WELCOME TO "DA" KITCHEN

Most heavily pesticide sprayed fruits and vegetables and the home pesticide wash recipe:

• Peaches
• Apples
• Sweet Belle Peppers
• Celery
• Nectarines
• Strawberries
• Cherries
• Pears
• Grapes
• Spinach

Recipe:

1 cup water

1 cup vinegar

2 tbsp baking soda

1 tbsp lemon juice

Mix in spray bottle and spray on produce.  Let it sit for 5 minutes then rinse.  Bon Appetit!

There are between 2 and 3 million people a year prescribed blood thinners in the US.   A blood thinner is a drug that interferes with the bloods' ability to form clots to prevent bleeding.  There are certain medical conditions which require blood thinners such as Plavix or Warfarin in order to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, or blockage.  The most common conditions are Heart Disease, Irregular heartbeat such as Atrial Fibrillation, blood vessel disease, or just prone to blood clots. The drugs compete with the Vitamin K in your body.  Vitamin K, produced by the liver, assists in the clotting process.  The most common types of blood thinner drugs prescribed are Asprin, Clopedogrel (Plavix), Prasugral (Effient), Ticagrelor (Brillinta) or Coumadin (Warfarin).  In order for your prescribed regimen to be optimally affective you should avoid the following foods: 

Kale

Spinach

Brussel Sprouts

Parsley

Collard Greens

Chard

Green Tea

1 Salmon Filet

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp dried herb de provence

4 tsp lemon juice

1. Cut the salmon into six pieces

2. Spray the grill with olive oil

3. Place salmon on grill, approximately 5 minutes

4. Turn salmon and sprinkle with lemon juice

5.  Sprinkle salt, pepper, and dried herb on top

6.  Let grill for 5 minutes more

Serve

Also try a salmon glaze: mix 1/2 cup brown sugar with 1 tsp Soy Sauce.  Mix together