• Food

    Since I moved to Canada, I’ve been so obsessed with fall, and doing all the activities related to it. It’s probably because I have always lived in countries where the fall season is not that obvious. I am still amazed at the beautiful orange/red/yellow shades of leaves. To celebrate fall and pumpkins, I prepared these cupcakes the other day. Look at this cute little tower (NB: they may or may not have fell after I took this picture).   Here is the recipe 🙂 Ingredients 1/2 cup of wholewheat flour // 1/4 cup of white flour // 1tsp of baking powder // 40g of brown sugar // 2 egg whites…

  • Food

    Healthy Banana Bread

    Banana bread is definitely one of my favorite desserts. I  can eat a whole load by myself, and I’m not even lying. Yes, that’s full of sugar but…it’s quite the point, right ? Anyway, I had some bananas and I love to experiment, so I attempted to recreate the banana bread but with a healthy twist. It may taste a bit different than the usual, sugar and butter loaded banana free, but it is equally as good. I had different seeds at home and some raisins so I just threw everything in, to get an overload of vitamins and yumminess 🙂 Anyways, here is the recipe for y’all! Healthy Banana…

  • Food

    Chickpea, Leek and Onion Fry Up with Hummus

    My mom is a wonderful cook, and to this day I still believe no one compared to her. When I was a kid, she was never satisfied nor did she enjoy the food she cooked. I never really understood until I entered into the cooking and baking world myself. Sometimes I feel like, when you make something yourself, no matter how delicious it is, it is never the same as eating something someone else made for you. This week I am eating vegetarian food only, which is really good as not only I love veggies but I also get to play with different kinds of food to create balanced recipes.…

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    Layer Black & White Cake

    Living alone in London while I go to uni is awesome, ok. Only problem is, I rarely bake really fancy cakes or desserts as I don’t have a lot of people to share them with apart from my wonderful flatmates (whom I consider as sisters btw 💜). Anyway, it was one of my flatmate’s 20th birthday and so I prepared a layer cake. I even cut the cakes in two and didn’t break them. Hallelujah, praise the Lord! Ingredients (brown cake) 120 g of flour 1.5tsp of baking powder 100g of granulated sugar 50g of butter 100g of milk chocolate 1 tbsp of cocoa powder 0.5 tbsp coffee/espresso powder 2…

  • Food

    French Beans, Tomatoes, Soy Mince & Carrots Pasta Dish

    Finally found the time to sit down and write this 🙂 (perks of studying engineering I guess!). I found soya mince at my local Tesco the other day and decided to give it a try: no regrets! Was absolutely delicious and although it tastes obviously different that beef or lamb, it is perfect as an alternative to meat based bolognese 🙂 Ingredients  – One can (400g) of chopped tomatoes – 2 medium carrots – 300g of french beans – 200g of mince (I used soy mince, but meat mince is also fine) – 1.5 cups of wholewheat fusili pasta (or any other kind, gluten-free pasta can also be used)  …

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    Cheesy & Eggy Sandwhich

    After a hectic week, finally got to sit down to write this. I really love those kind of “recipes” you quickly make and that end up tasting absolutely de-li-cious. Made this easy yet tasty sandwhich the other day as I needed a fast lunch and couldn’t be bothered to cook anything else. It’s definitely the kind of recipe I’d teach my baby bro (who’s already 17, which makes me feel so old now) who’s going to uni next September, God willing. Enough talking now, time to share! Ingredients 2 slices of wholemeal loaf (or white loaf) 2 medium eggs 2 slices of cheese (I used regular cheese slices, but really, any…

  • Lifestyle

    A Little Talk about Health and Fitness in General

    Hey! So, as you know, my name is Rayane, and I’m currently a final year student in that beautiful city which is London. I started my “health and fitness” over a year ago. Now, it’s not to mean that I was particularly unhealthy before, I always tried to be active and eat diverse food within reason. I used to be quite a chubby kid, due to an allergy treatment, and have, thank God, managed to reach a healthy and normal weight as I grew older. When I was a teenager, I used to live back home in Morocco; therefore, even though counting calories and dieting were two things I wasn’t…