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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="168" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/the-vax-5g-emf-and-magnetism-300x168.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the vax, 5g, emf, and magnetism" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>In this two part show on SGT Report, Tivon and Hope from FTWProject.com do a...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/2021/09/18/the-vax-5g-emfs-and-magnetism/">The Vax, 5G, EMF&#8217;s and Magnetism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com">HopeGirl Blog</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="168" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/the-vax-5g-emf-and-magnetism-300x168.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="the vax, 5g, emf, and magnetism" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>In this two part show on SGT Report, Tivon and Hope from FTWProject.com do a full presentation on Graphene Oxide, 5G and Covid. Watch the presentation at this link:</p>
<p>Watch Part 2 Here:</p>
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<p>Here is part 1 in case you missed it!</p>
<p>Part 1:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ftwproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/September-2021-SGT-Show-Presentation.pptx">September 2021 SGT Show Presentation</a></p>
<p><strong>SUMMARY</strong><br />
PART 1<br />
-Graphene Oxide Explained. They are trying to kill you with a 160 year old poison.<br />
Graphene vs. Graphene Oxide- why its important to know the difference<br />
How is Graphene Oxide made?<br />
What can Graphene Oxide Do? Its unique properties is why they put it in everything.<br />
-Graphene Oxide is the main ingredient in DARPA Hydrogels<br />
-What’s in the Covid shots? GO, Steel, Parasites and more: New Photos<br />
-Graphene Flagship. The money and power behind the agenda.<br />
-Before Covid, a study was done: How much GO can they put in a human before fatal?<br />
-Graphene Oxide in the PCR tests, in the masks, in the water supply and in chemtrails.<br />
-How Graphene Oxide works with 5G</p>
<p><strong>PART 2</strong><br />
-Spike Proteins, Graphene Oxide, Covid Shots Explained<br />
-Health concerns of Graphene Oxide<br />
-Its the same symptoms! GO poisoning, EMF Radiation Sickness, Covid<br />
-Magnetism in those who got the shots explained. It’s the graphene oxide and other nanotech.<br />
-Connection between 5G rollouts and the Covid Variants<br />
-How to get graphene oxide out of your body<br />
-Orgone Energy, EMF protection and Graphene Oxide</p>
<p>For more extensive notes on the presentation please visit our other blog at this link:<br />
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/2021/09/18/the-vax-5g-emfs-and-magnetism/">The Vax, 5G, EMF&#8217;s and Magnetism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com">HopeGirl Blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>Marrakesh Cooking Tours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Cooking-Tours-Fix-the-World-300x200.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Marrakesh Cooking Tours Fix the World" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>I always think of how Loubna cooks like this to feed her family every day. It is an art form that is lost in the fast paced American lifestyle of the 9-5 career woman. I almost lost it myself once upon a time when I worked in the big fancy corporate world. Learning from Loubna helped me to get it back and it is something I will treasure forever...</p>
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<blockquote><p>I silently vowed never to complain about having to wait for water to boil ever again. Now when I’m back at home in my own kitchen I always think of how Loubna cooks like this to feed her family every day. It is an art form that is lost in the fast paced American lifestyle of the 9-5 career woman. I almost lost it myself once upon a time when I worked in the big fancy corporate world. Learning from Loubna helped me to get it back and it is something I will treasure forever.</p></blockquote>
<p>I’ve lived in Morocco for over three years and have had many opportunities to sample the local cuisine. However, I have to admit that I’ve been a bit clueless about some of the ingredients I see around me here every time I go to the market.  Food shopping here is very different than what I was used to in America, and I had to let go of a lot of pre-conceived ideas.  Morocco is indeed a land of abundance. Yet there are some things that are really hard to find.   While I do have my mom back in the States send me a care package from time to time,  I know it would be better in the long run to learn what to do with the ingredients that are easily available to me here.   Then one day I saw an advert for a cooking tour on a Facebook expat group and I jumped at the opportunity.  I hope you’ll enjoy coming along with me as I share our experience in pictures.</p>
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<p>Our excursion was led by our new friend Aidan who is starting up his own “foodie” cooking tours in Marrakech.  My husband Tivon and I met up with Aidan at Jemaa El Fna, which is the famous center of the medina.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7480" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7480" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7480 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/jemaa-el-fna.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="667" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7480" class="wp-caption-text">Jemaa El Fna in Marrakesh Medina</figcaption></figure>
<p>Our first order of business was to travel through the stalls and pick up the ingredients for our meal.  This was so helpful as Aidan was explaining what all the ingredients were, where they come from, how they are made and how they are used.</p>
<p>First on the list was olives, preserved lemon and olive oil from the olive stand.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7492" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7492" style="width: 617px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-7492 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Olive-Souk.png" alt="" width="617" height="600" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7492" class="wp-caption-text">The olive stands in the medina</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_7491" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7491" style="width: 613px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-7491 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Olive-Souk-2.png" alt="" width="613" height="593" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7491" class="wp-caption-text">Preserved olives and peppers in the medina</figcaption></figure>
<p>I learned that there are two types of preserved lemons, one which is aged for 7-8 months and another aged for 18 months. Each has a very distinct flavor. I’ve fallen in love with pickled lemons since coming to Morocco. Its hard now to imagine life without them!</p>
<figure id="attachment_7498" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7498" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7498 size-large" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pickled-lemons-1024x646.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="646" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7498" class="wp-caption-text">Moroccan pickled lemons</figcaption></figure>
<p>Next we were off to the spice market, where we got a full education about the many spices in Morocco. Most of them come from here, but there are many others that come from areas all over the African continent. The tastes and smells were incredible.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7471" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7471" style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7471 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/buying-spices-marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="490" height="481" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7471" class="wp-caption-text">Aidan (far right) at the spice market Marrakesh.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_7493" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7493" style="width: 614px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7493 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Spice-Market.png" alt="" width="614" height="593" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7493" class="wp-caption-text">Spice Market Marrakesh. Bulk spices, fresh saffron, cinnamon and a variety of spices in jars.</figcaption></figure>
<p>I also learned about saffron. The real good stuff comes from the saffron flower and takes a lot of labor to harvest.  This is why it can be expensive. Beware of the cheap stuff which is nothing more than dried corn husk fibers dyed to look like saffron. You can certainly tell the difference in the way it smells!</p>
<p>Next was a stop at the butchers where we bought meat for the beef tangia dish we were going to make as well as a half a small chicken for the chicken tagine. Normally you would buy the meat at the butcher and he would cook the tangia for you then you would come back later in the day to pick up your dish for dinner. But in our case, we were going to cook it ourselves.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7483" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7483" style="width: 604px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7483 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Butcher.png" alt="" width="604" height="600" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7483" class="wp-caption-text">Aidan from Marrakesh Cooking tours buys meat from the Local Butcher Marrakesh Medina.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_7470" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7470" style="width: 552px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7470" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/beef-tangia.jpg" alt="" width="552" height="515" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7470" class="wp-caption-text">One of the dishes are going to prepare, beef tangia cooked in a clay pot on hot coals.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_7472" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7472" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7472" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/chicken-tagine.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="800" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7472" class="wp-caption-text">Another dish we are going to prepare, Chicken tagine made in a clay dish with a top cooked over a charcoal flame.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Then we were off to the vegetable stalls to buy fresh ingredients from the local farmers.  We needed fresh lemons, new onions, tomatoes, parsley, celery leaf, eggplants, peppers, and soaked chic peas.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7488" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7488" style="width: 486px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7488" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-cooking-tours-market-shopping.png" alt="" width="486" height="474" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7488" class="wp-caption-text">New spring onions from the farmers at the local produce stalls.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_7487" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7487" style="width: 482px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7487" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-cooking-tours-market-shopping-2.png" alt="" width="482" height="475" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7487" class="wp-caption-text">Fresh lemons, herbs and soaked chic peas at the local produce stalls.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The famous Moroccan soup harira is always served with dates, so we got a few of those and said hello to a cute donkey that was pulling the carts of wares through the streets. Also, we got some oranges for a simple orange and spice dessert.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7490" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7490" style="width: 614px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7490" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Donkeys-and-Dates.png" alt="" width="614" height="598" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7490" class="wp-caption-text">Donkeys and Dates in the Marrakesh medina.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Next, we walked through the medina carrying our goods to the lovely family home where we would be cooking.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7489" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7489" style="width: 614px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7489" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Cooking-Tours.png" alt="" width="614" height="596" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7489" class="wp-caption-text">Bringing the ingredients to the Riad where we will cook dinner.</figcaption></figure>
<p>We were greeted at the door by the cook and wife Loubna. She lives here with her husband Marouane and mother Malika and their three small children.  This was perhaps one of my favorite parts of the entire experience. I loved that we were in the real home of a real family learning how the people here live and prepare home cooked meals.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7485" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7485" style="width: 618px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7485" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-cooking-tours-2.png" alt="" width="618" height="599" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7485" class="wp-caption-text">Loubna greets us at the door while Aidan and Tivon carry in the groceries.</figcaption></figure>
<p>I later asked Loubna if she cooked like this every day. “Of course!” was her answer.  Suddenly years of convenience food I was accustomed to in America flashed into memory and I silently vowed never to complain about having to wait for water to boil ever again. Now when I’m back at home in my own kitchen I always think of how Loubna cooks like this to feed her family every day. It is an art form that is lost in the fast paced American lifestyle of the 9-5 career woman. I almost lost it myself once upon a time when I worked in the big fancy corporate world. Learning from Loubna helped me to get it back and it is something I will treasure forever.</p>
<p>It was raining outside, which is actually a rare thing in the dry climate of Marrakesh. Our first order of business was to warm up with some Moroccan mint tea.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7494" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7494" style="width: 484px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7494" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Tea-2.png" alt="" width="484" height="464" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7494" class="wp-caption-text">Moroccan mint tea to warm us up on a cold rainy day.</figcaption></figure>
<p>I got the full proper lesson on how to make tea. Moroccan’s are very proud of their tea, they call it “Moroccan whisky”. Each house has their own special way of making it. In this case you put tea and fresh mint leaves in a silver pot with boiling water and sugar and then you place this on the stovetop fire and wait for the leaves to rise up into a boil in the pot. Then it is done.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7495" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7495" style="width: 618px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7495" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Marrakesh-Tea.png" alt="" width="618" height="599" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7495" class="wp-caption-text">The proper way to make Moroccan mint tea.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Houses or “Riad’s” in the Medina are fit very close together, and right next door to the family’s home was a hammam. This is a local bath house where people go for hours of endless hot water for bathing.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7477" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7477" style="width: 960px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7477" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hammam.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="717" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7477" class="wp-caption-text">An example of a Moroccan hammam. I took this picture inside of another hammam up in the North of Morocco.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The hammams water is heated in a giant tank with a fire underneath it. This fire is started early in the morning and burns all day long. The coals from the fire serve as a place to cook meat in pots.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7476" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7476" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7476" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hammam-fire-stoker.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="365" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7476" class="wp-caption-text">Hammam fire stoker</figcaption></figure>
<p>Beef Tangia is a main course that consists of meat and spices cooked inside of a covered clay pot for several hours in a bed of coals. First we mixed several of the Moroccan spices including saffron, garlic and pickled lemon (aged 18 months) into the meat and stuffed it all into the clay pot. A paper seal was placed on the top of the pot and wrapped on tight.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7482" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7482" style="width: 492px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7482 size-full" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Making-the-tangier-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="492" height="471" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7482" class="wp-caption-text">Making the beef tangia</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Then we walked the pot down the alley way next door to set it in a pile of hot coals from the hammam fire. It would take about 3-4 hours to cook.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7474" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7474" style="width: 489px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7474" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cooking-the-tangier-marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="489" height="470" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7474" class="wp-caption-text">Cooking the beef tangia on a bed of hammam fire coals</figcaption></figure>
<p>The next course to prepare was the famous harira soup. This soup consists of vegetables, herbs and spices, with chick peas, lentils and rice in a tomato base. It is served during Ramadan to break the fast along with some dates on the side and a squeeze of fresh lemon on top. To help speed up the cooking time we placed most of the ingredients in a pressure cooker first. Later on we would add the tomato paste and flour base and salt to taste.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7481" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7481" style="width: 467px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7481" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Making-Harira-soup-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="467" height="471" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7481" class="wp-caption-text">Making Harira soup</figcaption></figure>
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<p>Also, the salt comes in a pure form. Aidan had a rock of salt that he crushed fresh to taste. So much better for you than table salt! The salt around here that we buy at our local souk market comes from ancient sea beds that are now near the tops of the atlas mountains. We use this salt on everything from fermenting foods, to taking salt baths. Its really amazing stuff!</p>
<figure id="attachment_7479" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7479" style="width: 225px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-7479 size-medium" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG20180315165331-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7479" class="wp-caption-text">Aidan with a rock of pure salt</figcaption></figure>
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<p>By this point the smells and the tasting of the ingredients were flowing through the riad and the place came to life with good food and family.  The families three adorable children came home from school to hugs and kisses from their mom and dad. Grandma Malika got them set up with Moroccan breads and tea while they watched after school cartoons that looked like a Moroccan version of Mario Brothers. It reminded me of what I used to watch after school when I was kid.</p>
<p>Next we moved on to make the chicken tagine and vegetable side dishes. The chicken was dressed in spices, onions and pickled lemon and first cooked most of the way in a pressure cooker. Then the olives were then boiled in water and the whole thing was placed in a tagine clay dish with a cover over a charcoal fire to simmer.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7473" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7473" style="width: 476px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7473" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cooking-chicken-tagine-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="476" height="472" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7473" class="wp-caption-text">Making chicken tagine</figcaption></figure>
<p>The side dishes were two similar dishes using cooked Morocan vegetables. One salad was called zaalouk, which had eggplant in it and was similar to baba ganoush. The other was called chatchoukak which was made with green peppers and onions.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7496" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7496" style="width: 487px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7496" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Morocco-cooking.png" alt="" width="487" height="472" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7496" class="wp-caption-text">Making zaalouk and chatchoukak</figcaption></figure>
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<p>With all the dishes simmering away, we took a short break and walked down to the near by Moroccan photography museum. It was such a lovely treat to see photos of the Moroccan culture from the past.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7504" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7504" style="width: 2400px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7504" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG20180315184025.jpg" alt="" width="2400" height="3200" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7504" class="wp-caption-text">Old photo of a Berber girl in Morocco</figcaption></figure>
<p>Now it was time to eat!  Loubna set a beautiful table for  us in the main dining room of the riad. We started with the Harira soup with dates lemon and fresh baked bread.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7478" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7478" style="width: 485px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7478" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/harira-soup-with-dates-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="485" height="477" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7478" class="wp-caption-text">Harira soup with dates, lemon and fresh bread</figcaption></figure>
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<p>This time around we did not make the bread ourselves, but I figured that this would be a great time to tell you about Moroccan bread making. In the medina there is a community oven that is stoked with a hot fire they start early in the morning. Each Moroccan family makes its own bread dough and walks the dough down to the community oven where the baker bakes the daily bread. I have memories of running into local women I knew when living up North here as they were coming home from the community oven with their family’s daily bread.  They were always so kind to offer me a sample.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7484" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7484" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7484" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/marrakesh-communal-oven.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="365" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7484" class="wp-caption-text">Moroccan communal oven for baking bread</figcaption></figure>
<p>Next up was the main courses of beef tangia and chicken tagine. I have to admit, that while I’ve had these dishes in local restaurants, they never tasted as good as the ones we made ourselves!</p>
<figure id="attachment_7475" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7475" style="width: 482px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7475" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/dinner-time-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="482" height="471" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7475" class="wp-caption-text">Main courses beef tangia and chicken tagine with zaalouk and chatchoukak side dishes.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Then we finished off our meal with a simple dessert of fresh sliced oranges with ground cinnamon and orange blossom flower water sprinkled on top.</p>
<figure id="attachment_7497" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7497" style="width: 487px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-7497" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/orange-dessert-Marrakesh-cooking-tours.png" alt="" width="487" height="482" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7497" class="wp-caption-text">Dessert of sliced oranges with cinnamon and orange blossom flower water</figcaption></figure>
<p>It was an incredible experience and one that we will never forget. We loved meeting Aidan and the beautiful family that brought us into their home.  If you are ever in Marrakesh be sure to book a cooking tour with Aidan. You can visit his Facebook page here to contact him here  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AidtheMaid/">https://www.facebook.com/AidtheMaid/ </a></p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/2018/01/06/hopegirls-kitchen-how-to-make-sauerkraut-video/">HopeGirls Kitchen: How to Make Sauerkraut (video)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hopegirlblog.com">HopeGirl Blog</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="188" src="https://www.hopegirlblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hope-girls-kitchen-300x188.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="hope girls kitchen" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>As part of a new series I decided to share some of my recipes with all of you! Lately I’ve been on a fermented foods kick and have been loving the health benefits! Fermented foods have healthy  bacteria that can restore your gut, detox your body and boost your immune system. Cultures around the world have been fermenting foods for hundreds of years, and they are delicious!</p>
<p>In <a href="https://youtu.be/XR3cC7eCYP4">this video</a> I show you how I make my own sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) it was so easy and came out tasting so good!</p>
<p>Ingredients:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">1 head of cabbage<br />
2 carrots<br />
1-2 tablespoons of good natural salt (not iodine table salt, but rock salt or sea salt)</p>
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