Homemade Falafels

Maybe you have a juicer and you don’t know what to

do with the pulp.

Here are some ideas:

If you’re into baking, you can put the berry- or fruit 

pulp into your cake dough or the veggie pulp into

your bun dough. But I’m not into baking…

So I decided to try homemade falafels, using my

recent left-over pulp (carrots, kale, and broccoli).

What you need

Chickpeas

Vegetable leftovers from juicer (not a must)

1-2 red onions

1 lime

1-2 red chilies

Garlic

Fresh parsley

Fresh cilantro

Flour

Turmeric

White pepper

Ground cumin

Cumin seeds

Sesame seeds

Salt

Vegetable oil

How to do it

Bath the chickpeas overnight (10-16 hrs)

Drain

Blend, add spices and lime juice

Add finely chopped chili, red onion, parsley, cilantro,

garlic and veggie leftovers. Add just enough flour to

get a workable dough

You can make two variations: Naturale 

Keep on frying until golden

Or make a seedy variation


- roll the falafels in sesame seeds

 ..and fry until golden

For the final serving fry cumin and sesame seeds in

vegetable oil until sesame seeds are brown and

the cumin seeds start to pop

Drain

Serve with pita bread

Or...

add any vegetables, yogurt sauce or Baba Ganoush

Detox soup - Broccoli with mushrooms

What you need

Broccoli

2-3 onions

Mushrooms

1-2 sweet potatoes

1-2 bouillon cubes (chicken)

Fresh parsley

white pepper

ground cumin

ground nutmeg

cumin seeds (optional)

How to do it

Boil the sweet potatoes with the broccoli stems,

add the onions last

Add spice and blend

Fry the mushrooms

Let the broccoli sprouts simmer for a few minutes

Serve with mushrooms on top

Or mix in the mushrooms and decorate with fried

cumin seeds 

PS. I made all four (carrot-ginger, tomato-goat 

cheese, and the kale soup with leek, cauliflower and

squash) detox soups in Finland. 

Here's how the Swiss ingredients look like for this one

PS. Eating these soups is like putting money in the

bank. To maintain balance, you will also have to

retox yourself!