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May 28, 2015
Munemi | Munemi Meets Rajaa Chbani - Part 2: “Eat healthy, live well, be beautiful inside out.”
Recipe included!
Munemi meets Rajaa Chbani - Part 2
Eat healthy, live well, be beautiful inside out.
This is the second installment of recipes from Rajaa Chbani in Morocco. This time, she shared a recipe for a vegan salad that is packed with vitamins, minerals, protein, and fatty acids, offering a perfectly balanced and complete meal in one dish.
Interview & Text by Munemi
Try it out with last issue's juice recipe!
I met Rajaa during my visit to Morocco last year. She runs a pharmacy in Marrakech and is not only a pharmacist but also an aromatherapist and a nutritionist, well-versed in healthy recipes. Here, we present the second set of recipes she shared with me during her visit to New York.
Union Sq Greenmarket
Rajaa Chbani and I
These salads are satisfying and fulfilling, making you feel good as your body rejoices. They are perfect for the summer when appetite tends to decrease, or for a gentle diet.
Salad ①
1 bowl mixed greens
1 peach
1 bunch sunflower sprouts (to taste)
1/2 cup raw cashews
Salad ②
1 bowl mixed greens
1 tomato
Purslane (to taste)
1/2 cucumber
1/4 white onion, sliced
1/2 avocado
Dressing(Can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator)
1/2 cup organic apple cider vinegar
2/3 cup organic extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup organic sesame oil
2 tablespoons finely chopped white onion
1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
A pinch of dried oregano
A pinch of salt
Rajaa Chbani
Born and lives in Marrakech, Morocco. Earned a Doctor of Chemistry from University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France, in 1980. Established a pharmacy and laboratory in Marrakech, Morocco, in 1983. Continued her studies, obtaining degrees in Nutritionist Dietician and Homeopathy from the same university in France (1986). Studied Ayurvedic diet in India in 1999 and Macrobiotics in Switzerland in 2001. Qualified as a Phyto-Aromatherapist in France in 2005, and further specialized in Raw Living Food at the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida, USA, in 2006.
Since 1996, she has actively participated in workshops and conferences on homeopathic medicine, aromatherapy, health, eco-cooking, and creative raw food in France, India, and Morocco. She has served as the President of the Marrakech Homeopathic Association since 1997 and founded the Maghrebio Association (organic agriculture and organic food) in 1999.
In addition to aromatherapy workshops, she also holds weekly raw food workshops in Marrakech.
Raw food workshop contact｜rajaa.racinesdevie8@gmail.com
Pharmacy｜Pharmacie L’Unite
Avenue Hassan II – 40 000 Marrakech, Morocco
Tel. +212(0)24 44 85 54
Email｜unitepha@gmail.com
