Make your own herbal teas; Simple ingredients, satisfying drinks

From: Concord Monitor | Date: August 28, 2005| Author: Sara Byfield | Copyright information

The nationwide best-selling book French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure by Mireille Guiliano extols, among other things, the virtues of "tisanes," or herbal teas. I agree. Herbal teas have no calories, taste good and help to provide a feeling of contentment after a meal or at bedtime. Growing the ingredients to make your own is easy, and you don't even need a garden -some are excellent house plants.

Let's start with those that you may already grow. Bee balm (Mona...

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