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.

RIPE PLANTAIN PANCAKE

      

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  Plantains are packed with dietary fiber, vitamin C  and A.

For my USA friends and followers I have observed that plantains in the US have no starch. Please add 3 table spoons of flour per plantain to the mixture before frying. Mix thoroughly, make sure there are no lump.

 INGREDIENTS:

2  Medium size Ripe Plantain 

4  Large Eggs 

1/2 Tsp Baking Powder (optional for fluffier cakes)

1     Tbsp Honey (optional)

1/2  Cup Raisins

Olive or Canola Oil

1/4  Tsp Vanilla (optional)

1/2. Cup chopped nuts (optional)

A dash of salt to taste 

DIRECTION:

Peel and cut plantain into chunks.

With a fork mash thoroughly until the plantain has a pudding like consistency and no lumps 

Add backing powder for fluffier light pancakes, whisk salt, vanilla, or honey to flavor cakes.

Whisk the eggs thoroughly, pour the whisked eggs over the plantain and stir until eggs are completely combined. 

Heat griddle or non stick fry pan over medium heat. Cover with a little oil, about a table spoon of oil

Spread the oil all over the griddle or pan

Drop about 2 table spoon of batter onto the pan. If your pan is large you can drop up to four cakes at a time. Cook for about 1 to 2 minutes. While cooking, sprinkle the toppings, that is the chopped nuts or raisins over the top of the pancakes as the first side cooks. 

Very gently flip over the pancakes on to the other side. Cook for another minute or two.

Transfer to serving plates. These pancakes are better eaten when they have just been made and warm. Enjoy it. 

Left overs can be stored in the fridge and microwave for about 30 seconds and serve. They can be served with extra table spoon of honey poured over the pancakes as shown below. 

AGING SIGNS

1.  In your early forties you notice your site is fading. Usually a non prescription glasses helps.

2.  Your joints start acing though not everyone gets acing joints. When you are 60 and over, it is common to get pain or stiffness in hands, neck, back, knees or hips.

3.  Some people may have harder times hearing.

4.  Many older people from 75 years may not be sexually active.

5.  You might get constipated more easily. It's very common as you age. What can you do? Keep active, eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Drink at least six to eight glasses of water a day. 

6.  From ages 30-70 men may lose an inch of height, women sometimes as much as 2 inches. At 80 years you might shrink more.

7.  Women grow hair on the chin or upper lips. It is part of aging.

8.  Your skin begin to shrink and wrinkles appear.

9.  You take longer to fall asleep.

10.  You become more forgetful.

11.  Bladder problems become common.

12.  I advice you start looking on the sunny side of life.

CONCOCTION RICE

Concoction Rice is a morden dish usually cooked among young Nigerians, who are single, college and university students. They created this dish out of the need for a quick meal as against the tedious  ingredients and preparation of Jollof or Fried Rice.

It takes 45 minutes to 1 hour to prepare this dish.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cups of Rice (any rice you prefer, I prefer Brown/ Ofada Rice)
4 Tablespoons vegetable oil or Olive oil
1/2 Cup Cray Fish (sun dried shrimps) or fresh Shrimps
1 medium size onion
1 Tablespoon ground pepper
Salt to taste
1 knoor cube
Water

DIRECTION:

Wash rice and parboil  for 15 minutes over moderate heat. Drain off water and set aside.
Pick the Cray fish clean and wash under running tap
Cut up the onion into tiny pieces
Take another pot, measure into it the oil, add the onion. Allow to cook for about 2 minutes over moderate heat.
Add Cray Fish, turn all together for another 1-2 minutes, add the ground pepper, Knoor and Rice. Add water, about 2-3 cups, just enough to cook the Rice. Add salt as you desire. Keep turning every 3 minutes for another 20 minutes. When the water dries up taste the rice if it soft, then your Rice is cooked. If not add a little more water to allow the rice to cook.
Serve with already cooked chicken, meat or salad.

This serves four people. Enjoy your Rice.