Parade of Colours in our Meals //Red Week // Macaroni and Tomatoes Stew

Greetings Great Steemit Chefs!
Welcome to my food blog. Today, I decided to participate in a weekly contest organised by @mvchacin which is aimed to show foods that are paraded with colors and this week's colour is RED.

I will show you how I applied red colour to my meal in a simple format and the benefits /properties of the red color used.

The meal I have on my list today is macaroni with stew made with tomatoes ( fresh and paste).
Tomato is a fruit that is also considered as vegetable when used in food.

Let's get to know a little about tomato and its benefits.
Tomato is an edible plant that is round in shape and bright red in colour. It has a lot of health benefits which are;

• It contains vitamin B & E and potassium
• It protects the cells so to not get damaged
• It contains a lot of importance nutrients
• It hinders cancer
• It hinders constipation
• It strengthens the heart.

After getting to know the properties and health benefits of tomatoes, now let's see how I used it in my meal.

First of all, I prepare the stew and macaroni separately by;

• Frying both fresh and paste tomatoes together (using vegetable oil ) and making sure it is well cooked so it won't taste sour in the mouth.

Putting fresh tomatoes	Adding tomato paste

• Next step was to put all the spices( curry powder, thyme, maggi, salt, fresh pepper and onions).

Adding spices

• I poured my seasoned chicken and let it cook for some minutes and it was ready.

Pouring chicken

• The next stage was to boil the macaroni separately after making the stew.

Cooking macaroni

• Finally, I served my macaroni paraded with red color on it. Have a look at my delicious macaroni and stew well served.

Yummy macaroni served

I will like to invite my friends (@eliany, @josepha and @nadiaturrina) to join the contest.