EMERGENCY COLD REMEMEDY

EMERGENCY COLD REMEMEDY by Karimah bint Dawoood, muslim chaplain and well being writer Sorry to hear that you have a bad cold, may Allah give you shifr (clean you of your sins, yes you do have some ) ameen, cut out meat, fish and diary for three days, substitute with soya and veggies , this will give body a change…

TREND PREDICTIONS AUTUMN WINTER 2011/12

Personally I find my self naturally wearing the colours of the Eco-Optimist & World Re-mix   Gold Medallist Re-Infuses meaning to standard references… Classicism becomes a compelling force and provides an opportunity to innovate. Because it is bold, majestic and charismatic…classicism is ideally up-to-date. It offers benchmarks for building, recomposing, and boldly reviving self-confidence and true elegance, those that are based…

Karimah’s Beauty Secrets- Easy on the carbs

Karimah’s Beauty Secrets- Easy on the Carbs by karimah bint dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk By the end of last winter I was 13 1/2 stone, overweight due to too many mince pies, too much creamy mash potato and apple Danish pastries. All praise is due to The Creator I have since…

SEASONAL SOUP – Leek, Celery & Potato(Islamic medicine)

SEASONLY SOUPS -Leek ,Celery & Potato by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk Years ago, back in my modelling days, a plateful of leeks with butter seemed so bland as I watched the anorexic, anaemic woman tuck in while the rest of us herbivores munched on other things with glee.Years pass and moon cycles turn and inshallah we learn  more skills  and more about ourselves and The Creator along the way.Vegetarian seasonal food need…

SEPTEMBER SEASONAL SALAD

by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk Salada Tricolore I  love going to little Italian restaurants, I don’t mean the local pizza hut but real Italian where the starter is a mezze of amazing anti pasta dishes  like pickled artichokes, salty olives and appetising asparagus. I lived in Rome for a year, Parioli to be precise and have been blessed to eat at some of the finest restaurants in Rome itself mashallah. I would always order this salad, traditionally its supposed…

SEPTEMBER SEASONAL TARTS

Alhamdulilah I have a wonderful editor who is probably reading this as we speak, no he is not looking over my shoulder, but he is, thank God, on my case in a brotherly  way, that all brothers should be encouraging their sisters, to do the best they can in whatever they do kind of way.he keeps an eye on my writing and gently nudges me in the right direction, may Allah bless…

SPICE GIRLS- making the mundane look easy

SPICE GIRLS- cleaning my spice jars by karimah bint dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer karimahscuisina@live.co.uk As salaam alaikum brothers and sistars Listening to Sheikh Tawfik Chawdry, speaking about depression on Ramadan TV, we decided to embark on cleaning the spice jars.Not a big deal you may think, but we have nearly 40 spice jars and that number is alwasy…

ZAKAT UL FITR RAMADHAN REFORMATIONS

Zakat ul Fitr -CHARITY TO BE PAID BEFORE EID by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplian and well being writer. karimahs cuisina@live.co.uk I was nudged again by the Somali famine pictures to work out how much zakat I need to pay, not just zakat ul fitr, but my actual annual zakat that I pay during ramadhan,…

RAMADAN TV – SKY 843

AS SALAAM ALAIKUM WA RAHMATULAAHI WA BARAKATU BROTHERS AND SISTARS, WE ARE BLESSED TO BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL SERIES OF PROGRAMMES ON SKY. TEAMA CUISINA, KARIMAH’S CUISINA VOLUNTEERS HELP TO PUT TOGETHER COOKING SEGMENTS FOR THIS CHANNEL, SPONSORED BY MASOOMAH CLOTHING. AS WELL AS FAST FAST FOOD RECIPES THERE WILL BE RAMADHAN  HEALTH TIPS…