Eat with Steff

We are going to talk “ENERGY BARS” this time. As a student, that has some pretty busy days, I’ve found making something dense in calories to keep you going for a couple of hours, while being healthy as well, is the way to go. Energy bars usually consist of 4 important parts: the fibre+ carbs, the sweetener, the fats and the flavor we want to end up with. Depending on this formula, you can say that energy bars/ balls are very versatile. I’ve posted some versions before on my instagram @eatwithsteff , but today we’re going through another easy combo. Main ingredients: 1 1/2 cups of homemade cinnamon granola   3 tbsp of peanut butter  22 dates (about 1 cup) Optional ingredients to spice it up: [vegan or not] white chocolate (about 70 grams) freeze dried raspberries (just a couple of them) Preparation: 1.You start by soaking the dates in water at least 4 hours. I let them soak overnight. 2.Blend the dates, then add the peanut butter and blend again. ...

As you already know I'm still eating mostly vegan, because The Great Lent hasn't ended for me yet, but you should also know that I'm a chocolate lover and I have a sweet tooth almost 23 hours/ day. That's why I came out with a decadent chocolate cake recipe the everyone should try, even if you're not vegan. I'm super serious about that ;) . Ingredients: • 200 g flour • 200 g sugar • juice and zest of 1 orange (about 120 ml) • 2 tablespoons of tahini • 1/2 cup sunflower seed oil • 1 tsp of vanilla • 1 teaspoon of baking soda • 125 g dark chocolate finely chopped (or dark chocolate chips ) • 5-6 tablespoons of cocoa  For the syrup • 3/4 cup of water • 3/4 cup of sugar   For the ganache • 250 g dark chocolate • 150 g water • 1 tablespoon of cognac Preparation: In a bowl add & mix   the flour, cocoa, sugar and the baking soda.   In an other bowl beat the oil with the tahini using the mixer. While mixing add the vanil...

My last recipe was a mussle risotto and that day I also made a delicious creamy chickpea soup. By the poll I posted on my instagram ( @eatwithsteff ) most of you chose the risotto recipe, but some of you really wanted the recipe of the chickpea & prawn soup. So here you go! Ingredients: 400 gr of cooked chickpeas 10 prawns 5 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp of dried rosemary (or a fresh rosemary spring ) 1-2 tsp of chili pepper 5-6 tbsp of olive oil 1-2 tbsp of freshly chopped parsley (as a topping ) Salt & pepper Preparation:  First of all wash the prawns and remove the head . Don’t throw these away, because we are keeping them for the other step. Gently remove the shell & devein them if you want, but make sure to leave the tail. Put about 4 tbsp of olive oil, 3-4 halves of garlic cloves, a spring of rosemary or the dried rosemary, the prawn heads and let these release all their flavors to the oil for 3-4 minutes on a medium-high heat. This is...

 The Great Lent has begun and if you’re christian chances are you know what this is. Long story short, The Great Lent or The Great Fast officially begins on Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha ( Easter ) and runs for 40 contiguous days. It has its religion-related purposes, but personally I do it to feel better with myself, to eat healthier (most of the time), to eat mostly vegan meals (if you’re interested in knowing the benefits of eating vegan you can look it up by yourself, because I don’t want to force & influence anyone) and to expend my taste palette by trying new recipes.  The foods abstained from are meat, fish, eggs and dairy products, wine, and oil. According to some traditions, only olive oil is abstained from; in others, all vegetable oils. In my house we use all kinds of vegetable oils including olive oil, except the last week of the Lent. So basically you have to eat vegan, but with some exceptions such as: mussels, prawns, squid and cuttlefish. (beca...