Moringa Seed Deodorant
Mix equal portions of moringa seed oil and moringa seed powder in a mortar and pestle. Work into a smooth paste and apply small amount to underarms. You can add some of your favorite perfume if you wish to scent the paste. This concoction is also good against minor cuts and scrapes and aids in the healing process.
Fresh Moringa Leaf
Use as a substitute for spinach, collard green or any green leafy vegetable.
Moringa Leaf Sauce
This recipe comes courtesy of Lowell Fuglie, the director of operations for the Church World Service’s hunger relief organization in Senegal, Africa. Mr. Fuglie is a world authority on the cultivation and use of Moringa. This recipe is based on a traditional Senegalese Moringa leaf sauce called Mboum.
5 Tablespoons of Moringa leaf powder
1 pound of smoked or dried fish, meat or chicken
¼ cup of peanut butter
5 Tablespoons of oil, (vegetable, olive, canola or palm oil)
1 Medium onion - chopped
1 quart of water
Salt and pepper to taste
Red pepper or pepper flakes to taste
Add peanut butter and water and bring to a boil. Add the fish or meat and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat. Add oil and chopped onion. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper and red pepper to taste. Serve over rice or couscous.
Fresh Moringa Leaf, Beans and Meat
This recipe comes courtesy of Jennifer Concepcion of the Philippines. Use this as a tasty side dish with any compatible entrée. With seafood entrees, use shrimp, with meat entrees use pork, beef or chicken for the meat portion of this recipe.
Ingredients:
1 cup of beans, mongo beans are used in the Philippines but you may substitute, baby limas, red beans or pintos.
2-3 cups of water
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 small onion
1 medium tomato
½ cup of shrimp, pork, chicken or beef
1 cup fresh Moringa leaves
1 Tbsp of fish sauce, or to taste
Salt and pepper to taste.
Boil the beans until tender. While the beans are boiling, sauté the onions, garlic and tomato. When beans are tender add the tomato, onion, garlic to the beans. Strip the Moringa leaves from the stems, remove any excess stems from the leaves. Add fish sauce. Add fresh Moringa leaves. Salt and pepper to taste.
This is the preferred side dish for Adobo Chicken
Moringa Soufflé- side dish
This is an excellent side dish for most any entrée. It’s quick and easy
16 oz of frozen or fresh Moringa, (called malunggay or malamgal, in the Asian markets) 1 cup of Sour Cream
1 Package of Lipton’s Dried Onion Soup Mix (or portion thereof, to taste)
Thaw the moringa and squeeze out excess water. Remove any excess stems. Mix with sour cream and the soup mix. Add more sour cream if you like a creamier consistency. Lightly oil a baking dish and use spatula to put mixture in the dish. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Serves four. You’ll sleep like a baby.
Soups and Sauces
Add a handful and dried moringa leaf to your favorite soups, pasta sauces or vegetable dishes. Dried moringa leaf doesn’t have much flavor so it wont interfere with the main quality of your dish. Use a little or use a lot………
CHIA Recipes
Chia Seeds
Chia seeds (Salvia hispanica) are extremely high in Omega 3 and are full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Chia seeds can be eaten raw as a dietary fiber and omega 3 supplement. The soaked seeds are gelatinous in texture and are used in soups, casseroles, salads, baked goods including breads, cakes and biscuits.
Beverages
Recipe for Agua Fresca
Agua fresca is the Mexican term for a beverage that contains chia and some kind of fruit juice
For an individual serving: Add one teaspoon chia to:
12 oz of your favorite fruit juice or
Fresh Watermelon juice
Pineapple Juice
Lemonade
Limeade
Pomegranate Juice
Cranapple Juice
Add a spear of mint or sage for garnish.
Chia Limeade
½ cup lime juice
1 cup agave nectar
10 cups water
½ cup chia seeds
Add ingredients and stir
Chia Gelatin. This is a popular method of preparing chia, it has so many possibilities as an added healthy ingredient for all kinds of dishes.
Mix 1 part chia to 10 parts filtered water. Use plain or season with lime or lemon juice, sugar or vanilla extract. Mix with your favorite salad dressings, add to sauces or soups. Spread on peanut butter to liven up a peanut butter sandwich.
Get your Omega 3’s with chia.