When will spring arrive? It's just around the corner! Spring, the best time of the year, when trees, flowers and our spirits finally begin to perk up, starts on 20 March. The days get longer, we start to think about spending more time outdoors and we also look forward to delicious treats that put us in the mood for spring. Motivated by nature and the promise of delicious food, we can focus on our annual spring clean. We show you how to get your home sparkling clean in an instant and give you recipes to treat yourself with afterwards!
Ingredients for 2 portions:
Kale-pineapple smoothie
Strawberry-spinach smoothie
Whether you want to detox, lose weight or just treat yourself to a few home-made vitamin boosters in time for the start of spring, smoothies are true all-rounders. Super easy to tweak to your individual tastes or needs, our spring favourites this year are perfect for sweet snacks or as a meal replacement.
Wash the ingredients for the following smoothie ideas and mix them thoroughly. Our Klarstein food processors and juicers can help you with this because they puree and blend all the ingredients into a homogeneous, easy to drink smoothie – at the touch of a button. Important: Demeter certified fruit and vegetables from the organic shop or straight from the farm contain the most vitamins. It's worth spending an extra bit of money!
The kale-pineapple blend supports natural detoxification, boosts your digestion and, as a nutrient and fibre rich breakfast, it's perfect for a quick and healthy start to the day.
The strawberry-spinach blend is a real energy booster and contains high concentrations of vital substances and vitamins that help with your mental and physical fitness. So, say "goodbye" to your afternoon coffee and "hello" to a power drink!
Ingredients to make 4 portions
Cake dough:
Glaze
Pre-heat your Klarstein oven to 150 °C fan. Now stir all of the dough ingredients into a homogeneous mixture. Our Klarstein food processors can do the mixing at the touch of a button.
In the meantime, use oil to grease an approx. 25 cm loaf tin. Then pour the mixture into the tin, smooth it out and bake it in the oven for 50 minutes. Make sure that the cake doesn't get too dark.
Once it has baked thoroughly, leave it to cool in the tin for around 15 minutes, empty it into the cooling tray and pierce it several times before drizzling with lemon juice. This lets the lemon flavour seep into the dough. For the glaze, mix icing sugar with 3 tbsp lemon juice.
Here's a little tip: our food processors can help here too with their beaters because you can use them to mix the glaze quickly and easily, with no lumps.
Spread the glaze on the cake once it has cooled down. You can easily press almond flakes, grated lemon zest and a few lemon slices into the glaze and decorate it in your own design. Hello spring!
Ingredients for 4 portions:
Peel the asparagus and chop off the woody ends. You can find the right tool for the job with our Klarstein knife sets. Boil the tips in salted water until al dente. Carefully remove the pieces of asparagus from the asparagus water and rinse them with cold water. Important: keep the asparagus water. Chop the boiled asparagus into medium-sized pieces.
Then finely dice the onion, put some olive oil into our Klarstein pans and quickly brown the onions. Add the rice, fry it for a short time, pour on the asparagus water and a splash of white wine and let the rice simmer until it is al-dente. Talking of white wine, we recommend Weißburgunder, Chardonnay or Neuburger to support rather than overpower the fine aroma of the asparagus. Stir the mixture and season to taste. Then, add the asparagus slices, fold in butter and parmesan and serve this delicious dish while still warm in a warm plate or bowl. You can use any leftover asparagus as a garnish. Mmmmmh!
Our tip: enjoy the open white wine with your dinner. White wine goes best with risotto. Then you can store it perfectly chilled in one of our Klarstein wine refrigerators – or even open the next bottle if there's something to celebrate. Cheers!
Our Klarstein rubbish bins are perfect for clearing out and cleaning your cosy home. Available in different colours and designs, with pedal function or touchless sensor, they enhance your kitchen with better hygiene, organisation and practicality for everyday and spring cleaning.
Tea boxes, glass containers for herbs, pasta, rice and oats or boxes for bread, potatoes, onions and garlic all help you to organise your food cupboards and keep track on your stocks. Both decorative and practical, they can also be placed on the worktops to not only give your kitchen a visual highlight but to give you more space if your cupboards are full.
We are all familiar with the large cutlery set for special occasions that we use about twice a year. The rest of the time it just gathers dust. Wash it all by hand in the springtime rush? Not if we can help it. Our Klarstein dishwashers in a wide range of designs will do the hardest part for you at the touch of a button. In the meantime, you can have a break – or move straight on to the next project.
Klarstein wet and dry vacuums make "project clean floor" easier than ever. We like things to be effective at Klarstein so we have come up with different wet and dry vacuums to save you time and money with two functions in one. Your floor tiles will be shiny again in no time.
Our Klarstein vacuum cleaners are perfect for your living room carpet or bedside rug. Powerful, durable and robust, they quickly get rid of dust bunnies, dog hairs and loose dirt. And to be honest, who doesn't feel a sense of triumph at the sound of crumbs being vacuumed up?
Our Klarstein air purifiers are even more hygienic than our vacuum cleaners. When spring comes, lots of allergy sufferers start to notice pollen and urban dust being stirred up. Our Air Cleaners help to soothe runny noses and streaming eyes. They specifically filter irritating particles, germs and odours out of the room air and ensure that air is clean and fresh so that asthma sufferers and allergy sufferers can breathe easily. They also make next year's spring clean a lot easier!
Curtains, sofa cushions and bedlinen: suites and covers often get neglected during spring cleaning although they absorb odours and everyday dirt particles. Washed thoroughly, they can make your living room look wonderfully fresh and literally let in spring.
Our Klarstein steam irons add the finishing touch to your spring clean by smoothing everything over. They are powerful enough to make decreasing curtains, net curtains, cushion covers and the rest of your textiles easy. Our favourite plus is their EasyGlide ironing plate made of nano ceramic. They will convince even the most reluctant ironers. Wanna bet?
It's important to prepare well for spring cleaning so that you don't forget anything while you are doing it and don't have to take any unnecessary breaks and so you can tick off one item after the other in an efficient and motivated way. We at Klarstein have put together a handy checklist for you. Plus, our Klarstein gadgets help you in the household and make your everyday life easier not just for spring cleaning but for the rest of the year.
The most important thing to begin with is to always clean your home from top to bottom and wipe furniture and surfaces from back to front. Do you have all the cleaning products you need? Then you can begin!
