The Art of Feeding People
A Sunnah approach to food and health for Muslim women living modern lives.
The advice around food isn’t new, but without the Sunnah, it becomes exhausting to live with. This space returns eating and daily habits to the Sunnah - not as a diet plan, but as a guide for sustainable living.
Recent posts
When food stops making sense, these reflections return it to the Sunnah.
When was the last time you were actually hungry?
This reflection explores how routine replaced appetite and what the Sunnah restores.
Body positivity isn’t the goal
Body positivity isn’t the goal. Amanah is. This piece explores caring for the body as a trust from Allah (swt), without obsession or denial.
The problem with the three-course meal
Main, then pudding. Not occasionally, but as the default. This reflection explores how the three-course meal shapes expectations and why the Sunnah takes a different approach.
Eating less is simple advice — but it’s not easy without the right intention
“Eat less” is simple advice, yet difficult to live by. This reflection explores why restraint becomes easier when the intention is rooted in worship.
It was never about the weight
I disliked my body when I was barely overweight and when I was obese. This reflection looks at why the issue wasn’t weight, but the framework.
Intermittent fasting is Sunnah
Intermittent fasting is often framed as a modern health trend. Fasting Mondays and Thursdays shows it has always been part of the Sunnah.
The things we treat as optional
Sit while drinking. Drink in three sips. Eat with your hands. Many Sunnah practices are dismissed as optional, but the cost of ignoring them is personal.
Preparing for Ramadan lives somewhere in the middle
Between freezer-filled snacks for deep frying at iftar and purely spiritual ideals, most of us live somewhere in the middle. This reflection explores a more honest way to prepare for Ramadan.
Saying Bismillah before eating is simple — and that’s exactly why it’s hard
Saying Bismillah before eating takes a second, yet it’s easy to forget. When it’s said with meaning, it turns eating from habit into intention.
Why finishing everything on your plate isn’t always virtuous
Being told to finish your food teaches guilt more than gratitude. Preventing waste starts before the plate is filled — not by eating past fullness.
Why “you should stop eating when full” is bad advice
“Stop eating when you are full” sounds sensible, but by the time we feel full, we’ve already gone too far. The Sunnah teaches restraint before fullness — not recovery after it.
Foods mentioned in the Sunnah and why they still matter
Dates, honey, black seed, milk and barley are all mentioned in the Sunnah. This post explores why these foods mattered without turning them into trends.
What we teach children when we feed them in front of a screen
When children eat in front of screens, they eat without noticing. This reflection explores what distraction teaches and why presence matters more than we think.
When did overeating become normal?
A table full to the brim. Meat is non-negotiable. Small plates feel like bad value. When did overeating become normal — and why does it feel so hard to question?
Trying to eat better, but nothing sticks?
You are not alone.
As Muslim women, we are doing our best - juggling family, work, tiredness and responsibility - while being pulled in a hundred different directions about food and health.
It feels confusing, because it is.
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