Carla Duclos, Amsterdam (2026)

12/03/2021

Now there is in Amsterdam a supermarket that only sells vegan products,

I’ve mentioned a while ago that I am transitioning to a plant based diet, which is not vegan but composed in its majority by meals made without animal products.

Having a supermarket selling only vegan products brings a lot of variety for creating great meals.

It’s not difficult to create a meal that is absolutely delicious, nutritious and vegan.

🍽 Here you can see what I had for lunch today: 👉 Roasted sweet potato, beans, tofu cubes, stir fried vegetables, fresh salad and hummus. 😋

Vegan Fresco launched a nice challenge this week and I am participating with this post.

I am planning to post on my blogs (pt/en) meals with recipes for inspiration on meals

Would you like it?

You can subscribe via email and you will get an email when it’s posted. Link in my bio 👉

05/03/2021

Today’s photo is a plant based breakfast I had last Sunday. A delicious bow with soy & coconut yoghurt, granola, seeds, fresh fruits and peanut butter.

Today I would like to talk about “The National week without meat” that will happen in The Netherlands next week from 08/03 until 14/03. Have you heard about it?

I’ve mentioned on my Instagram Stories some days ago that I am transitioning to a plant based diet. Plant based is not the same as vegan, although a lot of people use it as a synonym.

My reasons for moving to a plant based diet are mainly health and the environmental impact. I will talk more about it later.

But the environmental impact of meat consumption is one of the targets from the National week without meat. It’s an initiative from Isabel Boerdam from

The initiative promotes a flexitarian diet, where meat and fish can be alternated with vegetarian meals. The believe is that one day without meat through an entire year has a big impact on our planet. The week without meat is an event that happens every year in The Netherlands and the goal is that this initiative will bring awareness and help to reduce the meat consumption in The Netherlands throughout the years.

You can subscribe to participate in the event. They calculate the positive environmental impact that this week without eating meat has based on the number of participants. We are going to participate with the 4 of us. We asked the kids, 9 and 6, if they wanted to join, and they said yes.

We want to bring awareness about meat consumption to the kids, but we don’t want to in anyway force them to it. So, with all voluntary participation, next week will be all week without meat here at home. I am super excited. It’s the second time we participate, but at this time the kids are older and understand better what we are doing.

📍This is the page from “The week without meat”: https://weekzondervlees.nl
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29/01/2021

Hi! Yesterday I published my first post on “what I ate in a day”, and It included home made hummus at lunch. Today I am sharing the recipe!

This hummus is delicious. I highly recommend it. 😋

I stopped buying ready made hummus and switched completely to home made. It’s so easy and quick to make; and much more healthy and nutritious. You are in charge of the ingredients when making your own hummus.

Here the recipe for the hummus! It’s based on the recipe from the Instagram feed from

* 215 grams of cooked chickpeas
* 100 ml of aquafaba (liquid from cooking the chickpeas or from the can) - or sub water
* 4 tablespoons of tahini
* 1 garlic clove
* Juice of half lemon
* 1/2 teaspoon of salt
* 1/4 teaspoon of cumin powder
* Sprinkle of black pepper

Blend everything in a food processor until smooth. Adjust the seasonings to your taste (lemon, salt, cumin and black pepper).

Optional: Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and zaatar.

I hope you enjoy this recipe.

And you? Is there anything you stopped buying ready and switched to home made? Let me know in the comments.

28/01/2021

Hi! It’s being a while since my last post here on Instagram. A lot of things happened and I will be telling more in the next posts.

Today I wanted to bring a content that I was willing to publish for a long time, that is “What I eat in a day”. I love to watch and read this type of videos and posts, so I wanted to bring my take on it.

I want to inspire you to eat healthy and delicious food, because food can absolutely be healthy and delicious! And beautiful! ❤️

Here the first post on that theme. I hope you enjoy. 😊 Let me know in the comments if you, as me, like to see this kind of content. 😊

In the carrousel today is what I ate yesterday:

🥣 Breakfast: Oatmeal cooked with banana, water, oat milk, cinnamon and cloves. Then topped with a mix os seeds, cocoa nibs, blueberries, raisins and nut butter.

🥙 Lunch: Sandwich with whole wheat pita bread, homemade hummus, tofu, arugula, watercress, cherry tomatoes, black olives, and a stir fry of mushrooms & kale.

🍽 Dinner: Cooked brown rice, red lentils and peas; minced meat with tomato sauce; stir fry of mushrooms & kale; roasted Kabocha with herbs; arugula, watercress, cherry tomatoes, capers and black olives salad.
🇧🇷 PT: Faz um tempo desde meu último post aqui. Várias coisas aconteceram e vou contando nos próximos posts.

Hoje estou trazendo um conteúdo que há tempos estou querendo fazer que é “ O que eu como num dia”. Eu adoro ver esse tipo de conteúdo e queria criar ele também.

Espero que ele te inspire, te de ideias e mostre que comida pode ser saudável, deliciosa e bonita.

Aqui o primeiro post do tema. Espero que goste. Me conta nos comentários se você, como eu, também curte esse tipo de conteúdo. 😊

🥣 Café da manhã: Mingau de aveia com banana e leite de aveia, sementes, passas e frutas.

🥙 Almoço: Sanduíche de pão pita com homus, tofu, salada e refogado de cogumelos e couve.

🍽 Jantar: Arroz integral, lentilhas vermelhas e ervilha cozidos, carne moída refogada, abóbora assada, refogado de cogumelos e couve e uma salada.

09/10/2020

Today’s photo is my entry to the Food Photography Challenge from This is the third week from the challenge and first theme. This week’s theme is UGLY DELICIOUS and the first challenge in the week is to photography a curry or a stew, which are difficult subjects to photograph for it’s look not naturally beautiful.

I wanted to challenge myself and create a photo from the “real” stew, with basically no stying. The stew in the pan with all the “dirty” from cooking it in the pan. I also wanted to capture a food that is related with my personal family background. So here I photographed an aubergine stew, something that my mother always cooked at home while I was a kid and I love it. The dish is very simple, you use onions, garlic, aubergine and tomato; then you can complement with whatever you have at home and want, if you want. Here I added yellow peppers and champignons.

The stew is in the pan where it was cooked and I had it for lunch. Absolutely delicious. 😋

And you? Do you like aubergine stews?
A foto de hoje é minha entrada pro desafio de fotografia de comida do Estamos na terceira semana e primeiro tema do desafio. O tema da semana é DELICIOSAMENTE FEIO and o primeiro desafio é fotografar um curry ou ensopado, que são pratos difíceis de serem fotografados por sua aparência não naturalmente bonita.

Quis me desafiar a criar um foto do ensopado “verdadeiro”, com basicamente nenhum food styling. O ensopado na foto está com as “sujeiras” que ficam na panela devido ao seu preparo. Eu também quis capturar um prato que fizesse parte da história da minha família. Fotografei aqui um ensopado de berinjela que minha sempre fazia quando eu era criança e au amo. O prato é muito simples, você usa cebola, alho, berinjela e tomate; e então você complementa com o que quiser e tiver em casa, se quiser. Aqui eu adicionei pimentão amarelo e champignon fresco.

O ensopado está na panela onde foi preparado e ele foi meu almoço no dia. Absolutamente delicioso. 😋

E você? Gosta de ensopados de berinjela?
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27/09/2020

And now, I am bringing the second photo of the day, this coffee photo that is my entry to the Food Photography Challenge from This is the third theme from the first week, “COFFEE, tea or chocolate”.⁠
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I do like coffee, tea and chocolate, but had to go with coffee. ;) I am passionate about coffee, from brewing it in different ways to drinking all its variations. ⁠
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Coffee for me feels cozy and that’s what I tried to capture in this picture. A simple moment of coziness. ⁠
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E agora trago a segunda foto do dia, essa foto de café que é minha entrada pro desafio de fotografia de comida do Estamos na primeira semana e o terceiro tema do desafio é “CAFÉ, chá ou chocolate”. ⁠
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Eu gosto de café, chá e chocolate, mas eu tinha que ir com café. ;) Sou apaixonada por café, de prepará-lo de diversas formas a beber suas diferentes versões.⁠
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Café pra mim traz o sentimento de aconchegante e foi isso que tentei capturar nessa foto. Um simples momento de aconchego.⁠
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E você? Gosta de café? Que sentimento o café traz pra você?⁠⁠⁠⁠
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27/09/2020

Today’s photo is my entry to the Food Photography Challenge from This is the second theme from the first week, “OKRA, green chillies or green beans”.

Chillies are not something I eat, but my husband .duc, happily volunteer to eat them, after all, I “had” to photograph them. ;)

And you? Do you like spicyfood?
A foto de hoje é minha entrada pro desafio de fotografia de comida do . Estamos na primeira semana e segunfo tema do desafio que é “QUIABO, pimenta verde ou vagem”.

Eu não sou muito fã de comida apimentada e não consumo muito pimenta, mas meu marido .duc se voluntariou feliz pra consumir as pimentas depois, afinal de contas, eu “tinha” que fotografá-las. ;)

E você? Gosta de comida apimentada?
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22/09/2020

This sweet potato “toast” photo is my entry for the Food Photography Challenge from We are on the first week and first theme of the challenge which is “YAM, potatoes or sweet potato”.

When I saw the theme I knew I would photograph sweet potato. I recently discovered how much I like it. I’ve being eating it much more frequently as a carbohydrate source on my meals. It’s soft and lightly sweet. It goes well with a lot of things. You can turn it into a sweet or savoury dish.

I like cooking them in the microwave. Depending on the size, from 5 to 8 minutes it’s ready to eat. I make some holes on it, brush the surface with a little bit of olive oil, salt, black pepper and rosemary, then cook in the microwave on high. After cooked, just slice it, and have fun with the toppings. Here I went with cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, basil and pumpkin seeds. All seasoned with fleur de sel and black pepper.

It was my lunch today, followed by a salad and a vegetable soup.

And you? Have you tried sweet potato as a “toast”?
Essa “torrada” de batata doce é minha entrada pro desafio de fotografia de comida do . Estamos na primeira semana e primeiro tema do desafio que é “Inhame, batatas ou batata doce”/

Quando eu vi o tema, sabia que iria fotografar a batata doce. Recentemente descobri o quanto eu gosto dela. Venho comendo muito mais frequentemente como fonte de carboidrato das minhas refeições. É macia e adocicada. Combina com um monte de coisas. Você pode usá-la para um prato doce ou salgado.

Eu gosto de cozinhar a batata doce no microondas. Dependendo do tamanho dela, em 5 a 8 minutos está pronta. Depois de cozida é só fatiar e se divertir com as coberturas. Aqui eu usei queijo cottage, tomate cereja, manjericão e sementes de abóbora.

Foi meu almoço hoje, seguido de uma salada e sopa de vegetais.

E você? Já experimento usar a batata doce como uma “torrada”?
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29/07/2020

I am participating in a Food Photography challenge named Compostion Essentials . If you are following my Stories for the past 6 days, you saw all the steps for the creation of these 2 images from the banana pancakes I am presenting here today.

It’s being a lovely journey participating in this challenge, planning and executing the photo shooting step by step. I’ve discovered new tools throughout the challenge, as Bublup for creating the mood boards; and the colour wheel tool from Canva, which helps with picking up a colour palette for the scene you are planning.

Challenges are also a great opportunity to see what other food photographers from the community are doing and learn from each other.

I am looking forward to the online workshop that Rachel from will give tomorrow, as I am sure, I will learn more from.

The recipe from this banana pancake I learnt with my nutritionist, and you can find it on the Recipes highlight from my profile. These are the ones make with eggs, not vegan.

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Estou participando de um desafio de Fotografia de Comida chamado “O essencial da composição”. Se você está me seguindo nos Stories nos últimos 6 dias, você viu todos os passos da criação dessas 2 fotos das panquecas de banana que apresento hoje pra vocês.

Está sendo uma jornada muito bacana participar desse desafio, planejando e executando uma seção de foto de comida passo a passo. Descobri novas ferramentas como o Bublup para criação de mood boards, e da ferramenta da roda de cores do Canva que ajuda na escolha de uma paleta de cores para cena a ser fotografada.

Desafios como esse são excelentes oportunidades de ver o que outros fotógrafos de comida na comunidade estão fazendo e aprendemos uns com os outros.

Estou feliz aguardando o workshop que a Rachel do vai dar amanhã, pois tenho certeza que vou aprender mais com ele.

A receita dessa panqueca de banana eu aprendi com a minha nutricionista .netherlands e você encontra ela nos destaques do meu perfil.
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@ Amsterdam, Netherlands

18/07/2020

📸 What a great day! This is me in front of my photos hanging in the wall, in the photo exposition in the Photography event from . ⠀
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The event was in February, a little bit before the quarentine started in The Netherlands. ⠀
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I had no idea what was about to come. I got sick for 2 months during the quarentine, probably with Covid-19, although I wasn’t tested. ⠀
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Seeing my photos printed in the wall, meeting people and talking about photography was really nice. ⠀
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I am very happy now to be fully recovered and back to my family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, work 💻📸 and exercises 🏃🏻‍♀️💪.⠀
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📸 Que grande dia! Essa sou eu, em frente às minhas fotos penduradas na parede, na exposição de dos do evento de fotografia da .⠀
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O evento foi em fevereiro, um pouco antes da quarentena começar na Holanda.⠀
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Eu não tinha ideia do que estava por vir. Fiquei doente por 2 meses na quarentena, provavelmente com Covid-19, embora eu não tenha sido testada.⠀
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Estou muito feliz de estar agora completamente recuperada e de volta à minha família 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, trabalho 💻📸 e exercícios 🏃🏻‍♀️💪.⠀
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27/02/2020

📸 Photography event & Exposition invite (with my photos)
📸 Convite para evento e Exposição de fotografia (com fotos minhas)
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‪This Friday, 28th of Frebruary from 19:00 until 23:00, there will be a Photography event and Exposition organized by , a very nice and excelent photography school in Amsterdam where I have attended some courses.‬⠀⠀
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‪The event is an Open Day where we can meet, talk about photography, you can bring your camera and photograph and see the photography exposition wit the work from some students, which includes ME! 🙋🏻‍♀️😉Yes, there will be some of my 📸 FOOD PHOTOGRAPHIES exposed in the event. I will be there. Come to say hi.‬⠀
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‪Location: Amsterdam House of Arts & Crafts (Oudeschans 21 Amsterdam), the place where the courses from the school happen, a very nice and creative space.‬⠀⠀
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I talked about the event on my Stories today, so check it out. ‬☝️ Swipe left to see all details! 👆
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‪Nessa sexta-feira, 28 de fevereiro, das 19:00 às 23:00, vai ter um Evento e exposição de fotografia organizado pela , uma escola de fotografia muito legal e excelente em Amsterdam, onde ei fiz alguns cursos.‬⠀⠀
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‪O evento é um "Open Day" ou "Dia aberto", onde podemos nos encontrar, falar sobre fotografia, levar sua câmera e fotografar, e ver a exposição fotográfica com o trabalho de alguns estudantes da escola, o que inclui EU! 🙋🏻‍♀️😉 Sim, algumas das minhas FOTOGRAFIAS DE COMIDA estarão em exposição no evento. ‬⠀⠀
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‪Eu falei sobre o evento no meu Stories também, então olha lá pra não perder.‬⠀☝️ arrasta pra esquerda pra ver todos os detalhes. 👆
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18/02/2020

Recently, I’ve been in a oatmeal phase. I am having oatmeal for breakfast everyday. (recipe below). I make it with oat milk, raisins and cinnamon; and top with sunflower and pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, flaxseeds and fresh fruit. Banana and blueberries being my favorites.

I add no sugar to it. It’s just not necessary. I quit eating sugar 4 months ago. I am talking about it on my Stories today. Check it out if you wanna know more about it. ☝️

And you? What’s your favorite breakfast?

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Eu estou numa fase mingau de aveia e tenho comido isso todos os dias no café da manhã. Receita abaixo. Eu faço com leite de aveia, canela e uva passa e sirvo com chia, linhaça, sementes de girassol e de abóbora, e frutas frescas por cima, sendo banana e mirtilos minhas favoritas.

Não adiciono nenhum açúcar. Não há a mínima necessidade. Eu parei de comer açúcar há 4 meses e estou falando sobre isso nos Stories hoje. Olha os Stories se quiser saber mais sobre isso. ☝️

E você? Qual seu café da manhã favorito?

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Recipe / Receita - EN / PT

* 3 tablespoons of oats / 3 colheres de sop de aveia em flocos finos
* 1/2 cup of oat milk / 1/2 xícara de leite de aveia
* 1 tablespoon raisins / 1 colher de sopa de passas
* Pinch of cinnamon/ Pitada de canela
* flaxseeds, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds to taste / chia, linhaça, sementes de girassol e de abóbora a gosto
* Fresh fruits to taste / frutas frescas a gosto

Mix the oats, milk, raisins and cinnamon and bring to the microwave. Cook for approximately 2 minutes on high (do 1 minute at a time until desired consistency).
Top with the seeds and fresh fruits and another pinch of cinnamon.
Enjoy!

Misture a aveia, leite, passas e canela e leve ao microondas. Cozinhe por aproximadamente 2 minutos em potência alta (faz de 1 em 1 minuto até atingir a consistência desejada). Serve com as sementes, frutas frescas e mais uma pitada de canela.
Bom apetite!

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