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EVERYONE wants to feel happy, healthy, inspired and connected. Passionate about food and well-being, and with values rooted deep in Mediterranean culture, Vanessa believes that, with a little help, we all hold in our hands the key to unlocking our own perfect health and happiness. Her journey started with a career in the corporate world - with all its highs and lows, its long hours, long flights a
nd endless client meetings. After nearly 15 years, she yearned for something more and, as luck would have it, a serendipitous twist of fate soon found her facing a crossroad. She decided to take the path-less-traveled and embarked on a unique, 11 month, 40,000 mile circumnavigation of our beautiful planet - by sea. A time of deep introspection and re-connection with mother-nature (coupled with the looming threat of her next hurricane) saw Vanessa come back to land changed and looking onward to a new horizon. Combining her intimate understanding of our modern lifestyle, with her existing love of yoga, meditation, and deep studies in the foothills of the Himalayas, Vanessa formally retrained at the Ayurveda Pura Academy in Greenwich and is now offering blissful treatments at Samsara Mind & Body. Her approach is one of connection and guidance, to help you slowly unveil your own unique self - seeped in warmth, bathed in natural beauty, quietly inspiring and deeply transformative.
25/02/2024
SUNDAY: Crème Brûlée .bistrotducoin
So, today is my first day implementing Jessie 's 10 Glucose Hacks.
1. VINEGAR: Apple Cider Vinegar before my meal
2. BREAKFAST: Savoury breakfast
3. STARTER: Veggies
4. FOOD ORDER: ⬇️
FIBER: Veggies 🥦
PROTEIN & FAT: Then the Salmon
CARBS: Then bread and oatmilk latte
SUGAR: And finally dessert for pleasure ⬇️
5. SUGAR: ALL sugars are equal 😲
6. SUGAR: Crème Brûlée on a full stomach
7. MOVE: Within 90min after eating
8. SNACKS: Make them savoury
9. CARBS: Never eat them 'naked'
10. CALORIES: Never counted calories anyways
(I'm actually doing calf raises as I type this 😂)
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25/02/2024
SUNDAY: Saumon Gravlax Chimichuri .bistrotducoin
During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by Scandinavian fishermen, who salted the salmon and lightly fermented it by burying it in the sand above the high-tide line. These days it's cured anywhere from 12 hours to a few days.
Chimichuri dressing was originally found in Argentinian and Uruguayan cooking... but is now all the rage everywhere.
Two worlds colliding deliciously on my plate. 😋
24/02/2024
SATURDAY: A new discovery... Œuf Parfait .bistrotducoin
Cooked in its shell over low heat (around 64°C | 147°F) in order to keep the white/yolk closest to their coagulation point and maintain a soft translucent consistency.
The Japanese call this technique "onsen tamago".
In Turkey and Greece, their eggs "hamine" can cook in warm amber's for up to 6 hours.
How marvellous !
Thank you 🙏🐔🥚💖
18/02/2024
SUNDAY: Œuf Cocotte Tartufata
This little snack is fast becoming a weekend tradition. I'm strickly veggie (often vegan) all week but occasionally, when my body craves an egg or some sushi (usually when we've reached the deepest, darkest parts of winter) ... I say OK... and find the absolutely highest quality place and people to prepare it for me.
Merci .bistrotducoin 💗
13/02/2024
TUESDAY: Matcha Coco 🤧😷 .be
11/02/2024
SUNDAY: Soup... to try to kick the lurgy .bistrotducoin 😷🤒🥴
05/02/2024
MONDAY: Breakfast treat
PASTERIES: Nœud Bergamote, Pain au Chocolat
DRINK: Oatmilk Latte
Coffee, wheat and sugar are not normally on my menu... but once in awhile, when I feel like it, I pop by my gorgeous new local bakery in the old abandoned garage (that, and I ran out of ALL of my breakfast food 😂).
04/02/2024
SUNDAY: Studious and delicious! 😋
04/02/2024
SUNDAY: Studious and delicious! 😋
CHEESE SLATE: Conté, Gorgonzola, Taleggio with Walnuts, Mustard and Sesame Seeds
EGG: Œuf Cocotte Tartufata
13/01/2024
GHEE: A fresh batch for the New Year, courtesy of my favourite recipe from one of my favourite humans.
Pottering around the kitchen always makes me think of you .mitchell.988711.
Sending love from 'Up-Above' 🇪🇺💖🇦🇺
And thank you for the raw butter @
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