Category: Greens & Natural
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Bitter Leaf: The Incredible Power of Greens
The herb known as bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) is a shrub or small tree that can reach 23 feet in height when fully grown. Bitter leaf has a grey or brown colored bark, which has a rough texture and is flaked. The herb is an indigenous African plant; which grows in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The…
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Step By Step How To Make Bitter Leaf Smoothie
Not everyone can stomach the bitter Leaf juice exact given its name “BITTER”. To so many people drink the bitter leaf juice is such a “DRAG”. What better can you keep the benefit and enjoy the juice by making a smoothie out of it? Like the saying goes “If life gives you a lemon –…
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How To Wash Bitter Leaves – The Easy Way Using A Food Processor
What You will be needing Fresh Bitter leaves – or dried Food Processor – with the DOUGH blade. Water Steps on How To 1. You don’t need to pick the leaves off the stems, just jumble all into a pot and let it boil for about 7 – 10 minutes. This leaches out the bitterness, and assists…
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How To Wash Bitter Leaf – The Hardcore way
Bitter leaf as the name implies is very bitter, and for it to be used in a large quantity for cooking as a vegetable, the bitterness needs to be washed out. Like I said in my post on Bitter leaf soup/Onugbu soup, to wash out bitterness in fresh bitter leaf is tedious but doable. The…