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12 HEALTHY FOOD TIPS

It is true that food helps to keep the body healthy but there are some food that are bad for human health and there are some food which help to imprve human health Below are some healthy food tips: 1. Eat food containing vitamin, and beta caroten; It helps to boost immunity against diseases. It also assists in the healing process of diseases such as measles and is recommended by the world health organization. Good natural sources of vitamin A are kidneys, liver, dairy products, green and yellow vegetables, pawpaw, mangoes, chilli pepper, red sorrel and red palm oil. 2. Avoid Processed Junk Food (Eat Real Food Instead);All the processed junk foods in the diet are the biggest reason the world is fatter and sicker than ever before.These foods have been engineered to be "hyper-rewarding," so they trick our brains into eating more than we need, even leading to addiction in some people.They are also low in fiber, protein and micronutrients (empty calories), but high in unhealth...

how to prepare different types of salad.

•    TOMATO-PEACH SALAD Toss tomato and peach wedges with red onion slices. Drizzle with cider vinegar and olive oil; season with sugar, salt and pepper. •    HERB SALAD Whisk 1 part lemon juice with 3 parts olive oil, and salt and pepper. Toss with dill, basil, chives, tarragon and lettuce. •    SPICY CARROT SALAD Ingredients 1.    Grated carrot 2.    ¼ cup of water 3.    Minced garlic 4.    Olive oil 5.    Lemon juice 6.    Red pepper flakes 7.    Parsley 8.    Salt Procedure 1.    Microwave grated carrots and minced garlic in 1/4 cup water until crisp-tender.  2.    Drain; toss with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, red pepper flakes and parsley.

how to prepare fried rice

•    FRIED RICE Ingredients 1.    Rice – 4 cups 2.    Onions – 1 bulb 3.    Green peas – 50g 4.    Green pepper – 70g 5.    Carrots – 70g 6.    Liver – 280g 7.    Curry – 2 tablespoon 8.    Thyme – 1 tablespoon 9.    White pepper – 1 tablespoon 10.    Butter – 300 mm 11.    Beef – 220g 12.    Chicken – 220g 13.    Groundnut oil 14.    Maggi cube (2 cubes) 15.    Salt Procedure 1.    Wash the meat and boil it for 30 minutes 2.    Cut the ingredients for the fried rice- cut the carrot, onions, green pepper and liver into separate bowls 3.    Parboil the rice 4.    Put the stock gotten from the water used in cooking the chicken and beef in a sauce pan and allow to boil 5....

how to prepare nsala soup

•    NSALA SOUP Ingredients 1.    Chicken – 500g 2.    Uziza seeds – 6 3.    Utazi leaves 4.    Dried pepper 5.    Crayfish – 20g 6.    Seasoning – 2 cubes 7.    Yam slice – 1 piece(for thickening) 8.    Dried fish 9.    Udah – 2 seeds 10.    Ewulu – 2 seeds 11.    Salt Procedures 1.    Wash and season chicken to boil for 15 minutes 2.    Add dried fish, yam pieces to boil for 5 minutes 3.    Add all the spices, ground crayfish, pgiri, pepper, salt and seasoning and Cook for 5 minutes 4.    Pound yam and use it to thicken the soup. 5.    Boil until the yam for thickening is well blended 6.    Serve with pounded yam fufu •   

how to prepare starch

STARCH Ingredients 1.    4 cups garri starch 2.    750mm boiling water 3.    2 tablespoon palm oil Procedures 1.    Mix the starch to a thick paste with clean cold water in a cooking pot that has been greased with the palm oil to prevent the starch from sticking to the pot. The greasing also helps to improve the color 2.    Add the boiled water, stirring all the  time 3.    Cook, over heat while stirring with a long wooden spoon 4.    When the starch is smooth and its of good consistency, put in a wet plate and serve with banga soup or any other soup

how to prepare water yam pudding

•    WATER YAM PUDDING Ingredients 1.    1 small water yam 2.    1 small desert spoon of pepper 3.    Chopped meat or smoked fish 4.    One and half cups of palm oil 5.    1 teaspoon ground onions 6.    Salt Procedures 1.    Peel and wash the yam grate it in to a clean bowl 2.    Warm the oil 3.    Mix the grated yam vigorously until light and smooth 4.    Add the chopped meat and fish and mix well 5.    Add oil, ground pepper, onions, maggi and salt to the mixture and stir well 6.    Wrap in leaves and steam for 1 – 2 hours 7.    Serve hot.

how to prepare plantain pudding

•    PLANTAIN PUDDING Ingredients 1.    2 medium size ripe plantain 2.    3 cups of plantain flour 3.    2 dessert spoons ground red pepper 4.    2 dessert spoon ground onions 5.    Salt to taste 6.    One and half cup of red palm oil 7.    Smoked fish Procedures 1.    Peel and wash ripe plantain 2.    Beat the plantain in a mortar until it is soft and smooth 3.    Add the plantain flour and mix well 4.    Add salt, pepper and other seasoning and mix well 5.    Add the warm palm oil and mix properly 6.    Add some warm water and mix to a dropping consistency 7.    Add the smoked fish 8.    Wrap in leaves and steam for one and half hour to two hours depending on size 9.    Serve hot or cold.

how to prepare banga soup

•    BANGA SOUP Ingredients 1.    6 milk cup of Palm fruits 2.    I medium fish 3.    8 pieces of goat meat 4.    1 teaspoon of grounded pepper 5.    I medium onions 6.    8 uda seeds(ground) 7.    Half teaspoon crushed dried bitter leave (washed bitter leave) 8.    One and half bottles of water 9.    Salt Procedures 1.    Wash the palm fruits, pour it into a pot, add water and cover the pot, then allow it to boil until tender 2.    Squeeze the juice from the palm fruits using up the one and half bottles of water 3.    Leave in the bowl for 5 minutes for particles to settle and then filter the juice into a sauce pan 4.    Put the sauce pan on fire with the meat and allow to boil until it is fairly thick 5.    Add the pepper, salt,  seasoning, ...

how to prepare pounded yam

•    POUNDED YAM Ingredients 1.    1 tuber of yam 2.    2 bottles of water Procedure 1.    Wash the yam, peel and wash once more 2.    Cut into small pieces 3.    Put into the pot and boil for about 15 minutes 4.    Pound Into a fine smooth dough and serve with ujuju soup, pepper soup or any soup of your choice  

how to prepare ujuju soup

•    UJUJU SOUP Ingredients 1.    8 pieces of meat 2.    1 medium smoked fish 3.    2 wrap of ogiri 4.    I tin tomatoes 5.    Ground crayfish 6.    Half milk cup of palm oil 7.    I tablespoon ground pepper 8.    4 cups of water 9.    Two maggi cube (seasoning) 10.    Salt 11.    A bundle of ujuju leave Procedure 1.    Wash meat and fish 2.    Prepare the ujuju leaves by removing the back midribs, wash in salty cold water 3.    Pound the leaves to give a paste of dropping consistency 4.    Mash the ogiri to a smoother in a mortar with a pestle 5.    Add fish, ground crayfish, pepper and palm oil and leave to boil for about 10 minutes 6.    Add  the vegetable(ujuju) and simmer for 10 minutes 7....