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Everyday Little Breads for Your Lectin-Light Journey

I always wonder if there is anyone in this world not loving bread. Is there? I absolutely love bread, although I am lucky I only like very good bread, which luckly is hard to find in our days. Otherwise, I’m not at all tempted by the usual bread you find in stores and many restaurants. In my book – The Living Well Without Lectins Cookbook – I have quite a few recipes for replacements for bread, and from your feedback so far they are quite succesful. But I felt it was time for something new. Something easy to put together, to suit as many lifestyles as possible, to be tasty and have a satisfying texture. And that’s how these flavorful, simple “little breads” were born.

October 20, 2020 By Claudia

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Five Day Fast-Mimicking, Vegan and Lectin-Light Cleanse

Hi there! A couple of weeks ago my mom and I decided to do a cleanse. I had traveled quite a lot and eaten out and with the change of seasons we both felt like shaking things up a little bit. So we decided on the five day fast-mimicking, vegan and lectin-light plan outlined in The Longevity Paradox, by Dr. Steven Gundry. We wanted to share our experience in case you are thinking to do the same and have any doubts or questions before you start. As a side note, if you are looking for a low histamine cleanse, this one, although not low histamine by all standards, it is relatively low histamine.

October 16, 2020 By Claudia

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Beetroot and Horseradish Side Salad

It’s fall again, and I’m always interested in delicious and nutritious ways to eat more root vegetables. While beetroot might be probematic when cooked because of the sugar content, in its raw version is a nutritious and vibrant addition to our meals; I mean, look at that color!

September 29, 2020 By Claudia

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My Experience With Too Much Histamine. Diet and Everything Beyond.

It all started one afternoon, in April 2019, when I experienced a panic attack right after my dinner. I must say it was not at all something common in my life, hence the surprise was big, and not pleasant. I was home alone, and I had eaten a super tasty vegan meal, all things I have eaten countless times before. Since then, I’ve been asked so many times about my experience, but I wasn’t ready to write about it. Even the thought of it was triggering me. Plus, “histamine intolerance” is a very confusing topic because is one of those things that not two people agree on it. I didn’t want to add to all this confusion, and I wanted my experience to empower you, rather than scare you. So read on, if you want to hear details about how I handled it, but keep in mind that not two people will experience an “histamine overload” the same. I just hope that by talking about my experience will help you handle the fear and confusion around weird symptoms, rather than give you a yes and no food list, which can vary from person to person.

September 15, 2020 By Claudia

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Coffee Cake With Fresh Figs and Hazelnuts

Hello again from Romania. This is going to be a short one. While looking for ways to use the beautiful and delicious fresh figs our fig tree gifts us every day right now, I made this moist coffee cake and wanted to share the recipe with you.

August 15, 2020 By Claudia

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‘Zacusca’ – A Traditional Nightshade Spread Made Lectin-Light

‘Zacusca’ is a traditional Romanian spread made of onions, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, that I used to love and I never thought I’d be able to eat again after starting a low-lectin diet. But, never say never, because I managed to make a lectin-light version yesterday and I loved it. BONUS RECIPE: cassava tortillas / flatbreads.

August 6, 2020 By Claudia

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Low Lectin Meatball Soup, Romanian Style. In the Pressure Cooker.

“Ciorba de perisoare” – that’s how we call this meatball soup in Romania. It’s always been one of our favorites, and everytime we come home we ask my mom to make some for us. Technically, in Romania soup is not exactly the term we use for this type of broth, we rather use the Eastern European term “ciorba”. In Romania, a soup is sweet, while a “ciorba” is more or less sour, depending on taste.

July 28, 2020 By Claudia

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Roasted Cabbage With Crispy Chickpeas and Tahini Sauce

A few days ago I went to a family dinner to a nice restaurant in Aarhus (Denmark) and one of the side dishes immediately caught my attention. Mostly because it looked plant paradox compliant but also because I love cabbage. It was cabbage and tahini and I knew I would love it.

July 8, 2020 By Claudia

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Carrot Tops Salad Dressing

I recently bought a NutriBullet and I was hoping that it would work to make my pestos and herb concoctions I love so much, and it didn’t disappoint. Here in Denmark we started to find organic carrots with beautiful tops everywhere, so I decided to use them to make a dressing. It was perfect.

July 2, 2020 By Claudia

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Lectin-Free “Graham” Crackers or Digestive Biscuits

Hello from Denmark. I’m here missing a lot of my usual treats I had in the US, but that only motivates me to create more. I haven’t missed crackers in my life so far, there were plenty of options in the US and my Sweet Potato Crackers are better than any store bought crackers I have ever had. But I missed something else: biscuits. Now, if you are reading this in the US, you think of something different when you read or hear biscuits. But what I mean my biscuits is the what you might call crackers, however there is a big difference between biscuits and crackers. Crackers are really crunchy, while biscuits are more floury. This recipe is what you would call “graham crackers”, or what in Europe we would call “digestive biscuits”.

June 19, 2020 By Claudia

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