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hi this is Anita from reluctant low carb
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life and today we're going to talk a
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little bit about herbs in particularly
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fresh herbs herbs that can Elevate any
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type of meal whether it's a low carb
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meal or another type of meal you know
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here are some basic herbs to consider to
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have in your kitchen and basically fresh
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herbs I'm always a great fan of fresh
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herbs not dried herbs somehow for me
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they always taste so much better in the
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food and in a meal than they do if
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they're fresh and they are not dried I
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realize in some places getting you know
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fresh herbs during certain times of the
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year may be very difficult but if you're
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able to get fresh herbs here are some
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great fresh herbs basil basil is a great
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fresh Herb in fact there's different
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types of basil there's know an Italian
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basil there's many different types of
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basil there's um the basil which is used
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in cooking like Vietnamese cooking so if
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you're able to a fresh basil use fresh
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basil chives is another one I love fresh
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chives in fact when I make soup I will
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always try to find fresh chives
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especially I'm in the United States I go
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to that part of the grocery store where
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they have the fresh herbs and I'll get
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myself some fresh chives having fresh
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chives can just make all the difference
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in soups and and other things it has
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this really delicate onion flavor it's a
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great fresh herb cilantro was another
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one some people love it some people hate
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it it's a great herb I love it a lot of
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people may not realize that it's used a
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lot not only a Mexican but also
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Vietnamese cuisine cantro is a big herb
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for Vietnamese cuisine and actually
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Indian dishes you know it's bright it's
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transformative it's got a great Aroma to
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it and it's really a great herb to have
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fresh parsley is another one you know
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dried parsley just doesn't taste as good
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as fresh parsley parsley is a great herb
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to have as a fresh herb mint I love
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fresh mint I've always loved fresh mint
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even as a child we had some mint growing
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in our yard and we'd pick it up and eat
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the fresh mint mint is a great herb mint
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is great to put into things even like
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soda water and lime and a bit of fresh
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mint is great mint can just give a a
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little bit of this vibrancy to a dish
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it's actually another one of those herbs
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that's used a lot fresh in Vietnamese um
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Vietnamese food in Vietnamese cooking
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you know you can add fresh mint to a
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cucumber and feta salad you can use it
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in yogurt with grilled Lam or chicken
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and you can toss in a low berry salad
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for a refreshing twist mint is just one
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of those great herbs that you can have
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around that can really give a pickme up
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to many types of dishes
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deal deal is another great one in fact
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you know fresh deal with fish is is
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great as we all know right so you know
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you can sprinkle over you know salmon or
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shrimp you can add your cucumber salad
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with a Tangy Greek yogurt dressing and
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you can mix scrambled eggs or an
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omelette to make you know the just have
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that little bit of Dill taste in that
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Dill is also a great herb Rosemary is is
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another one if you can't get a fresh
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it's one that a lot of people use dried
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but you can drizzle over roasted
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vegetables you can add to roasted
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chicken or lamb and you can finally chop
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and mix in almond flour for you know a
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little bit of sa y twist um Rosemary is
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a great one as is thy you know thyme has
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got sort of this complex flavor to it
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it's a great sort of earthy type of
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flavor that it has to it you of course
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you know when it comes time for
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Thanksgiving we all know thyme is being
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used but it you know it can be used in a
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great a garlicky butter sauce for it can
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be added to brussel sprouts and it can
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be including in broth for Soups to give
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some type of flavor to it oregano is
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another great one and if you get oregano
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fresh it's great to use oregano it's it
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can um you know for Greek salads you can
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add it for grilled chicken or lamb
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roasted zucchini or eggplant oregano is
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also great and our final one we had was
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Teragon it sort of gives that licorice
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flavor but it's really it's a great one
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for you know to put on chicken or fish
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an omelette or salads or asparagus so if
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you wanted to have like 10 herbs that
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you want to make sure that you hadh
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fresh or you grew the 10 herbs in an
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indoor garden those would be the 10
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herbs that I would grow and that I would
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use you know in my cooking because all
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of those herbs can be such a great
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addition to so many many types of dishes
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and where you know recipe calls for
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dried herbs you can actually put in the
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fresh herbs and it will taste so much
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better this is Anita from reluctant low
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carb life we're going to put a link into
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our blog post on the 10 fresh herbs that
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elevate any low carb meal so if you're
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interested to be able to read more about
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these herbs and ways that you can use
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them to give you some suggestions you
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know there's really no right a wrong
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wrong way experiment be creative try
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different things you can do try
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different ways you can use these herbs
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and again I said If you're looking for
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an herb garden these would be the 10
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that I would pick to have in my herb
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garden these are the 10 great fresh
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herbs to have thank you so much for
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listening and being part of our
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community we certainly do appreciate you
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and joining for us for the trifecta of
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Health which is about eating fresh
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eating foods that help you feel full and
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also um Fitness doing those three things
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to improve your life thank you
