NO MEAT 365 Day 2 By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain & wellbeing writer For those of you who read the first blog post about NO MEAT FOR 365, you will remember that I didn’t exclude fish from my new diet. Please remember that I have been eating meat for the last 12 years since…
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NO MEAT 365
No meat for 365 day 1 By Karimah Bint Dawoud Well I was out on a date, yes date, courting is allowed though some would disagree my wali al amr (guardian) is aware who I am with. We went to have juice and ended up eating wonderful healthy meat free Middle Eastern tabouleh, babagnoush, humous, pickles and…
MY FIRST SUSHI
By Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain & Wellbeing Writer. Sushi is one of those things, you love it or you hate the idea of it and are too caught up in your own culture to try it. Alhamdulillah I don’t have that problem so I luuuurrrve it! I had a nutritional blood test a few years ago when I went…
AUTUMN SOUP
By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and food writer. We all need a little bit of TLC, tender loving care and if there is no decent deserving man on the horizon , this nice warm soup will have to hit the spot. I believe that locally grown food is the best, what’s in season in the area we live is best for us at that time, the creator knows what’s best for us. The carbon foot print is minimal too.This…
SISTARS EID LUNCH
What can I say but alhmdulilah, all praise is due to the Creator, we had a feast, it could have been more but that would have been decadent and we managed to stay just this side of that. You can’t beat home cook food that is cooked with loving hands from loving hearts, this joint effort from Karimah’s Cuisina Sistars who are all…
The Perfect Porridge
The Perfect Porridge By Karimah bint Dawoud, Muslim chaplain and well-being writer. As I sip on a tall glass of green juice, even I have to reluctantly admit that summer is over, off on a mission this afternoon to photograph autumn leaves and trees, the days of salad and boiled egg for breakfast are packed…
A REMINDER TO MYSELF- AUTUMN WEIGHT REMINDER
By Karimah bint Dawoud, As its approaching winter, I remind myself this is the time we put on weight, those lovely comfort foods, loads of starchy carbohydrates to keep those fats reserves in place protecting us from the cold. We need to remember these days we do not live in caves but in houses with heating…
PUMPKIN SOUP FOR THE PROPHET
PUMPKIN SOUP FOR THE PROPHET by Karimah bint Dawoud, muslim chaplain & well being writer Serves 4 persons Cooking time 45 minutes We normally think of pumpkin at Halloween time, sitting on a window ledge with a scary face cut out of it to ward away the jinn and evil spirits that maybe be walking…
DAILY FLU SHOT
By Karimah Bint Dawoud “Healer Heal Thy Thyself” “Prevention is better than Cure!” GREEN JUICY LOVE The daily flu shot is a Green Juice; celery, kiwi, cucumber, ginger and echinechea tincture Per person you will need 1/2 cucumber 3 kiwi fruits 3 sticks of celery a small finger size piece of ginger 10-30 drop echinechea…
ISLAMIC MEDICINE, FLU REMEDY,
FLU REMEDY, THE ISLAMIC WAY “Rollin down the mouse, no smoking zone, sipping on ginger juice, honey lemon, with my mind on my deen and my deen on my mind” KBD Honey with a herb, roots ,powder 3 mornings a month in good health is from Islamic Medline, when you are unwell we need it…