RAMADHAN RECIPES – CARROT JUICE

By Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer. Re-hydration and nutrition are very important while fasting these long days  with extreme heat, plenty of water juices and fresh fruit and vegetables are essential when we break fast to avoid many illness, later down the line. Remember we are in this for the long haul , the marathon not the sprint or relay! Nutrition is a major part of nay olympic athlete’s training program , so…

RAMADHAN REMEDIES – OKRA

By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & well being writer. Okra is on the shopping list today, as we move on through these productive days of Ramadhan some of us are starting to feel our digestion and elimination is in need of some help, this could be for many reasons. those of us who are…

Ramadhan Recipes – Karimah’s Roasted Moroccan Lemon Chicken

This healthy and easy to make chicken dish is perfect for iftar..Moroccan food is lovely; it’s pleasant, subtle and tasty. You don’t have to be Morrocan to cook great Morrocan food…its so easy. From the book, “Heavenly Bites, the best of muslim home cooking” from Amazon or Kube Publishers. Serves 4-6 When I first became a Muslim, my local masjid was in a Moroccan area so…

RAMADHAN RECIPE – MOROCCAN LEMON CHICKEN

By Karimah bint Dawoud, food writer, muslim chaplain, ECO pioneer mashallah! Moroccan Lemon Chicken is one of my favorite all time recipes, it reminds me of weddings and aquiqaas (baby parties), it can be eaten on cost winter days or with an array of salads in smoldering summer iftar eves. Seasoned with spices and preserved lemons, inshallah Allah will bless us to live another day and the recipe will be on the blog tomorrow,…

ISLAMIC MEDICINE -THE HERB SAGE

USE OF THE DRY HERB SAGE by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Number 5466, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah Allah’s Messenger said: There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah,…

RAMADHAN RECIPES – RAMADHAN EMERGENCY CAKE

Suhour Emergency Cake by Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well being writer.       Working late and can’t break fast on time? Got up late and its nearly time for Suhour? this cake is the answer to your problems, a slice of this handy cake is packed with all teh goodness you will…

RAMADHAN RECIPES – MOROCAN SMOOTHIE -great for iftar

By Karimah bint Dawoud, well being writer Over 11 years ago when Allah guided me to Islam ,I took my shahada within a friendly Moroccan community. Like all communities have their positive and negative points and one of those negative points that used to get me vexed , was the eating of fruit after the meal has finished. I pointed…

Ramadhan Soups- Morrocan Harira Soup

By Karimah bitn Dawoud, muslim chaplain and well being writer. This wonderful tasty signature recipe is from my book , Heavenly Bites, The Best of Muslim Home Cooking”. http://www.amazon.com/Heavenly-Bites-Best-Muslim-Cooking/dp/1847740316   The book has loads of great healthy ramadhan recipes. http://www.kubepublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=71 If you call them to day , inshallah you will have it tomorrow. MORROCAN HARIRA SOUP Serve 8 persons As a revert this soup is part of my early memories of coming into the…

I’M STRAW BEET – BEETROOT, STRAWBERRY & CELERY JUICE

By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Well Being Writer Worried about my bad circulation and threatening DVT which turned out to be maybe a trapped nerve, my raw foodie friend from BLISS BITES, arrived outside my door with bundles of beetroots to improve my circulation and good for my heart, she told me. There’s…