Be healthy-Eat mushrooms

In Pradejón, a village near Calahorra devote to mushrooms production and commercialization,rehey taughted us a lot abut these misterious organisms that are neither plants nor animals, but fungi. They grow on waste (compost) but store lots of good molecules and provide our bodies with vitamins, minerals and fiber. Their regular inteke is associated with a lower risk to develop cancer, diabetes or cardiovascular diseases. So, knowing this, how can you not eat mushrooms?

The secrets of mushrooms-click here

Alles bio, alles gut!!!!

"We are what we eat". More and more people in Germany pay attention not only to what they eat, but also to how was it made.
We have had the opportunity to visit a Bio Bread Factory and taste their products. They were absolutly delicious!!!!!

An apple a day......

....keeps the Doctor away!!!! or at least that is what the proverb says.
If you are bored of eating raw apples have a look at our home made apple jam and finger-lickering stuffed apples recipes. ENJOY!!!!!!

Home Made Apple Jam recipe

Finger Lickering Stuffed Apples recipe

Collecting apples was our first task. Then we follow the recipe intructions!!!!

Eating healthy does not mean eating boring

During German students visit to Spain thay had the opportunity to visit the "C.I.P.F.P Camino de Santiago" and learn about how to make healthy mouth-watering "tapas". After the making process they could also taste them and they all agreed they were delicious!!!! Check the pictures for more information

Tapas pictures

Olive Oil & Pringadas

If there is something important in Spanish Gastronomy and Mediterranean Diet, this is with no doubts "Olive Oil". Phoenicians and Greeks introduced Olive trees in the Iberian peninsula, but were Romas and Arabs who extended the olive crops and improved the methods to make oil from them. Indeed, the word "Aceite" has an arab origin “al-zait” meaning "olive juice".

Is there a better way to try and enjoy Spanish olive oil than spreading it on a slice of fresh bread? Probably not. And, if olive oil tastes too bitter or strong, just try to add some sugar onto it!
Recipe

Fancy chocolate

Chocolate has been shown to be a healthy food, but does this apply to all kind of chocolate sweets? Of course not. Only dark chocolate made directly from cocoa beans powder is rich in chemicals like flavonoids and theobromine, and so recognised as a disease-killing bullet. The only problem? Cacao on its own is bitter, chalky, nasty stuff. When cacao is mixed with sugar, milk and butter it becomes good for your taste buds, but not always good for your health. Besides adding calories, these can dilute the benefits of cacao.
In the Ritter Sport Factory we learnt how to produce your own fancy chocolate. To make it healthier you can just use skimmed milk, oil and brown sugar instead of full-fat milk, cocoa butter and refined sugar. Later you can even increased the nutitional value of your chocolate by combining it with seeds like almonds or hazelnuts-rich in minerals and proteins- better than with candies.

Recipe

Authentic German Bread

 Just have a look at the recipe and try to make your own authentic German Bread
 Recipe