By Karimah bint dawoud, Islamic Nutritionist. Sha’aban is the month before Ramadan that we are in now.its a month of preparation for Ramadan blessing, its a month of sorting out, weeding stuff out mentally , spiritually and physically.It’s a time to look at habits that we have in excess like drinking 10 cups of coffee…
FOOD FACIST
Karimah Bint Dawoud, Muslim Chaplain, Qualified Clinical Nutritionist. Let’s leave behind the Lego Land mentality and take things to a more holistic level in all things, not just food, but it’s food my specialty, so its food I’ll speak with. I notice my metaphors normally are with food or cuisine cooking. Anyways as part of…
Vinegar..Foods of Quran and Sunnah
VINEGAR….please pay attention, Vinegar is something that the prophet Muhammad salah la alaihi wa salem, used to eat and recommend ,Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) asked his family for condiment. They (the members of his household) said: We have nothing with us but vinegar. He asked for it,…
KARIMAH COACHING
Some mornings it’s really hard to stick to your routine, mine is water with lemon , then herbal tea and honey, exercise, then fruit or smoothie. We have to understand that it is a struggle between our lower nature connected to gravity that seeks to bring us down(sabotage) and our higher nature that seeks to…
Health Benefits of Cinnamon and Honey
By kind permission of Dr Imran Masood, we are allowed to publish this enriching article.This great blessing from Allah is so good for so many ailments, please take time to read or just get a taste. The combination of cinnamon and honey is good for the following dis-eases:- ARTHRITIS BAD BREATHE BLADDER INFECTIONS CANCER CHOLESTEROL…
Karimah’s Cuisina “CAKE COMPETITON ” MAY 2014 As salam alaikum wa rahmtulaahi wa barakatu brothers and sistars Insha’Allah you are well and blessed by Allah with steadfast eman. Insha’allah we are having a cake competition to raise funds for FEED THE NEED, feeding the homeless in central London. Alhamdulillah we have been doing this regularly…
DANDELION SMOOTHIE (HERBAGE)
INVEST IN YOURSELF BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! Ooooh fighting your lower nature is not easy, appetite is part of our animal instinct, and it’s a survival instinct. I really want some fried greasy refine carb breakfast like a fried egg sandwich with olives and a coffee, however one of my body control techniques is “you…
Preparation for Salsa or Chutney
People complain that their salsa or chutney goes bad after a week , one of the reasons is that the vegetables were to wet from washing before making, so wash your chilies and drain then leave to dry on a tea cloth for a few hours in the sun ideally, they do not have to…
FEAR OF FAT
By Karimah Bint Dawoud Qualified Clinical Nutritionist NCFE and Muslim Chaplin. When we think about fats, most people think all fats are bad. Health conscious people know that when we need to normalize our body size, we need to cut down on fatty food. However that’s only half of the story. This first of two…
GLOBESITY….the over consumption of processed food products
GLOBESITY….while we continue to over consume fast fried street food then we will be one of the SIGNS OF THE LAST DAYS…OBESE!!! IT’S NOT CUTE, IT’S FAT!!! “in truth no country has managed the transition to get rid of hunger without it shifting to obesity very rapidly”… Alhamdulilah praise the Creator, if there is…
Karimah's Cuisina Quranic Cooking 