If you want to lose weight and improve your health, stop dieting, says dietician Maria Abi Hanna, and learn about the 7 Types of Hunger.
Check out Hillhouse Brasserie pastry chef Sony Maharjan’s innovative dessert recipe If You Like PinaColadas, which won her top prize in the Sarood Hospitality’s vegan pastry competition. “My dish was quite simple, but the flavors blended very well and the judges said it was a beautiful dish,” said Maharjan. If You Like Pina Coladas! Ingredients: Caramelised Pineapple 180g pineapple 40g sugar Mango Gel 160g mango puree 25g sugar 2g agar agar Coconut Gel 50g coconut...
Hillhouse Brasserie staff Mark Kevin Lampa and Prakash Rawat cooked up a winning vegan scotch egg for the Sarood Hospitality vegan cooking competition. “We had no idea how we were going to do it at first but after lots of experimenting, practising and tweaking, we were happy and confident with what we had come up with,” said Lampa. Ingredients: Vegan Sausage Meat Mixture 100g chickpeas 100g black eyed beans 50g dal lentils 50g mushroom duxelles...
A pandemic won’t stop the UAE from producing new obstacle courses, parkour coaching, silent yoga, or delicious vegan and gluten-free treats. With social distancing, safe delivery and all the precautionary measures taken, here are a range of new things to try. Trampoline tricks Bounce is giving everyone the chance to learn parkour and trampoline tricks via a new 10-week Ninja Squad program as part of its Freestyle Academy. The program caters to all ages, and...
The battle against COVID-19 has highlighted the need for a healthy lifestyle, and while some have turned to fitness or vitamin D for a much needed immunity boost, clean eating is also gaining in popularity. One brand that has been at the forefront of nutritious food in Abu Dhabi is Basiligo. The main sponsor of the Livehealthy Festival 2021 recently launched two new concepts — BSweet by Basiligo and Lose Weight, which both offer unique...
The first Veganuary was launched in 2014 by a UK non-profit and while the concept took a while to land in the UAE, restaurants are now falling all over themselves to get in on the Beyond Burger action. Special menus are all well and good, but whether the desire is to eat less meat is for reasons of health, animal welfare or global sustainability, diners need quality vegan options for the other 11 months of...
Having a well-functioning immune system has never mattered more. Expert Dr Remy Shanker talks superfoods, cutting down screen time and why she is against calorie-counting. What's a superfood? Anything that feels good to you.
This story by Rahma Diaa originally appeared on climatetracker.org and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration of more than 400 news outlets committed to better coverage of the climate crisis. After losing more than half of his tomato crop in a long heatwave, Egyptian farmer Muhammad El-Desouki no longer thinks about climate change as a future problem. His farm lies north of Cairo, in Menoufia, a region that has suffered several bouts...
As the weather gets cooler, our bellies are responding by craving nourishing meals. Moni’s Healthy Choice serves up the recipe for this quick-to-make Vegan Shepherd’s Pie, which combines green lentils, sweet potatoes, paprika, cumin and coriander for the ultimate comfort food. Serves 8 | Prep time: 5 minutes | Cooking time: 45 minutes Ingredients 200g dried green lentil rinsed and drained 3 medium size sweet potato 2 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic clove crushed 1 large...
We love gingerbread but like most baked goods, it often uses a lot of sugar. For a healthier version without the sugar spike, Keto Goodies created these keto-friendly gingerbread cookies using a sugar substitute called erythritol. If you can’t find it, a popular swap is to use monk fruit sweetener. Per cookie: Cal: 180 | Fat: 16g | Protein: 6g | Total Carbs: 6g Net carbs: 3g Makes 24 Gingerbread Cookies 2 1/4 cup almond...
As a single person, I struggle to eat full, healthy, nourishing meals. What normally happens is that I stock up on greens and veggies, eat some of them and then get busy and let rest rot. It’s also quite common for me to work until I’m ravenous, then scour the cupboards for whatever I can find to graze on or try to order a healthy takeaway and count the cranky minutes until it arrives. Occasionally...
