Yeah.... I know.
But I have exciting news! Soon I will post my first video ever.
I just have to find the time to record it when it's still sunny or even when it's light outside. Otherwise the quality will be very bad. Who wants that? :)
Isidar Mithrim
Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012
Sonntag, 16. September 2012
Pastry puffs / Blätterteigtaschen
An idea for an easy and delightful snack that you can easily take with you (to school/work/...):
Pastry puffs filled with: boiled potatoes, asparagus and capers.
I used frozen asparagus so I could use it just after letting it defrost. If you use fresh one, put it in a casserole with some water, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Heat it up until it starts to boil - but it must not boil at any time! Leave it in the hot water for about 10 to 15 minutes (depends on how thick the asparagus is).
Chop up potatoes (I didn't peel them) and asparagus and put it on your puff paste, add capers. Form any shape you like (I made rectangles and triangles) and put it in the oven. That's it!
You can use whatever vegetables and spices you like!
Isidar Mithrim
Pastry puffs filled with: boiled potatoes, asparagus and capers.
I used frozen asparagus so I could use it just after letting it defrost. If you use fresh one, put it in a casserole with some water, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Heat it up until it starts to boil - but it must not boil at any time! Leave it in the hot water for about 10 to 15 minutes (depends on how thick the asparagus is).
Chop up potatoes (I didn't peel them) and asparagus and put it on your puff paste, add capers. Form any shape you like (I made rectangles and triangles) and put it in the oven. That's it!
You can use whatever vegetables and spices you like!
Isidar Mithrim
Spaghetti with mediterranean vegetables / Spaghetti mit mediterranem Gemüse
Mmmmh that was my lunch and dinner for yesterday. I steamed some vegetables and added soy cream and spicery. Then i mixed everything with spaghettis. You can use whatever vegetables you like, but since it's late summer and lots of mediterranean vegetables are ripe now, I used bell pepper, onion, garlic, tomatoes, green onions and carrots. To make it even more mediterranean, I added salt, pepper, basil, parsley and rosemary.
Isidar Mithrim
Freitag, 7. September 2012
Vegan chocolate / Vegane Schokolade
Today I
want to review a few different vegan chocolates. Since I am a big
chocolate lover, I'm glad that I found some very delicious alternatives
to dark chocolate and milk chocolate.
I bought three different chocolates so that I can compare them directly one after another.
I like the one by Naturata best. It tastes exactly like swiss milk chocolate, mmmmh! Second one is the one by Bonvita, it tastes good too but is very sweet. Last one is the soyabella one. BUT it's not fair to compare them equally because the third chocolate contains 22% of carob powder, so the taste varies with the other chocolates. I personally don't like the taste of carob, but I wanted to try it. Maybe it's just because I am not used to the taste since carob isn't very popular in Germany (or even whole Europe?).
All three chocolates are comparatively expensive, but if you don't buy it often and see it as a special goody, it's okay. Furthermore all of them are fair trade products and organic and one is actually a climate neutral product.
Ingredients:
Naturata "Chocolate with rice glucose syrup"
Raw cane sugar*°, cocoa butter*°, rice glucose syrup dried*, 17%cocoa mass*°, hazelnuts*, ground bourbon Vanilla*°, sea salt.
*certified organic, °Fairtrade-ingredients (78% in total)
EU-organic-certification, independent fairtrade certification, myclimate neutral product
Bonvita "Rice Milk Chocolate Couverture"
Raw cane sugar*, cocoa butter*, rice milk powder* (17%), cocoa mass*, vanilla*.
*from organic agriculture, minimum 83% fairtrade products
EU-organic-certification, independent fairtrade certification
Natudis Molenaartje "soyabella" carob with soya
cocoa butter*, carob powder* (22%), dehydrated barley malt syrup*, dehydrated corn glucose syrup*,
soya flour* (7%), vanilla*.
*verified organically grown
"our products contain select organic ingredients only, wich are as unrefined as possible"
For lunch I made me tomato salad with onion and took it with me to work. Matches great with any type of bread.
Isidar Mithrim
I bought three different chocolates so that I can compare them directly one after another.
All three chocolates are comparatively expensive, but if you don't buy it often and see it as a special goody, it's okay. Furthermore all of them are fair trade products and organic and one is actually a climate neutral product.
Ingredients:
Naturata "Chocolate with rice glucose syrup"
Raw cane sugar*°, cocoa butter*°, rice glucose syrup dried*, 17%cocoa mass*°, hazelnuts*, ground bourbon Vanilla*°, sea salt.
*certified organic, °Fairtrade-ingredients (78% in total)
EU-organic-certification, independent fairtrade certification, myclimate neutral product
Bonvita "Rice Milk Chocolate Couverture"
Raw cane sugar*, cocoa butter*, rice milk powder* (17%), cocoa mass*, vanilla*.
*from organic agriculture, minimum 83% fairtrade products
EU-organic-certification, independent fairtrade certification
Natudis Molenaartje "soyabella" carob with soya
cocoa butter*, carob powder* (22%), dehydrated barley malt syrup*, dehydrated corn glucose syrup*,
soya flour* (7%), vanilla*.
*verified organically grown
"our products contain select organic ingredients only, wich are as unrefined as possible"
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| EU-organic-certification |
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| Independent fairtrade certification |
Isidar Mithrim
Mittwoch, 5. September 2012
Recipe / Rezept
I took the recipe for the red lentil cream out of this cookbook:
150g red lentils
2 cloves of garlic
1 red bellpepper
2 red jalapeño-peppers
basil
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
salt
Put lentils and garlic (peeled and cut in half) in a pot and add 350ml water. Heat everything until it boils, then reduce heat and simmer until the lentils are very soft. If necessary, add a litte more water while simmering. Put it away and let the lentils cool down. Chop the bellpepper and the jalapeños in very very small pieces. Chop the basil as small or big as you like. Puree the lentils with the olive oil, then mix everything together and season with lemon juice and salt. It stays fresh for a few days in the fridge, but anyway try to use it up fast.
It tastes delicious on all kinds of bread, especially whole-grain bread.
Give it a try!
Isidar Mithrim
150g red lentils
2 cloves of garlic
1 red bellpepper
2 red jalapeño-peppers
basil
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
salt
Put lentils and garlic (peeled and cut in half) in a pot and add 350ml water. Heat everything until it boils, then reduce heat and simmer until the lentils are very soft. If necessary, add a litte more water while simmering. Put it away and let the lentils cool down. Chop the bellpepper and the jalapeños in very very small pieces. Chop the basil as small or big as you like. Puree the lentils with the olive oil, then mix everything together and season with lemon juice and salt. It stays fresh for a few days in the fridge, but anyway try to use it up fast.
It tastes delicious on all kinds of bread, especially whole-grain bread.
Give it a try!
Isidar Mithrim
Montag, 3. September 2012
Red lentil cream / Rote Linsen Creme
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| Just a picture for today... |
...tomorrow comes the recipe.
Isidar Mithrim
Samstag, 1. September 2012
First ideas for snacks to go / Erste Vesperideen
Since I am going to start my apprenticeship on monday, I thought about what to take with me for lunch. My working day will start between 7am and 10am and will end between 4pm and 7pm (there will be alternate shift), so I have to eat either somewhere at a restaurant or snack stall (that's quite nice every now and then, but not for everyday) or bring my own lunch with me. Not to forget some kind of snack for inbetween like fruit or granola bars.
I watch some videos of MissChievous on Youtube, she has some cool make up on there and fitness and nutrition ideas, too. She led me to the idea of making wraps, because they are very nice to take with you (you can put them in a (tupperware-)box or just wrap them with tin foil (what is very easy but I would like to avoid that because it produces lots of rubbish).
So I bought some ready-to-serve wraps (they were disgusting - I am going to make my own ones next time - but yesterday I had no time for baking some) and a lot of vegetables and gave it a try! I used some vegan spread to coat the wraps with, then I added a whole bunch of chopped up vegetables (red cabbage, green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers) and rolled everything up. it was quite good but the ready-to-serve wraps weren't very delish... I am going to make some for taking with me to work, it is made very fast and easy to eat. There are many variations for the filling and spread, you could use hummus or guacamole or (vegan) mayonnaise or ajvar, for the filling raw or stir-fried and seasoned vegetables as zucchini, corn, spinach, carrots, olives, onions, bell pepper, and add some nuts, seeds or seedlings or jalapeños.
As a second idea I thought of couscous salad - cook the couscous as described on the box and after that, let it cool. Then add some chopped up vegetables, I prefer cucumber, bell pepper, onion, garlic and tomato in this salat. Make a salad dressing out of balsamic vinegar (the dark one), mustard (optional), basil, parsley, pepper, salt and olive oil and put everything together. Now it is very fluid. Put it in the fridge for a few hours (over the night) and after that the couscous will have absorbed the dressing.
Instead of couscous you could use quinoa, amaranth, rice, chickpea, glass noodles or what else you like.
Sadly I did not made any pictures of these dishes but I will post some when I made them again.
I have a resolution: I want to make me / eat something healthy for lunch everyday (or prepare it in the evening and take it with me the other day). I want to prepare and drink a smoothie every morning or at least a glass of juice. I want to live vegan when I'm on my own (at the moment I am slowly introducing my grandparents into vegan living - so when I eat at their place I accept dairy and egg in small amounts).
That's it for now :)
Isidar Mithrim
I watch some videos of MissChievous on Youtube, she has some cool make up on there and fitness and nutrition ideas, too. She led me to the idea of making wraps, because they are very nice to take with you (you can put them in a (tupperware-)box or just wrap them with tin foil (what is very easy but I would like to avoid that because it produces lots of rubbish).
So I bought some ready-to-serve wraps (they were disgusting - I am going to make my own ones next time - but yesterday I had no time for baking some) and a lot of vegetables and gave it a try! I used some vegan spread to coat the wraps with, then I added a whole bunch of chopped up vegetables (red cabbage, green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers) and rolled everything up. it was quite good but the ready-to-serve wraps weren't very delish... I am going to make some for taking with me to work, it is made very fast and easy to eat. There are many variations for the filling and spread, you could use hummus or guacamole or (vegan) mayonnaise or ajvar, for the filling raw or stir-fried and seasoned vegetables as zucchini, corn, spinach, carrots, olives, onions, bell pepper, and add some nuts, seeds or seedlings or jalapeños.
As a second idea I thought of couscous salad - cook the couscous as described on the box and after that, let it cool. Then add some chopped up vegetables, I prefer cucumber, bell pepper, onion, garlic and tomato in this salat. Make a salad dressing out of balsamic vinegar (the dark one), mustard (optional), basil, parsley, pepper, salt and olive oil and put everything together. Now it is very fluid. Put it in the fridge for a few hours (over the night) and after that the couscous will have absorbed the dressing.
Instead of couscous you could use quinoa, amaranth, rice, chickpea, glass noodles or what else you like.
Sadly I did not made any pictures of these dishes but I will post some when I made them again.
I have a resolution: I want to make me / eat something healthy for lunch everyday (or prepare it in the evening and take it with me the other day). I want to prepare and drink a smoothie every morning or at least a glass of juice. I want to live vegan when I'm on my own (at the moment I am slowly introducing my grandparents into vegan living - so when I eat at their place I accept dairy and egg in small amounts).
That's it for now :)
Isidar Mithrim
Samstag, 25. August 2012
Lunch of the day / Mittagessen des Tages
Today I once again stir-fried some vegetables with asia spices and curry paste and in addition to that I cooked some instant noodles (asia mie noodles without egg). I still had left some veggies so I wanted to use them up. But since I already wrote a post about that recipe, I now wanted to share yesterdays lunch with you.
I made a salad out of onions, tomatoes, cucumber and some green salad. For my bf, I added some feta cheese. And of course I served spaghetti with that :)
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| I admit that I could have made a more appealing picture :D |
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| humongous bowl of salad |
By the way: Due to the fact that my garden project died before it even started, I want to besiege my grandparents terrace with lots and lots of plant pots next year, filled with salad, strawberries, radishes and some more. Still pretty good and less labor-intensive.
Isidar Mithrim
Donnerstag, 23. August 2012
My very delicious daily breakfast / Mein leckeres tägliches Frühstück
Since a few weeks I sporadically made me some smoothies. I used different fruit, such as bananas, blueberries, apples, raspberries and more. In addition to that I used different pure juices, mostly orange juice. I liked it, but I find it very sweet. I like the single whole fruit better. But fruit smoothies are a good alternative if your fruit are already overripe and too soft or if you want a cool, colorful and tasty drink.
But now I discovered the breakfast smoothie!
I use kale for extra Vitamins (C, A, E, K, B2) and as an extra source of minerals (K, Mg, Ca, Fe). It holds folic acids too and adds some dietary fiber.
Then i add some frozen berries (raspberries or since yesterday, blueberries) because they are delicious, plus, they hold the vitamins A, C, E, B6, B9 and the minerals K, Mg, Fe, Na, P, Zn and antioxidants.
Two or more tablespoons of flax seed for antioxidants, and they hold much of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
I use soy milk with vanilla to get a viscous to liquid consistency.
I blend everything with a hand blender.
I like it, but I don't like the consistency of the flax seed so I just add them every other day to every third day. I'm feeling full of energy and am not hungry until lunchtime.
Isidar Mithrim
But now I discovered the breakfast smoothie!
I use kale for extra Vitamins (C, A, E, K, B2) and as an extra source of minerals (K, Mg, Ca, Fe). It holds folic acids too and adds some dietary fiber.
Then i add some frozen berries (raspberries or since yesterday, blueberries) because they are delicious, plus, they hold the vitamins A, C, E, B6, B9 and the minerals K, Mg, Fe, Na, P, Zn and antioxidants.
Two or more tablespoons of flax seed for antioxidants, and they hold much of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
I use soy milk with vanilla to get a viscous to liquid consistency.
I blend everything with a hand blender.
I like it, but I don't like the consistency of the flax seed so I just add them every other day to every third day. I'm feeling full of energy and am not hungry until lunchtime.
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| Well, it doesn't look tasty at all... |
Isidar Mithrim
Freitag, 17. August 2012
First experience with tofu / Erste Erfahrung mit Tofu
A few days ago I bought some spice mixtures at the health food store and wanted to use them.
So today I made some vegetables out of the "wok" (well, I don't own a wok so I used a regular pan).
First I cut the tofu in pieces and marinated it for about 2 hours in soy sauce. After that I drained the tofu and roasted it with coconut oil. Then I chopped an onion, garlic, a carrot, some leek, some snow pea and a jalapeño pepper and sweated that in the pan with coconut oil. I put the vegetables and the tofu together and seasoned everything with my new-bought thai curry paste and other spices, too. Alongside I cooked some rice. It was delicious and very hot because of the jalapeños!
Yesterday I also got the confirmation that the pole dance lessons that I want to take are actually going to take place - there are enough participants now. :)
Vor ein paar Tagen habe ich im Reformhaus zwei Würzpasten gekauft, und wollte jetzt mal damit kochen.
Also hab ich heute Wokgemüse gemacht. (naja, da keinen Wok habe musste eine normale Pfanne herhalten).
Als erstes wird das Tofu kleingeschnitten und für etwa 2 Stunden in Sojasoße eingelegt. Danach lässt man den Tofu abtropfen und ich habe ihn mit Kokosöl angebraten. Danach habe ich eine Zwiebel, Knoblauch, eine Karotte, etwas Lauch, ein paar Zuckerschoten und eine Chilischote kleingeschnitten und mit Kokosöl angeschwitzt. Danach wird alles zusammengeworfen und mit der neugekaufen Thai-Curry-Paste und weiteren Gewürzen gewürzt. Nebenher habe ich noch Reis gekocht. Am Ende wars lecker und sehr scharf.
Nach diesem Experiment muss ich sagen, dass ich die Sojasoße wohl besser mit Wasser verdünnt hätte, denn das Tofu wurde viel zu salzig. Die Currypaste hat gut funktioniert und lecker geschmeckt. Obwohl ich also noch nie Tofu zubereitet habe, bin ich bin dem Ergebnis zufrieden.
Gestern habe ich auch die Bestätigung für die Pole Dance Übungsstunden bekommen, die ich gerne nehmen möchte - es sind jetzt genug Teilnehmer. :)
Isidar Mithrim
Donnerstag, 9. August 2012
Auf den Geschmack gekommen. I didn't thought it was that tasty.
About a year ago I tried it once: Coffee with soy-milk. Back then it
tasted like paperboard - absolutly not my cup of tea. So I continued
using regular milk. Few days ago I gave it another try. Because I was
too lazy to go to the basement and get me some milk, I used the soy milk
that already had been in my fridge. What happened: it was delicious!
Since 4 days I just drank my coffee with sugar and soy milk, although drinking
coffee everyday is very unusual for me. I'm glad that my apprehension
vegan coffee would be unenjoyable was not confirmed. Sometimes I just
need a cup of coffee. Add a blueberry muffin without milk and egg or a
slice of wholemeal bread with vegan lard and herbs - perfect.
Yesterday I visited my dad and brought my Xpole home with me. I actually found a place to install it, although I live in an appartment with sloping ceilings directly under the roof. Yay! I'm going to install it later that day.
Vor etwa einem Jahr hab ich es ja schonmal probiert: Filterkaffee mit Sojamilch. Damals schmeckte es wie Pappe - überhaupt nicht meins. Also wieder zurück zur Kuhmilch. Vor ein paar Tagen hab ich es erneut ausprobiert, schlicht deshalb weil ich zu faul war in den Keller zu gehen, die Sojamilch stand schon im Kühlschrank. Und siehe da: lecker! Wirklich. Seit 4 Tagen trinke ich meinen Kaffee mit Zucker und Sojamilch. Und das obwohl ich normalerweise sehr selten Kaffee trinke. Ich bin froh dass damit meine Befürchtung, veganer Kaffee sei ungenießbar, nicht bestätigt wurde. Manchmal brauche ich eben einen Kaffee. Dazu noch ein Heidelbeermuffin ohne Milch und Ei oder ein Kräuterschmalzbrot - perfekt.
Gestern hab ich dann meine XPole von meinem Vater geholt, ich hab tatsächlich einen Platz gefunden wo ich sie in meiner 100% Dachschrägenwohnung aufstellen kann. Yay! Das wird dann heute noch erledigt.
Isidar Mithrim
Yesterday I visited my dad and brought my Xpole home with me. I actually found a place to install it, although I live in an appartment with sloping ceilings directly under the roof. Yay! I'm going to install it later that day.
Vor etwa einem Jahr hab ich es ja schonmal probiert: Filterkaffee mit Sojamilch. Damals schmeckte es wie Pappe - überhaupt nicht meins. Also wieder zurück zur Kuhmilch. Vor ein paar Tagen hab ich es erneut ausprobiert, schlicht deshalb weil ich zu faul war in den Keller zu gehen, die Sojamilch stand schon im Kühlschrank. Und siehe da: lecker! Wirklich. Seit 4 Tagen trinke ich meinen Kaffee mit Zucker und Sojamilch. Und das obwohl ich normalerweise sehr selten Kaffee trinke. Ich bin froh dass damit meine Befürchtung, veganer Kaffee sei ungenießbar, nicht bestätigt wurde. Manchmal brauche ich eben einen Kaffee. Dazu noch ein Heidelbeermuffin ohne Milch und Ei oder ein Kräuterschmalzbrot - perfekt.
Gestern hab ich dann meine XPole von meinem Vater geholt, ich hab tatsächlich einen Platz gefunden wo ich sie in meiner 100% Dachschrägenwohnung aufstellen kann. Yay! Das wird dann heute noch erledigt.
Isidar Mithrim
Hello everyone! Herzlich willkommen!
Welcome to my all new blog! Herzlich willkommen in meinem nigelnagelneuen Blog!
Here I want to start my first blog ever. I'm going to write about
vegan and vegetarian food, my already-planned-but-yet-not-existing
garden and pole fitness / pole dance. I'm sure there will be other
things, too! Because the garden is still non-existing and at the moment
my experience and success in pole dancing are VERY little, I expect that
the first posts are going to contain some recipies, breakfast ideas,
information about products that I like - and more! The rest will follow
when the time has come.
I want that everybody can read my blog, so
I post in English. And for my fellow countrymen and - women I post in
German, too! Please forgive me possible mistakes in english, I would
appreciate it if you'd correct me.
And now I hope you'll have fun reading my blog!
Ich möchte hier meinen allerersten Blog ins Leben rufen. Es soll sich hauptsächlich ums vegane und vegetarische Essen, den geplanten Garten und Pole Fitness/Pole Dance drehen. Bestimmt werden aber auch einmal andere Themen aufgegriffen werden. Da der Garten momentan noch nicht existiert und sich meine Erfolge beim PoleDance noch SEHR in Grenzen halten, werden in erster Zeit wohl hauptsächlich Posts übers Kochen und Backen erscheinen, der Rest kommt dann nach wenn es soweit ist.
Da ich meinen Blog für Leser auf der ganzen Welt zugänglich machen will, wird alles auf Deutsch sowie auf Englisch gepostet werden. Bitte seht mir eventuelle Fehler im Englischen nach oder korrigiert mich gerne.
So und nun hoffe ich dass Ihr beim Mitlesen viel Spaß habt!
Isidar Mithrim
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