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melania.healthylife

- Macrobiotic, plant based chef for retreats & gatherings
- Cooking classes & recipes

12/11/2025

Join me for a regenerative culinary workshop rooted in the rhythms of nature and the nourishing energies of autumn.
Guided by the principles of macrobiotic philosophy and held on our permaculture project .barn.
This experience will be a deep dive into seasonal, wholesome cooking that heals and regenerate.

Together, we’ll explore dishes inspired by the earth’s current offerings, reconnecting with the flavors, textures, and wisdom that autumn brings.

🍁 What will you experience during the cooking class ?

- Introduction to Macrobiotic philosophy and lifestyle
- Introduction to Chinese Medicine
- Discover how to choose healthy ingredients
- Learn how to use wholefoods in your cooking
- Create a balanced macrobiotic menu
- Eat more local and seasonal foods
- Macrobiotic tools and Spiritual approach
- Tips and easy recipes to stimulate your creativity in the kitchen.
- Tips for a sugar free diet, sugar and emotions
- Recipes and Material

📅 Date: Sunday 23th November
⏰ Time: 10am-3pm
📍 Location: (15 min north of Ericeira )
💬 DM us to reserve your spot or for more details
Contribution 40 euros lunch included.

Spaces are limited, reserve your spot in advance

Much love ,
Melania.

19/10/2025

The kitchen as a temple.

A sacred place where earth and fire element meet, where raw ingredients become nourishment, energy and presence becomes a prayer.

Surrounded by nature, I feel guided by an ancient intuition that cooking is not just about feeding the body, but about remembering our belonging to the Earth.

Nature is my muse, with her colors, her silence, her abundance, her cycles and rhythms.

Cooking is a conversation with her, a dance between soil and flame, between hands and heart.
Every meal becomes a ritual of gratitude, every gesture an offering.

This is where I come home to myself.
To simplicity.
To reverence.
To the sacred act of nourishing life.

Gratitude to for the trust , cooking for The Art Of Herbalism 🌿 and thank you to sweet .p.mendes for the beautiful pictures.

Love and peace.
Meli

13/10/2025

RECIPE 🍂 Fig Jam & Custard Tart

Ingredients

-For the shortcrust pastry:

300 g flour (you can mix half all-purpose + half spelt for a rustic touch)

50 g unrefined cane or coconut sugar

150 g cold butter, cubed

1 whole egg + 1 yolk

1 tsp grated lemon or orange zest

A pinch of salt

-For the pastry cream (custard):

500 ml oat milk

3 egg yolks

40 g brown sugar

40 g cornstarch (or flour)

1 vanilla bean (or a strip of lemon peel)

For the filling:

200 g fig jam, preferably homemade and slightly tangy

-Preparation

1. Shortcrust pastry

Rub together the flour and butter until the texture is sandy.

Add sugar, eggs, zest, and salt. Mix quickly until combined.

Shape into a ball, wrap in plastic, and chill for 30 minutes.

2. Pastry cream

Heat the milk with the vanilla or lemon peel.

In another bowl, whisk the yolks with sugar until pale, then add cornstarch.

Slowly pour in the hot milk, whisking constantly.

Return to the pot and cook on low heat, stirring, until thickened.

Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface and let cool.

3. Assemble

Roll out the pastry and line a greased tart pan.

Spread a layer of fig jam, then a layer of pastry cream on top.

Decorate with strips or shapes of leftover pastry.

4. Bake

Bake at 180°C for 35–40 minutes, until golden brown.

Give it a try!

10/09/2025

Introducing our handcrafted herbal tea blends. Perfect for the upcoming autumn season 🍁
Grown organically in our own gardens, each plant has been nurtured with love, care, and connection to the rhythms of nature.

Every sip carries the essence of the earth straight into your cup.

🌼 Three blends, each with its own intention:

Belly bloom🌿 – a soothing mix to support your belly and bring lightness after meals.

Night whisper 🌙 – a calming infusion to guide you gently into rest and deep sleep.

Floral Softness 🌸 – a feminine, heart-opening blend for relaxation, softness, and connection.

Why you’ll love them:

100% natural, only pure botanicals, no additives or pesticides.

Homegrown & handpicked, from or garden to your teapot, crafted with love and care.

Rooted in nature, respecting the earth, regenerating the soil.

📬 To order, just send .healthylife a DM .

Let’s bring the beauty of the earth into your home, one cup at a time.

Love & Gratitude.

25/08/2025

✨ Indian Summer .barn ✨
This golden season between summer and autumn feels like a gentle pause, a time when the earth still offers warmth, sweetness, and abundance before the quiet of winter arrives.

As I walk among the flowers and gather the last fruits of the garden, I am reminded of the cycles of life.
What we plant with care, we later harvest with gratitude.
Each blossom and each seed carries the story of how it was nurtured.

In Chinese medicine, this time of the year belongs to the Earth element, the center, the nourisher, the place that gives us stability.

This Indian Summer reminds me to slow down, to celebrate the abundance that is here, and to welcome the quiet wisdom that comes with transition.

May we keep harvesting not only fruits and flowers, but also lessons, gratitude, and trust.

Meli.

11/08/2025

Flowers 🌺 are my Love language.
From the garden into my hands, into an offering, into my house as a reminder that life is colorful and joyful.
Flowers speak the language of my soul ✨
Each bloom is a joyful gift , each color a prayer, each fragrance and shape a reminder of the divine energy around.

Love
Meli.

22/07/2025

BEETROOT BROWNIE Recipe

🌼Ingredients
Flax mix: 2 tablespoon ground flax seeds, 60 ml water
Chocolate: 100 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces and 80 g coconut oil
Dry Ingredients:
150 g ground almonds
80 g coconut sugar
50 g gluten-free plain flour blend, (or oat flour)
40 g cacao powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon fine salt, (I use Himalayan pink salt)
Wet Ingredients:
140 ml oat milk (or any plant-based milk)
120 g well cooked soft beetroot, grated
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
🌼 Instructions:
- Mix the flax seeds and water and set aside for 10 minutes while you start the rest of the recipe.
- Melt the dark chocolate and mix with the coconut oil
- Whizz the dry ingredients in a food processor briefly until well combined with no lumps. Put aside.
- Whizz the wet ingredients (including the grated beetroot), the flax mixture and the melted chocolate and oil mixture until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients back into the food processor with the wet ingredients. Whizz together briefly until the ingredients are all combined.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and put it in the oven. Bake for around 30-40 minutes at 180°C.

🌼 Topping: Beetroot cream made with soaked cashews, dates, grated beetroot, orange zest.

Enjoy!

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Ericeira

Website

http://www.zeebarn.com/

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