use ripe, already slightly brown bananas, so they not only have the desired consistency but also a pleasant sweetness. For a particularly chocolaty taste, simply use your favourite type of Dein Kakao (self-promotion) and you can easily vary the flavour. Depending on which cacao flavour you choose, you can conjure up different ice cream. That’s why I…

Protein-rich lentil pasta salad – super easy, quick and healthy Just lately, I’ve been asked more and more for recipes and tips on how to more easily meet your protein needs. In fact, protein is also often the macronutrient that, along with carbohydrates and fats, often gets a bit of a raw deal in the general diet. Mostly, this is because our favourite foods are often a combination of carbohydrates and fats: Pizza Margherita, pasta with pesto, bread with cheese, French fries… Lots of snacks also have either mainly carbohydrates like fruit or fats like nuts. Meeting your protein needs,…

Simple, homemade pea guacamole I have to admit that I used to love eating avocados, but my sustainable conscience kept reminding me to reduce my consumption a little. Not only because avocados use a lot of water, but also because they are not a local “fruit or vegetable” in Germany!? By the way, the correct answer is fruit! Botanically speaking, the avocado is a berry and is, therefore, a fruit! While avocado guacamole will always have a special place in my heart and will certainly end up on my plate from time to time, it’s worth giving guacamole made from…

Once the favorite diet of bodybuilders, carb cycling has long since conquered all areas of fitness. The cyclical carbohydrate intake depends entirely on your activity. On intensive training days, you eat more carbohydrates. On calmer days, you reduce your carbohydrate intake. But what are the real benefits of carb cycling? Sometimes more, sometimes less carbohydrates Carb cycling is not a diet. However, this does not mean that it is easy to implement. It is about adapting low-carb days and high-carb days to the training process. Also, you increase the amount of good fats on the low-carb days and decrease fat…

Fortunately, the choice of healthy and fit foods today is enormous. It is even better to combine some foods because they work much better as a duo. Food synergy is the name of a nutrition trend that is easy to implement and has been proven to help improve fitness. How food synergy works Several foods are incredibly healthy for us. Some can help us recover faster after a strenuous fitness program. Others support muscle building or boost the immune system. But we can get much more out of some foods if we combine them with other foods. This nutritional concept…

Intermittent fasting is a big thing these days. Millions have already tried it. Many with success. But how does intermittent fasting actually get along with regular fitness training? What do I have to pay attention to? Nutrition experts all over the world have examined this. Here are the results: The different variants of intermittent fasting During intermittent fasting, phases of normal nutrition alternate with phases of renunciation. There are several approaches. Some alternate a day of fasting with a day of normal nutrition over and over again. This is the 1-to-1 method. Others usually eat from Monday to Friday and…

It is an alternative for early risers or people who have to work later: they can exercise before breakfast. According to a study, this is supposed to burn excess fat remarkably quickly and effectively. But is that really true? Is exercise before breakfast advisable? What the study found out Actually, it sounds quite logical: after the nightly sleep phase, the carbohydrate reserves in the body are primarily used up. The physical exertion in the early morning finally leads to the remaining glycogen being used up. For the organism to continue to perform, the body has to fall back on the…