Golden Beet Rösti
Rösti is a traditional Swiss dish, a potato pancake only better. When you swap the potato for golden beets, it's even Better. Sweeter. Richer in flavor and Vitamins A and C. Delicious, cheap, easy.
Farm to Pizza: everything CSA on it
When the Farmers Market looks like a huge crop of pizza toppings, buy veggies, toss dough, make summer's best pizza. That crust is a great platform for healthy ingredients. A great new habit waiting to replace a bad old one. Who doesn't want to eat a pizza?
Curried Butternut Squash
The squash that's easy to peel, easy to clean, easy to slice and dice. And easy to curry. Cheap and easy to buy right now in Farmers Markets almost everywhere. Sweet and spicy. Mouth- and nose-filling. Tickles every taste bud you have. Yum.
Your Monday #37: Lift Off. 2 minutes.
A 2-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to balance yourself and stay on your feet - while you stretch and strengthen your calf muscles. Pretty great for just two minutes.
Even the fastest go Slower Sunday
I wonder how they got it to go so slow. Because there could be a good lesson here. You spend your life trying to be the fastest. Until one Sunday, you just slow down. Seeing is believing. Press Play.
Late Summer Pizza. Red. No sauce.
No sauce on this, but the roasted vegetables combine to taste like a great sauce. A sauce you chew. But just a little. Because the red roasted vegetables almost melt in your mouth. They're the stars here. This would be great even without the pizza crust.
Glaciers: Get ’em while they’re frozen
If you're in shape to hike around Glacier National Park, do it while the glaciers are still there. If you're not - get in shape. You've got a year or two before the massive glaciers will disappear, completely. Right now, click and gasp.
Deviled Eggs, creamy and whipped
Amazing what a little whipped cream will do for a deviled egg. We're not talking about a garnish here. We're talking about a mayonnaise replacement that makes the yolk unusually light and, yes, creamy.
Broccoli: Steamed, but not too
How and why to cook the healthiest vegetable of the season - and keep it that way. Keeps its flavor and color, too.
Beets for Everybody: Tuscan Fried
I love beets. Everyone loves these beets. Even the ones who say, oh, I don't eat beets. To those people, you can say, yeah, but these are like the French fries version of beets. Actually, they're better. And much easier to make.