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Your Monday #33: Push! Up!

August 23, 2021

Good news: all you need is frequent exercise to maintain muscle strength and mass. At any age. Like all fourth-Mondays-of-the-month this year, today comes with a simple, one-minute Way to increase your strength. This month: your entire upper body.

Slower Sunday. But Steady.

August 22, 2021

The Triathlon's a killer. You swim a mile. You run 6. Everything in moderation. Like that study, about how you live longer if you run regularly. And how the slower runners, the joggers, live even longer than the fast runners. Slow but steady. Press Play. See the Way.

Grow your own wine … substitute

August 21, 2021

Like a very good wine, it's refreshing. It's not sweet. If you were a wine taster-writer, you'd say it has citrus and herbal notes. Just slightly minty. A little flowery. A little earthy. A lovely pale golden color. Hey, I'm not kidding.

Purple Pizza Eater

August 19, 2021

The pizza's purple comes from Farmers Market-fresh and beautiful summer eggplant, sweet purple peppers and vibrant opal basil. A farm-to-pizza stone pie that proves once again that a pizza crust is the perfect platform for everything fresh and delicious.

Sip Your Spinach

August 18, 2021

Eye-popping green. Popeye Spinach Soup. Smooth. Light. Deeply flavorful. Refreshing whether you sip it hot, cold or anywhere in-between. $1.25 for a huge bowl with 100% of your daily Vitamin A, 50% of your Vitamin C and a near-zero Glycemic Load.

Cool-looking Chioggia Beet Chips

August 17, 2021

Cheap and easy. Better looking. Really tasty. Near zero calories. But hard to eat Slower.

Your Monday #32: Hamstrung

August 16, 2021

A 2-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to balance yourself and stay on your feet - while you stretch and strengthen your hamstrings. Pretty great for just two minutes.

Slower Sunday: Small Bites

August 15, 2021

I heard if you take small bites and chew slowly - you'll actually eat less. I told them, too. Works for everybody, huh?

Spicy & Minty Summer Squash Soup

August 14, 2021

The air is hot. I'm cool. Because I just had a bowl of this deeply flavorful and totally refreshing chilled soup. It's light, but it's substantial. It packs a little heat, but it's cooling. Make a big batch and be cool for days.

Beet Green Tart. Waste not, want not.

August 12, 2021

An earthy, bright, herbaceous vegetable filling from something you might have thrown away. In a flaky, buttery luxury-in-your-mouth tart shell from your leftover homemade pie crust. Your home smells like a very good bakery. Your tart costs 25 cents.