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Watercress - What you can make with it

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Native to Europe and Asia watercress is in season from March through to September. This peppery, aquatic member of the brassica family is one of the oldest known leaf vegetables to be eaten by humans. Best eaten raw, just give it a good washing and drying off before using in a multitude of different ways. Delicious in a salad or in wraps and sandwiches, soups or as a garnish. Chicken and Watercress Stir Fry Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 3 chicken fillets, sliced 6 spring onions, sliced 2 carrots, peed and cut into sticks 100g broccoli florets 75g frozen soy beans 5cm piece root ginger, grated 1 clove garlic crushed 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped 100g bag watercress roughly chopped 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce noodles to serve Method Heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok, add the chicken and stir fry for 4 mins until golden. Add the onions, carrots and broccoli florets, add 2tbsp water and stir fry for 3 mins until tender. Stir in the beans, ginger,
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What you can do with Raspberries - Its more Yummy

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Raspberries are available fresh, frozen and freeze-dried. The best way to eat them is fresh, right out of your hand (wash them first of course). However when out of season frozen is often a better way to go, as more of their nutrients will have been contained during the freezing process. Some good tips on how to eat more raspberries are below: keep a bag of frozen raspberries in your freezer at all times for throwing into smoothies and porridge avoid tinned fruit cocktail which often contains syrup and make your own fresh fruit cocktail with raspberries, pineapple, sliced peaches, and strawberries add some raspberries to plain Greek or soya yogurt with an optional drizzle of agave and some sliced almonds top buckwheat pancakes with fresh raspberries or fold them into muffins and cakes, gluten-free almond and raspberry cake is delicious! blitz raspberries in a food processor or blender with a little water and then use as a fresh sauce to top desserts or stir into cereals/yogur
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Its About Fennel - Seasonal Food

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Fennel originates from the Mediterranean where it is has been long used for culinary and medicinal reasons. It primarily grows in coastal climates and on river banks and is widely used around the world in mouth fresheners, toothpastes, desserts and antacids. health benefits of fennel include: anaemia: iron and histidine, an amino acid found in fennel, are both helpful in the treatment of anaemia. digestive issues: essential oils found in fennel help to stimulate secretion of digestive and gastric juices, while reducing inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and facilitating proper absorption of nutrients from food. It also has anti-acidic (basic) properties and is extensively used in antacid preparations. heart disease: fennel is a great source of fibre, so as well as the benefits to digestion that fibre provides, it also helps to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol in the blood stream. It helps to stimulate the elimination damaging LDL cholesterol, which is a major fa
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What you can make with Fennel?? - Its healthy food

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As you'll have seen from the previous blog, fennel has many health benefits and alongside that it tastes delicious.  There are many ways it can be used in recipes whether raw or cooked, below are a few to try out... Fennel Salad 1 fennel bulb, shaved paper thin with a mandolin or very thinly sliced 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon of chopped fresh thyme leaves 1 Tbsp chopped flat-leafed parsley 2 Tbsp crumbled feta cheese 2 Tbsp black olives (optional) Wash the fennel bulb and trim off any stalks, then cut the bulb in half length-ways (trimming off the root at the bottom first),​ then cut each half in half (again length-ways), remove outer layer of fennel.  Either slice the quarters using a mandolin or a sharp knife as thinly as possible. Place the thinly sliced fennel into a bowl large enough to mix in.   Drizzle over the extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice and then sprinkle the thyme leaves and flat-leaf parsley, feta cheese and
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Tomatoes - Good For Diet

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Fruit or vegetable?  Who cares?!  Tomatoes are delicious, versatile and good for you! They contain phytochemicals such as lycopene, which play a role in preventing chronic disease as well as delivering other health benefits. Tomatoes help to stop the formation of free radicals which are known to cause cancer and their high levels of potassium can help to keep blood pressure healthy. As well as that their high fibre content can help with heart health and lowering symptoms of diabetes and they can also assist with eye health, skin and depression. So whether you're chucking them into a salad or dipping them in some hummus make tomatoes a regular part of your diet.
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Raspberries - The good Seasonal Food

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With their rich colour and sweet taste, raspberries are a powerful antioxidant and are one of the most consumed berries in the world! Humans have been gathering and eating wild raspberries for thousands of years. From the popular red and black varieties to purple, yellow, or golden, each colour has its own unique mixture of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Focusing on red raspberries, some of their health benefits include: Brain-boosting: studies have shown a positive correlation between the intake of flavonoids in berries and memory improvement. As well as this they may also decrease the decline in cognitive ability related to ageing. Cancer preventing: as they contain powerful antioxidants that work against free radicals this can help to inhibit tumour growth and decrease inflammation within the body. Also present are polyphenols which help to ward off or slow down many different types of cancer, including lung, mouth, endometrial, pancreatic, prostate, and colon. Aidin
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Reduce Smell cat in Your House - be more Healthy

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A cat is a cute animal, so no wonder if many people like to keep it as a pet. But there are things you need to know, keeping a cat can make the room in your house so smelly. For that, you need to take some action to reduce the smell. To be more effective, ways to reduce the smell of cats were divided according to the cause. The first cause: cat litter If the scattering odor comes from your cat litter, you should do the following tips A. Keep it Clean The smell that comes from cat litter box does sting and make the room becomes uncomfortable occupied, For that you need to do the following five tips: 1. Scoop the feces in the litter box Cat feces which left is potentially making the smell even more, so it would be nice if you scoop the feces earlier and often to reduce smell. 2. Replace the sand litter box routinely Sand litter box will automatically absorb the odor from the dirt, And when the cat shitting and shitting again. The sand litter would be unable to absor
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