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Seasonal Eats Made Simple: Root Vegetables and Budget-Friendly Winter Recipes

Explore the versatility of root vegetables this December. Learn about their nutritional benefits, seasonal availability, and budget-friendly recipes to warm up your winter meals. As winter settles in, it’s time to embrace the bounty of seasonal produce, especially...

Gratitude in Practice: Rethinking Thanksgiving Traditions with Compassion

Explore the complexities of Thanksgiving with a thoughtful reflection on gratitude, historical context, and inclusivity. Discover how to celebrate with mindfulness and compassion. Thanksgiving is often seen as a time to gather with loved ones, share a delicious meal,...

Reducing Neurodegenerative Risk Through Nutrition and Lifestyle

Discover how factors like diet, physical activity, gut health, sleep, and stress influence neurodegenerative disease risk. Learn practical wellness tips to support brain health and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other disorders. Have you ever walked...

Fishing for compliments

For the second year in a row, I shared kitchen duties with my mom for our family's Christmas Eve dinner. My mom handled all the fish dishes (I've written about our Italian fish tradition previously here) and I was in charge of the rest, which included a variety...

DishWithDina 2015 Board Meetings: registration now open!

As some of you may already know, for nearly 10 years now, I've been conducting "Board Meetings," a year-long series of online workshops with friends, family members, and colleagues (aka "Board Members") who are interested in developing and pursuing their personal and...

Turkeys and dressings and pies…oh, my!

With the end of the year comes invitations to holiday parties and the potential to indulge on some not-so-great foods. Tempting as these are, overeating–especially the wrong foods–can not only leave you feeling sluggish, bloated, and upset with yourself, it can...

Take the cannoli

Even though we only live across the river, it's rare the bf and I get many visits from our friends and family in New Jersey, so you can imagine how excited we got when my cousins came into the city a couple of weekends ago to spend the whole day with us. What I love...

June/July 2014 promotion

Now that my spring semester is over, I can have a normal life again and with whom better to share my free time this summer than you, dear readers? If you book any session with me before 7/31/14, you'll receive 20% off the price listed on my menu of services. If...

March/April 2014 promotion

Spring is (finally) in the air and summer will be here before we know it, so I'm offering up a couple of promotions to help you kickstart or revive some healthful habits in your life: If you book any session with me before 4/30/14, you'll receive 20% off the price...