Saffron Catering and Event Planning: Saffron Recipes

Canapés;

Bruschetta:

· 1 loaf of baguette (French bread)

· Mayo

· Paprika and salt to taste

· Chopped vegetable ie tomatoes, sweet pepper etc

Method; Slice the baguette diagonally, toast them on a grill pan on both side for a few mins. when toasted, add on mayo then vegetable and then, sprinkle some salt and paprika. Hot tip: you can pop on tuna, mince beef or chicken bits if you like.

Enjoy!

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Corn fritters:

· 2 cups of Flour

· a can of sweet corn

· chopped spring onions and hot peppers (attarogo)

· 2 eggs

· 1tsp of baking powder

· seasoning and salt to taste.

Method; pour ingredients one at a time in a medium size bowl and whisk. When well combined, deep fry and serve hot with a dip.

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Mediterranean salad

Most Mediterranean salads have feta cheese or some kind of cheese in it! Here is one without cheese and it’s just delis

You’ll need:

· 1 red cabbage; sliced

· 1 head of ball lettuce; slice

· Tomatoes and cucumbers; chopped (As shown in the above salad recipe)

· Pinch and salt and thyme

· Green pitted olives (seedless)

Method:

Mix all veggies in a bowl. Drain the olives. Plate the veggies in a salad bowl and add the olives to it! Sprinkle salt and thyme and mix well! Serve with vinegar based salad dressing! FINITO!

Hot tip: Red Cabbages are quiet pricey, well..most are imported, but you can still do the salad with a regular cabbage ladies, no biggie! If you do get the red one, that will be just great!

Now you know that diet food/healthy eating habit is not boring!

Spice it up and be creative. Until next time! Stay Healthy!!! J

Meals by me ™

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Hello People!

My Name is Hapsy Ibrahim-Mahmud and I'll be showing you how to make

Zogale Rice.

Zogale AKA Moringa leaf or Moringa Oleifera is a Stable vegetable and supplement in most Northern homes. A lot of homes actually have this miracle tree growing at their back yard...at the end of the recipe i'll post the benefits of Moringa Oleifera.

For those of you that don't know how Zogale (Hausa for Moringa) looks like, check out the image above.

Zogale Rice

You will need;

About 3 cups of Zogale ( 6 handfuls)
1 chopped onions
2 cooking spoons of Soya oil
2 chopped hot peppers (Attarogo)
1 medium red pepper chopped (Tattasai)
2½ cups of Cooked rice
2 tsp of Oregano
Season cube of choice and a pinch of salt.

So the 1st thing you do is to cook the rice. This is a stir fry recipe so having the rice washed, cooked and drained before the actual meal is being prepare just saves time. Then wash the Zogale. The leaves are tiny, so while plucking them off, you might pull some steams. No problem, every part of the Zogale tree is edible. So pluck off, soak in salt water for about 2mins, give it rinse and pop in a sieve to drain.

Then into a large wide pan, add the oil, rice and salt. Stir fry on medium heat for 4-5mins .

Then add the onions, all the peppers and oregano, seasoning cube/powder and give it a good stir. If you don't want to use Oregano that's fine but i find the aroma works really well it Zogale.

Then add the Zogale . Stir and pop the lid on. Reduce the heat and leave to steam for about 10mins. It's quite a tough vegetable hence, steaming will soften it.

If you're going to make this recipe for a large number of people....just multiply the recipe and stir fry in batches.

After 10mins of steaming the Zogale Rice, open the lid, give it a quick stir and Walla!

Delicious wholesome and truly nourishing Zogale Rice! Serve with Miyan dagege (Stew) with Chicken, Beef or Fish.

Until next time folks, Enjoy!

Benefits of (ZOGALE) Moringa

The main benefit to taking moringa oleifera is its’ high nutritional content. In fact, in one average serving of moringa oleifera, like this Zogale Rice; you likely to consume on average,

125% daily value of Calcium moringa

61% daily value of Magnesium

41% daily value of Potassium

71% daily value of Iron

272% daily value of Vitamin A

22% daily value of Vitamin C

In total, there are 90 essential vitamins, minerals, or other necessary nutrients for the human body to operate at its’ maximal efficiency. There are no other superfoods that can claim this amount of nutritional value compared to (Zogale) moringa,

which is why moringa is hands down the most powerful superfood on the planet.

It is not my opinion, this is a fact! You all can google it!

In addition to its’ high nutritional content, here are other believed benefits to taking moringa oleifera (Zogale) on a daily basis:

-lower blood pressure

-improved mood

-improved digestion

-improved immune system function

-protects the stomach lining

-treats stomach ulcers

-boosts energy levels

-improves sexual function

-reduces effects of common auto-immune disorders