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Is it a Fruit or a Vegetable? Tomatoes are often considered a vegetable, though in actuality they are a citrus fruit. Tomatoes are delicious...

For a healthy heart, juice up 1 cup mixed berries like strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries; 1/4 cup pom pips; and 1 apple, cut into wedges. Or juice 1 beet, 1/4 cup pom pips, 1/2 cup each strawberries and cherries, and 1 apple cut into wedges. The fruits will mask the beet taste and make this a hit with your kids. Or juice together 1 cup pom pips and 2 cups blueberries for an appetizing blue cooler.

Pineapple juice contains bromelain and kills bacteria. One cup of pineapple juice contains nearly 50% of the daily requirement for vitamin C intake. Drinking pineapple juice helps soothe a sore throat and aids the body to expel mucous easily. Raw extracts from pineapple could decrease mucus five times faster than over-the-counter cough syrups.

Ginger, zingiber officinale, is thought to be perhaps the most used plant in the history of mankind.  The Sanskrit name for ginger is “vishwa...

Preheat oven to 350F. Heat 24 garlic cloves coated with olive oil and sea salt for 45 min. Remove peels and set aside. Melt butter, add onions, thyme, ginger and cayenne powder in a saucepan and cook for 6 mins. Add the roasted garlic and vegetables and simmer for 20 mins. Blend puree until smooth then mix coconut milk and simmer in pan again.