My Personal highlight: Starting the day with no planning, preparing or shopping for meals. I just choose from one of three menus eat-fit.ch prepares and delivers to me!

Basically, this is what the perfect day could look like, no? When Peter from Eat-Fit.ch contacted me I was very curious to try this healthy meal catering out! What a feeling to open the fridge and know, that yummy meals are prepared for the day and you can focus on other projects coming along!
I personally could imagine ordering such a service 2-3 times a week, in order to still follow the joy of cooking in the kitchen. From the menus I got delivered I looooooved a lot the shrimps with rice noodles and veggies. I never calculated the calories I consume, so having them mentioned on the box was very interesting! All 5 meals together come to a maximum of  2000 – 3000 calories ca. depending on the menu option you choose.

Who stands behind Eat-Fit.ch?

Talking to Peter I find out that there is a big passion and motivation to support people, that need the motivation to eat healthily and have no time to prepare meals at home. Most of the time, it seems as if there is just a lack of creativity when it comes to cooking at home by oneself every day, so having someone like Eat-Fit.ch taking care of this important task is magic!

Eating healthy is living healthy, and a healthy life is a happy life, so simple 🙂

What does the menu look like? Is there a Veggie option available – What about the sanitary standards?

Eat-Fit has the goal to offer a properly balanced healthy meal plan that contains all the required vitamins and micronutrients and comes with 5 different tasty meals for the day. The menu consists of plant products and animal products.

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Here is a menu example I got delivered

• Breakfast1: Joghurt & berries choco müesli  (400 kcal)
• Breakfast 2: Pea Cream with sunflower seeds (300 kcal)
• Lunch: Beef Stroganoff with quinoa (600 kcal)
• Afternoon snack: Semolina with roasted apple (301kcal)
• Dinner: Rice noodles with shrimp & veggies (400 kcal)

I really love the fact that every portion has a detailed overview with all the nutrition facts such as carbs, fats, proteins, fibre, sugar and salt.

You can choose out of three categories: Optimal, Vege or Vege & Fish. Find the meal plans for the actual week here.
The ingredients used for the meals are made from locally trusted sources and organic! Each portion is hermetically sealed which protects it from the influence of external factors. They are stored and transported in special freezers and thermal food containers. I love the fact, that the boxes are made of sugar cane pulp, their decomposition only lasts 12 weeks so they are very environmentally friendly!

Where do they deliver and what about the costs?

Find out online, if your area is covered by the service! The Zurich area is fully covered.
About pricing: The 5 meal menu starts at 49 CHF to 59 CHF. You can save money if you order the meals for 20+ days. I recommend going for the test kit. It’s a good start to make a personal experience and get convinced about the meal and service quality. It saves you 50% of the menu you choose. To find out more about pricing, check this section on the website.

A healthy food plan needs a good fitness plan, too, right?

Guess it’s not a secret, eating healthy is important and plays a main role in our lifestyle. But foodies, we need to move our beautiful asses, too 🙂

Here is a very personal list of online full body and yoga workouts I frequently use!

• Cotto al dente (only in Italian but easy to follow also with mute mode)
• Zumba Full Body Fitness
• Alo Yoga
• Kick ass yoga

So now go enjoy your day and stay safe!

Thank you peter for serving me these yummy 5 meals and taking care of my food plan!
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My personal highlight: Learning 1:1 from a truffle connoisseur about how to recognize a quality white truffle!

The aim of my piedmont travel this year was all in the light of the International Alba White Truffle Fair – Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d’Alba. It takes place from always beginning of October until the end of November and attracts people from all over the world. At the fair local truffle, sellers gather to have their Tartufo officially evaluated for quality before they are ready to be sold. Besides truffles, you can try and buy pasta (with and without truffles), olive oil, wines and delicious roasted hazelnuts. During the fair, there is the chance to attend a variety of workshops or tasting classes, too.

White Alba truffle can be found only from late September to January

What I found special at this fair is the chance to talk to the truffle hunters also called “trifulau” and get all the insights about this unique product. They are legendary characters who live in secrets and observation wandering around forests in search of truffles for resale at restaurants, markets, and fairs. To see with one’s eyes the relationship between man and dog is another added value.

What exactly is a truffle?

The term truffle comes from the vulgar Latin “tufera” which had in the Middle Ages negative resonances, even poisoned fruit, of plant tumour. Truffles are the fruiting body of mushrooms. They are born and live under the ground. For this reason, they are called hypogea and belong to the family of Tuberaceae, a class of Ascomiceti.

Truffles exist due to symbiosis with the roots of plants from which minerals and other nutrients are exchanged. This is why the type of plant affects the characteristics of truffles: for white, the main responsible plants are wild poplar, oak, lime and wild willow.

How to recognize if a truffle is of high quality?

With a sensorial analysis of touching, smelling and sight you understand its quality. The price of truffles increases when the aesthetic appearance is impeccable. Truffles with slight cuts or holes, maintaining a flavour can cost much less. An excessive amount of ammonia is a sign of a truffle to be discarded, as well as a bad consistency. That is why these evaluations are important and helpful to understand if the price you pay is good. At the fair, you can get every truffle you buy checked by an official jury.

Planning your Piedmont trip – including one of the most beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites: the wine yards as Langhe, Monferrato and Roero and several foods stops along the way!

First stop on your route: Alba

Alba is a territory that offers an excellent food choice (the region counts as one of Italy’s highest concentrations of Michelin-starred restaurants) and some of the globe’s most beloved powerhouse wine regions such as Barolo, Barbaresco and Asti.

One of my personal highlights was the walk through Alba centre where I got seduced by the unmistakable smell of roasted hazelnuts coming from the company Ferrero

Another fun fact: the Slow Food movement was born in Piedmont. Here every year different culinary events such as the fair “cheese” take place where people from all over the world join to try and explore different delicacies.

This area is stamped with grand cathedrals, five-star hotels, and meandering cobblestone-lined streets. In the mood to know more about cultural sites to visit, check this site!

Visiting Asti!

In Asti I absolutely recommend seeing the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, it is one of the most important Gothic cathedrals in Piedmont. Want to add a culinary experience to your cultural site visit? Buy one of the best handmade 100% hazelnut cakes at the shop: Daniella! This laboratory creates artisan biscuits, tarts and cakes that you won’t find anywhere else!

Rumor say, that Dagobert Duck used to live in one of the tower located in the medieval heart of Asti: the tower of the Palazzo Gazzelli di Rossana, in the city centre

Explore Barbaresco and the home of one of the most famous Italian wine producers called Gaia

My favourite village on the trip was the city of Barbaresco. This is the home of one of the most famous Italian wine producers called Gaia, a family business founded in 1859 when Giovanni Gaja turned his tavern into a winery. Thanks to this genius, Barbaresco was lifted from the shadows of neighbouring Barolo! Gaja produces four great Italian red wines as Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino, Bolgheri (the region of the Tuscany) and even Barolo.

Once in Barbaresco make sure to make it all the way up to the Barbaresco tower. The view from the 3d level is breathtaking. At the top, the view goes beyond the Tanaro river, situated roughly 200 meters below, towards the Langhe, the Roero, the Astigiano and Monferrato and as far as the Alpine mountain chain. This is where you get a complete picture of this area.

Driving through Piedmont you can admire landscapes of kiwi fields and hazelnuts trees!

Are you in the mood to experience some local food producers and taste homemade raw veal salsiccia in Bra?

In the city of Bra, you see mostly small, family-run shops. A must-try is the raw “Salsiccia di Bra”. The sausage is made of lean cattle meat mixed with belly pork (20-30%), water and a secret mix of spices. Buy it at the shop Macelleria Tibaldi Davide.

Put this on your list, too: the oldest pastry in town “Caffe Pasticceria Converso“. Since 1838 here 100% handmade pastry made of pure hazelnuts and other genuine local ingredients are created with pure passion.

How to find wineries for your Piedmont wine tour

In a previous blog story, I introduced the region of Langhe. Get all travel information on how to best organize your wine tour here!
A new wine producer I discovered during this year’s trip is the winery Coppo. Coppo is one of the oldest family-run wineries in all of Italy. The origins of the winery date back to 1892. The major part of the winery’s production centres on Barbera, Metodo Classico sparkling wines.

My absolute favourite white sparkling wine I found here: The Riserva Coppo sparkling wine brut metodo classico. Its perlage is very fine and the taste elegant and not too dry!

Where to eat on your Piedmont trip

• La libera, Alba – To recommend for dinner in the city centre of Alba. Exquisite dishes as Carne cruda battuta al coltello (raw meat), Vitello tonnato, Ravioli di gallina nel suo brodo or Agnolotti del Plin with truffle in an ambience that takes care about design.
• Ristorante Piazza Duomo, Alba – 3 Michelin Star absolutely worth making this experience and try Chef Enrico Crippa’s uninventive, artistic Italian dishes matched with superb wines from the region.
• Osteria dei Meravigliati , Canelli  – A place to enjoy a traditional lunch with starters as Gobbo Di Nizza with a fontina cheese sauce and an egg (with or without truffle) and some homemade Tajarin pasta (typical local pasta) with truffle.
• Restaurant Campamac, Barbaresco – a 1 Michelin Star restaurant with one of the most beautiful wine cellars in Italy! Chef Maurilio Garola
• Il Cascinale Nuovo, Isola D’asti, 1 Michelin Star, Chef Walter Ferretto, find traditional and innovative cuisine using great Piedmontese ingredients with the scents and flavours from every corner of the world.
• Restaurant Fre – Monforte D’Alba, 1 Michelin Star, Chef Paolo Meneguz, a top-notch gastronomic experience that’s rooted in the region but holds an international, modern appeal.

Where to sleep on your Piedmont trip

• • • • Villa D’Amelia, Benevello – 4 Stars,  Rooms as of 255 Euro
      • Relais & Chateau Castello Di Guarene (18th-century ) Guarene – 5 Stars, Rooms as of 350 Euro
      • Relais & Chateau San Maurizio, Santo Stefano Belbo – 5 Stars, Rooms as of 290 Euro
      • Arborina Relais, Boutique hotel, La Morra – perfectly integrated into the surrounding nature and landscape, a marvellous belvedere looking onto the rolling Barolo hills – Rooms as of 260 Euro
      • Cà Vittoria Hotel & 1 Michelin Star Restaurant, Tigliole d’Asti  – Rooms as of 160 Euro
      • LA Madernassa Resort, Guareene – Rooms as of 100 Euro ca.
      • Villa Tiboldi, Canale, 4 Star Hotel, Rooms as of 120 Eeuro

A warm thank you to the tourism office of Langhe Monferrato and Roero and especially to our guide Gaia that made this press trip very precious and memorable.

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My personal highlight: Delicate white & red drops tickling my senses to discover Switzerland’s wine heritage month by month

How better way to discover the selection of a wine producer than having a surprise wine box flattering directly into your letterbox? It’s the ideal way to get introduced to one of the most important wine producer and distributor in Switzerland.

Who is the wine company Obrist ?

Back in the year 1896 Emile Obrist recognizes the importance of owning vineyards to ensure the production of quality wines. He gradually acquires prestigious wineries such as the Cure d’Attalens, the Clos du Rocher and the vineyards of the Château de Chardonne. Since the 1960s, Obrist has worked closely with the traditional wine cellar Maurice Gay to cover wine demands from the canton of Valais.

What I learn today, is that Obrist belongs to one of Switzerland’s most important wine producers and distributors. They own 83 hectares of vineyards extending from the La Côte region, through the Lavaux terraces, to the Chablais.

Lavaux Vineyard Terraces – A world heritage nominated by UNESCO

The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces stretch for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva. They go from the Chateau de Chillon to the eastern outskirts of Lausanne (Vaud region). This valley is breathtaking, traveling by train will give you the opportunity to catch the beauty of this spectacular landscape. It demonstrates in a highly visible way the evolution and development over almost a millennia, through the well preserved landscape and buildings.

The different soils and microclimates of the vineyards create an captivating variation of flavors in the wines of this area. At the edge of the lake, the vineyards gorge themselves on the triple effect of the sun: the rays directly from the sky, those reflecting off the lake and the warmth stored in the walls forming the thousands of terraces of Lavaux. The famous grape variety of the region is the Chasselas, a fruity and dry wine.

Talking about how to experience the wines best paired with food, discovering my favorite white, rosé and red drops from Obrist

Shared happiness is double happiness

Together with my foodie friends we prepared an aperitivo Italian Style containing healthy grilled veggies, prosciutto e melone, tomato bruschette and tasty Swiss Cheese as the tête a moin.

The wine we paired with this aperitivo is the rosé Nr. 1 Cuvée E. Obrist 2016. A wine offering a smooth delicate note on your tongue with a cherry and pepper note.

Price / bottle: 7.30 CHF – Order it here

Best white wine to use for a traditional Cheese Fondue

An excellent wine to pair with an aromatic and creamy cheese fondue moitie moitie is the Arvine from Yvorne Chablais – Cloes de Rennauds AOC 2016. Dry and fruity with a lightly sour note from the rhubarbs. It just points out perfectly the flavors of the cheese. Wine & Cheese made our belly go boom!

Price / bottle: CHF 19.40 – Order it here

Find here the basic recipe for 4 persons – 800 grams of cheese fresh grated, moitie moitie (Gruyère AOP and Vacherin Fribourgeois AOP)

1. Cut half kilo of bread in little squares (bread with a crust is recommended)
2. Take 2 cloves of garlic and rub it all over the caquelon pot
3. Boil 4 dl of wine together with garlic on a small heat in the caquelon pot
4. Add 800 grams of the pre-grated cheese. Melt the cheese over medium heat and stir constantly
5. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch (for example maizena) in 2 dl of kirsch Schnaps and stir in the cheese
6. Continue to stir patiently. If the cheese and wine do not bind, add a little lemon juice or some more maizena
7. Season with pepper and grated nutmeg
8. Remove the caquelon from the heat, light the heater and place it on the table on your heater
9. Stir constantly and get ready to start the pleasure

A red wine for a special occasion, time for some romance with your romeo?