How to make healthy choices every day

Winter

Beet, Raspberry and Vanilla Smoothie Bowl

Beet, Raspberry and Vanilla Smoothie Bowl

Hey buddy, how’s your blood doing these days? Is it healthy and flowing? Full of oxygen and freshly-made red blood cells? Have you ever even thought about this?! The answer is, not likely. And that is nothing to be ashamed about. We are never really…

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…

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…

A Winter Weekend Cleanse

A Winter Weekend Cleanse

Happy 2015, dear friends! I wasn’t sure about doing a detox post this year simply because it seemed predictable, but over the past couple weeks, my body told my brain to stop thinking so much and just do what I feel. Smart body. There are…

Healthy Holiday Gingerbread Cookies

Healthy Holiday Gingerbread Cookies

Hey guys. Remember how I like pretending that baking is easy? Well, I’ve done it again! I actually wanted to make a gingerbread recipe last year. I even went out and bought a cute set of cookie cutters for the occasion as soon as they…