Double-Smoked Bacon Bread. Wow.
This is profoundly great bread. Without kneading dough. Really. No kneading. Just 30 seconds of stirring.
Slower Sunday: Happy Trails
You're on foot, but you feel like you should be on your trusty old horse. Sagebrush is blowin' in the wind. Everything slows down. Press Play. Just take a minute. For a magic trail.
Bread & Breakfast: Savory & Sweet
Apple-Cheddar-Bacon Bread Pudding. The perfect breakfast for a Slower Fall Saturday or Sunday. Smells as great as it tastes. Turns you whole home into an aromatherapy clinic while it's in the oven. $4. Serves 8 - 12.
The Walk That Ate Malibu
Backbone Trail up to Castro Peak. Back down to the Malibu beaches. Walk 15 miles. Burn 1,800 calories - Way more than you (should) eat at Coogie's and Duke's.
What we learn from chicken soup
There's a lesson here. The best homemade soup you can imagine. Best, not just Better. Seems like it's free. Cheaper than cheap. Five minutes to "make" it. Plenty of time to eat Slower tonight.
Autumn Farro Salad
The light and lemony dressing is great with the nutty and kinda rich, high-protein whole grain. And that's all terrific with the roasted greens: kale and Brussels sprouts. And all that's made even Better by the slightly salty and deeply flavorful cheese.
Slower Sunday: Soulful
You look into its eyes. Bright eyes. It's not alive. But it's not really what you'd call dead. Today's the day to carve your pumpkin. Very carefully. Press Play. Watch.
Pumpkin Chips. Trick or treat?
Definitely a treat. Light, crisp, delicious. Salty or sweet. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on them and they taste like pumpkin pie. The trick: make them with butternut squash. Works better than pumpkin.
The Walk That Ate the Pumpkin Capital
You can walk through the town of Half Moon Bay, wander in pumpkin patches and stroll along a big stretch of beach. All in a two-hour walk. Or you can do the four-hour version, burn 1,200 calories and enter the pumpkin pie-eating contest.
Got pumpkin? Add soffrito.
50 cents per serving for a deeply flavorful, sweet and savory dish. Totally satisfying. Your daily Vitamin A requirement and a lot of Vitamin C for 30 calories. Serve it with polenta or farro and make a meal out of it.