Happy 4th of July everyone 🇺🇸
Herbs & Spices are the secret to great cooking
List of herbs & spices used in cooking in different countries & regions :
For French cuisine :
Bouquet Garni: Usually tied together with string or wrapped in a cheese cloth, the “garnished bouquet” is used to flavor soups and stocks. It usually consists of sage, parsley, thyme, bay leaf and peppercorns.
For Middle Eastern cuisine :
Baharat: common in middle eastern cooking. It is a blend of several spices that can vary geographically, but you can generally expect black pepper, coriander, paprika, cardamom ,nutmeg, cumin, cloves, and cinnamon.
Baharat can be used as a seasoning for meat, vegetables, seafood,dry rub or for marinate. It is aromatic and gives a little zest to any dish.
For South American cuisine:
Adobo Spice Mix: This mix of oregano, paprika, chilli and thyme is the base of the famous Chimichurri sauce for barbequed meat – also used as a marinade.
For Asian cuisine :
The spices that are typically used are basil, cassia (cinnamon), cilantro, coriander, chiles, cloves, cumin, galangal, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, spearmint, star anise and turmeric.
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A flowering Shrub from early summer to late fall
Rose of Sharon, also called “althaea” or “althea,” as Hibiscus syriacus. Native to China and India, was brought to Europe in 16th century.
one of our favorite Shrubs, perfect for creating tall wide private wall, with its natural tendency to grow wide and thick with its beautiful trumpet shape flowers.
Resilient Rose of Sharon is drought tolerant and prefers full sun and well-drained soil.
Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds love this shrub.
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Happy Father’s Day 😘
Tomorrow is Father’s Day ❤️
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Today’s World Cup matches
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4 healthy drinks to quench your thirst
it’s not always so simple to toss aside the convenience of sports drinks after a hard workout, but if you’re looking to leave the synthetics aside, high fructose corn syrup and artificial dyes, try these natural drinks :
Coconut water:
Has five times more potassium meaning electrolyte lost in sweat that helps with the storage of carbohydrates.
Orange Juice:
Make it a freshly squeezed, or at least not from concentrate. Oj boosts your body’s system with carbs and potassium.
Chocolate milk:
Gives your body the protein, calcium and essential carbs that it needs to replenish your muscles after a long run or a draining weight workout in the gym.
Yogurt smoothie
Gives you carbohydrates, good quality protein and some sodium and potassium.
Have A Great Workout🧗🏻♀️
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Call it cat’s intuition
It never fails when cats are out and about they love to chew on grass.
That is why taking your indoor cat for a walk outside is good for their health. Cats regurgitate when they eat grass because they lack the necessary enzymes to break down vegetable matter, but this helps to clean out the cat’s digestive tract, making it feel a whole lot better. Grass acts as a natural laxative, and helpful to get that irritating fur ball out.
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Pink Silk Tree
Also known as the Mimosa, full name “Albizia julibrissin” . Named after an Italian nobleman Albizia, and its Persian name Gul meaning flower, Abrisham meaning Silk ( Julibrissin).
Original habitats are Iran, Azerbaijan, China, and Korea. Made its way to United States in 1745. Flowers have a beautiful fragrant and sometimes are brewed with leaves for tea, but seeds and the seedpods are poisonous.
One of our favorite trees, and the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds agree. It survives the hot summer days, very tolerant to dry soil. Its beautiful silk like flowers add a pink hue to its branches, and create a dreamy vision of a painting.
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Perfect picture photos
With summer here this was a fun project at home that kept our active children busy in the garden. And surprised of how beautiful their pictures came out.
you need:
1- several plastic colorful buckets or bowls
2- water
3- flowers
4- camera
5- photo printer
6- Sharpies to date and sign their photos
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