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My Plantain and beans recipe

The combination of plantain and beans is a recipe that most people would love to have. This a recipe that majority of families add to their weekly or monthly menu. When this recipe is prepared in homes, kids are seen eating their food with all seriousness and happiness. I know that there are some kids that may not like the food. There may also be some parents that may not also like the recipe.

I remember during my childhood, I did not like this recipe. Black then, When the unripe plantain is cooked together with beans, I carefully take time to select the beans from the plantain. After separating the beans from the plantain, I only eat the beans alone. Sometimes when they cook, I prefer eating garri and soup and leave the plantain and and beans for them.

My parents will now take back the plantain and add it to that of my siblings.

Although I didn't like the combo, it did not stop my parents from cooking it any time that the wanted to cook it. As I grew up, I became more aware of how nutritious the recipe could be. I started eating it little by little. Later into my adulthood, I started to eating both food together.

Now that eating the beans and plantain has formed part of my food menu, I realized that I was missing a lot back then. Whenever I get a plantain, I think of cooking it together with beans.

What I discovered about the beans and plantain recipe

As I started eating this food combo the more, its nutritional contents and health benefits were made known to me.

First, I would be highlighting some of the nutritional contents and health benefits of plantain. Plantain gave been found to have some of the following nutrients:

• Fiber
• Vitamins A, B and C
• Magnesium
• Carbohydrate
• Potassium
• Fat
• Iron
• Protein*
  These nutrients helps to build the body system. Some of the health benefits of plantain includes the following:
• It helps to control blood sugar
• It enhances the digestive system*
• It improves the male sexual health
• The vitamin B6 present in plantain enables the brain to function well.
• It boosts the body immune system
  These are few of the health benefits of plantain among many other health benefits.

For Beans

Beans on the other hand, has its valuable nutrients and healthy benefits. Introducing beans into the children's diet helps in controlling childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is becoming worrisome around the world. So beans would contributes immensely in maintaining a healthy weight among children. Beans has been found to be a good source of the following nutrients:

• Zinc

• Copper

• Thiamine

• Magnesium

• Iron

• Potassium

• Folate

• Manganese
  These and many more nutritional contents of beans have healthy benefits to our body. The healthy benefits of beans include:

• Beans lowers cholesterol and helps to control blood pressure

• It enhances the digestive system

• Helps to manage blood sugar

• Adding beans to diets could contribute to weight loss.

• Beans helps to fight against the type 2 diabetes.

• It helps in reducing the the risk of cancer

Finally, it is recommendable and healthy advise for parents to have these two food combinations in their food menu. It would help to supply the kids and parents with the needed vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that helps to promote a healthy living for a healthy for a healthy family.