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Fresh Seven-Layer Dip

Fresh Seven-Layer Dip

Fresh Seven-Layer Dip: This healthy Tex-Mex layer dip is made with fresh ingredients! Homemade “refried” black beans, guacamole, salsa verde, pico de gallo and more. It’s vegan and dairy-free, too. Recipe yields enough dip for 4 to 8 people, depending on serving sizes. Meet the seven-layer dip […]

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How Olive Oil Is Made

How Olive Oil Is Made

How Olive Oil Is Made: The craft of turning olives into oil has been honed in the Mediterranean region over thousands of years, and techniques have been passed down from generation to generation. The process is truly a regional art. The method used in Greece is different […]

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

The most amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe! They are easy to make (no mixer required) with basic, wholesome ingredients. They’re miraculously vegan, too (no softened butter here). Recipe yields 13 large cookies. For years, I’ve been searching for my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe. I want outrageously […]

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Basics on Olive Oil

Basics on Olive Oil

A visit to the local market for olive oil may make your head spin. With dozens of choices, which one is best? Which has the most healing properties? Which is best right out of the bottle, and which is best for cooking? Fear not, because your olive […]

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Caprese Pasta Salad

Caprese Pasta Salad

Caprese Pasta Salad: A simple Caprese pasta salad with a twist. Cook cherry tomatoes with olive oil for a few minutes and they create their own pasta sauce. Caprese salads might be ubiquitous this time of year, but for good reason. You really can’t go wrong with […]

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Organic Olive Oil

Organic Olive Oil

Organic Olive Oil: All plants have natural enemies, and olive trees are no different. Olives are susceptible to a pest known as the olive fly, which lives inside the olive and makes a feast of the fruit. Fungus is another adversary of olives, although olive flies are […]

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Summertime Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Corn and Jalapeno Pesto

Summertime Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Corn and Jalapeno Pesto

Here we are, smack dab in the middle of June, and I’m looking out at gray skies. Why?! I don’t know about you, but dreary weather slows me down and sunshine motivates me to skip right along. At least I have a bowl full of summertime goodness […]

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Color Considerations

Color Considerations

Color Considerations: Green olive oils come from unripe olives and impart a slightly bitter, pungent flavor. Emerald-tinged oils have fruity, grassy, and peppery flavors that dominate the foods in which you use them. These oils are great with neutral-flavored foods that allow their bold flavors to shine. […]

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Mediterranean Raw Squash Pasta Salad

Mediterranean Raw Squash Pasta Salad

Mediterranean Raw Squash Pasta Salad: This Mediterranean-style salad is light, refreshing, and overflowing with colorful rounds of thinly sliced raw zucchini and yellow squash. It’s just the kind of meal I’m craving as I recover from a week of overindulgence and adventure in the tropics. This pasta […]

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Lower-quality oils

Lower-quality oils

Lower-quality oils: Some olive oil is further refined after the first pressing. These three types of oils can no longer bear the title “virgin.” When virgin oils are not fit for human consumption (because of poor flavor, an acidity level greater than 3.3 percent, or an unpleasant […]

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