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Matcha Overnight Oats Recipe

Jan 25, 2025 | cooking.nytimes.com | Ifrah Ahmed |Shari Mk |Ted Thunder

Oats and a matcha latte make a wonderful breakfast pairing, but this recipe goes one step further to combine them into matcha overnight oats, an effortless breakfast that will delight lovers of efficiency and morning matcha For vibrantly colored oats and a strong matcha flavor, whisk the oat mixture with a full teaspoon of matcha powder, but feel free to decrease that amount for a more delicate flavor or lower caffeine level Refrigerate the oat base at least 3 hours to thicken (or overnight), then adjust the desired thickness to taste, adding more milk to thin as desired
The Unwritten Verse

Nov 24, 2024 | medium.com | Ifrah Ahmed

A master pieceIfrah Ahmed·Follow1 min read·--“Sticky clay” in its consistency. The art of molding requires inner harmony and concentration. It takes frustration and emotions sometimes to create a masterpiece that can easily be shaped, but once hardened, it becomes permanent — the stretch of clay is acceptance; it is releasing the constant need for control and allowing your Qadr to take shape and release the ink of the page. Qadr- Power or Fate of ones destiny.
Rewriting Old Scripts and Embracing New Beginnings

Nov 22, 2024 | medium.com | Ifrah Ahmed

Ifrah Ahmed·Follow1 min read·--The Courage to QuestionOften growth is a common topic that individuals lean into embracing and understanding new beliefs that affirm the new version, but how about shedding old ones? Questioning what you believe to be true and unlearning patterns that don’t serve you is the scariest and bravest thing you can do. It’s easy to continue living your life without change.
The Ripple Effect of Small Acts of Kindness

Nov 20, 2024 | medium.com | Ifrah Ahmed

Ifrah Ahmed·Follow2 min read·--What you plant is what you sow, so be intentional in every aspect.The butterfly flapped its wings, and I felt the cool breeze. What color is mine? Today I whispered to the universe, and the entire world heard it. I shall receive it the butterfly effect“You become a reflection of those you draw into your life.” A phrase I found insulting because I swear I’m not a narcissistic jerk.
The Tapestry of Time: Stitching Together Memories and Dreams

Oct 13, 2024 | medium.com | Ifrah Ahmed

Ifrah Ahmed·FollowJust now--The Threads of MemoryMemories fade overtime. I would describe the feeling of dreaming, and once you wake up, you can’t recall it or A disconection — the thread slowly unravles overtime but keeps its shape the soul recognizes but the mind does not. What kind of memories do we remember the most?
Five Weeknight Dishes: It’s time to make one-pot chicken and rice

Oct 2, 2024 | denverpost.com | Dan Pelosi |Hetty McKinnon |Ifrah Ahmed |Ali Slagle

The weather in New York last weekend offered a chilly, gray preview of the months to come. So at my house, we did the only rational thing: My husband lit a fire while I roasted a chicken. I also baked an apple cake — part of my slow-going efforts to use up the 41 pounds of apples we brought home from apple picking a few weekends ago. (Not a typo: 41 pounds.
Vimto Is a Sip of Home

Dec 5, 2023 | eater.com | Ifrah Ahmed

During the Ramadans of my childhood, in the cold and rainy Seattle winters, I remember breaking our fast with sips of water and soft, sticky dates. After our prayers, we’d scramble to help ourselves to the first part of our iftar: crispy fried salmon or beef sambuus (meat-filled fried dumplings) served with spicy green basbaas (hot sauce) and a cool drink of Vimto, a fruit-juice cordial made of raspberries, grapes, black currants, and spices.
Xawaash Is The Somali Food Blog That Taught a Generation of Diaspora Kids How to Cook

Jul 4, 2023 | tastecooking.com | Ifrah Ahmed

The written recipe is a fairly new phenomenon in the span of human history, and it’s more recent for Somalis than for people in other parts of the world. For thousands of years, our living oral tradition has archived our recipes in the same manner that we preserve our poetry and our stories. So what happens when knowledge is no longer passed down orally? When it leaves the tongue of one generation but has difficulty making it to the ear of the next?
How Somali Food in the Diaspora Holds the History of Forced Migration

Apr 17, 2023 | eater.com | Ifrah Ahmed

María Jesús Contreras/Eater Early last year, I launched a pop-up in Los Angeles that gave birth to a new culinary idea that I had been toying with for over a decade. In a city that famously loves breakfast burritos, I began to sell a Somali-style wrap — spongy and sour anjero-wrapped breakfast burritos filled with soft scrambled eggs, fuul (fava bean stew), and spicy vibrant green basbaas (Somali hot sauce).