Tag Archives: Dietary Fibers

It’s Fig Season

How to select and buy figs? •Ripe figs are soft in hand, have sweet aroma and rich in color. •Fig have a short life time thus it’s best to eat them while still fresh, if not they can be placed … Continue reading

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Passion Fruit… Passiflora edulis…

It’s a vine type tree that produce egg shaped purple or yellow fruits. The passion fruit mainly grows in warm areas, it’s found in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, , Indonesia, Peru, Hawaii, Mexico etc. The passion fruit pictures you’ll … Continue reading

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EGGPLANT… Does it contain High Concentrations of NICOTINE?

Eggplant, also known as Aubergine, is a vegetable found in several shapes, sizes and colors. It’s widely used in cooking: baked, stewed, roasted, stuffed or fried. For example, it’s used to make (in the Lebanese Cuisine): -Baba Ghannouj: roasted eggplant … Continue reading

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Artichoke Overview and Health Benefits

Overview Artichoke is the unopened flower of a Thistle (a flowering plant characterized by leaves of sharp tips). Artichoke is well known in the Mediterranean region. In Lebanon, it is widely served as a cold “mezza” (Lebanese cold appetizers) with … Continue reading

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Open Sesame…

Sesame is a flowering plant… its seeds are rich in oil. The seeds are further processes to give sesame oil or stone grinded to give sesame paste know as Tahini… Seeds, oils or pastes are greatly used in cooking… especially … Continue reading

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