A delicious vitamin C boosting exotic salad

Winter is here and it is common to feel tired and slightly depressed during the cold and dark time of the year. Also – it is the flu season and colds come and go around us. We’re told to boost up on C-vitamin but sometimes you just don’t feel like eating another orange or clementine. Here […]

Silent night, holy night – and joy to the world

When did we go from a peaceful calm celebration with family, friends and/or neighbors to this commercial nightmare? I am not going to tell you that Christmas is about baby Jesus. Of course for some it is, and I respect that. In fact, it is a beautiful way of celebrating. But Christmas can be many different […]

Colorful breakfast

August is the perfect time for healthy breakfasts. A quick visit to the farmers market and you’ll find everything you need. If you pre-wash your greens, fruits and berries and store them in bowls or stackable glass containers in your fridge – it is quick to serve too. Just get the bowls out and place […]

Fields of gold

Summer is ripe…         Photos by Lisa Fuchs, June 2014

Midsummer up north

The midsummer celebration is an old pre-Christianity tradition in many European countries, mostly so those in the north.  At some stage however Rome decided that church should be part of it, so instead of celebrating the solstice, the nature and fertility – everyone were now supposed to celebrate the birth of John the Baptist. 

Yummy home-made butter!

“Be careful not to over whip the cream or you’ll end up with butter!” Ever heard that phrase? I have, and I’ve certainly told my kids enough times. Now – what if we actually do “over whip” that cream today? Let’s make delicious home made butter!

Healthy eating on a budget

Would you like to eat healthy whole food, buy only organic and not totally blow your budget? At first this might seem impossible when you check the price tags, but stay calm and keep reading – I’ll give you my personal tricks for feeding your family awesome food while keeping the cost down. Let’s start […]

Book release: New & exciting ways of baking

Passionate foodie and CLEW contributor Lisa Fuchs releases her first  cookbook “Delicious grain free baking”. Read more about it and get a sneak peek at one of the fancy recipes. After about a year of intense blogging of grain free baking recipes, I realized that I kept coming back to some of my recipes. I […]

Sticking to a diet

So you made it your resolution a while back that 2014 was going to be a healthy year? And how is that working for you? Restricting ourselves in any way never sounds tempting. I’ll give you a few hints though on how to be able to stick to it. When we first started our journey […]

Shopping healthy

The new year has started and I bet most of you have one new year’s resolution in common. You want to eat healthy. Right? You have probably heard of trendy diets like Atkins, LCHF (Low Carb High Fat) and Paleo (eat like a caveman). So where do you even begin? You begin when you go shopping. […]