Eat a greater variety of plant foods!

60% of calories obtained by humans from plants come from rice, maize and wheat. That's insane! Why not eat a greater variety of things? So many people ask me what I eat, if I don't eat animal products, wheat, or sugar, while there are literally thousands of plant species left to eat. Click here for a list of what I eat.

[I stole this pic from Dr. Garth Davis]

Carrot Smoothie

I don't have to tell you that carrots are really good for you. So here is a new way of enjoying them: a carrot smoothie.

I have been trying for a while to make one that I really like, but so far most of them where just okay. Finally, I found the perfect combination: Carrots, oranges, and dates.

You need:
- about 200 g of carrots (about 4 large carrots or up to 10 small ones).
- 2 oranges
- about 5 medium sized dates
- about 500 ml of water (or more or less, depending on how thick you like your smoothie)

You do:
Soak the dates, at least for a few minutes (better overnight) - they will blend more easily. Put them into the blender. Clean your carrots and cut them into pieces and add them. Peal the oranges and put them into the blender as well. Add as much water as you like (however, start rather with too little, because you can always add more, but you cannot remove it anymore if you added too much). Blend. You need to blend a bit longer than you do with most smoothies to get it really smooth. Also, if you have a crappy blender, this might be the recipe that will tell you that it's time to upgrade.

Enjoy (if you like it sweeter, add more dates - if it's too sweet, use less next time)!

Michael

P.S. I noticed that I feel really well in the morning if I have this carrot smoothie for breakfast.

Banana Blueberry Almond Pudding

I am told that I mainly post recipes for sweets and treats and HiFi comfort food, even though that's not mainly what I eat. Maybe that is true. The reason for that is that most of my staples are relatively simple and there is not much of a recipe to post. I eat massive about of boiled vegetables and tons of fruit.

Anyway, I promise that I will have more posts on my staples. However, today's post is another treat. It's a banana pudding, and, to be honest, I don't understand yet, why it (sometimes) gets a pudding like consistency. Blending some foods at high speed for a little while somehow does something that I haven't yet fully grasped. It might have something to do with the heat and the fiber. Or the protein. Or not. The important thing is that it tastes nice and feels good.

You need:
- about 6 to 8 ripe bananas
- a cup of blueberries
- about 1/4 cup of almonds
- 1/2 liter (~1 pint) of water

You do:
Throw it all in the blender and blend it. Then fill it in a form or a glass. It will solidify a bit within a minute or so. Or it won't. If it doesn't you will have a nice vegan blueberry milkshake.