WHITE QUINOA, MILLET, RED QUINOA, BUCKWHEAT & KALE QUICKY

Quinoa, a nutrient-rich food is easily prepared. Quinoa comes in different colors.

Today we shall cook with white and red Quinoa.

Millet is uniquely high in nutrients, including high levels of the B-vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium, and a source of essential fats in the body.

Buckwheat, this fruit seed is not in anyway related to wheat. It is a highly nourishing, energizing and tasty food that can be eaten instead of rice.

The above three seeds are among the World Healthiest Foods. A combination of these three gives you all the nutrients you need in a meal.

 INGREDIENTS

1/2 a cup of white Quinoa

1/2 a cup of Red Quinoa

1/2 a cup of Buckwheat 

1 medium size green bell pepper chopped

1 medium size red green pepper chopped

1 medium size onions chopped

4 table spoon of olive oil

1 teaspoon of black pepper

1 teaspoon  of sea salt to taste

4 cups of chopped kale

Water

DIRECTION

Rince the seeds thoroughly before cooking

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a pot

Add all the seeds, reduce heat, cover with lid and allow to simmer for about 15-20 minutes

Removed from heat, and let stand in water for about 5 minutes

Heat the olive oil in a pot, add black pepper and chopped onions allow to simmer for 3 minutes or until the onions look transparent

Add the chopped peppers, cook for about 5 minutes, added cooked seeds, mix all together and add the chopped kale. Add salt to taste.

This nutritious and filling dish serves 6.

GREEN PLANTAIN PORRIDGE

Green Plantain is rich in potassium and fiber. 
Today, I am cooking Green Plantain Porridge. 

INGREDIENTS

4 (2lbs) Green plantain
1 medium size ripe plantain
1 big red bell pepper 
1 medium size fresh tomato
1 big green bell pepper chopped up
1 big yellow bell pepper chopped up
1 medium size onion 
1 cup sun dried or fresh shrimps
4 tablespoons of olive oil
2 cups chopped kale
A dash of salt to taste (sea salt preferable)


DIRECTIONS

Combine the big red bell pepper, the fresh tomato and half the onion in a blender. Blend until very smooth, set aside.
Peel the plantains and cut them up into chunks of 2 inches each
Chop up the other half onion
Heat up 4 tablespoon of olive oil in a sauce pan on medium heat
Add the chopped onions, allow to cook for 5 minutes
Add the chopped green bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, allow to cook for about 3 - 5. Scoop into a bowl and set aside leaving some olive oil in the pan.
Add the blended red pepper, tomato and onion into the olive oil in the sauce pan. Allow to cook for about 30 minutes. Add the cut green plantain, and the one ripe plantain, allow to cook for a further 20 minutes. 
At this point, the plantain is almost cooked. Add the shrimps and the peppers earlier set aside. Mix all together and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt for taste.
Note that the sweet taste of the ripe plantain is to enhance the taste of the porridge. 

ORGANIC EDAMAME SPAGHETTI WITH KALE

This recipe serves 4 (8oz) of  Edamame Spaghetti.

INGREIDIENTS

2/3 Cup of chopped onions
1 Cup of sliced mushrooms
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1/2 of a green bell pepper
1/2 of a red bell pepper
1/2 of a yellow bell pepper
1 Cup cut up baby carrots
3 tablespoon of olive oil
Dash of salt and pepper
2 cups of chopped kale

DIRECTION

Boil 8 cup of  water. Add spaghetti and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until cooked.
Rinse under cold water.
In saucepan, heat olive oil then add the onions, garlic and mushrooms.
Cook until light brown. Stir in all the peppers and carrots. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Pour over the cooked spaghetti, add kale and stir all together, all to simmer for further 3-5 minutes.
Your dish is ready, enjoy it.

BENEFITS OF MUSHROOMS

Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several species of macro fungi (that is fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be picked) They grow on the ground, under the ground or on dead woods.

There are many varieties of mushrooms which include, chanterelle, white button, oysters, portobello shiitake, and the cremini.

All edible mushrooms are loaded with essential nutrients.

They contain Selenium, which is good for your bladder.

They contain Vitamin D which helps maintain healthy bones, teeth, and also have some protective effect against diseases and conditions like cancer, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

The Oyster mushroom is a very good source of iron which helps metabolize protein, help in production of hemoglobin and red blood cells.

Mushrooms are very low in calories, thus help in maintaining balanced weight.

American Society of Nutrition's  study found that white button mushrooms may provide Immune Function by increasing the production of antiviral and other proteins that help protect and repair the body's tissues.

Mushrooms contain antioxidants that help fight free radicals.

They contain the B Vitamins that are vital for turning food into energy,  metabolize fats and proteins.

If you don't like mushrooms this is the time to have a rethink. Try mushrooms in your soups and sources.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

A friend sent this to me and I decided to share these very useful information about heart attacks..

Let's say it's 7.25pm and you're going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.

You are really tired, upset and frustrated.

Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far.

You have been trained in Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE:

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breath get oxygen  into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

Please invite yours friends to read this as it is a needed  tool for everyone.

From:
DR. N SIVA
(Senior Cardiologists)

VEGETABLE SALAD WITH TUNA

Vegetable Salad gives you the health benefits of fruits and vegetables. Today, try this easy to make salad rich in nutrients. The greens in salad have calcium, iron, potassium and the B vitamins.
Add nuts or seeds and boost the soluble fiber that helps lower cholesterol and keep blood sugar balanced.

INGREIDIENTS

2 cups Broccoli Slaw
2 cups Spinach
1/2 cup of blue berries
1/4 cup Dried cranberries
1/4 cup Sunflower seeds
Dash of black pepper
2 table spoon of Olive oil
Tuna flakes

DIRECTION

Mix all the vegetables, fruit and seeds together in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle the back pepper over the mixture. Add tuna flakes as desire and mix. Drizzle the olive oil over the salad. Refrigerate for about
30 minutes and serve. Enjoy your salad

This salad serves four and takes 45 minutes to prepare, that includes refrigerating.