Do you know every star sign has a some food that’s directly linked with it. Ever thought that your diet effects your mood? It’s time to see how much have we stuck to our new year resolutions and what has been the outcome with hopes for a better, safer and a happier new year with a list of ‘To-Dos’, ‘To Become’ and ‘To Achieve’ in 2022. Research by an ecommerce platform, Sundried says that 95% of all New Year resolutions are fitness based and it takes people less than three months to decide whether or not it is feasible to their lifestyles. The reasons can be less time, no companion, lack of motivation, additional expenses and most importantly little awareness about one’s mental and physical capabilities.
Hence this new year let us not follow general fitness fads, diet plans and cheat sheets but eat based on our star signs for better and visible results. Star signs have been used for many years by professionals to analyze one’s physical, mental and spiritual orientation. Since fitness is not just dependent on how much and what you eat but on how a particular foods gets processed in your body, it is time that we dig deep into our individual needs.
Having said that decoding astrology can be quite tricky and sometimes a little confusing. But worry not, as Voltas Beko breaks down your personality type based on the zodiac signs to help you get a quick idea of what you should eat, why you should eat it and how you could prepare these recipes without burning a hole in your pocket.
ARIES:
Personality Traits - Intent thinkers, overall good health
Zodiac Special Recipe - Ginger Bread Cookies (Relaxing)
Serves: 4
Duration: 45 mins
Ingredients:
2/3 cup Butter
1 3/4 cups Brown Sugar
1/4 cup dates
2 Eggs
1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Dark Chocolate Chips
Steps:
1. In a bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, and dates using mixer or a whisk
2. Add in the eggs and vanilla extract
3. Onto the mixture add the flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and combine well. Sprinkle chocolate chips and gently mix with the batter.
4. Spread the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until completely cooked
5. Cool completely and serve hot with black coffee
TAURUS:
Personality traits – Love to eat, Tend to have digestion difficulties
Zodiac Special Recipes – Blackberry pancake (best for digestion)
Serves: 2
Duration: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
• 1 cup boiled quinoa
• 1/2 cup vegetable milk
• Powdered cinnamon
• 2 eggs
• 1 banana
• Blackberry puree
1. Crush the boiled quinoa with a food processor and pour a little vegetable milk until you get a thick and creamy cream.
2. Add powdered cinnamon, eggs, and a mashed banana to the mixture. Dough consistency should be thick, similar to crepe dough. Add milk or solid ingredients to make it thicker.
3. Heat some olive oil in a pan and add the dough, allowing it to simmer on one side before turning it over.
4. Once ready, garnish with blackberry puree. Pancakes are ready for breakfast.
GEMINI:
Personality traits –Tend to worry, expressive through ideas/speech
Zodiac Special Recipes – Sweet Tofu Cream
Ingredients:
200 g silken tofu
½ 70% chocolate bar
3 tablespoons coconut oil
½ grated orange
Vanilla
Handful of raisins
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
Steps:
1. This is a very simple recipe that requires only a food processor.
2. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie or Voltas microwave with auto-cooking features. Make sure it does not burn.
3. With the food processor, whip all the ingredients until you achieve the smoothest cream possible.
4. Serve chocolate in bowls and top it with your favorite toppings. Grated chocolate, dried fruits…
5. Let cool for a few hours and it’s ready to eat.
CANCER:
Personality traits – Most emotional, overall good health
Zodiac Special Recipes – Pumpkin Custard
Ingredients:
200 g pumpkin
1/4 L vegetable drink
125 ml coconut milk
2 tablespoons cinnamon
3 tablespoons cornflour
1. In a pan with boiling water, cook the pumpkin until it tenders.
2. In a blender, mix the pumpkin with all the ingredients except the cornflour. (Keep a glass of vegetable drink). Whip until uniform and free of lumps.
3. In a glass with a little bit of vegetable drink, dissolve cornflower in cold water.
4. Boil pumpkin cream and add cornflour gradually. Do not stop stirring the mixture. If there are lumps, pour back into the blender
5. Serve custards in single containers and let them cool down at least for 2 hours in the fridge. Dust with a bit of cinnamon and serve.
LEO:
Personality traits – Tend to have a sensitive gut, physically strong
Zodiac Special Recipes –Veggie crust pizza
Duration: 30 mins
Serves: 2 people
Ingredients:
For the dough:
1 Cauliflower
1 egg
2 tablespoons chickpea flour
Salt
Oregano
For the topping:
Spinach
Cherry tomatoes
Mushrooms
Pine nuts
Mashed tomato
Steps:
1. Slice the cauliflower as thin as possible; you can use a shredder. Add salt and sauté in a frying pan with a bit of olive oil.
2. Mix the cauliflower with the egg, chickpea flour and oregano to create the dough. Knead until homogeneous.
3. Shape it in a round oven dish and bake for 10 minutes, at 180º C. Remember to preheat the oven.
4. Once the dough is almost ready, add the toppings.
5. Top with the mashed tomato first, then the spinach, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes, and finally with the pine nuts.
6. Put the pizza back in the oven for 10 more minutes, until the toppings are cooked.
VIRGO:
Personality traits – Generally healthy, sensitive nervous system
Zodiac Special Recipes – Pea Pancake- VOLTAS
Serves: 2-4
Duration: 30 mins
Ingredients
500 g peas and baby spinach
1/4 avocado
140 g corn flour
2 eggs
Olive oil
Tablespoons of water if needed
Steps:
1. In a cooking pot with boiling water, cook the peas and spinach for 1 minute
2. Pour avocado, flour, eggs, olive oil and peas into a food processor. Mash and add water if needed to make a creamy batter.
3. Add olive oil to a frying pan. Add a tablespoon of the batter. Fry over low heat until the batter browns, then flip it over to the other side.
LIBRA:
Personality traits – Sensitive Kidney, physically healthy
Zodiac Special Recipes – Blueberry Smoothie
Duration: 1 hour
Serves: 1 -2 people
Steps:
1) Freeze blueberries in the Voltas Beko refrigerator with StoreFresh™ technology. It helps you lock the freshness of your fruits and vegetables for up to 30 days
2) Combine 150 g frozen blueberries, 60 g plain non-fat Greek yogurt and 110 g coconut milk in a blender
3) Pour into a glass
4) Place glass in a freezer for 20 mins
5) Combined 1 banana, 80 g frozen blueberries, 250 g plain non-fat Greek yogurt, 150 g coconut milk and 15 g unsweetened shredded coconut in the blender
6) Strain and top it on the chilled layer in the glass
7) Place glasses in freezer for 15 mins
8) Lastly, combine 1 banana, 170 g coconut cream, 15 g unsweetened shredded coconut, 20 g maple or agave syrup, Handful fresh blueberries and coconut flakes, for topping, in a blender and churn
9) Now using a funnel, pour the blended mixture on top of the two chilled layers
10) Finish it up by topping it with fresh blueberries and coconut flakes
SCORPIO:
Personality traits – Tend to be hot headed, overall good health
Zodiac Special Recipes – Banana Coconut Milkshake
Duration: 10 mins
Serves: Per person
Ingredients:
• 1 large banana
• 1 spoonful pure cocoa
• 1 spoonful maple syrup
• 150 ml coconut milk
Steps:
1) Place all the ingredients in a mixer
2) Mix until the liquid is uniform
3) Vary thickness by adding more or less coconut milk
4) Once ready, store it in the Voltas Beko refrigerator with StoreFresh™ Technology to lock in the freshness
SAGGITARIUS:
Personality traits – Tend to eat emotionally, good physical health
Zodiac Special Recipes – Quinoa Salad- EXT
Duration: 30 -45 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients:
• Fresh lemon juice ( to taste)
• Olive oil( to taste)
• Honey( to taste)
• Minced garlic( to taste)
• Salt and pepper ( to taste)
• 50g Chopped basil/cilantro
• 100g quartered zucchini
• 100 g Chopped fresh tomatoes
• 150 g Cubed fresh mozzarella cheese
• Pasta seasoning
• Pinch of salt
Steps:
1) Cook the quinoa based on its type by following the directions on the package
2) Once, it is cool add fresh tomatoes, Zucchini, basil, mozzarella cheese with a pinch of salt, pepper and pasta seasoning
3) In another bowl, add lemon juice, olive oil, honey, minced garlic, salt and pepper
4) Pour the dressing on the Quinoa, give it a quick toss and serve it hot. You can also cook quinoa multiple batches of Quinoa on a Sunday and store for over 30 days in Voltas refrigerators.
CAPRICORN:
Personality traits – Tend to be extreme perfectionists, good overall health
Zodiac Special Recipes – Fruit Ice Cream
Ingredients:
• Frozen banana
• Other fleshy fruit: Mango, strawberry, peach, blueberry…
• Optional: yogurt, soy yogurt, whipped yogurt…
• Toppings: shaved dark chocolate, dried fruits, grated coconut, sunflower seeds, fruit cubes…
Steps:
1. Cut fruit into cubes or slices, remove peel, stones, and seeds, and freeze them.
2. When ready to eat, pour banana slices into the food processor and whip until it has the consistency of ice cream.
3. Add the rest of the fruit and whip again. Cream should be at least 50% banana for good texture.
4. Top with desired toppings.
5. Prepare it when ready to eat it or 15 minutes before, at most, and keep in the freezer; otherwise, instead of a creamy texture it will be hard ice.
AQUARIUS:
Personality traits – Tend to have a sensitive heart, good overall health
Zodiac Special Recipes – Carrot and Chestnut Cream with Greek Yogurt
Ingredients:
• 1 leek - white part only
• 750 g carrots
• 8-10 tablespoons raw chestnuts and 4 roasted chestnuts to decorate
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt, cumin, and pepper
• Greek yogurt with no added sugar
Steps:
1. Cut the leek into big slices and simmer in a casserole dish with olive oil, the colour changing.
2. Clean and slice the carrots and add them into the casserole with the raw chestnuts, which must be peeled.
3. Cover in two fingers of water and keep boiling until carrots and chestnuts are soft.
4. Blend everything and season it. If is too thick, add some more water until you get the desired texture.
5. Serve with a tablespoon of Greek yogurt and a roasted chestnut as a topping.
PISCES:
Personality traits – good overall health, sensitive kidney and liver
Zodiac Special Recipes – Raisin/date cookies
Duration: 30 mins
Serves: 4-6 people
Ingredients:
• 200 g rice flour
• 5 g baking soda
• 5 g vanilla powder
• 150 g raisins/dates ( to taste)
• 55g coconut oil
• Salt
• 20 ml lemon juice
• 30 g desiccated coconut
Steps:
1) Preheat the microwave oven to 180o C
2) Mix all ingredients
3) Shape the cookies as desired
4) Bake for 15 mins until lightly golden
5) You can also defrost the cookies in Voltas Microwave and serve it hot with some delicious black coffee.