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Herbal teas are also called infusions. They are a simple and delicious way to extracting the goodness and flavour from the aerial parts of herbs. You can either use fresh or dried herbs to make such tea, but remember you need to use twice as much as fresh plant material as dried. If you fin the taste of some herb teas bitter, sweeten them with a little honey, or just add ginger. Here's more on how to make herbal tea....

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Ingredients:

3 medium cucumbers, thinly sliced
1 medium onion, sliced and separated into rings
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1/2 cup sliced celery
2 to 4 tbs chopped red bell pepper
1 cup vinegar

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1) If you mix the oil and vinegar into a salad separately,add the oil first.If you reverse the order,the oil just slides off the wet leaves.

2) Slice tomatoes vertically rather than horizontally.The slices will stay firmer in your salad and they'll help keep the salad dressing from getting watery.

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1) Making your own decorations eco-friendly is great fun,especially for the children.You can achieve effective results with a few simple items such as coloured paper,biscuits,oranges,old magazines and ribbons.

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1) Oatmeal cookies will taste better if you roast the oatmeal first.Bake it evenly in a 300 degrees F oven for about 10 to 12 minutes.

2) When using your hands to shape cookies,especially if the dough contains a lot of shortening,wet your hands with cold water from time to time and the dough won't stick to your palms.

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SWEET TANGERINE SALSA:

Ingredients:

1 clove garlic,diced
1 tbsp ginger,diced
1/2 medium onion,diced
Dash of lime juice
1 tangerine,peeled & diced
4 strips dry mango,diced (or pinch of dry mango powder)

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So often do I eat my vegetables in a the form of a salad that I forget sometimes how they look and taste separately. This was also the case with tomatoes.

I just wanted to have a quick snack before going to bed. I have heard that this is not the healthiest practice in the world, so perhaps I was punished for it. Having prepared a simple cheese sandwich, I wanted to add something juicy; I opened the fridge in search of a suitable fruit and my eyes fell upon the nutritious tomatoes.

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Does your milk taste like wet cardboard? Blame the bright lights in your market's dairy section."Milk stored with a few inches of fluorescent light in translucent containers usually has a detectable o

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