Month: January 2016

Carrot Cake

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I just love carrot cakes or maybe it is just the cream cheese frosting. This weekend was more about resting and indulging comfort food so I made the carrot cake with a ginger cream cheese frosting for a change and decorated the cake with pecans instead of adding them to the batter. I tried several recipes and came to this final one if you want a fluffy cake. As usual, I try to cut down as much as possible on sugar, I even tried to replace it with Agave syrup but the batter will get burnt quickly. Besides, it is always better to replace the vegetable oil with coconut oil or make it half half. Ingredients: 400g all purpose flour 3 large eggs at room temperature 300g vegetable oil OR 150g vegetable oil & 150g coconut oil 300g sugar 2 teaspoons of baking soda 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon of grated nutmeg 3 cups of coarsely grated carrots 1/2 cup of chopped pecans (optional) Frosting: 450g cream cheese, at …

Baked Salmon & Honey Mustard

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Let me introduce you to my new favorite marinade, the Honey Mustard. It is simply divine on any meat, especially when you do it yourself (no need anymore to buy the supermarket sachets). I was happy to use the honey I brought from my home country, Lebanon. I filled my honey pantry supplies with sample jars from a boutique dedicated to honey: L’Atelier du Miel, known to be distinguished by its honey production method: they move the beehives all year long to follow the blossoming seasons, so that the bees are fed only on nectar of flowers and honeydew of trees. In fact, I tried the Thorns honey (Epines & fleurs d’été) for its intense taste of freshness that would go well with ginger and salmon. Ingredients: 4 Salmon Filets 2 tbs Olive oil 1 tbs grated Ginger 1 tbs Honey 2 tbs Mustard seed (Dijon a l’ancienne) Kosher Salt & Pepper – Combine the marinade ingredients: oil, ginger, honey and mustard. Keep some marinade sauce on the side to brush the salmon filets before serving. – Pour the marinade on the salmon filets in a zip-lock bag and …

Magic T

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Good morning cold weather & soar throat!💨❄️⛄️☂ Its the flu season, make sure to have this “magic tea” every morning and night. Its a natural remedy that will help fight your illness and boost your immune system: Ingredients: serving for 1 mug 1 Cinnamon stick Hot water 1 tsp Honey 1 tsp Lemon juice 1 tsp grated ginger Optional: Green Tea • Boil water with a cinnamon stick • Pour the hot water in your mug on the grated ginger and your favorite green tea (optional) • Add honey and lemon juice • Mix well and drink up Get well soon! The Urban Apron

Healthy plan for 2016

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It is the first post of the year! Yes, I’ve been late to log in here and share some food recipes but getting back from holidays, resuming work and getting rid of a flu was quite time consuming. Looking at the bright side, I can say that I started the year with a healthy food plan and I surely intend having it as routine. I am cutting down on all the sinful dishes that usually contains refined sugars, avoiding processed foods, and making sure to balance  my meal plan to: 4 days grains, 2 days fish, 1 day poultry or meat. Here are some basics that needs to be considered for “clean eating”: Start by eating wholesome fruits and vegetables, especially the seasonal ones. Check out this seasonality calendar for easy reference. Choose whole grains and whole-grain products over the refined ones: white rice, pasta, bread and products like candy, regular soda, syrups, table sugar, cakes, cookies, pies, sweet rolls, pastries, fruit drinks and dairy desserts. Picking a “cheat day” will limit  for one day the saturated fats, sodium and added sugars in your cooking and …