from Ethiopian Wednesday to Swedish Thursday

I love travelling and I love food. Can you tell? I find an amazing amount of inspiration in foreign cuisine and am easily carried away. It helps of course to have a passion for cooking, too! 

Many countried I visited over the past 20 years have, what I call, ‘specific food days’. I think that’s a great idea and takes some pressure off. I mean, I love being creative in the kitchen, don’t get me wrong; but sometimes it’s nice when you just have an ‘inherited food plan’ that you can follow. Pea soup and pancakes on a Thusdday is apparently a Swedish tradition that goes back to the middle ages! How about that?

Small but mighty peas

Dried peas are a small but nutritionally mighty member of the legume family and are a stellar fiber source. This in turn helps managing your blood sugar levels directly after a meal. Like the vast majority of legumes, vegetables and fruit, peas have so much more nutritional goodness to offer. They’re not a one trick pony and solely celebrated for their high fibre content. They’re virtually fat free but macro- and micronutrient rich, and they feature valuable phytonutrients.
These phytonutrients shield us from cell damage caused by free radicals, hence aging, chronic low-grade inflammation, bad colesterol, and infections in general.

Health-hungry now? 

I don’t know about you but I am off to prepare my pea soup now, and celebrate a long-standing tradition. No, not IKEA – but you can get split peas there too. Now you know why 🙂

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