GMO companies you should not risk your health with!

GMO has been shown to cause numerous malformations in your body, leading to tumors and cancers. There has been no positive research about GMO unless funded by the very companies who develop it. Stay away from Monsanto and BASF - the monsters in GMO world, claiming 'to feed the world', relying instead on heavy propaganda, false advertisement and lobbying.
Fight the fight any way you choose. Here are companies that secretly use GMO and poison you on the sly:

Juice burgers

Carrots + beets + celery = Fresh-squeezed organic juice

Behold

Stay healthy!

Take remaining mulch, add onions, an egg, spices = ground beeT, ready for the grill!

Looks like meat, smells like health...

And one more minute...

Done!

Get good company!

Enjoy!

A gourmet Saturday

Beet and tomato caprese salad with pistachio pesto

Sami helped us cook picnic pizzas - super thin Italian dough, organic tomato sauce, mushrooms,
olives and red onions topped with mozzarella. Classic, quick and tasty! (10 minutes in the oven).
 Then with a bottle of wine eat at the lawn outside.

Blanched green beans (4 minutes in boiling water with salt) topped with pistachios,
squeezed orange juice, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Lavender and chamomile tea. Alex calls it 'love tea'. It actually tastes good even to an non-tea-lover like me!

Is Your Diet...CRUEL?

Buried in problems, politics, poverty, disasters or mere oblivion we forget to look around and land a hand to those around us. What's left for the other inhabitants of our planet. NO time left! Everyone for himself.

I remember watching this film years ago, called Earthlings. It's narrated by none other than Joaquin Phoenix. I was devastated. But time goes by and we tend to forget. So here is a good reminder. I know I did what I could. I still learn and I still err. But I know one thing for sure. Doing nothing is not an option. So, dear friends, this is the painful truth. I loaded it to my dropbox especially for you. Watch it, think about it, spread the word and become less egocentric and more compassionate. It doesn't take much!

Watch or download the movie here!

Stay cruelty-free, positive, healthy and informed! And if you do want to be healthy and cruelty-free, here's a piece of information that can help you eat better.

 

White Fish Thai Curry - the easy way!

Fancy Thai?
Too intimidated by the complexity?
Here's a simple amazingness:

Thai coconut fish curry

- 10 shrimp (optional)
- 500 gr white fish (any flaky type)
- green beans (a handful)
- 1 med size onion
- 1 green or red pepper
- a coffee cup size rice
- 1/2 can of coconut milk
- 3 kaffir lime leafs (they add so much aroma! Try to find them. If you can't make sure you have tons of lime)

1. Steam the rice. You probably have your way. I wash it, put it with 2:1 water : rice on the stove until the water boils. Once it starts boiling I add a cube of vege stock and salt, cover and lower the heat to MIN. Then let it absorb the water. Don't open it at all for 20-40 minutes. (depends on the rice)
2. Quickly sauté the fish fillets. I add a bit of olive oil to a deep non-stick pan. Just a touch of oil. I add the fish and cook it 5 minutes on each side (depends on the thickness. Thinner pieces require less. )
3. Cook the chopped onions, peppers and green beans simultaneously for 6-7 minutes until they are soft. NOT burned (lower heat)
4. Once the veges are soft, add SLOWLY 1/2 can of coconut milk. Make sure the heat is at MEDIUM or the coconut milk will curdle and then it's not pretty. I added even 100ml of water, to reduce the heat and increase the sauce without increasing the fat. Add salt, the lime leaves cut in halves, (I had saffron so I added a bit but it's not that important), lime juice and a dash or two of garlic powder. Let the sauce thicken together with the veges for about 7-8 minutes while constantly stirring.
5. Add the fish in and flake it within the pan, so it absorbs and infuses with the sauce. (I has a few pre-cooked shrimp so I added them in too).
6. Is the rice ready by now?
7. Like spicy? I cooked for my wife and son who ARE NOT fans of spicy food, so I just added a chilli pepper to my plate but you can chop yours inside if you are brave enough.
8. Mix the curry with the rice, garnish with a couple of roasted cashew nuts or peanuts if you have them and ENJOY! I loved it with light beer, and alkA had it with red wine. To each his own!

Let me know if yours came out ok!

Our Daily Poison

Define food!

Don't do it for me, do it for yourself. What is the reason we shop, cook, taste, learn, socialise, dine, etc.? No matter how you put it, food is our source of energy. Therefore, food = life. Easy enough, as No food = No life!

But something we all forget from time to time is that food is an external object that we allow into our body. Often without much thought, we take a strawberry, a biscuit or a peanut and faithfully inject it into our own core. And we do it on the basis of two main aspects of blind faith: 1. That what we put in our mouth is actually FOOD (meaning a source of energy, rather than a substance to fill our stomachs and fool us that we're not hungry any more) and 2. That IF it is harmful in a way, or contains harmful substances, our body will be clever enough to get rid of what hurts us and only keep the good stuff.

But we are often wrong in both beliefs together. And the result is: disease. And unfortunately today it is SO difficult to stay away from disease, that every single one of us knows or loves somebody that is suffering or dying from incurable diseases. What happened with cancer? I distinctly remember how terrified I was of AIDS. Now all of a sudden, I don't hear about it anymore. Somehow it's under control? All of a sudden people live with it? But whatever happened with cancer? Have you ever been more exposed to news of cancer than today? It's everywhere I turn. I've lost friends and I've lost relatives. And I know that when I was growing up it just wasn't that common!!!

I myself explain it to a large portion with one thing: Our Daily Poison! And whilst I may add stress to the list of daily poisons, I may say that we have less control over stress but can have much more control over what we put in our bodies.

Why is it that McDonalds hamburgers last forever? Did you know? Why is it that I bought baby spinach two weeks ago and forgot about it in my fridge and today it was perfectly fresh, crispy and not a single leaf had gone bad? Why do tomatoes seem to go for a month before they go bad? And lettuce? And why do I get such a powerful stomach-ache every time I eat (accidently) Chinese garlic? If you still don't know what I'm saying is it's that they are simply not food! They are poisonous enough that no other creature (fungus, microbes, or pests while in the field) would touch them!

Why is there aluminium in drinking water? Why is fluoride added to drinking water and toothpaste when it's detrimental to health? (and don't try and get picky with me on the links I post here, because I don't wanna load you with scientific papers) Why do they want to vaccinate babies IN UTERO??? This is not a joke! I have received an e-mail inviting me to a seminar, discussing exactly that!

You get my point. And I'm afraid we are caught in a trap. Genetically modified corn, meat and eggs stuffed with antibiotics (not to even mention the suffering and torture animals have to endure before they are slaughtered), fish full of poisonous deadly radioactive mercury (in addition to the devastation of marine life...do you eat tuna for example? WATCH The End of the Line - type the name in the search box here and watch the movie!!! Please do it!

I know, my friends, there is no escape...but what I suggest you do is 1. Educate yourself on those harms and be mindful when you make your choices. If not for yourselves, then at least for your children. And 2. TRY! Buy organic whenever you can, because drugs are more expensive down the line. Avoid anything plastic, as much as possible! Bags, boxes, bottles! And 3. Whenever you have the opportunity, voice your opinion! Share, educate others, participate in debates, in elections, in policy formations or merely support the ones who do. This is all we can do in order to try and stay healthy to the best of our ability. Or else, we doom ourselves and our children to disease and misery. If not today, then surely 20 years down the line. And as many of you may not know what it's like in a care clinic for elderly, some day I'll tell you about my experience of a 12-hour night shift as a nurse in such a unit. I gotta tell you...it made me think.

Stay healthy and think about this next time you choose where to buy your food. Will it be your food or your poison!?

Look at all this color!

Sami and I went for all organic today. He looooved the fruits! I've never seen him want to eat more fruit!

I read in the "China Study" that colors in food mean antioxidants and mean youth and health! Yum!

Крем супа от зрял боб?

 Омръзна ли ви от стандартния, изтъркан и предъвкан фолклорен боб с чубрица? Зартуднявате ли се с какво хитро, ефективно, здравословно, евтино и вкусно ястие да зарадвате семейството, приятелите и гостите си? Обичате ли да зареждате телата си с метан, съдържащ потенциална енергия от 59к.джаула на квадратен метър? Имате ли нужда от тайни оръжия срещу нападатели и неканени гости?





Тогава тази невероятна суперрецепта е за вас, драги кулинарни дрЪзнители!

Съставки:
2 чаени чаши боб
1-2 литра вода
1-2 кубчета бульон
1 глава зрял лук
3 скилидки чесън
1 клонче розмарин (или супена лъжица стръкчета/чаена ако е стрит)
сол и пипер на вкус
1 ч.л. хлебна сода
2 с.л. зехтин

Приготовление:
1.Накисвате боба от вечерта с мнооого вода, за да поеме колкото може повече до сутринта (може и гореща вода.
2. Сварявате боба без сол, само с вода и по малко хлебна сода и ако не ви е до метан, изхвърляте две пръдливи води.
3. С третата вода оставяте боба да къкри, заедно с нарязания лук, чесън, сол, бульончетата и със зехтина.
4. Когато бобът се свари и омекне му добавяте розмарина и черния пипер; хаквате или боба в блендера, или ръчния миксер в боба и го правите на невероятна, ароматна крем-супа!
5. Гарнирате с каквото ви падне, опитвате и припадате от кеф!

Така цялото семейство може да се наслади на една супер-полезна вегетарианска и нестандартна супа!

*рецептата не е оригинално моя, но съм си я адаптирал от тук и всички ние сме във възторг!

The Cooking Monster

Thanks to my unemployment I managed to master my long-time favorite hobby. I am so happy to cook lately, that I'm almost worried about my masculinity :D

So, here are my latest creations. Feel free to ask me for recipes. I will not bore you with them, as this is not one of them cooking blogs ;)

My first ever sushi attempt - California and Philadelphia rolls with sesame and black masago - unbelievable!

Parsley burgers with home-made hummus - better than any meat burger I remember from 17 years ago!

Shrimp and salmon stuffed roasted pineapple with a pineapple and raspberry spinach salad, with vanilla-shallot vinaigrette! To die for!