dinanicola: how to fend off vampires. garlic green beans prep time: 5 mins cooking time: 3 mins 1 lb green beans 6 cloves garlic (more if you like it spicy!), roughly chopped sea salt olive oil 1. bring a large saucepan of water to a boil + add in green beans + 1 tsp sea salt…

dinanicola: the hipster-est of salads walk into any all-the-rage, farm-to-table restaurant these days + and spoiler alert, you are guaranteed to find two things on the menu: kale and brussel sprouts. so, why not marry the two? kale, brussel sprout + apple salad cooking time: 15 minutes serves: 4 1 head kale, stems removed +…

dinanicola: prime for the pickin’ heirloom tomato salad serves: 2 – 4 cooking time: 10 mins 4 heirloom tomatoes, sliced 1 cucumber, peeled + sliced 2 green onions, cleaned + sliced avocado (optional) olive oil sea salt 1. place all vegetables in a large salad bowl 2. drizzle with olive oil + sea salt to…

Crazy to think that that two-thirds of produce samples in recent tests had pesticide residues. In my house we moved to primarily organic about 6 years ago. In the recent years I have paid much more attention to the dirty dozen and clean fifteen. Health wise I have seen a difference for sure. Also with…

My husbands aunt is in the DC area today. She wanted to have lunch with us before heading back to PA. Hubs had work and I have off since it is a Monday in June. Mondays and Fridays in June I have off. We decided to eat near Catholic U where hubs works. They have…

♻️👊👍 The last month or so I have been growing herbs. Started with a small mint and basil plant. Moved to two mint plants. Two sweet basil plants. Added lemon basil from Butler’s Orchard this weekend. Today went to see what plants are still out there that could live on my window. Also got a…

My salad all put together. introducing my second sweet basil plant. Salad is all the items from my last post put together. ½ cup cherry tomatoes sliced 2-3 cups chopped kale. I have learned that people struggle with kale. I love it but don’t like spinach. By chopping up into tiny thin pieces I have…