Happy & Healthy

GETTING STARTED WITH PEPPERS

Since I started working here at the editorial office, I've been really into smoothies. I was already, you know, but I go through phases. An oatmeal phase, a quark phase, a buckwheat phase, an omelet phase: I've had them all at some point. Well, now I'm back in the smoothie phase. It saves you a lot of time in the morning and then I can nicely take my round in Vondelpark.

Double winning.

I make my breakfast smoothie the night before and then in the morning it's just a matter of opening the fridge and popping it in my bag to take to work for after my cup of coffee. First, wake up a bit, then breakfast.

But girls, girls, I have some news. Because where we used to grab spinach and kale to get our veggies in, it's now time for something new. It's time for peppers.

Why are peppers so good for us? Peppers contain just as much vitamin C as oranges. And the best part is that peppers are fat, sugar, carbohydrate, and gluten-free. How complete do you want it to be? Well, and they contain hardly any calories. All you can eat then... Delicious with a dab of hummus, Kiek.

But back to the smoothies. None other than our own dear Jettie convinces us of this new hype.

If you still have some doubts, first try Jet's favorite. Deliciously sweet and creamy, a good choice for breakfast or just nice for the evening on the couch. If you're a bit more hardcore in smoothie land, go for my variant without fruit, but with a lot of greens. I also drink it at lunch or just as an afternoon snack. You can keep going.

Jet's banana party (for 1 person)

1 yellow pepper

1/2 mango

1 banana

250 ml coconut water

1 tsp coconut oil

Simoons veggie bomb (for 2 people)

1 red bell pepper

1 yellow pepper

3 stalks of celery

150 grams of yogurt

100 grams of crushed ice

pinch of salt

chili pepper

Are you sold just like us? On www.tijdvoorpaprika.nl you'll find many more delicious recipes with peppers.

In any case, I can get by for a while with my two kilos of peppers.