Steemit Engagement Challenge S6/W2 - *Food Diary game (My daily food in pictures)

Hello Steemians, it's another wonderful day, and today I'm so delighted to share with you all my food diary for the day "29/11/2022" and in pictures. We all know food is essential for everyone as it gives us nutrients needed for energy, and growth and makes our immune system healthy. Follow me as I share the foods I ate today with you all.

The foods I ate today are Bread and Margarine, Peppered catfish, Amala, ewedu, and soup. I will be discussing my reasons for choosing each meal, the nutritional information, and the category into which each food falls below.

I did not prepare this meal and my reason for taking it was because I crave my favorite bread which is Justrite bread and leaving work a day before, I branched at Osun mall bakery to buy it and when I woke up I decided to eat it with margarine, I love using Devon King's Margarine as it can be used for cooking, baking and spreading and most importantly, it is cholesterol and trans-fat-free.

Bread contains vitamins like thiamine (Vit B1), and Niacin (Vit B3), with carbohydrate which is needed for energy and maintaining healthy skin while Margarine contains vitamin A and D which is helpful to keep eye, bone, teeth, and muscle healthy.

Furthermore, bread is made from flour, sugar, yeast, milk, salt, oil, egg, and water. The price of my bread and margarine is listed below:

I ate peppered catfish as my lunch, catfish is a very nutritious meal with many health benefits, I love eating catfish cooked with different recipes e.g catfish pepper soup, peppered catfish, and barbecue catfish, but this afternoon I just felt like eating peppered catfish.

Catfish is a low calories food that contains protein, vitamin B12, a mineral which is selenium, and healthy fat such as Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. All these nutrients are of health benefits and such benefits are:

I prepared the peppered catfish myself and the cost involved in the preparation and the ingredients used are listed below.

The catfish was thoroughly washed with water. I rubbed salt all over the fish and leave for 10 minutes, after that I rinsed again and rubbed it with the desired salt and seasoning, then put it in a drainer for the water to dry for like 5 minutes before rubbing little flour on the fish to dry the remaining water and avoid the fish being sticky or the scattering flesh while frying.

I placed my frying pan on fire, add vegetable oil and when the oil was hot enough I added my catfish, after 10 minutes I turned the fish upside such that the upper other side got fried too.

While waiting for the fish to be fried, I blended the scotch bonnet with onions and set it aside.

After it got fried, I removed it from the oil, placed another pan on fire, add little oil, followed by the blended pepper and onion, put seasoning and small salt then leave for 5 minutes.

I added my fried catfish to the pepper stew on fire, stir properly and leave it to cook for 3 minutes. Then my peppered catfish is ready to be served.

Amala, ewedu, and soup is a local delicious meal that is very popular among Yoruba People. It is made from Elubo (Yam flour) which has so many benefits it does to the body such as:

Jute leaf is a leafy vegetable that is packed with many nutritional values which are helpful to the body. The Health Benefits of jute leaves are:

The Soup consists of scotch bonnet, bell pepper, tomatoes, oil, fish, seasoning, and salt. It has health benefits as well which are:

I prepared my dinner by myself and the amount spent while cooking my dinner is listed below:

Some quantity of water in the pot was placed on fire and allowed to boil.

The yam flour was sieved to remove dirt.

When the water was boiled, the yam flour was added and turned with a wooden kitchen roller for a while, I added little water and heated it for 4 minutes for the flour to cook properly, then turn again till it got firm and smooth. The amala is ready to be served.

I detached the leaf from its stem and rinsed the leaf thoroughly, I boiled the moderate water needed for it, and after boiling I added the jute leave into it and allow it to boil for a while till it get soft and blend using a blender, then my jute leaves draw soup is ready.

I blended my scotch bonnet, bell pepper, tomatoes, and onion and put them aside.

After that, I rinsed and boiled my fish. Placed a pot on the fire, after it dried, I added oil, and allow it to stay for 5 minutes, then I added the pepper, seasoning, and salt and leave it for another 5 minutes.

After that, I added my fish to it and till it was properly cooked.

These are my three courses of the meal of the day and I enjoyed myself while eating the meals, I felt happy for being healthy to eat and grateful to God for his provision over my life. Thank you for reading.

I invite @jasminemary @josepha and @sahmie to participate in this contest.