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
Celeriac-Kale Stew with Chicken
During the colder months of the year I love to make stews (stampot in Dutch). I make them in the vegetables that are available and at hand in the supermarket; normally cheap and fresh from the farmland. This stew recipe is including kale, celeriac and sweet potato....
Easy Overnight Oatmeal
I stopped buying normal milk and now I always have one packing of almond milk in my refrigerator. Normally I don’t use that much of plant based milk, but before it runs out of date I need to used it; so I prepared a overnight oatmeal this time. The only thing...
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...
Zucchini Spaghetti with Home-Made Pesto
Here another Italian dish without the real pasta! Just like the Vegetable Lasagna and Cauliflower Pizza. This dinner is full of vegetables and some chicken for the protein. The pasta is replaced with the zucchini and makes it a healthier version than the real pasta...
Chia Oatmeal Pudding with Red Fruits
Now and then I make Chia Pudding. You can make it in different ways, this is a combination of two other breakfast recipes: Chia Pudding made with bananas and Overnight Oatmeal. But I don’t always have bananas at hand. I made this chia seeds pudding version...