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Claudia

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This recipe is kinda weird, created it when I came home from the gym. I was exhausted and hungry and knew I was going to have so much muscle pain so I wanted to fill up my body whit as much as protein as possible. Eggs are always a good option, but I was in a sweet-tooth mood so eggs weren't really an option. Maybe just a protein smoothie? Nehh.. but what if I combined the two? Yep! Great idea, so I invented the protein pancake! 

Ingredients
1 egg
2 egg whites
1 scoop protein powder
Some water

Simply make a pancake batter with the eggs, first whip them up and then add the protein powder. Add water until you have a nice consistency (the same as a regular pancake batter) and then heat up some oil in a pan and bake your pancake. You can make 2 regular ones or 1 huge one ;-) Dust it off with cinnamon and some fresh fruit like banana, strawberries or some home made chocolate spread!

Bon appetit!!

Mouthwatering Coconut, Chocolate & Raspberry mini tartlets

You may have seen these beauty's on my Instagram or Facebook page.. Well today I am finally sharing my delicious recipe with you! 

I had a BBQ with my family last weekend and it always involves lots of meat. I'm not a big meat eater but I do love chicken. So we made a batch of healthy burgers, grilled chicken legs, chicken sate, some sausages for the guys and lots more. I always whip up at least 2 different kinds of salads, some veggies, some bread with dips and homemade herbed butter. Because desserts are always unhealthy at my parents place, but everybody loves them I decided it would be nice if I would created something delicious and healthier to the table. Also, because my little niece loooooves cakes. 

Ingredients

for the coconut macaroon tart crust

2 2/3 cups unsweetened coconut

3 egg whites (normal or 2 when you have large eggs)

2 tbsp stevia sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

for the raspberry bottom

1 bag of deep frozen raspberries

for the chocolate layer (homemade nutella)

1 cup blanched hazelnuts

1/2 cup coconut milk

1/4 cup palm sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened (raw) cacao powder

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons coconut oil

pinch of sea salt

Now I would suggest to make the homemade nutella first, store it in a jar it always comes in handy ;-) (If your lazy you can substitute for a store bought nutella or chocolate mousse but it will be less healthy). 

Step 1: Preheat the oven on 180 degrees and roast the hazelnuts in the oven for 10 minutes (you can also ask your organic nut store to dry roast them so you can skip this step).  If your hazelnuts still have skin, remove them (easy to do when they come out of the oven with a damp cloth and rub the nuts with it).  Add the hazelnuts to the bowl of a food processor and cut up the hazelnuts until it becomes a puree, it will take a few minutes until creamy and you may have to scrape down the sides of the bowl a couple of times. Add the coconut milk, coconut palm sugar, cocoa, vanilla and coconut oil and salt until it's all well mixed and becomes a good paste. Store the homemade nutella in the refrigerator. 

Step 2: For the crust: Preheat an oven on 180 degrees Celsius, in a food processor combine the coconut with the egg whites, vanilla and the stevia with the coconut until it's well combined. Lightly coat a muffin or cake pan with some oil and press down the coconut mixture until it makes a well shape as a tart crust. Bake until the coconut turns golden around the edges and is set in the centre, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and invert the tins immediately on a rack. 

Step 3: Let the raspberries thaw a bit and then smash them up in a bowl with a fork. This will be your first layer for the crusts. 

Coconut crusts with the smashed raspberries layer

 Step 4: Get your (homemade) Nutella out of the fridge and serve a big tablespoon of the chocolate cream in to the tarts. Garnish with some raspberries and there you go. Amazing delicious, healthier, homemade mini tartlets!

My little niece loving my tartlets, cuuuuute!!!!

Nutritional information: Approximately 140 calories a tart. 

Easy Summer Salad

This is one of my favourite meals, I love to eat this for lunch or dinner on a wonderful sunny summer day. It contains marinated chicken, avocado, mango and fresh veggies. What else do you want? ;-)

Ingredients
seasoned or marinated chicken breast
5 cherry tomatoes
2 table spoons corn
piece of cucumber
1/3 avocado
few pieces fresh mango
lettuce
walnut/hazelnut or olive oil
salt and pepper
squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Fried the chicken in the pan in some coconut oil until browned and done, let it cool down a bit while you cut your veggies. Grab a plate arrange all your ingredients on it and serve with a swirl of oil, squeeze of lemon and some salt and pepper on top. Easy does it! ;-)

ps. A great tip is to fried some extra chicken and store it in your fridge. It's perfect for making another salad or a for a throw in with a ready-to-go soup when you are in a hurry!

Running around in Hamburg

As a model, you have to do a lot of castings and go sees. Remember America's and every other country's top model TV shows? (Can't believe I'm going to compare the real model life with that TV show, but anyway :P) but it's kinda like that. You run around, don't know the city and you go from appointment to appointment to introduce yourself to the photographer, production company or fashion editor to get more jobs booked. Well that's the reason why I'm in Hamburg now, I just got signed to MGM Models so I'm here now for a few days to run around!

You never ever ever know where and what time your appointments are for the day before the same morning that day. So every morning you wake up and your day will be one big surprise! Around 10:30am you just get an email saying: Hi Claudia, here are your appointments for today (...) And during the day you get some text messages with new additional ones. That means you have no idea when or even IF you have time to sit down and eat something. For me it's important that I fill up my by bag with healthy bites before I ran off in the morning. I always stock up on a bottle of water, fresh fruit, nuts and/or a fruit-nut bar. This will keep you going throughout the day or until you have some free time to sit down and relax and have a normal lunch.

Me eating a raw cacao fruit/nut bar in between castings

The next tip I would like to give you as a model is; find something in the city you are in, that will get your mind off modelling and give you a piece of mind. For me this is working out, so that's why I always bring my running shoes with me wherever I go. I mean you can go for a run wherever you are in the world! And if I'm in a city where there is Bikram Yoga, I'm in!! I love Bikram, addicted to this typical kind of workout since my stay in Capetown. As soon as I know I will be on-stay in a city I check the web if there is a Bikram Yoga studio near by. Bikram yoga is a 90 minute class doing 26 yoga postures in a heated room of 40 degrees. Yeah you will sweat like hell, but it just gives me such a great feeling. I calm down, relax and enjoy it so much! 

How my Bikram class looks like before we hit it off

And now, obviously we have to talk about food. When you are on-stay as a model in Hamburg, or just travelling or just visiting Hamburg hereby some tips. I always stock up on fruits, crackers, honey, oats, eggs, fresh vegetables, ready-to-eat-soups and some protein like chicken breast. This way I can whip up some healthy meals in seconds. Perfect when you walked around all day for castings (I once measured, I walk about 10km a day). So when you come home, you just want to have food on the table in seconds rather than minutes. So for example, this time I bought a carrot-ginger-coconut soup and some shrimps. Throw it together heat up, give it a stir and there you go. Or whip up a salad with your fresh vegetables, fried chicken (fried a complete packet and store it in the fridge, saves time for the next time) and some avocado. A recipe for one of those salads will be online soon!

Now, let's talk about restaurants. Where do you need to go in Hamburg when you are looking for a healthy bite? I already mentioned one of my favourite restaurants Dean & David. They have amazing salads, wraps and they are all delicious and healthy. Plus, I'm addicted to their coconut-sate dressing...  I want a jar of that please!! Oh and do eat some bread when you visit Dean & David. Germans are just so incredibly good and baking the best breads ever.

Salad at Dean & David

Then another great salad bar, a bit similar to Dean & David is Feld's Salat. Pick and choose your own salads or choose one of their extremely delicious curry's or soups.

I also love to take a salad from the salad bar at Edeka supermarket, you can just fill a bowl and pay for your weight. Perfect when you don't have time to sit down but need something on the go.

Then there is the Asian vegetarian restaurant Loving Hut. Amazing fresh and healthy food!

Oh and for the Sushi Lovers, go and visit Sushi Lô. They have the most amazing fresh sushi and if you order before 18 they have a special price!

xoxo

From Hamburg