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Totenbeinli
Totenbeinli (literally: small dead legs) are Christmas biscuits that are particularly characterised by their hazelnut flavour. They are therefore sometimes also called Nussstängeli (literally: small nut bars). This pastry originates from Graubünden and used to be served at funeral feasts. Hence the macabre name. Today they are one of the classic Swiss Christmas biscuits.
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Sugar Free Carrot Cake
This book of my grandmother contains recipes and household hacks. A surprising number of recipes are vegetarian or vegan because, among other things, meat and dairy products were scarce. This gave me the idea to try out a few and make them accessible again by publishing the veganised versions. The first one is the Rüeblitorte, which should not be missing in any Swiss standard book. If you would like to see more recipes of this book, please let me know. The current situation with the increasingly noticeable shortage of food and many other articles of daily use confronts the housewife of all classes and sections of the population with extraordinarily…
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Bircher Muesli
The Bircher muesli was developed by Dr.med. Maximilian Bircher-Benner, he called it “Spys” at that time. He invented the Dr. Bircher grater in 1928 to grate the apples. The simple dish is still used today in the Centre for sientific natural medicine Bircher-Benner as a “dietary dish”, as it has proved its worth. Among other methods, the Centre for sientific natural medicine Bircher-Benner uses a nutritional therapy based on energetically high-quality fresh plant-based food. This is no coincidence, as Dr.med. Maximilian Bircher-Benner shaped the term “wholefood diet”.
vegan voyage
