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• How to Select a Great Grapefruit

  Instructions Step 1: Use good judgment about where you shop for the best grapefruit. Chain groceries have good fruit sometimes, but it’s a 50/50 proposition. Smaller stores are even less consistent--unless you know one that is dependable. A friendly store will allow you to sample the fruit, which helps in sweetness. However, you can detect a good grapefruit without tasting, and... more.

• How to Grow a Plant in a Grapefruit Peel

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Grapefruit Knife Spoon Handful of potting soil Plant seeds Water Shallow dish Step 1: Cut a grapefruit evenly in half. Using a spoon, either eat the contents of one half or scoop them out and save them for later. Make sure you scrape out all of the grapefruit's insides, leaving only a clean "bowl" made of the rind. Step 2: Use a knife... more.

• How to Make a Tailgate Tumbler

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Thermoses Groceries Liquor Saucepans 1 cinnamon stick 1 tsp. whole cloves 6 c. grapefruit juice 2 tbsp. superfine sugar 1/2 c. whiskey Step 1: Mix sugar, cinnamon stick, whole cloves and 6 c. grapefruit juice in a saucepan. Step 2: Over a low flame, heat slowly until steaming, then simmer for 5 minutes. Step 3:... more.

• How to Make Blueberry Salmon

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: 1 cup fresh blueberries 2 salmon fillets (6 to 8 oz. each) ½ ruby red grapefruit (cut into bite-size pieces) 2 fresh limes ½ cup crushed pineapple ½ tsp. chili powder Freshly ground black pepper 1 Anaheim chili pepper, thinly sliced 2 tbsp. butter ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar Glass casserole or baking dish Step 1:... more.

• How to Use Essential Oils to Increase Alertness

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Pure essential oils Small mist spray bottle (4 fluid ounces) Purified water Step 1: Choose 100 percent pure essential oils as only these offer healthful benefits. The label will state "100% pure." You can find them at health food stores and online. Don’t use synthetic oils because they do not have the same benefits. Step 2: Choose... more.

• How to Increase Seminal Fluid

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Vitamin B12 Vitamin C Vitamin E Grapefruit Seeds Nuts Herbal medications Step 1: Space out your ejaculations. If you wait a while (at least 5 days) between ejaculations, you'll expel larger volumes of seminal fluid. Step 2: Engage in more foreplay prior to ejaculation. This allows more fluid to build up, resulting in greater fluid... more.

• How to Pick Fruits for an Acid Reflux Diet

  Instructions Step 1: Choose fruits that are alkaline forming, such as Golden Delicious apples, bananas and dates. Other foods that are alkaline forming are pink grapefruit, Bing cherries, Bosc and Japanese pears, plums , apricots, dark berries, Flame and Concord grapes, kumquats, lemons (if they ripened on the tree), mango, kiwi, melons and one kind of white-fleshed peach called Spring... more.

• How to Lose Weight With a High Alkaline Diet

  Instructions Step 1: Maintain a healthy pH balance in the body. Ideally, you should consume 80 percent alkaline foods and 20 percent acidic foods. Your body achieves optimum benefits when you eat high alkaline food such as fruits and vegetables. Step 2: Make a list of high alkaline fruits and concentrate on eating them. Lemons, limes and grapefruit are acidic but turn alkaline in the... more.

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  How to Be Colorful in Your Cooking

  Instructions Step 1: Realize and become aware, that while the most important aspects of food are that it be nutritional and taste good, its visual presentation adds or subtracts from the experience. Step 2: Let your imagination wander. Now that you are conscious of the fact that foods are visual art too, you are free to combine color and texture with various flavors you're offering... more.

• How to Treat Workplace Stress with Essential Oils

  Instructions Step 1: Know some of the oils that will help to treat workplace stress: Bergamot (Citrus bergamia)--antidepressant, sedative, tonic, uplifting, helps relieve tension and anxiety. Chamomile Roman (Anthemis nobilis)--sedative, soothing, calming, antidepressant, alleviates anxiety and stress, also useful in alleviating migraines and headaches. Clary sage (Salvia... more.

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  How to Identify Fruit Trees

  Instructions Step 1: Identify a drupe fruit tree. Drupe fruit trees produce fruit with a hard outer shell, such as coconut and mango trees. Step 2: Determine if the fruit can be separated into sections. Hesperidium fruit trees grow this type of fruit, are are usually of the citrus variety--including grapefruit, orange, lemon and lime trees. Step 3: Determine how the tree grows.... more.

• Vitamins for Healthy Skin & Hair

  Instructions B Vitamins Step 1: Studies have shown that deficiencies in B vitamins can cause problems with the skin and hair loss. Vitamin E Step 1: Vitamin E increases oxygen which can improve circulation in the scalp and skin, helping new hair growth and increasing blood flow to the skin. Vitamin C Step 1: Vitamin C is necessary for skin to form collagen and aids in... more.

• How to Choose an All-Purpose Cleaner

  Instructions Step 1: Buy an environmentally friendly all-purpose cleaner. The newest trends in cleaning solutions is cleaners that don't add harmful byproducts to the environment and will keep your home free of potentially harmful chemicals. Mrs. Meyers All-Purpose cleaner is a popular all-natural product, as are Method and Seventh Generation. Step 2: Choose an all-purpose cleaner... more.

• How to Clean a Car With Home Ingredients

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Large bucket Vegetable oil based liquid soap Water Sponge Car brush White vinegar Spray bottle Newspaper Club soda Essential oils Step 1: Combine 1/4 cup vegetable oil based liquid soap and a gallon of hot water in a bucket. Use a nonabrasive sponge on the paint and a stiff-bristled brush to clean the wheels and tires. Rinse with... more.

• How to Choose Emotionally Uplifting Essential Oils

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Pure essential oils Almond oil Glass bottle with stopper Prepare Essential Oils to Uplift and Brighten Your Day Step 1: Choose 100 percent pure essential oils because only these offer healthful benefits. The label will state "100 percent pure." You can find them at health food stores and on-line. Don’t use synthetic oils. They do not... more.

• How to Make Perfume Oil

  Instructions Things You’ll Need: Base oil Essential oils (your choice) Dark glass bottle Funnel Eye droppers Step 1: Choose a base oil. Vegetable oils are inexpensive and will provide a good base for perfume oil that you intend to use quickly. However, they tend to become rancid sooner than other oils. For a velvety-smooth, lightweight feel, try almond oil or grape seed... more.

• How to Feed Toucans

  Instructions Step 1: Feed a suitable pelleted diet for toucans. Do not use pellets designed for parrots; instead, look for low iron softbill pellets that do not contain propylene glycol. The pelleted diet should make up about 50 percent of your toucan's diet. Step 2: Buy a variety of fresh fruits to feed your toucan. Some of the best choices include papaya, cantaloupe and other... more.

• How to Get Rid of Household Odors

  Instructions Step 1: Ban smoking from anywhere inside your house or garage. This rule should pertain to visitors and residents alike and no exceptions should be made because of inclement weather. Step 2: Obsess about keeping the bathrooms clean. This is an excellent arena for using diffusers with lavender or lemon oil. Bathrooms are also a perfect place for an exhaust fan (put one in... more.

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  What Is Rutin?

  Instructions Identification Step 1: Rutin is a water-soluble bioflavonoid that is found in high concentrations in several different plant species. Its name comes from the plant Ruta glaveolens, which contains high levels of naturally occurring rutin. It is found in particularly high concentration in buckwheat, Rheum plants and the fruit of the Fava D'Anta tree. Function Step 1:... more.

• About Texas State Emblems & Symbols

  Instructions History of Step 1: In order for something to become an emblem or symbol of Texas, there must be a resolution submitted in either the state senate or house. Like any state law, the resolution must be debated and approved by both the house and the senate, then signed by the governor. The same process must be followed to change or remove a Texas state emblem or symbol. The... more.