Tips & Tricks: Dull dill dilemma?

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I'm back with a tip I literally picked up today!

One of the things I least enjoy is when beautiful, green herbs and leaves turn yellow too fast before you get to use them.

My mom wanted to make my favorite Persian dill rice with lima bean dish (If you don't know what that is, click on my earlier post here: http://feedmytastebuds.blogspot.ae/2013/11/mina-simeena-mithl-3ajeena-persian-dill.html) but the dill we had was going yellow (not good since the green pigment in dill makes the rice turn green, hence green rice). So she decided to put the batch of dill in the freezer 2 days ago. Guess what? Today, she pulled it out of the freezer and it's beautifully, dark green again. I know, it's awesome! little victory dance anyone?

I haven't given this a try with any other herb but definitely worth giving a try to see if it works!

If you've tried this tip with any other herb, let me know below!

Tips & Tricks - Saltier for sweeter?

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Did you know that adding salt to your fruit can make it taste sweeter?

I didn't know this until recently and tried it on pineapples and it definitely brought out their flavor!

It's practiced a lot around the world and in many countries, they apply different toppings to their fruits to enhance their sweetness or flavor.

Here are a few examples:
In Mexico - they use lime, salt & chili
In Philippines - they use soy sauce
Taiwan - they use dried prune powder
In several parts of Asia - they place their cut up fruit in a bath of salted water

Next time you have fruit (especially unripe ones), try adding a tiny amount of salt and see what the difference is!

Note: Don't go crazy with the salt as this might end up taking away from the taste of the actual fruit!

Have you guys tried this before? What fruit did it work well with?