This gazpacho recipe is the best! It’s a refreshing chilled summer soup, perfect for your garden tomatoes and cucumber. Be sure to make it in advance so the soup can chill for at least 2 hours. Recipe yields 5 cups, enough for 4 servings. Gazpacho! The chilled, […]
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Sophia Loren, gorgeous italian actress, once shared her beauty secret – she loves taking olive oil baths. To prepare the olive oil bath, just add 5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into your bathtub and you are done! (You can add more if you like). This […]
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This roasted ratatouille spaghetti recipe is a fresh and light summer dinner featuring more vegetables than pasta! Burst cherry tomatoes, which are roasted in a separate pan, offer a light tomato sauce that coats the pasta. Go easy on the red pepper flakes if you’re sensitive to […]
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Among all plant oils, olive oil has the highest amount of monounsaturated fats, which does not oxidize readily in the body. This is the reason, why olive oil plays a key role in reducing the oxidative stress in the body.
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Arugula Almond Pesto Pizza: Pizza is a highly personal affair, isn’t it? Seems like everyone has strong opinions about the subject. New York style vs. Chicago, veggies vs. meat, thick vs. thin crust, classic mozzarella vs. the fancier stuff… We could debate over pizza all night, especially […]
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Simple Lip Scrub: Combine coarse sugar with a teaspoon of olive oil for a chapped-lip fix. You can also add a splash of lemon juice for added flavor and acidic exfoliating properties. This scrub is good enough to eat (literally). Plus, you can expand the recipe for […]
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Banana French Fries are deliciously healthy french fries and very tasty too. I’ve never tasted better fries nor more nutritious fries. Potatoes french fries are common but bananas are very healthy. They taste as good as any fast food French fries and are healthier. Green bananas are the […]
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Olive oil has been used as a hair treatment since ancient Egyptian times. First, warm the olive oil in the microwave or in hot water. Then apply it generously to the ends of hair and scalp. Leave it in for up to 10 to 20 minutes, and […]
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Thai Mango Salad with Peanut Dressing is a green salad that is bursting with fresh Thai flavors and bright colors. It’s great on its own, or as an accompaniment to Thai main dishes. Recipe yields 2 large salads or 4 side salads. The salad features butter lettuce […]
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During cooking, fatty acids can oxidize. That is, they react with oxygen and become damaged. It is mostly the double bonds in the fatty acid molecules that are responsible for this. For this reason, saturated fats (no double bonds) are resistant to high heat, while polyunsaturated fats […]
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