NO MEAT FOR 365 – IN TRANSIT

Since last Eid, we started  to write about eating less meat, reviving the Prophetic sunnah of eating much less meat. Although we are learning  more about raw food, Karimahs Cuisina are a group in transit , praise the Creator, we are in motion towards a healthy away of life, inshallah, God willing. We attended a Love Food Hate Waste…

Raw Food Diary 1

“The grass doesn’t grow under your feet” one of my mentors now tells me.its a bit of a funny saying but it means that someone is always on the move doing things. As a Muslim its not advisable to stay still for long, we are always suppose to be learning, implementing learning,growing  and changing just as Allah creation is always in a stage of change, even in winter, because rest is a part of change. when we look at the…

Live Below the Line – Something Fishy Going On

by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. While brain storming with Teama Cuisina on Live Below the Line challenge , one of the more mature  sistars came up with a brilliant idea mashallah, “Why don’t we make soup from salmon heads that are only 50p in the market” So inshallah this weekend we are having a trail run, if we can keep the cat away from the soaking salmon…

Butternut Squash and Lemongrass Soup

by Karimah bint Daoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer, Oriental butternut squash soup (quiththah) squash I have just come down with some weird flu thing, headache stomach ache, you know the sort of thing when the weather keeping changing so an Indian revert  sister recommended me ginger and lemon grass tea.  With an abundance…

Live Below The Line – Breakfast Recipe

by Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well being writer. “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail” It’s really important before embarking on this LIVE BELOW THE LINE challenge to plan what you are going to eat, rather than rummage around at the last minute clutching at straws, so here goes Karimahs Cuisina’s first recipe to start the day off well.  What starts good ends…

ULCER,SUPER SMOOTHIE, BECAUSE YOU’RE WORTH IT!

Ulcer Healing Super Smoothie By Karimah Bint Dawoud In the process of the journey to better health, we need to sometimes eat things that are not immediately appealing to the taste buds or visually appealing to the eyes, however “for every illness there is a cure except death” an Islamic saying. I have an ulcer,…

KARIMAH’S CUISINA WINTER VEG & BEAN SOUP

Inspired by my mum who is a queen of good hearty soups in her own right. Root vegetables are on offer right now and are just the thing we need to keep all those nasty viruses at bay, not need for meat just add beans. Ingredients: 1 can white aloubias beans drained.  or soak overnight…

GREEN JUICES….why are they so good?

GREEN JUICES by Karimah Bint Dawoud Green juices are for the adulthood of people who are concerned about their health. They are not sweet and childlike but they are for the mature minded person who cares about their mind , body and soul . You only need a juicer, whatever your price range, even a…

Vegetable Lasagna

By Karimah bint Dawoud, Vegetarian  Lasagne In my process of eating less meat and reviving the following Islamic Sunnah, where the prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of the Creator be upon him, didn’t eat meat for as much as 2-3 months out of choice. I had to return to my Rasta days in which I was pescatarian, vegetarian…