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YAM AND VEGETABLE (JI AKWUKWO NRI)

Just a hearty, warmly and yet a super healthy dish to welcome everyone into the month of September! This yam and vegetable (ji akwukwo nri) is just spot on and I urge you to give it a try!!!

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ROASTED YAM AND PALM OIL SAUCE || HOW TO ROAST YAM WITH CHARCOAL

Do you eat yam? If yes, what is your favourite yam recipe? Have you tried roasted yam and palm oil sauce? The Igbos highly revere a special festival known as the "Iri-ji festival" simply to commemorate "eating yam" especially the roasted yam. The aroma from the palm oil sauce complements the roasted yam so well that they both make a perfect pair for each other. Enjoy!

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IMPORTANT THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YAM

From time immemorial, human beings have been reliant on several plants, roots and tubers mainly as a source of food and herbal remedy for tackling diseases. This has drawn them towards differentiating between the poisonous and the non-poisonous ones in other to identify the edible or non-edible ones. Moreover, roots and tubers are the major food crops especially in the tropical and subtropical reg

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Poundo Yam Flour || How To Make Poundo Yam Flour

Have you ever considered making your own poundo yam flour? The truth is that you can actually process your poundo yam flour from the comfort of your kitchen. The method of processing yam flour shown in this post is pretty easy yet the benefits are simply immeasureable.

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YAM PORRIDGE || YAM POTTAGE

If you are searching for an impressive meal that is elegant, delicious, comforting, aromatic and easy to cook, search no further because you have landed on the right page. Yes, you heard me right! I have the perfect recipe for you. This yam porridge combines all the necessary ingredients into one pot for a complete sumptuous meal that you and everyone around you can enjoy.

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HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE WITH YAM

This homemade tomato sauce with yam is deliciously cooked to satisfy your taste-bud as much as keep you energized and satisfied throughout the day. It is very easy to make, delicious and uses simple ingredients that your hands can easily reach at all times.

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BLACK BEANS AND YAM (AKIDI)

Special info for you on a special day!!! Black beans and yam is a special dish you definitely need on a special day like this. And if you enjoy preparing your own meals, which I presume is the reason you are reading this post, then this recipe is a WIN WIN for you.

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YAM PORRIDGE

Yam porridge garnished with vegetables is a very palatable delicacy.

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HFB 12: Treating Diarrhea with Plants/Herbs

I refer to these medicinal plants as nature’s gift to mankind!The use of plants for treating diseases has become remarkably popular both traditionally and pharmaceutically. Interestingly, medicinal plants continue to play tremendous roles in human history. Ethnobotany, which is the scientific study of the traditional knowledge of use of plants for traditional, medical or religious purposes has bee

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19 POWERFUL MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS

Being one of the most essential and largest organs in our bodies, there is a need for us to adopt only the healthy habits that will keep our livers healthy at all times. Considering that many people have resorted to several unhealthy habits that could endanger the liver, it is high time such people started making a U-turn!But peradventure you are oblivious of certain common habits that could damag

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21 MAGNIFICENT BENEFITS OF WATERCRESS

Watercress [embed]http:////gfb.global.ssl.fastly.net/podcasts/HFB_9_Health_Benefits_of_water_cress.mp3[/embed] Several plants and herbs have been classified as functional foods and one of such plants is watercress. This green vegetable is regarded as a functional food because it contains several health promoting properties. Functional foods offer similar benefits as medicines, which suggests

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17 AWESOME BENEFITS OF THE TROPICAL ALMOND

Tropical Almond Medicinal plants are continuously revolutionising the face of the earth through all the distinctive benefits they render. Most of these plants contain powerful active compounds that inhibit and cure several ailments. This has led to the increasing global demand for these nature’s gifts. Even though most of these plants are very close to us yet, it is so appalling that most of us

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NO POINT GOING HALF WAY ON GINSENG

It is just amazing how we are surrounded by numerous plants  that provide  us  with virtually all the essential nutrients needed for healthy living. Apart from these beneficial nutrients, plants also provide us with  natural phytochemicals that are equally essential for the healthy functioning of the human bodies. So if this is the case, why do we sometimes fail to acknowledge and tap into all the

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REMARKABLE BENEFITS OF CASSAVA

Cassava Tubers Over the years, plants have remained an indispensable part of our lives. Yes, you can bet me on this because without plants, life will not be complete. Plants play essential role in the cycle of nature because life depends greatly on them, for example, plants provide us food, medicine, shelter, fragrance, clothing, flavours and fresh air. Being an integral source of food, photosyn

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YAM PORRIDGE RECIPE

This yam porridge is definitely a winner yam porridge! It is very colourful, yummy and super-easy-to-prepare. Wow your tastebuds with some bites and you won't regret doing so.

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18 MEDICINAL PLANTS/HERBS FOR TREATING DIARRHEA

[embed]http:////gfb.global.ssl.fastly.net/podcasts/HFB_12_Treating_Diarrhea_with_plants.mp3[/embed] I suppose each and every one of us at some point in our lifetimes has suffered from diarrhoea! Maybe not the chronic type but probably the mild one. Kudos to you if you haven’t yet! You probably might be thriving in another planet! Addressing the issue of diarrhea has become an area of concern si

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18 MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR TREATING DIABETES

Among the challenging health conditions that are increasingly affecting human beings is diabetes. This is a disease condition caused by a metabolic disorder of the body systems as a result of chronic high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia). This sort of health challenge is often associated with disturbances in the metabolism of fat, carbohydrate and protein thereby causing defects in insulin activities

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25 EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS OF CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS

Pink Rose Periwinkle Plants are highly valuable to humanity and the tremendous benefits they offer are certainly unfathomable. The fact still remains that most plants offer medicinal supports to tackle several ailments that tend to pose dangers to human beings. Furthermore, several biological and chemical active compounds are claimed to be present in most of these plants.Interestingly, most of t

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EGUSI SOUP AND POUNDED YAM

Egusi soup and pounded yam is such a mouthwatering and appetising dish to behold.

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Vegetable Yam

Introduce the daily consumption of green Amaranthus vegetable in your household to maintain healthy lifestyle. Vegetable yam recipe is a palatable dish. Vegetable yam recipe is a palatable dish. Vegetable yam is a very nutritional delicacy usually prepared with a green vegetable known as Amaranthus Caudatus Viridis.

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