NUTRITION IN HEALTH

Hello everyone! YUMMY PUDDING!           TGIF (Thank God is Friday!). Yesterday around 6:30pm, I was trying to make a salad. I had cabbage, baby carrots, olives and broccoli and then remembered that I had a can of pumpkin. I popped the can open and saw a ground pumpkin not in chunks (earlier thought). I asked myself LOUDLY (what next? the weirdo part of me you might love to know. LOL). I remembered eating a pumpkin pie during thanksgiving in the States but never made one myself. The AMAZON WOMAN in me SPRANG UP to bake herself a PUMPKIN PUDDING not pie (pie needs a pie crust which I did not have at the moment).              Pumpkin is a gigantic vegetable found on the shelves of most local market along with carrot, green beans e.t.c across the world.  It gets dissected into cubes, cooked until tender before eaten. For my Africa friends, In case you are figuring how you t...

Hi friends,       Sweet potatoes are favorite carbs selection for healthy eaters. They make us fuller with small quantities, they are rich in fiber, Betacarotene (good vision & immunity boost) and Potassium (good for high blood pressure reduction).       My recipe today had me baking my potatoes than frying them(I eat them this way most times). The end result was delicious, finger licking, tantalizing and had me craving for more!!!! Ingredients   1 medium sized sweet potatoes 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I used canola) Ground seasonings (black pepper, ginger, garlic, onions) Pinch of salt to taste unbaked potatoes seasoned on baking tray Baking tray Procedure 1) heat up your oven at 350F for 7mins 2) While the oven is heating up, get a baking tray, lightly grease it.  3) Slice potatoes and line them neatly on baking tray.  ground seasonings 4) drizzle them with salt, ground seasoning...

Hello friends, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  The past year has been a challenging but fruitful year for me. My reason for being incommunicado. I am back  with richer and better contents on food recipes (especially for people like me who want to eat healthy but delicious meals) and other science health talks. Feel free to share my links with your friends, drop your comments and critics. Our first recipe this year is on my first mushrooms which I prepared. Guess what? They were AMAZEballzzz!!! Mushrooms are a great addition to a healthy diet. They are nutrient dense (low caloric content), rich in fiber, moderate in protein, low in fat and carbs and rich in Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) for healthy bones.                         I had green beans thrown in too, the reason for the title. Green beans are not left for salads alone (can be boring to eat them in such mon...