Basil

The popular and versatile herb is surprisingly expensive in supermarkets, but you can grow it cheap and easy right in your kitchen. Keep it in the area of your home that receives the most sunlight throughout the day.

Chives

Chives are a simple herb that can be added to many dishes, and they require very little maintenance. Keep them in a cooler area but make sure that they still get plenty of light.

Rosemary

This herb that is great for meats, fish, and potatoes can grow fruitfully all year if you give it plenty of water and light. What’s more, it will make your house smell fantastic!

Mint

Mint grows quickly and in large quantities, but doesn’t require full light, making it a perfect indoor plant.

Parsley

Parsley is another herb that doesn’t need full sunlight, so you can safely grow it in a container at any time of year.

The post The Best Indoor Herbs to Grow Year-Round appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Tomatoes

You’ve probably been keeping tomatoes wrong your whole life. These delicious fruits will lose all their flavor if you put them in the fridge. There is no bigger crime than taking away the taste from something you bought. That’s why you should find a dark and colder place in your home to store tomatoes there.

Potatoes

Another food that you should avoid storing in the fridge. Cold temperatures have the ability to break down the starches in potatoes. This makes them unpleasant and overly-sweet and gritty. Instead, find a dark spot where you will keep them from now on.

Basil

Your favorite leafy green should stay away from the cold as well. The best way to store it is to put it in a glass of water. For long-term storage, you can blanch the leaves and then freeze the basil.

Honey

You can use a jar of honey for as long as you want, the only thing you have to avoid is keeping it in the fridge. Honey will crystalize because of the cold temperatures, so anything other than that works just fine.

The post Four Foods You Shouldn’t Keep in the Fridge appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Ingredients:

To make the basil cashew pesto pasta recipe you will have to get:

8 oz. box of pasta
1/4 cup raw cashews
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/2 tablespoons sea salt
1/2 tablespoons black pepper
1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups fresh basil
2-3 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice

How To Make It:

The first step of preparing the basil cashew pesto pasta is to boil the pasta.

While it’s cooking you can start preparing the sauce. Add the olive oil, cashews, garlic, and black pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend them well to get an even consistency. Add the salt and nutritional yeast to the mix. Blend again. Add the basil and blend once again. The mixture has to be smooth and evened out. Put in the lemon juice and pulse. Your basil cashew pesto dressing is ready.

Remove the water from the cooked pasta and add the sauce.

Cook the pasta for a minute and mix very well.

The post 10-Minute Basil Cashew Pesto Pasta Recipe appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Sage

Sage is such a beautiful flavor to add to cocktails, especially with fruits like blackberry and blueberry. As soon as the sugar has dissolved into the water, put some fresh sage leaves into the pot and steep for at least 20 minutes, longer if you want it stronger or more leaves for less time for the same desired effect.

Mint

Mint lemonade is one of the most refreshing drinks to have, especially for summertime. Steep some mint leaves in the syrup but only for about 15 minutes or the flavor will be off and the shelf life will be shortened.

Basil

Peach iced tea is wonderfully sweet, but using basil as a neutralizer makes it even better. Since basil is such a delicate herb, don’t be afraid to use a lot of it in the syrup!

The post Simply Divine Simple Syrups appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Basil

The popular and versatile herb is surprisingly expensive in supermarkets, but you can grow it cheap and easy right in your kitchen. Keep it in the area of your home that receives the most sunlight throughout the day.

Chives

Chives are a simple herb that can be added to many dishes, and they require very little maintenance. Keep them in a cooler area but make sure that they still get plenty of light.

Rosemary

This herb that is great for meats, fish, and potatoes can grow fruitfully all year if you give it plenty of water and light. What’s more, it will make your house smell fantastic!

Mint

Mint grows quickly and in large quantities, but doesn’t require full light, making it a perfect indoor plant.

Parsley

Parsley is another herb that doesn’t need full sunlight, so you can safely grow it in a container at any time of year.

The post The Best Indoor Herbs to Grow Year-Round appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Tomatoes

You’ve probably been keeping tomatoes wrong your whole life. These delicious fruits will lose all their flavor if you put them in the fridge. There is no bigger crime than taking away the taste from something you bought. That’s why you should find a dark and colder place in your home to store tomatoes there.

Potatoes

Another food that you should avoid storing in the fridge. Cold temperatures have the ability to break down the starches in potatoes. This makes them unpleasant and overly-sweet and gritty. Instead, find a dark spot where you will keep them from now on.

Basil

Your favorite leafy green should stay away from the cold as well. The best way to store it is to put it in a glass of water. For long-term storage, you can blanch the leaves and then freeze the basil.

Honey

You can use a jar of honey for as long as you want, the only thing you have to avoid is keeping it in the fridge. Honey will crystalize because of the cold temperatures, so anything other than that works just fine.

The post Four Foods You Shouldn’t Keep in the Fridge appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Ingredients:

To make the basil cashew pesto pasta recipe you will have to get:

8 oz. box of pasta
1/4 cup raw cashews
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1/2 tablespoons sea salt
1/2 tablespoons black pepper
1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups fresh basil
2-3 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice

How To Make It:

The first step of preparing the basil cashew pesto pasta is to boil the pasta.

While it’s cooking you can start preparing the sauce. Add the olive oil, cashews, garlic, and black pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend them well to get an even consistency. Add the salt and nutritional yeast to the mix. Blend again. Add the basil and blend once again. The mixture has to be smooth and evened out. Put in the lemon juice and pulse. Your basil cashew pesto dressing is ready.

Remove the water from the cooked pasta and add the sauce.

Cook the pasta for a minute and mix very well.

The post 10-Minute Basil Cashew Pesto Pasta Recipe appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Sage

Sage is such a beautiful flavor to add to cocktails, especially with fruits like blackberry and blueberry. As soon as the sugar has dissolved into the water, put some fresh sage leaves into the pot and steep for at least 20 minutes, longer if you want it stronger or more leaves for less time for the same desired effect.

Mint

Mint lemonade is one of the most refreshing drinks to have, especially for summertime. Steep some mint leaves in the syrup but only for about 15 minutes or the flavor will be off and the shelf life will be shortened.

Basil

Peach iced tea is wonderfully sweet, but using basil as a neutralizer makes it even better. Since basil is such a delicate herb, don’t be afraid to use a lot of it in the syrup!

The post Simply Divine Simple Syrups appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.