MORINGA/MALUNGGAY BREAD RECIPE: NATURE'S HEALTHIEST bread

 

Moringa powder is one of the best superfood enhancers you can use in many common dishes and baked goods.  Even if you’re splurging on a rich and decadent creation, Moringa powder can create a nutritional opportunity from your otherwise not-so-healthy (albeit delicious) treat.

 

Today we’re showing you how to make Moringa Whole Grain Bread with a variety of alternatives.  From a simple dinner roll or sandwich bread, to a sweet breakfast or dessert loaf, this recipe can be adapted in many ways to meet any occasion with delicious and nutritious appeal.

 

Moringa Whole Grain Bread – The Basic Recipe

*Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients

3 cups warm water

1 tablespoon sea salt

3 tablespoons Moringa powder

1/3 cup olive oil

1/3 cup honey

6-7 cups of whole grain wheat flour

2 tablespoons of active dry yeast

 

Directions

• Pour water, salt, Moringa powder, oil, honey and 2 cups of flour into mixer and mix thoroughly.

• Add yeast and slowly add in additional flour ½ at a time until dough is desired consistency, which should be even and not sticky.  (You may not use all of the flour.)

• Let dough rise in your mixing bowl for approximately 30 minutes, preferably in a sunny spot.

• Mix dough in mixer again.

• Remove it from bowl and kneed it and shape it as desired.

• Let dough rise until it doubles in size.

• Bake for 35 minutes in greased pans.

• Enjoy!

 

Alternatives

• Extra Protein – Add one tablespoon of each of the following:  flax seeds, quinoa, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds.  Sprinkle sesame and sunflower seeds on the top of the loaf before baking.

• Sweet and Nutty – Add twice the honey, your favorite dried fruits (dates, apricots, cranberries) and walnuts

• Seasonal – Add twice the honey and seasonal fruits, such as pumpkin, peaches or blueberries.

• Decadent – Add twice the honey, carob chips and/or caramel chips

• Extra Grains – Add 1 cup of ground whole grain cereal

• Mediterranean – Add a cup of chopped olives and 1 tablespoon of oregano

• Gluten Free – Moringa is naturally gluten free.  For a completely gluten-free bread, substitute with a gluten-free flour.

• Rolls – Divide dough into balls to create rolls instead of loaves.  Bake until crust is crisp.

 

For more delicious recipes please visit Moringa Chef website:

 

 

 

Get Your 5 a Day Every Day with Moringa Smoothies!

 

A smoothie is basically a combination of healthy fruits and vegetables blended together with some fruit juice or water to create a delicious and highly nutritious health drink.

You can also add some other ingredients to your smoothie creations to add flavour, nutrients or to make the contents of your smoothie more bio-available

Moringa Leaf Powder is exceptionally good when added to smoothies as it not only makes the smoothie supercharged in terms of nutrition it also tastes great and gives your smoothie more body and a great texture.

 

See the recepies below to descover how to make your own delicious, energy boosting, protien packed, health enhancing smoothies

 

 

Green Tropics Smoothie

I love putting mango in my smoothie and adding pineapple makes for one of my favorite flavor combos. So it tastes good, but adding spinach and Moringa makes it a green smoothie and that makes it far healthier.

Ingredients:
 

• 2 cups of spinach

• 1 mango

• 1 banana

• 1 cup pineapple chunks

• 1 cup water

• 1 Desert spoon of Moringa

Serves 2, but don’t be surprised if you finish it by yourself.
 

 

Green Smoothie Goodness

Another green smoothie with a distinct flavor. Mixing pear and banana is something you will discover is a delicious and wonderful flavor combination. You won’t even taste the kale, but you will still get the health benefits as the Moringa Leaf powder enhances the Bio-availability of the Kale and other ingredients.

Ingredients:
 

• 2 bananas

• 1 Gala apple

• 1 pear

• 1 cup of kale

• 1/2 cup water

• 1 Desert spoon of Moringa

This makes 2-3 servings, but don’t feel bad downing the entire smoothie by yourself. It is that good.
 

 

Strawberry, Kiwi & Banana Smoothie

Smoothie Category: Smoothie Recipes, Strawberry Smoothies

Chop some fresh strawberries, kiwis, and a banana Add apple juice 1 desert spoon of Moringa, and blend it all together.

Ingredients:
 

• 1 cup frozen strawberries

• 1 kiwi

• 1 banana

• 1 Desert spoon Moringa Leaf Powder

• 1/4 cup apple juice

 

Summer Energy Juice Drink Recipe

Juice the following for a fantastic lift to your summer day: use organic ingredients where possible:

 

• 2 Oranges

• 2 Apples

• 3 slices of Cantaloupe melon

• ½ cup of raspberries

• ½ cup strawberries

• 1 Desert spoon Moringa Leaf Powder

 

Fresh fruit and veggie juices provide an excellent source of natural energy.