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Banana & Cocoa Overnight Oats

Banana & Cocoa Overnight Oats

A healthy banana & cocoa overnight oats recipe; creamy, naturally sweet and full of fibre!  This quick and easy-to-make banana & cocoa overnight oats recipe is my go-to post-high-intensity workout meal. It has all the ingredients that help the body recover, build muscle, it has 

Homemade Hummus Recipe – Velvety & Healthy

Homemade Hummus Recipe – Velvety & Healthy

A velvety & healthy homemade hummus is great to have on hand! Homemade hummus makes life on-the-go, easier. You can eat it with so many things…for example, when you have last-minute company and want to prep healthy nibbles, or if you want to have a 

How to Make a Classic Margarita Straight-Up?

How to Make a Classic Margarita Straight-Up?

One of my favourite cocktails to drink as ‘aperitif’ (before a meal) is the Classic Margarita Straight-Up (chilled and served without ice). I’m hard to please when it comes to this refreshing cocktail with a kick. I don’t like it when it’s too sweet.  I 

A Healthy-ish Blueberry Cake Recipe

A Healthy-ish Blueberry Cake Recipe

Bake this healthy-ish blueberry cake, smell the sweet aroma of the cooked blueberries and enjoy it with a hot beverage! The cooked blueberries not only smell delicious but taste like blueberry jam. During the cooking time, some blueberries will drop to the middle of the 

Dark Chocolate & Matcha Cream Cake

Dark Chocolate & Matcha Cream Cake

This Dark Chocolate & Matcha Cream Cake is a match made in Heaven! A delicious recipe full of antioxidants and healthy ingredients A moist dark chocolate sponge cake layered and covered with matcha cream. Matcha powder makes a beautifully green whipped cream with an aftertaste 

Thai Chicken Curry

Thai Chicken Curry

This Thai Chicken Curry Recipe is one that I learned in a cooking class in Thailand but adapted to the limited ingredients that I could find during times of #lockdown Thai cuisine #spicy #fromscratch Thai cuisine is one of my favourites. I love the fresh 

Cuban Black Beans recipe

Cuban Black Beans recipe

I love Cuban Black Beans! It’s a humble vegetarian recipe with beautiful dark colour and an explosion of flavour… Miami in the early days… I grew up spending my summers in Miami since the ’80s; a time when Cubans arrived in Florida in masses and 

Pisco Sour Picante recipe

Pisco Sour Picante recipe

I love Pisco Sour! I was born and raised in Lima, Peru and therefore, have been drinking this aromatic cocktail with citrus notes, most of my adult life. Pisco Sour Picante is a fusion of cocktails I love.  Pisco Sour Picante is inspired by my 

Matcha Mille Crepe Cake Recipe

Matcha Mille Crepe Cake Recipe

Delicate, creamy, soft and beautifully green matcha mille crepe cake Lately, I’ve been seeing so many mouth-watering photos of “Mille Crepe Cakes” on social media and I became curious about this new…trend or genius idea? The most appealing to me is the matcha mille crepe 

Creamy lentils with curry, aubergine & apple

Creamy lentils with curry, aubergine & apple

This creamy lentils with curry, aubergine and apple recipe changed my relationship with lentils many years ago! I got this delicious vegetarian lentils recipe from a friend and former colleague in Miami – she’s a great cook. When I was invited to dinner at her