How Unhealthy is Almond Milk in Japan?

Do you know how Unhealthy is Almond Milk in Japan? Recently Almond milk is getting popular in Japan. You can find some advertisements of almond milk in metro and magazines. At first, I was very glad to find almond milk near soy milk in the supermarket. This is an excellent alternative to cow’s milk! I hope you have already read my article about cows milk (if not, please read here).

Not just Japanese almond milk manufactures, but also foreign brands can be found on online shopping sites, such as Amazon or Rakuten. Is Almond Milk Healthy? Basically YES, but! If you’ve ever picked up a box of almond milk from the store and read the ingredients, it probably looked something like this: water, almond paste, cane sugar, tricalcium phosphate, carrageenan, guar gum, almond flavor, natural flavors…

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Yellow Zucchini Spaghetti

raw zucchini pasta

Zucchini noodles (also known as “zoodles“) are the perfect gluten-free, zucchini pasta.

The Spiralizer is far and away my favorite tool. It creates curls of your favorite vegetables, literally in seconds. It’s the fastest tool of the bunch and requires the least amount of strength or effort (with suction cup feet to keep it in place). You simply cut off the ends of a zucchini, place it next to the blade and spin. In less than 8 seconds you’ll have spiral sliced the entire zucchini.

For cashew sauce:

1 cup soaked 2 hours cashew nuts
1 cup water
1 tbs nutritional yeast for cheese flavor
pinch of Himalayan pink salt
1/2 lemon juice
blue spirulina for color
1 date

Blend all ingredients well, taste and add more water if needed.

Bon appétit! 👌😉

Japanese Dressing

Lunch time as usually a salad 🥗

Today is was with japanese dressing:

2 Tbsp organic miso paste
1/4 tsp grated ginger
1 Tbsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp raw sesame seed oil
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp light Japanese soy sauce
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions

In a bowl mix miso paste, sesame oil and lemon juice. Add water to obtain the right dressing consistency. Add ginger, salt and pepper to taste. Add spring onion and mix gently. ReadyJapanese Dressing 

White Pink Cookies

I have couple reasons why I cooked these raw coconut-strawberries White pink Cookies. First one its because next month is March and its month of White Day. In Japan Valentine’s Day is celebrated in a very unique style. It is the women who present gifts to men. What is more unique in Japan is that there exists a “White Day” which takes place on March 14th, exactly one month after Valentine’s Day. On White Day men are supposed to give return gifts to women who gifted them chocolates on Valentine’s Day. More often the color of the chocolate is white because of the name of the day. Continue reading

Raw Acai Cheesecake

Acai is an indigenous berry commonly found in the rain forests of the Amazon. This antioxidant-rich fruit has been heralded for centuries as a healing, immune-stimulating, energy-boosting fruit. you can find a frozen acai berries paste in Tokyo easy at big supermarkets. Choose without any other ingredients, we need simply 100% acai. Raw Acai Cheesecake is easy to make and has a very strong taste, not for kids, but for adults. 😉  Continue reading