Oranges are one of the most consumed and favorite fruits. Everybody love orange juice, fresh oranges but we always throw away orange peels. But the truth is orange peels are good to your health and eatable. The peels contains high amount of vitamin C, insoluble fiber and many essential minerals. One hundred gram of orange… Continue reading Low Sugar Candied Orange Peels
Healthy Orange Jam with Low Sugar and High Fiber
Happy New Year 2015!!!!! A new year has come with happiness and many new things waiting. Let’s cook something healthy and taste good for celebrate a new year. Today I make orange jam with a Greek recipe with low sugar and high fiber to celebrate 2015. This recipe is quite the same with marmalade by using oranges and oranges peel in the jam. However, this recipe is faster,… Continue reading Healthy Orange Jam with Low Sugar and High Fiber
Learn to make Finnish Glögi for Christmas
Christmas is coming very soon !!! Have you have any new idea about hot drink for winter time? You can try to make Glögi, the traditional Finnish warm drink in winter and Christmas. This traditional drink is tasty and healthy and little bit same style with mulled wine. I usually buy a ready-made Glögi but… Continue reading Learn to make Finnish Glögi for Christmas
5 Health Benefits of Figs
Figs are a sweet fruit and good to your health. In the ancient time, the Greek has been well aware of the medicinal qualities of figs. Today we know that figs are good to your bones, healthy heart, beneficial to mental ability booster, and be used as diuretic. This fruit is rich in fiber, vitamin… Continue reading 5 Health Benefits of Figs
Hot Figs Drink Recipes with Herbs for Winter
Figs are sweet, tasty, with 5 health benefits with long history. The Mediterranean has used figs in their daily life since ancient times. This fruit is beneficial to your liver functions; relieve cough, asthma and pharyngitis. We can eat fresh figs, mixing it with salad or served it with dessert. We can also make smoothies… Continue reading Hot Figs Drink Recipes with Herbs for Winter
3 basic and simple Blueberry smoothie recipes
Blueberry is one of the richest food sources of natural antioxidants. This fruit has high amount of oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC). Orac is a measure of food’s ability to neutralize free radicals and protect the body from ageing. The ORAC level in 100 gram of blueberries is 4669 Mol Te. Our body need about… Continue reading 3 basic and simple Blueberry smoothie recipes
3 Amazing Honeydew Melon Smoothie Recipes to Try Right Now
Honeydew melon is good and healthy fruit for summer time. This fruit is low in Sodium, and low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also contain good sources of Vitamin C, fibers and other essential nutrients to our body. Besides natural fibers in honeydew melon can support our digestion and keep blood sugar balanced.… Continue reading 3 Amazing Honeydew Melon Smoothie Recipes to Try Right Now
Easy Ice Mint Strawberry Juice Recipe
Last week I came to strawberry farm and collected strawberry. I got around 4 kg of fresh strawberry and I think it is too much. The fact is I have done all recipes to consume my strawberries. I did strawberry jam, strawberry smoothies and eat fresh strawberry too. But somehow I could not drink smoothies… Continue reading Easy Ice Mint Strawberry Juice Recipe
3 Watermelon Smoothies for Hot Summer
Now is summer and great time in Finland. After half year of waiting in cold weather, it’s so nice to enjoy hot summer day with fresh and cold watermelon smoothies. Watermelon is one of the cheapest and most common fruit we buy in the summer time. Even in Finland, I can find it easy with… Continue reading 3 Watermelon Smoothies for Hot Summer
5 Key Oolong tea Benefits and Side Effects You should Know
Oolong tea is well-known for its unique taste and enormous health benefits to our body. As green tea, oolong has high amount of polyphenols, alkaloids, saponins, polysaccharides and L-theanines. These polyphenols contribute to oolong’s antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging abilities. Besides, caffeine and polyphenols are bioactive component to anti-obesity properties of oolong tea. It… Continue reading 5 Key Oolong tea Benefits and Side Effects You should Know