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Healthy Banana Nut Bread Recipe

This recipe serves: 18 Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 55 minutes Ingredients 4-5 ripe bananas, mashed 1 ¾ cup Splenda 3 tablespoon half & half milk 3 tablespoons butter 2 eggs, beaten 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 2 cups English walnuts, chopped Baking Instructions 1. Mash bananas with fork and put into mixing bowl. 2. Add melted butter, eggs, [...]

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Lemon Iced Tea Recipe

This recipe serves: 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Ingredients 4 lemon-flavored herbal tea bags 2 cups water 4 teaspoons sugar 4 cups ice cubes 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 4 slices lemon 4 mint sprigs Cooking Instructions 1. Bring the water to a boil and remove from heat. 2. Place the tea bags in a large tea pot and pour the hot water [...]

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Cut The Fat for The Summer With Chicken Meat

One 4-ounce serving of roasted, skinless chicken breast offers approximately 188 calories and four grams of fat – a nutritional bargain. But leave the skin on and the calories jump to 224 and the fat grams double. Cutting off the skin doesn’t mean you have to cut out the flavor, too. Sure, fat equals flavor [...]

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Healthy Benefits of Eating Leeks

It is said that Emperor Nero of Rome regularly ate large amounts of leeks in order to improve his singing voice, while the Welsh claim that wearing leeks in their helmets helped them achieve victory in battle. Today, leeks are popular throughout Europe, especially in France as the key ingredient in vichyssoise, a cold potato, [...]

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The dreaded orange peel - Celebrities want to get rid of it

OK, she hasn’t got that much orange-peel skin, but it’s great to know that even rich 25-year-olds aren’t immune to the dreaded dimples. According to the Daily Mail, the Simple Life star favours the ‘Ionithermie Cheek Lift’ treatment to help reduce her cellulite and keep her rear firm. If you think of your thighs or bottom [...]

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