Power porrigde

Power porridge

Mashed ginger
3 tablespoons coconut oil
2 dl oat meal
5 dl water
3 tablespoons maca powder
1 teaspoon salt

Let the ginger and coconut oil simmer in the pan for a while until you'll add the other ingredients.

Traditional Finnish foods that you need

Breakfast for all senses

Sunny juice
2 oranges (organic)
5 carrots (organic)
Cut the carrots into smaller pieces, peel the oranges, process them into juice thru a juicer.

Morning porridge
100g frozen raspberries (you can also add fresh strawberries)
1 frozen organic banana
200 ml organic coconut milk
2 dl chia gel

Cube the banana, put the pieces on a plate and put it into the freezer the night before. Put 0.5 dl good quality chia seeds into a glass bowl and 1,5 dl water. Let it form a gel while you are making the sunny juice. Put the chia gel into a blender, then the coconut milk, then the frozen pieces of banana and the raspberries. Frozen banana makes the porridge creamy and ice cream like. Blend the porridge until it becomes silky smooth and gets a gorgeous color.

Blueberry cashew cream

Ingredients:
200g frozen blueberries
1 can of cold coconut cream
Organic banana
4 teaspoons of cashew cream

Cashew-cream
2 dl raw organic (soaked) cashew nuts
small amount of water and a drizzle of good quality salt
honey or coconut palm sugar according to your taste
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder

Make the cashew cream first. Put the soaked and dried nuts in a blender and add little water. Blend until the mixture becomes creamy. Add water little by little. The purpose is to make silky smooth, but not sticky cream, that's easy to put into layers. Pour the cream into a bowl and put it into a fridge.     Add cashew cream to the blender (4 teaspoons), add the rest of the ingredients and blend it. The frozen blueberries make the mixture solid and frozen. Put the softened blueberries and cashew cream into a glass as beautiful layers and decorate with blueberries.

Upgrade your morning coffee

Have you tried the creamy combination of fat and coffee and noticed the steady and long lasting energy it brings? This is one of the trends going on in nutrition right now.

 

By switching the water into chaga tea when making coffee you will stabilize the acidifying effects of coffee and you can notice special smoothness in the taste.
 

Morning coffee 2.0

 You'll need:
- Freshly grounded organic coffee or whole coffee beans.
- Chaga tea made with clean water.
- The coffee maker. For example: AeroPress & Chemex.
- Quality fats: Coldpressed coconut oil, MCT-oil, ghee and organic butter (Kerrygold recommended, unsalted).

 Method:
1. Ground the beans in a grinder or choose organic coffee that is as fresh as possible.
2. Make the coffee with the coffee making method you choose and use chaga tea as the liquid.
3. Pour the hot coffee into a blender and add the amount you wish of the fats mentioned above. In the beginning, it's recommended to try one teaspoon/fat. The coffee in the picture contains 2 tablespoons of MCT-oil, 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. If you wish, add spices such as vanilla, coconut butter or Ceylon cinnamon.
4. Blend in a blender for a few seconds until the coffee has become a creamy elixir.

 

What is MCT oil?

Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) work directly in cells to give you an extra boost to maximize your performance. Very little MCT oil is stored as fat because it is used for energy so quickly.

Tired of constantly craving caffeine? Want a thermogenic immune boost with your energy?

MCT oil benefits:

• Fast Energy - MCT oil converts into energy faster than other oils
• Better Blood Chemistry - Helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels, controlling LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and boosting HDL (good) cholesterol levels
• Nutrient Absorption - Improves the body’s absorption and use of vitamin E, calcium, and magnesium*
• Immune Protection - Works to control harmful bacteria, viruses and fungi inside the body
• Healthy Cell Membranes - Serves as stable building block of cell membranes

MCT oil is extracted from palm and coconut oil.  

Happy women's day!

In the picture is featured Finnish company's Arabia's Paratiisi (Paradise) dishes. They combine well-defined and controlled shapes with rich decoration, achieving a beauty that never fails to inspire. The captivating Paratiisi range is a much-loved classic from Arabia. It only takes one Paratiisi dish in a table setting to turn a meal into a celebration.

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Delicious and super-easy raw chocolate recipe!

Method & ingredients:
Boil water in a pot. This is for the purpose of melting the cacao butter. Put a glass bowl in the pot with hot water.

You will need:
100 g - 3.5 oz cacao butter
75 g - 2.6 oz honey
85 g - 3 oz cacao powder

Let the cacao butter melt in the glass bowl. Mix in the honey and the cacao powder. Put the mixture into a mold and let it set.

Some of the recommended US brands for the cacao butter and cacao powder are: Ojio, David Favor's Radical Health Products, David Wolfe & Longevity Warehouse Products, Robert Hugh Cassar's Earth Shift Products, Matt Monarch & The Raw Food World Products. Experiment with products from iherb.com as well, to find the one you like.

About cacao butter and cacao powder:
Provides a great smooth chocolate flavor. Cacao contains: Antioxidants, because of its high polyphenol content. Theobromine, a weak but effective stimulant; Phenylethylamine (PEA), a chemical found to inspire happiness, clear mindedness, focus, and wakefulness. Cacao also contains substances that are chemically and pharmacologically related to the brain lipids, Anandamide. The word ‘anandamide’ is derived from ananda, Sanskrit for 'bliss'. Cacao is high in minerals like iron and potassium.