eat with and for your brain

Brainpower thanks to protein

our brain is an incredible organ. it controls an uncountable number of tasks: it controls body temperature, blood pressure, breathing, physical activity (like walking, talking, standing, sitting), it lets you think, dream and observe an avalanche of information coming from the world around you (like seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting). it doesn't come as a surprise that even though our brain only weight 2% of our body weight, it needs up to 20% of the energy produced by our body to work at its best - and it needs it constantly.

lunchsachaSeptember 16, 2015venison, spaetzle, pears, cabbage, meat Comments

The Forbidden Rice

thousand of years ago noble Chinese men took possession of a very special kind of rice - the black rice, and reserved it only for the highest elite class. it was meant to feed only the royalties and banned from common people's consumption. nobody was allowed to grow it, which soon lead to a new, most intreaguing name - the forbidden rice.

lunch, seafoodsachaAugust 30, 2015black rice, whole grain, prawns Comments

Chia Seeds Falafel

what? you've never heard about chia seeds?

dinnersachaAugust 22, 2015Vegetarian, chickpeas, chia seeds Comments

Whole Wheat Pancakes - Good morning Brain!

good morning to everyone! i hope you have all slept well and that you are all top motivated to get up and start this beautiful new day.

this is one way to start - pancakes.

breakfastsachaAugust 11, 2015vegetarian, oats, whole wheat, healthy Comments

Peppered Mussels - Impepata di Cozze

finally i am at sea!! in a lovely little fishing village called Castiglione della Pescaia in the province of Grosseto. nice beaches, relaxed way of living, no time pressure and about 40°C. my only daily concern is what to eat with this heat.

dinner, lunch, seafoodsachaJuly 24, 2015light, summer Comments

Courgetti

today i met 30-something year old, mother of two Francesca who currently lives in Lumino with her husband Andrea. Lumino is a little village in the Italian part of Switzerland, not too far from its capital Bellinzona and not too far from where I was born and grew up. Francesca lives in a beautiful old house which once was a typical grotto ticinese and then became her grandparents' home. it's a quiet, peaceful place where time seems to move just a bit slower - or maybe it's the heat as it is 34°C.

lunch, dinnersachaJuly 12, 2015Courgettes, Spaghetti, vegetarian Comment

Andreas' Birchermuesli

111 years ago the Swiss physician Maximilan Oskar Bircher Benner (1867-1939) opened his sanatorium Lebendige Kraft - Living Strength (later called Bircher-Benner clinic) not too far from the prestigious Hotel Dolder in the sunny Zürichberg (up the Zurich Hills).

breakfastsachaJuly 1, 2015muesli, oats, raw, Vegetarian Comment

brainfeed.me - The Logo

My logo has arrived - a new blog is born!

sachaJune 26, 2015 Comment

The Ultimate Brainburger

burgers as brain food? you must be kidding me! this only if you think of mc donald's burgers not if you think of one of mines, like for example - The Ultimate Brainburger!

sachaJune 20, 2015beetroot, quinoa, avocado, vegetarian Comments

BRAIN FOOD at McDonald's

i’ve been meditating about my first post for weeks now. i wanted something special, something tasty and tasteful, appealing to everyone. i wanted the nr. 1 brainfood dish with the perfect picture to be my first post. you know one of those pictures you’d like to rip out of the book and start eating so good it looks.

sachaJune 15, 2015mc donald's Comments