How to make healthy choices every day

Lunch

Fantastic Falafel Waffles

Fantastic Falafel Waffles

Falafels. These definitely sit at the top of my list for most attempts at a healthy makeover and at the bottom of the list of success. How to get them crisp without deep frying? How to get them to hold together without eggs? What is…

Butternut Squash, Leek and Apple Soup

Butternut Squash, Leek and Apple Soup

Back in the summer, I was asked to be the guest chef at a restaurant here in Copenhagen for the upcoming fall season. But not just any restaurant: a hyper-local organic restaurant sourcing 95% of their ingredients from within 200 kilometers of their front door,…

White Lentil Risotto with Mushrooms

White Lentil Risotto with Mushrooms

Eating out is a grand seduction. From the moment I step into a restaurant, I am totally open and utterly surrendered to the experience. The first thing I notice when I enter is the smell – I actually like it to hit me with an…

Cauliflower Buns & Bagels

Cauliflower Buns & Bagels

You guys. Cauliflower. Buns. I am crazy stoked about this. The idea for these simply brilliant, delicious, and totally surprising rolls came from my good friend Sophie, a vibrant, health-conscious lady that I actually met through my mother’s group. We quickly bonded over a shared love of…

Inspirational Sunflower Seed Risotto

Inspirational Sunflower Seed Risotto

Inspiration is a perplexing creature. As someone who relies on a constant stream of ideas to do what I do, having an endless supply is rather essential. Of all the questions I am asked, the most common of them all is where my inspiration comes…

Ramen Revisited + How to make Dashi

Ramen Revisited + How to make Dashi

My parents made my lunch every day that I was in school from the time I was barely old enough to hold a brown paper bag, right up until my last days of high school. It was always exactly the same format, with slight variations:…

Winter Rainbow Panzanella

Winter Rainbow Panzanella

Dear colour. I miss you. Please come back soon. Your pal, Sarah B I’ve joked before about the oh-so dark, single-toned, and super grey city Copenhagen becomes in the winter. After months upon months of this, I feel as if my eyes have turned into…

Deluxe Butternut Macaroni ‘n’ Tease

I’m over winter, but winter definitely isn’t over. Although I really can’t complain about the balmy temps here in Denmark, it’s dark and damp and I would probably pay a lot of money to see the sun right about now. And my heart does go…