Take it easy.
When you're out walking. But not too easy. Turns out there's a Goldilocks "just right" speed range when you're walking to exercise. It's not too fast, not too slow. It's about 3 miles per hour. Here's why.
Pesto Party: Saving Summer
The Better Cheaper Slower party of the summer. Why didn't I think of this before? Friendly helping hands to turn a half-bushel of low, low price Farmers Market basil into a winter's worth of pesto sauce for all. Your very own harvest festival.
Almost Autumn: Cider-Braised Cabbage
A two-ingredient, ten-minute vegetable preparation that's mysteriously great. In a blind-tasting you probably wouldn't guess what it is. It's such a perfect flavor combination you'd think it was just one thing.
Tomato Roast. Party optional.
When there's not enough solar power to ripen late summer tomatoes, turn on the oven. A little extra heat to bring out the sweet. Make as much as you can refrigerate and freeze. To get you through a tomato-less fall and winter.
Moving Monday: Just how fast is “brisk”?
This a big, important, mostly unanswered question for everyone who walks for exercise. So I thought you'd want to know about a recent study that provides a very specific definition of "brisk". Because "brisk" is Way Better for your health than Slower.
Slower Sunday: Gone Wishin’
I don't fish. But if I did, this would be my favorite place. Hard to imagine a more spectacular place for it. Or a more secluded place. Press Play for a completely relaxing one-minute vacation. You'll wish you were here.
An-Apple-A-Day: Sweet, Savory, Stuffed
A Cheddar-Stuffed Baked Apple. Deep, satisfying sweetness from the apple. Earthy, slightly salty richness from the cheese. An amazingly healthy, total-satisfaction, zero-deprivation breakfast. Two minutes to prepare for baking. Fifteen minutes to jog it off.
Beautiful, easy, available. Like this.
The Burbank Trail. Along the Yokun Ridge of Lenox Mountain in Massachusetts' Berkshire Mountains. A perfect example of a green-peace-of-mind hike in a park you never heard of. 60 - 90 minutes that makes your whole day. A little more than three miles with a very gradual 500' elevation gain and 500-calorie burn.
Spinach, Ricotta & Vitamin-Filled Pepper
A compact flavor and vitamin bomb. Takes less than 5 minutes to turn 4 ingredients into a deliciously fresh, aromatic vegetable dish that's wonderful on the side or at center stage. Rich and smooth. Fresh and bright. Luscious.
Potato Salad Salsa Verde
Mellow, tart and slightly spicy at the same time. Big, rich, deep flavors to coat the season's first, fresh new potatoes. Total comfort food with a Mexican accent. Less than $5 for enough to feed four or more.