Oven-Roasted Hokkaido Squash

 Hello everyone! I am finally back and with a new recipe for you. Probably the easiest one in the world. I feel almost embarassed to share it with you, how easy it is. Since it is already fall (which makes me unbeleavebly happy) I decided to make myself a good old squash. Well...the squash was freshly harvested this month from our garden. And now I don't know where I was coming from with that...great....Well, I wanted to say how much I've missed you, even though you don't comment on my posts, I know you are still here people! (Thanks Blogger Statistics)

Let's start with this recipe!

You will need:
1 Hokkaido Squash
2 cloves of olive oil
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 tsp of dried thyme
+ seasoning of your choice (rosemary, sage...)

1)

Preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare a baking paper on your baking tray. This is very important. Your squash will otherwise stick on a tray. And we don't want that.

2)

 Cut the squash in half.

3)
Now it is time to take out all these seeds with a tablespoon.

4)

Cut the squash into wedges.

5)

Move the wedges on prepared tray and drizzle it with olive oil. Add sliced garlic, salt and thyme (or other seasoning of your choice).

6)

Put it in the oven for about 40 minutes. 10 minutes before you take it out of the oven, you can a add a twig of fresh rosemary or leaves of sage.

7)

Let it cool down for a few minutes. When you have your delicious squash on a plate, you can drizzle it again with a tiny bit of olive oil and add salt.

Ta-da!

Love,

Lucy

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5 Simple Healthy Breakfast Ideas

I want to share with you five, very easy to prepare, breakfast ideas. Six mornings I took pictures of my breakfast. All of them are based on fruit. I should mention, that it is NOT vegan. In my opinion colorful delicious breakfasts are the best option to start the day. It makes my mouth water just looking at the pictures below. Personally, when I eat in the morning healthy food, I have more energy during the day. Now let's see what I have prepared for you. Enjoy!

Amaranth Pancakes | Recipe

One morning I decided to make myself pancakes, which are healthier than normal ones but still delicious. So I thought I would share these recipe with you guys. I practically made it up all by myself, except the recipe is based on the one Jamie Oliver did on his Youtube channel.

I am so happy with the result. You can still taste the amaranth flour in there while eating *obviously*, however with honey and fruit it is the perfect breakfast!

Ingredients:

(8 - 10 pancakes)

½ mug (0,25 l) plain flour

½ mug (0.25 l) amaranth flour

1 mug (0,25 l) milk (here I am using rice milk)

1 egg

1 apple

1 pinch of salt

¼ baking powder

1 tbsp butter (or vegetable oil, which you prefer) 

Something on the top (honey, fruit, oatmeal....)

Step 1

In the large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients - amaranth and plain flour, salt, baking powder.

Step 2

Now add all the wet ingredients - milk, grated apple, egg. Wisk all the ingrediends together, until you see little bubbles in the mixture.

Step 3

Turn on the cooker. Put a teaspoon of butter on the crepe pan (or normal pan) and wait until the butter is heat up enough. You will recognise that moment if you put a tiny bit of the mixture on the pan and it starts sputter.

Step 4

Now comes the moment when you take your ladle (or just some scoop) and pour the mixture just on the middle of your pan. 

Step 5

When the fringe starts to seem done and you can see little bubbles in that area, it is time to turn over your pancake. If it is golden brown, you are on the right path. Repeat this proces with every pancake you make.

Step 6

Flavour you pancake with whatever you want and like. I doused mine with honey and sprinkled with grapes.

Step 7

Eat your breakfast and be delighted!

Let me know in the comments below if you try out this recipe.

Love life,
          Lucy

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