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Apple & ginger crumble

June 27, 2019 by Ariel Leave a Comment

This is actually a pretty easy recipe.  Although, when I first made it on Twitch, it wasn’t optimal.  There was not enough fruit to crumble ratio but the result became some delicious “cereal” that kept me well fed and happy for the few days after the stream.  Yesterday, I made it again to tweak the recipe and take photos. The result is a wonderful dessert that I’m eating with a spoon as we speak!

Hope you get to try it and if even if you’re not a fan of apples or ginger, you can make it with pretty much any fruits you like.  This is the kind of easy going recipe that you’ll learn to love because the possibilities are endless.

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Filed Under: Crisps, Popular Diets, Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian Tagged With: apple, crumble, dessert, easy, ginger, recipe, saigon cinnamon, sweet, vietnamese cinnamon

Basil Lover Green Smoothie

March 18, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

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I love the subtile, yet noticeable taste of the basil leaves in this one…

For who isn’t super fan of the extremely sweet smoothies (like me), this mildly sweet, yet tangy drink might just be what you needed.

Good Morning!

Green Smoothie Life
 
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Prep time
3 mins
Total time
3 mins
 
Author: ZestyAndSpicy.com
Recipe type: Smoothie
Cuisine: Healthy
Ingredients
  • 1 banana,
  • 1 green apple,
  • Juice of ½ lime,
  • 4 strawberries,
  • ¼ cup fresh basil,
  • 1 big curled kale leave,
  • ½ cup of almond/coconut milk
Instructions
  1. - Blend all the ingredients
  2. - Enjoy!
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Filed Under: Drinks, Recipes, Smoothies Tagged With: almond milk, almond/coconut milk, apple, Ariel, ariel rebel, Banana, basil, Curled Leaves Kale, drink, fresh, green, green apple, kale, leaves, lime, Max, Max Rebel, Montreal, Nomad, Q-Liquid, recipe, smoothie, strawberries, Travel

Apple BBQ Sauce

November 15, 2013 by Ariel 7 Comments

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…do I need to say anything else? ahah

Joke aside, this BBQ sauce is great as a dipping sauce and also a marinade.  I tried it with chicken, beef, veal, lamb and tofu up to date and every time it was a hit!

I hope you’ll enjoy this fall recipe and create delicious meals with it.

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sauces, Spicy Tagged With: apple, apple cider vigegar, autumn, BBQ, bouffe, Cortland, easy, facile, fall, healthy, pomme, quick, recette, recipe, sauce, smoky

Grilled Cabbage, Apple and Tofu Salad

June 26, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

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The day of my trip to Budapest is coming soon.. At this same time next week, I’ll be on the other side of the world doing… well… a description of what I’ll be doing would inappropriate to for this blog so I wont finish my sentence LOL…  Witch means that I have to go over all the veggies and fruits left in my fridge and make sure I keep eating healthy and not too much to get to my weight goal for the trip.

I’ve been experimenting a lot with tofu in the past weeks and since it’s such a versatile ingredients, extremely healthy and low fat, I thought it would be important to create a new category for it since I’ll be sharing a lot more recipes featuring this amazing ingredient.  Today I’ve been teasing my facebook followers about a tofu spread recipe but I’m not 100% happy with everything I’ve made yet so here’s a fun little salad instead that could be serve as a fun appetizer….

The measurements for this recipe is for 2 persons so make sure you adapt the quantities if you’re serving more than 2.  Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Appetizer, Recipes, Salads, Tofu, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: apple, cabbage, grilled, health, healthy, homemade, Mint, recipe, salad, spice blend, spicy italian seasoning, summer, tofu, vegan, vegetarian

Homemade Apple Sauce

January 13, 2013 by Ariel 4 Comments

When I first moved in to my own place, one of the activities I liked the most was to create recipes to fill up an adorable blank recipe book my mom offered me to celebrate the beginning of my independence If I remember right, apple sauce is the first thing I tried to make because even if I don’t dislike the store bought version, everything is always so much better when it’s homemade right? Too bad my family never shared with me any recipe for apple sauce but like you will see, it’s so easy that it almost doesn’t deserve to have a recipe. Everybody is adds their own touch in the end but the basic of the process is universal.

What’s fun about this apple sauce is that it can be use on pretty much everything! From meat to baked goods, the tangy taste of the apple and the spicy and delicate aroma of the cardamom are a great addition to main dishes and deserts. I have a few recipes up my sleeves where I am using this versatile apple sauce that I will be sharing them with you but till then, hope you enjoy this post that bring me back in my first closet size kitchen. 🙂 Ahhhh memories 🙂

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Filed Under: Maple Flavored, Recipes, Sauces, Sweets Tagged With: apple, cane sugar, cardamom, desert, juice, lemon, maple syrup, recipe, sauce, spartan apples

Apple Crumble Pie

October 26, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

I wish I had the time to go pick up apples myself in the trees but I don’t… instead, I’m doing like a ton of city people and I bought them at the grocery store.  Next year, I will make the time to go outside the city and go pick them up myself to them prepare a ton of tasty goodies for this blog but this year I have to make sacrifices to work on my online business full time with barely any time to play.  Boohoo so sad 🙁

I was stressed out yesterday before making this.  Not for any particular reason but I guess I was just working too much and because of my overdose of productivity I started getting all annoyed and stressed out so I decided to step away from my computer for an hour to be creative in my kitchen.  Removing the skin of the fresh apples, touching the flour and smelling the aroma of cardamon and cinnamon was exactly what I needed because right after making this apple crumble pie, I felt amazing and accomplished.  Then the day went by, I had to go to my yoga class and the second I came back, the only idea I had in mind was to try my crumble.  It was orgasmic!  I sincerely hope you get around to try out this recipe because it’s worth it 🙂  I used Spartan apples because they were the only fresh one at my grocery store but feel free to use the one you prefer.  I honestly prefer a more sour tasting apple so that was perfect for me.  I’m even thinking on trying out this recipe with green apples this winter.  If you do it before me, let me know how that turned out!

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Filed Under: Pies and Tarts, Recipes, Sweets, Zesty Tagged With: apple, baking, brown sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, crumble, fall, juice, lime, oats, pie, recipe, sweet

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