Please consume it anyway you want: paste, salad, smoothie. Also add any nutritional or flavorful additives you want. I only experimented with raw, not cooked cilantro. I never read a blog of someone using cooked cilantro as a heavy metal detox. Most used about a giant handful daily, about a half a bunch, but some consumed an entire bunch a day. Few reported positive results with cilantro oil, plus I liked the added nutritional value of the fresh cilantro. Yet if the cilantro looked great, I bought extra to freeze to extend the time between shopping trips.