The dehydrated banana chips are an excellent hunger breaker, useful for a snack. This type of dehydrated fruit is often used by those who practice sports, due to the potassium, mineral contained in it and the antioxidants for our body.
The mate also called with the name "tea of Paraguay or tea of the Jesuits". Known for its metabolic stimulating properties. The bitter taste of the leaves dried in the sun is distorted by the fresh and intense taste of the orange, enhancing its scent an excellent drink to drink in the morning.
Ingredients:
green and toasted mate, licorice root, orange peel, orange blossom, natural flavor.
Tonka beans are an exotic and strongly aromatic ingredient, adding a complex, unique spicy scent to your sweet or savory recipes. Furthermore, they have a high content of coumarin, a beneficial antioxidant substance.
Yerba mate, or simply “mate”, is a typical drink from South America, made with the leaves and stems of the yerba mate plant. The "tea" made from this plant appears to stimulate the central nervous system in an effective and safe way. The taste of the drink is given by the Mango.
There are many different qualities and of every price but how can we recognize a good yerba mate? Simple, here are some ways: its color should not be intense green but yellowish-green. To the touch it must be slightly crunched and its aroma must be fresh, slightly bitter and at the same time with a toasted aftertaste.
Experience the beneficial properties and intense flavor of these red lentils, a fast cooking and low fat variety. They are perfect legumes for those looking for a dietary ingredient but rich in iron, vegetable protein and fiber. They are easy to digest, perfect for soup recipes and as a side dish.
Ingredients: hulled red lentils Origin: Canada
Soaking: - Cooking time: 10 min. / in a pressure cooker 5 min.
Discover the taste of these legumes, with small, lens-shaped seeds, black like Beluga caviar. You will try a dish rich in protein, iron and fiber, with a low fat content. The delicate flavor of black lentils makes them perfect as a side dish, for salads, appetizers, soups with vegetables and cereals, fish dishes.
Ingredients: black Beluga lentils Origin: Canada Cooking times: 25 min. / in a pressure cooker 10 min.
Pink pepper or false pepper, delicately spicy, has a sweet and slightly resinous aftertaste. It is used to flavor fish dishes (especially salmon), roast meat, risottos and more. It allows you to create high-impact plating, playing on the contrast of colors. This particular variant has numerous beneficial properties. Particularly sensitive to high temperatures, it is good practice to add it at the end of cooking in hot dishes, so as not to alter their delicate flavor.
Choose these legumes without zest, more digestible but always rich in flavor. The shelled peas are perfect for acquiring nutrients and energy useful for well-being: proteins, simple sugars, low fats. These legumes are considered delicious for their sweet taste, and excellent in cooking without the need for soaking. Delicious for the preparation of pea soups, soups, first courses, main courses and side dishes; they cook quickly, peel free, and are easily assimilated during digestion.
Ingredients: shelled peas Origin: Canada Cooking times: 30 min./ in a pressure cooker 10 min.
Experience the delicate flavor and healthy properties of this small and exquisite variety of legumes. Eston are lentils that contain little starch, suitable for maintaining high protein levels and low glycemic load. Perfect for soups and broths, they stay compact.
Ingredients: Estonian lentils Origin: Canada
Cooking times: 40 min. / in a pressure cooker 10 min.
Black pepper is more than just a spice, and used daily it is a real natural drug. Used for healing purposes for millennia, it goes beyond the idea of a simple spice. Black pepper would stimulate the production of natural endorphins by acting as a kind of natural antidepressant. Characteristic is the brown color of the large and full-bodied grains.
The properties of guarana allow to give energy to our body. Both physically through caffeine, which helps endurance and physical activity, and by stimulating brain and intellectual functions. It works by strengthening the activities of concentration, study, memory. Guarana seeds are tonic to use in case of stress, exhaustion and psycho-physical fatigue. It also acts by purifying the intestine, promoting a laxative action. Despite being rich in caffeine, guarana does not cause agitation or insomnia.
Ingredients: guarana seeds Botanical name: Paullinia cupana HBK Origin: Brazil