FOOD Inspirations
Here you will find my favorite dinner, breakfast and lunch food recipes like; Indian Masala, Indonesian Gado Gado, South African Bobotie and a real Dutch Stampot (stew), Smoothie Bowls and Oatmeal Chia Puddings and a lot more. In my blogs I will pick a specific ingredient that I describe in more details. What are the benefits of an avocado or pumpkin? Learn more on the fruits and vegetables I use in the disches.
Most of my recipes are simple and not with too many ingredients and mainly low in carbohydrates. I normally make my dinner meals on Sunday and eat them for the coming days and put some in the freezer. This way I save time and always have a good meal at hand. I hope I can inspire you with my way of cooking!
Recipes related to my Travel
A lot of my food recipes are inspired by my traveling around the world. I also do cooking classes to learn the local cuisine; for example Sri Lanka, Tel Aviv, Bali and Mexico. I must admit I’m not a professional cook, but love to be creative and cooking is a way to be creative in the kitchen. I hope you will be inspired by my recipes and my travel blogs at the same time. All recipes are, easy to make, mostly healthy and most important very delicious! Check my Instagram Mirja’s Inspirations to see more food and travel inspirations! See you there!
More food inspirations
South African Bobotie with Green Beans
After a detoxing period, read my blog on Sport Fasting, I normally get inspired to make make new recipes. This Bobotie is originally from South Africa, where I ate it a couple of times. The origin of the Bobotie comes from the Dutch who brought the spices from...
Chestnut-Mushroom Soup with Pancetta
As a tradition we organize a Christmas dinner every year the weekend before Christmas with five girlfriends including their partners. This year we decided to prepare the dinner ourselves instead of going out to a restaurant. That was a perfect decision; we all...
Autumn Figs Chia Pudding
It's getting Autumn!! Time to eat different kinds of foods. I try to eat the seasonal veggies and fruits; cheaper and fresher than eating strawberries all year. I run into the figs in the supermarket and thought make a dish out of that. Figs are super healthy, full...
Overnight Oatmeal with Pumpkin Puree & Seeds
Autumn and Pumpkin goes hand in hand. I already gave you my famous Pumpkin Soup recipe. But I wanted to try something special; pumpkin taste sweet too, so I thought: Why not have it for breakfast?! I also wanted to try overnight oatmeal so I combined both into...
Shakshuka with Spinach and Feta Cheese
Shakshuka is a delicious vegetarian dish with the combination of eggs, tomatoes, and spices popular across the Middle East and North Africa and it literally means “a mixture”. Shakshuka comes in many shapes, food combinations and sizes. When I was in Tel Aviv it...
Healthy Salmon or Tuna Poke Bowl!
I love Poke Bowls!! Poke is pronounced poh-keh and the word means to cut in Hawaiian. All the ingredients are cut in eatable portions and include raw fish marinated in soy sauce. I order a Poke Bowl now and then for lunch, but now it was time again to prepare one...