Today we are going to prepare fresh pasta at home, it seems very cumbersome but it really is not. Today we show you it and we are going to make it very easy, without using any device, so no one will have an excuse to say that you cannot make fresh pasta at home.

The paste always triumphs among the smallest, so if we make fresh pasta at home with them, we will spend a delightful day in every way. Pasta is a staple food and like all cereals form the basis of our diet, it is healthy and nutritious food.

The problem with making fresh pasta at home is that once you try it, you get hooked because everything you make has a special flavor. Do you remember the meat lasagna that we prepared the other day? Be sure to try it with this fresh pasta recipe and you will see how delicious it is.

How to make fresh pasta

Ingredients

• 300 gr of strength flour
• 100 gr of common flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

Preparation of fresh pasta

Make fresh pasta at home

In a large bowl. or on the counter directly, we put the two types of flour, we make a hole in the center in which we put the eggs, salt, and oil. Mix a little with the help of a fork, then knead with our hands until we obtain a homogeneous dough that does not stick to our hands.

If you have Thermomix or any other mixer, you just have to put the ingredients and knead.

Once the dough is ready, we wrap it in plastic wrap and store it in the fridge for a couple of hours. We put flour on the hob, divide the dough into several pieces. With a roller, we stretch each piece very well, if we are going to make lasagna we cut a sheet the size of the mold.

If we prefer to make noodles, we roll the pasta very stretched and floured on both sides. We cut the cylinder into thin slices, unroll and we have a noodle. We let them dry a bit, I use a roller between two doors of a kitchen cupboard.

Once we have cut all the noodles, we put a saucepan with water to boil and we cook them. Once cooked, drain and add to the sauce that we like the most.

Let’s go! Today everyone to prepare fresh pasta at home … Then remember to prepare for example some spaghetti carbonara and tell us how are you …

Smoothies Shakes

Looking for how to make Smoothies and Shakes? You should know that they are the easiest and fastest way to maintain a healthy diet. These provide us with the nutrients and vitamins that our body needs, and help us stay active throughout the week.

So if you follow the tips that we will tell you below, they will be super easy to do and best of all, they are delicious.

Taking shakes and smoothies brings us many benefits to our daily life. Among them we can highlight that: they are a nutritious and healthy food; They are a good option to consume the number of daily fruits and vegetables that our body needs and improve the condition of the skin.

In addition, they help us to hydrate the body; they are very easy to digest; they will help you reach your ideal weight; They are perfect to camouflage those fruits and vegetables that we do not like to consume and contain high vitamins.

Do you have the mixer ready? Learn how to do them with these 5 easy steps.

How to make a smoothie or fruit shake?

Next, we are going to teach you how to make smoothies and fruit shakes in a simple way and in a short time, with which you will achieve delicious and very healthy results.

They are the ideal way to start the day and are also perfect for a snack when the “bug” hits us.

The word Smoothie comes from the English Smooth which means smooth, and they were invented in California in the 60s. In recent years they have become the reference drink thanks to its many benefits.

It is a preparation based on fruits and/or vegetables generally mixed with dairy products such as milk or yogurt and some sweetener such as sugar or honey.

Making Smoothies is very simple, you only need your favorite fruits and vegetables and your  Blender or Smoothie Maker.

How to make Smoothies and Shakes in 5 steps

There are a thousand combinations and varieties, so our recipes are always open to modifications, according to the taste of each one. Let your imagination fly and tell us your best recipe in the comments!

The most recurrent questions in these cases are what should I put in a smoothie? The answer is very simple, basically whatever you want! as long as you follow a few simple rules.

Do not hesitate to use your favorite fruits and vegetables, especially taking advantage of those you have at home, to never waste any food.

Here are the essential steps to get your perfect smoothies and shakes.

Step 1: Choose your liquid foundation

You should always start the recipe with 1-2 cups of your preferred liquid ingredient. There are thousands of options such as plain yogurt or flavored yogurt, natural fruit juice, coconut water or milk in all its varieties (cow, soy, almond, coconut …).

Add it always first in the blender, before entering the fruit, vegetables or ice This will prevent damage to the blades and lengthen its life.

Step 2: Choose your favorite fruits and/or vegetables

Now it is the turn of the fruit and/or vegetables and for this, there are innumerable combinations. The most popular ingredients are Strawberry, Raspberry, Kiwi, Banana, Banana, Watermelon, Melon, Mango, Apple, Avocado, Spinach, etc. Do not hesitate to let your imagination run wild and use your favorite ingredients or others that you find interesting! As for the quantity, it is about trying little by little.

Some fruits such as Watermelon contain more water, so you will have to add little by little until you achieve the desired creamy texture.

Step 3: Add thickeners

Add somebody to your Smoothie and adjust the creaminess based on thickeners to achieve the ideal texture. Depending on the water content of the fruits or vegetables chosen, we will add more or less amount of thickener.

For this, you can use ingredients such as Oats, Peanut Butter or other nuts, seeds ( flax, Chia ”/]…), Coconut, Oats, Ice, Yogurt, Kefir, etc.

Step 4: Sweeteners and Flavorings

Next, it’s time to add that different touch to our shakes. It is always advisable to use seasonal fruits that will be sweeter and cheaper. Even so, many times we will have to correct the degree of sweetness of our preparation.

To this, we can add a sweetener such as honey, Maple Syrup, Cinnamon, Mint, Sugar brown or cane, dates, figs, nutmeg, etc.

If you want your shakes to be healthier, choose fruits that already have a high natural sugar content and that way you will start from a good base.

Step 5: Enhance the nutritional properties

Finally, we have the option of adding ingredients that help us enhance the nutritional properties of our recipes. This part is optional but highly recommended.

Among the ingredients, we can include Royal Jelly, protein powder, flax, sprouts, probiotics, Fish Oil, Cocoa powder, Goji Berries, etc. All these ingredients will turn your Smoothie into a Super Smoothie!

Now you know how to make Smoothies, finally, once all the ingredients have been shaken, you can store it in the fridge and enjoy your rich and healthy Smoothie.

If you also want to learn a couple of tricks to make your Smoothies and thus reach another level, don’t forget to visit Smoothie Tricks, where you will learn all you need.

Do you need more reasons to join the Smoothie trend? Now you know the great nutritional importance they bring you and that they are very easy to prepare and are ready in less than 5 minutes. Get down to work with our simple steps and enjoy the best Smoothies with the whole family!

Food

“You should eat healthily”, we have all heard this sentence before. But what is actually behind it? What influences the food in the body that we eat? Or have you ever wondered why we have to eat at all – and by that, we don’t mean the desire for a piece of chocolate that you eat as a snack in the afternoon? In this post, you will find out everything you need to know about your body, the utilization of nutrients and the relevance of food.

WHY DO WE EAT

We eat because we have to eat. That doesn’t sound like a credible explanation at first – just wait and see.

Our body consists of a wide variety of structures, such as muscles, organs and tissues. All of these must be supplied with nutritional ingredients so that they can function and a wide variety of processes can take place. Some of these ingredients cannot be produced by the body, which is why they have to be taken in through food. These so-called essential nutrients are, for example, certain vitamins or amino acids. Another reason we need to eat is the ability to get energy from food. By generating energy, important restructuring, building up and degradation processes that constantly take place in the body can take place.

WHAT DOES THE BODY USE FROM FOOD?

Your body cannot process a serving of pumpkin soup or a salmon wrap right away. To do this, the body breaks down food into individual components (molecules) – digestion begins.

The nutrients can be divided into 2 main groups. The macronutrients (large molecules) and micronutrients (small molecules).

Macronutrients:

• carbohydrates
• Fats
• protein

Micronutrients:

• Vitamins
• Minerals

DIGESTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL MACRONUTRIENTS

CARBOHYDRATES

Carbohydrates – some prefer to avoid them in a low-carb diet – others cannot get enough of pasta and bread. But carbohydrates are very important for the functioning of your body. The body gains energy from these for other processes. All of the carbohydrates you eat are broken down into the smallest carbohydrate unit: the sugar molecule glucose. The more “work” your body has to break down a complex molecule, the longer you are full and your blood sugar level only slowly rises and falls again (complex carbohydrates). In comparison, the simple sugar from white bread, for example, is absorbed directly into the blood and causes the blood sugar level to rise quickly. After the increase, your blood sugar level falls back into “a hole”. This can lead to food cravings and an unsatisfactory feeling of satiety.

PROTEIN

Proteins are made up of various individual amino acids. During digestion, the long amino acid chains are broken down into their individual building blocks so that the body can reuse the individual essential amino acids. This allows the body to create new chains with a different amino acid combination. These new amino acid chains are used on the one hand for the formation of body structures (example: muscles) and on the other hand for the control and regulation of cell activities.

FATS

Fats must also first be broken down into their basic components with the help of enzymes: glycerine and fatty acids. Depending on the length of the chain, digestion is faster or shorter. The individual fatty acids can then be distributed to the necessary places in the body. For example, the brain needs a large number of fatty acids. In general, however, the body can synthesize the necessary fatty acids relatively well itself. For this reason, fat should make up the least part of your diet (about 15% of the calories consumed per day).

For these reasons, it is important to eat daily. How much food you should eat depends on your gender, age, size, activity level, etc. We have instructions on how to calculate your daily calorie requirement.

• Nutrients and energy for the body
• Perception, taste, and emotions
• What shapes our eating habits

Nutrients and energy for the body

Healthy Meal

The food ingredients are necessary to supply all structures of the body (such as muscles, tissues, organs, etc. ) with what they need and to allow various processes to take place. Certain substances are considered to be essential (vital) nutritional components. They are particularly important for the body because they cannot be produced by themselves, but must be taken in with food ( e.g. certain vitamins, Fatty acids, and amino acids).

The building, dismantling and remodeling processes are ongoing in the body. The body needs energy for these processes and the related functions (such as growth, maintenance of body temperature, breathing, or muscle work). This is ensured by breaking down certain nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins).

NoteAnyone who in the long term supplies more energy with food than the body consumes increases. Those who consume less energy with food than they consume in the long term lose weight. In both situations, an unbalanced diet can lead to deficiency symptoms. It is therefore important that, in addition to the energy-supplying components, sufficient vitamins, minerals and trace elements are taken in with food.

Perception, taste and emotions

Eating and drinking have a lot to do with perception, different senses and emotions. How something tastes – sour, salty, bitter, sweet or umami (tasty, full-bodied) – is what humans perceive through the taste buds of the tongue. Science is also researching whether “fatty” is possibly the sixth flavor. The taste buds on the edge of the taste papillae are supplied by so-called sensory neurons, which pass on taste information to the brain and thereby trigger taste sensations. Sour, salty, sweet, or umami are perceived with varying degrees of sensitivity in almost all regions of the tongue. The “bitter” taste quality is mainly found at the rear end of the tongue, the base of the tongue.

The sense of smell also plays an important role in the sense of taste. The olfactory mucous membrane of the nose contains around ten million olfactory cells, which are connected to the olfactory center in the brain via the olfactory nerve. There is also a connection with the so-called limbic system (part of the brain that is responsible for emotional reactions) via part of the nerve fibers. As a result, smell sensations can lead to pleasant and unpleasant emotional reactions ( e.g. to change facial expressions when enjoying, but also to nausea when tasting unpleasant sensations).

Other senses also contribute to the taste experience. For example, the “look” of the food and drinks plays a role. In addition, there are papillae on the tongue that are responsible for tactile, temperature, and pain sensation (filiform papillae, thread-shaped papillae).

What shapes our eating habits

Consciously or unconsciously, influences, learned things, habits and role models play an essential role in our eating habits.

The diet of adults often reflects what has been learned in childhood, the family (social) environment and experiences in kindergarten, school and reflected in the circle of friends. (Instilled habits ate the dish must be empty) are often difficult to relearn again. They shape our eating behavior and can lead to overweight or obesity be involved. Various psychological aspects such as uncontrolled eating, eating to compensate for stressful situations, or eating out of boredom also have an influence on the choice and quantity of food.

Diet is also related to social status and level of education. A lack of knowledge about a balanced diet can lead to behaviors that also lead to obesity – for adults as well as children.