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EASY COCONUT RICE RECIPE

2017-07-16T16:28:00.001+04:00

Healthy drinks part 1--MIXED FRUIT SMOOTHIE

2017-06-30T21:14:00.002+04:00

We all know water is one of the most healthiest choices for a drink, especially now it's summer, and since its calorie free and easily accessible. But sometimes, when we get away from the heat, we want to have a refreshing drink other than water and boom!!, we think "chilled soft drinks"(Am guilty as well)😁😁. However, there are other healthier choices of refreshing drink we can have during this summer time and not restricted to only summer.

source: https://www.phshairscience.com/blogs/news-articles/5-best-smoothies-for-natural-hair-growth

Smoothies are one of the refreshing healthy drinks. It is usually a thick drink, made with a blend of fruits or vegetables. Now I know you must be wondering, why smoothie and whats so special about it.
To begin with, the fact that smoothies are made from a blend of fruits and vegetables makes it a huge deal, because they are needed for a healthy diet. With smoothies, we are able to consume the necessary daily fruits and vegetables. However, too much of sweet fruits can create too much sugar so we have got to be careful with the blends in a smoothie.

Smoothies help with the digestion of food since it contains dietary Fiber. If you've experienced constipation or indigestion, you'll know the importance of properly digested food (And trust me you do not want to get constipated, speaking from experience😏😅). Similarly, the greens in smoothies such as kale, helps our body detoxify. They provide your body with the necessary nutrients to help with body building and radiant skin.

With smoothies, you can eat healthy and appetizing at the same time plus it can be consumed at any time of the day. Wanna know how to make it??👇👇👇

Here's a quick recipe for my mixed fruit smoothie
Ingredients:

Sliced ripe banana

1/4 of a full water melon (Diced, with removed seeds)

1/2 cup of strawberry

2 Apples (Peeled back, and diced)

Kiwi

Vanilla essence

Plain yogurt

Direction:

Blend all the fruits and yogurt until it is smooth. The banana in this recipe is used as a sweetener, so you should add as many as you want depending on your taste. After blending, add the vanilla essence to give flavor. Put in some ice cubes or leave in the refrigerator to cool, then serve!!

Note: You can make any smoothie of your choice, with any fruit and vegetable, like these👇👇👇👇

Source: http://www.today.com/food/heres-how-order-healthy-smoothie-plus-great-chocolate-smoothie-recipe-t37001

EASY FRIED RICE RECIPE

2017-06-28T00:27:00.000+04:00

Fried rice is a main dish, that is usually made with rice, vegetables, sea food, eggs, meat etc. From my little research, I found out that fried rice is a popular cuisine in parts of Asia and Africa.Contrary to popular belief, "Fried rice" can be a healthy food, depending on how it's prepared. For example you can decide to go for healthier choices of ingredients.(That's a topic for another day)😊😃.

Growing up as a Nigerian, I've always known fried rice or any other rice as the typical Sunday lunch or dinner (Am sure many Nigerians can relate). Well today's "typical Sunday lunch or dinner"is the vegetable fried rice.

This kind of fried rice, as the name implies is made using vegetables. Since it was weekend and I was been busy the whole week with school, I thought to myself--"What better way to make up for the stressful week, than to have fried rice!!"). If you know what i mean😼😼😼😼😼

FRIED RICE RECIPE

Ingredients used:

Green beans

2 green bell peppers

Liver (Optional)

Carrots

one medium can of sweet corn

Onions

Curry & Thyme, stock cubes, pepper

Rice

Vegetable or sunflower oil

Cooking method:

1. Soak and wash the rice with hot water or you can parboil the rice to get rid of it's excess starch(Just make sure it doesn't get too soft)

2. Chop the carrots, onions, green peppers, green beans, and steamed liver (Note: The liver is optional, and it can be replaced with shrimps, diced chicken or beef or even diced sausage, your choice).

3. Now if you're using liver or diced chicken or beef, you can stir fry it. Pre-heat one full cooking spoon of oil and first stir fry liver, then stir fry the chopped carrots, green peppers and green beans. Add curry, salt, and stock cube to taste. Then put aside stir fried veggies.

Note: make sure you don't put too much salt and stock cube since you'll be adding some to the rice).

4. Next, pour the washed rice into boiling meat or chicken stock and add enough water (If needed), to cook the rice. Note: Do not too much water so the rice doesn't get soggy

5. Depending on the amount of oil from your stock, add 1-2 cooking spoons of vegetable oil into the cooking rice. Add curry, stock cubes, onions, salt and pepper to taste.
Note: I usually prefer using green chilli than red peppers for fried rice, so the color of the rice doesn't change.

6. Remove the rice from the fire once it is dried and place a pot or pan on a lowered heat, to mix the rice with the veggies bit by bit.

7. Mix the rice and stir fried veggies, and sweet corn in batches for about 2-3 mins each batch, until all the rice and veggies have been mixed.

Now your fried rice is ready to be served with anything of your choice. In my case, with fried chicken yumm!!😎😎😎

****Hopefully, in the next recipe, i'll try to take step by step pictures. So bear with me for now and don't forget to share your thoughts in the comment box.****

Get to know the blog

2017-06-22T16:46:00.000+04:00

Hey guys!!!!

If you're reading this, you're probably curious about the blog and the blogger. Well, my name is Hope, and am currently a Student studying Electrical Engineering (bet you didn't see that coming :)}. I'm a Nigerian who lives abroad with my family.

I'm a new bee to blogging and hope to get better soon, as i go on this adventure with you guys. In this blog, i'll mostly be sharing recipes from my kitchen and these can be seen in the section "Hopeeskitchen". As I get used to the blogging experience, I'll also be sharing some of my School experiences and Lifestyle generally, which is why this blog is themed "Journey with moi".
(My blog)

I got interested in blogging because sharing my experiences and writing, not to mention my love for cooking as well, which explains the recipes part. In this blog, I hope to reach out to other students like me (P.S the student life can be hmm...), and others who could gain from this blog

In the next 6 months-1 year, I'd love so achieve the following:

Entertain my subscribers/readers
Educate my subscribers/readers and also improve my self as well
Share and Gain more experience

Feel free to reach out to me either through the comments or by email if you have any concerns or advice for the blog. Your feed back is appreciated and encouraged. I welcome you all to the blog, and I hope you all gain from my blog. Cheers to more posts in the future!