Living Simple Healthy Lifestyle

The phrase ''healthy lifestyle"describe the life you need to live if you really want to feel, look and do good, it actually helps you get over those stress of the day that sometimes pushes you to do things that you wouldn't have done if you were fit.Well, there are clear facts that describe a healthy living person and so it is with an unhealthy person. Living simple and healthy lifestyle is different from having a family doctor....its just funny how hard people find it to understand this simple phrase.

I  did not plan to take you on a long journey today because i will be leaving for an important meeting in the next 5 minutes.All the vegetables are meeting with  me to discuss the current attack of vegetables in the north Eastern Nigeria, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.... but we need to act fast because lives are involved. Before i leave,lets share the grace of  the chief driver of healthy lifestyle...this is no other act than the one and only EXERCISE..... give it a hand of applause if you are not holding anything serious.

Exercise is the senior driver of healthy lifestyle...including food,it  is also the captain of the entire healthy living team and very humble. I met exercise one on one in Asia,China to be precise, we met at the English corner.... where foreign students meet every Saturday. There i met exercise taking care of some 80 to 90 years old women and men. It moved me to see elderly people of that age working out to keep fit.One of them told me that the best way to maintain a loving home and marriage is to build a fitness team in your home.The other old man said that, if he becomes the president ....that he will sign healthy lifestyle into law.

Exercise told me all i need to know about it and how people have neglected it in this part of the world .It made it clear to me that fake medical practitioners are working very hard to see that people leave exercise for pills.It also gave me some of the fact to share with you.It confirmed that other healthy lifestyles depend on exercise for proper assessment of your body organs before they can act and distribute nutrients to your body.Don,t be surprised that most of the healthy food you have been eating  has been taken to the the wrong organ because you lack co-operation with exercise.It continued to say that you don,t have to change every thing at the same time to start living healthy lifestyle.In fact the trick to healthy living is in making small changes,taking it one step after the other each day. It will be unfair to ask "oga" Emma  to quit "nkwobi"  for water melon..."na die be that".

Open your eyes, ears and senses to read, hear and think, i know you will say things like "am too busy, i don,t know where to start, am not motivated or you are afraid of getting injured".A lady told me that her body cannot handle vigorous act...but looking at her face,she looks like someone that has a vigorous boyfriend .

Just adding exercise to your current lifestyle will do you plenty good.

These are few of the things you stand to gain if you make up you mind today:

• It will help you reduce the risk of heart diseases, stroke and diabetes.
• It will improve your joint stability.
• It will helps maintain flexibility as you age.
• It will reduce your daily stress.
• It will maintain your bone mass
• It enhances self esteem
• It will improve your memory as you age..and also keep you at alert as a young person.

Make i drink something jare ...i go see una later after the meeting. #itagokwaife.

NOTE: EXERCISE IS NOT MOVING FROM ONE SHOP TO ANOTHER LOOKING FOR WHAT TO EAT.

                                                               

 

Reluctant Beef On Noddles.

Noddles need no introduction,it's as  popular as boko haram.It is one food that saves lazy and hungry people from untimely death. If i have my way, i will extend the cooking time to 1 hour. It is a staple food made from some type of unleavened dough,which is rolled flat and cut into shape and very healthy.... if it is well cooked. "hunger no know this one ooh".In this recipe , coconut milk played the role of a mother, while peas,carrot,celery and Chinese lettuce acted more like the home girls.The relationship between garlic and ginger was also shown here with style... "as the two both of them" agreed to step aside during marination..

The beef involved in this recipe was a bit reluctant  until it saw me, thank God am a celebrity chef  that respects the relationship between man and food. I marinated the beef in a bowl with red wine,black pepper,salt and onions for almost an hour after cutting it into slim sizes.

As for the noddles,it was already aware of what was about to happen... i broke it into  pieces, to ease the stress of noddles control..."if you see some people where them dey eat long noddles...you go see say food dey send man message" and most of us are yet to master the skill. At the same time it was pleased to see some foreign food stuffs showing interest in the recipe.After breaking the noddles, i put it to boil in water with a little oil added to keep it separated from each other.."to avoid gumming body" for 5 minutes. Then i washed it until the water became clear, before leaving it in a sieve to drain out the water and become dry.

As for the vegetables, washing  and cutting has already taken place on my most loved cutting board . While cutting this vegetables, i made sure that my knife was well sharpened and clean. It is better to cut fresh vegetables with clean and sharp knife to free them from political  pain. My wok  was ready with a table spoon of veg oil that serves as cream before adding the marinated beef on the high heated wok. After adding the beef, my turning stick steps in as usual... leaving no beef un-turned to avoid unnecessary burning beef... not until it turns brown and set aside.

Having vegetables like: carrot,celery,spring onions, Chinese lettuce,peas and rice vinegar.... encouraged my second wok to ginger up  for the final stir fry.But this time on a medium heat, i allowed  garlic and the ginger to go in first before adding spring onions and noddles.The noddles called for  Continuous  stir fry to be able to relate with the vegetables, trust me...i did not stop until it was time to add the slim reluctant beef. Guess what ! my turning stick was over powered by the health benefits of the this food .That was why i  let in the vegetables and the mixture of coconut milk, black pepper ,sesame oil, half tea cup of water  and served hot.  I Thank you for being here. #itagokwaife


NOTE :   Eat healthy, you are not a hungry man.

Abducted Chicken Breast In Chili Sauce #BringBackOurGirls..

In this simple Recipe, 4 chicken were  abducted from a forest very close to the border, some where on the other side of the country. During the abduction, three goats were wounded and taken to the butcher for immediate treatment ,while up to ten chicken flee for their life. Other two were well payed  for helping out in the abduction. The 4 abducted chicken were all blessed with healthy breast.... i mean a breast to write home about, i had separate the main breast from the bone guiding the breast...before i seasoned the live chicken breast with salt and sesame oil, then  made a blend of red chili, ginger and honey for the sauce.

As abducted chicken breast in kitchen thingz, i did not open it until about 25 minutes, allowing it to marinate and get converted to kitchen thingz. Then i sent it into an already heating  wok on fire, i stir fried it  until it turned brown and tender. I did not remove it from the wok to set aside as usual, due to security reasons...though it was not meant for  public consumption but  for my ears only. I added the blended sauce right in the middle of the wok and stir fried it for another 3 minutes before adding green pepper, carrot and corn starch, to thicken the sauce and it came out like this.

NOTE :  White rice,boiled yam and noddles, has shown interest in the abducted chicken breast in chili sauce.   #BringBackOurGirls 

                                                                                             

Food Naming Ceremony.

          I made this food on a Monday morning with unripe plantain, tomatoes, fresh red pepper, carrot, water, cucumber, green apple,chicken broth, ''plus including'' chicken wings. Abeg make una join hands together name this food for kitchen thingz.

I Love My Cutting Board

   Cutting board is a durable board on which we place materials for cutting.They are made in different sizes and shapes . It is used by all and every.... for different purpose. Some chopping boards are made of wood while some are made of plastics and of different colors.

I am hundred percent sure that most of you own one or two kinds of cutting board in your various  homes but what you cut on it is what i cannot say for sure.... all i can say is what i do with mine and how we relate with each other during kitchen thingz.

My cutting board is barely 2 months  and some days old with kitchen thingz....though we agreed earlier on 3 months of test-run but due to it's  tremendous performance, i decided to keep it on..... It came at the right time and in the right kitchen. i have a special way of washing my cutting board, making sure it remains clean, dry and well kept after using it. In kitchen thingz, there is this saying that utensils shall come and go but chef valicci remains the same.

I love my cutting board because, it is my own.

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Food Repentance

Kitchen Thingz bears the responsibility to reveal the secrets surrounding food and man. In kitchen thingz, food  repentance means 'changing  the way we  think about food'. You need to see some people and the way they react to food. Some of us depend on food for emotional healing while some find it difficult to resist food at any point in time.Many feel like break dancing when they see food . You  need to live with someone with  eating disorder to be able to understand the pains they go through and the need for food repentance.

 I repented from late night  food two years ago and since then, my life has been wonderful.... my morning became more healthier than it used to be. l  have also received testimonies from many clients that repented from one bad eating habit or the other. If we  change the way we think about food,  we shall  begin to gain the health benefit of every food we eat. It is true that  we all have  sinned and  come short of the  health benefits of food...but who ever believes in food repentance shall have a second chance. I understand how difficult food repentance can be , but don't forget the saying that "if there is no pain...there will be no gain.

Another major factor that hinders food repentance is the guilt people feel to disclose the type and quantity of food they ate, knowing that the stomach will never say what it is filled with.Some of us eat like prisoners at  home while some eat like criminals.Some do not know what to eat but they know what to wear.

I am not saying that it is wrong to eat tight ,but when u see a banker eating like a truck pusher ...you will be forced to asking  questions. One of the sins against food that i am holding on to today is overeating.
Overeating is a terrorist in the kitchen and it has a way of abducting both men and women of all ages, religion and tribes. It is  one sin that needs total cleansing and repentance in kitchen things.It has contributed to a lot of uncountable problems especially in men. Overeating is a big sin against food and  it is capable of disorganizing  a whole nation.That is why i go to sleep with one eye  and i will continue with one eye until am able to wipe this terror called long throat ,then i can sleep with my two eyes.

Over eating can be caused my many factors but kitchen thingz investigation revealed  that one of  the secrets behind    overeating is long- throat.  I believe you understand were am coming from, because if you don't .... u will have yourself to blame. As a Food evangelist, i tackle long- throat by fire by force.... without leaving any stone on turned .

My massage today is that we should all repent  and begin to eat the right food at the right time and the right quantity ...  before water go pass garri.
If you have any of this problems and you want to repent from them, feel free to consult chef valicci  for proper deliverance .  But if you are yet to believe that long throat is responsible for your constant over eating and mismanagement of tax payers money." na you sabi". He that have ears.... let him hear.

NOTE: Long throat  is responsible for corruption in our society today.

Edikaikong Soup.

In this article , am not going to share any Edikaikong recipe with us today but i  am going to share the secret behind this soup.
 This soup is one of the most popular soups in Nigeria  .It is made with different kinds and parts of meat plus including  sea food . .Edikaikong as a soup is not just tasty and healthy, it also plays a serious and important role  in our society. It has the power to unite people from all tribes and religion, old and young,male and female .

This native Efik soup contributed immensely to the development of the Efik women and girls ....most of them graduated from kitchen to bedroom ..sorry...main room .I call it the wild soup... because of it's bush nature, counting from beef to kpomo, periwinkles to stock fish, bush meat to  snail ...ORISHIRISHI  joor oooh .

To cook edikaikong soup,you must be a trouble free person...you must be humble and ready to protect it till it is done.Women who fixes fake nails are not qualified to cook this soup.Men with pot belly are also banned from  hanging around  the kitchen when this soup is on fire. People living in face me - i face you  apartment do  not cook this soup in the public kitchen, they cook it right inside their room, to avoid neighboring  long throat . This is to tell you how precious this native soup is.

One disadvantage of edikaikong is that "it attracts unwanted visitor ,people hardly say no to edikaikong and almost everyone knows the features of this soup. The second disadvantage is that, it causes over feeding in some long throat  people.

Edikaikong has also caused many trouble from different angles, especially with women .A lady told me that she almost lost her husband to her friend  just because of this soup.The main issue  that i am yet to find out is the argument that broke out  yesterday in  a food house along oduduwa street .And as far as Kitchen thingz is concerned ,i must get to the truth of the matter not the root, because if i get to the root ,' the matter don die be that"
This argument lasted for about three good hours ,involving people of different  tribes and religion, people were allowed to call a friend.Actually i was called by a friend who knows me and my ways with food . .This argument was about the name EDIKAIKONG  and how it came about.




none of the men involved in this argument shares the same origin with the soup.I was surprised to see an hausa, yoruba and a Ghanaian arguing about Edikaikong soup.The yoruba and the Ghanaian men were against   the hausa man who said that, the  name Edikaikong was taking from the word EDDY CAN,T COME.
According by him , Eddy went to  Akwa - Ibom state for  business , there he met an Akwa ibom woman and  settled down with her. As an only son , his mother did not support his moves, insisting  that her husband  should go to Uyo and force him back home.She even threatened to commit suicide if she did not see Eddy .

Eddy's wife was the only one at home when his father arrived, she welcomed him as usual and gave him the necessary attention as a father in-law in the making,She also told him that Eddy traveled on  a business trip and will not be back for a week. After that, she fixed him with a warm bath .At that time his mission was beginning to gain  k leg .She served him  a native edikaikong soup with  fufu. As he was  bouncing on the meal ,his wife called from home to find out how far with his 'operation bring eddy back'   .. all he answered was ----EDDY CAN,T COME! .


NOTE ! I CAN,T SAY HOW TRUE THIS STORY IS UNTIL I FINISH MY KITCHEN THINGZ INVESTIGATIONS.

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