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Cole Slaw Upgrade: Salad of the Week

August 12, 2025

Add aromatic, herbaceous fennel to sweet, fresh cabbage for the season's best cole slaw. They're both in abundant supply. And at their seasonal peak flavors and low prices. Light, bright, crunchy and intensely flavorful. Get to your Farmers Market for the best stuff.

Balanced Monday: How & Why Athletes Do It

August 11, 2025

You could slip, trip or otherwise sprain an ankle or end up on your butt later today. So take a minute to consider three minutes a day of Balance Training. One leg at a time.

Slower Sunday: Expanding Universe

August 10, 2025

If it's really expanding, why isn't my apartment getting bigger? Maybe I missed something in that physics course. It's Sunday. Let your mind wander. Even if it doesn't expand.

Calories: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

August 9, 2025

All calories are not created equal. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, what you eat is probably more important than how much you eat. Start making and eating more meals with relatively low glycemic loads. Like these.

Showering in the Grand Canyon

August 8, 2025

If you know it only from photos, you think of a vast panorama. One huge canyon a mile deep, eight miles wide and much, much longer. But when you hike down in, you discover hundreds of subcanyons. Each with its own attractions. Like a 150'-high shower.

Fresh Grains. A Feel-Good Summer Salad

August 7, 2025

Fresh sweet corn. Nutty, toothsome farro. Earthy, supple shiitake mushrooms. All those flavors and textures make a party in your mouth. And a complete, satisfying, beautiful and aromatic meal.

Summer Squash Lasagna

August 6, 2025

Not spaghetti squash. Lasagna squash. Because Summer squash is everywhere. Totally ripe, totally fresh. Really cheap. Quick and easy to make in advance or just in time. A meal in a single pan. Tastes great hot or cold.

Ready, Ripe, Ratatouille

August 5, 2025

When you can get eggplant, peppers, squash, fennel, scallions and tomatoes in one week's CSA farm share or trip to the Farmers Market, it's time to make ratatouille again. Make a huge pot to refrigerate and enjoy cold for the rest of the week.

Moving Monday: 1 minute for your calves

August 4, 2025

Even if you exercise vigorously for 1 hour every day, too much sitting the rest of the day significantly increases your risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity. So when you're in front of your TV or computer, stand up and do this for a minute.

Slower Peach Sundae

August 3, 2025

We got so many in our farm share I'm gonna make a pie with some. But I thought you'd like to see them like this, before I start to slice them up. Press Play. It'll make you go the Farmers Market and buy a basket. Great thing to do on a Sunday.