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Body Loves Food is a place for warm meals, simple recipes and little reflections about life in between. I’ve always felt that food talks life. The way we cook, eat, gather, nourish, rush or slow down says so much about who we are and how we live. That’s why I love dishes that are simple, qualitative, pretty, made with love, yummy and sometimes a little bit messy too. Real food for real life.

Latest Recipes

Lunch, Vegetarian

Lentil salad sweet potato

A colourful lentil salad with roasted sweet potato, green asparagus, avocado, tomatoes and crunchy cashews, finished with a simple honey mustard dressing. Fresh, nourishing and perfect for days when you want something healthy that still feels comforting.

Dinner, Lunch

Warm salmon poke bowl

Bam! Switching all my carbs to wholegrain/wholewheat, so wanted to try a poke bowl with brown rice instead of sushi rice. And thank god, it does not disappoint, too much :-), and I feel very fulfilled. For the salmon skin lovers like me, bake it (salted) in the oven on […]

Lunch, Salads

Mackerel Fennel salad with fried capers

Inspired by one of my favorite restaurants in Amsterdam North, Pllek. I would move mountains to make some time to go get their mackerel salad or sandwich. This is my attempt to mimic the salad and its not disappointing! I forgot about fennel…., but now its back and tastier then […]

Side dish, Vegetarian

Pickeled veggies

Never ever made this before, but now Im a fan. Such a good thing to have in the fridge and add to salads, or Indonesian food or something. You can make it with all kinds of veggies ofcourse, but this simple version is with cauliflower and carrot.

Lunch, Vegetarian

Nutty tofu bowl with <3

Yes you are busy, working on the computer, deadlines, and want to grab a quick bite. Forget that quick sandwich, instead go for a quick & easy vegetable bowl. Grabbing something done is easy, but this takes only ten minutes longer, will taste way better and will also make you […]

Lunch

What the Wrap?!

I love wraps, salad wraps, corn wraps, vegetable wraps, halloumi wraps, salmon wraps, what ever the.. wraps. And art puzzles, one of my guilty pleasures, that hardly anyone I know understands. Puzzles.., is that not for retired grandmas with not much to do. Well maybe, but also its something for […]