Aromatic Spring Vegetable-Potato Gratin
Delicious and beautiful. 50 cents per serving. If a gratin sounds like something you shouldn't try at home by yourself, the sound's deceiving. Click. Seeing, tasting and inhaling is believing.
Tropical Fish Tacos
Mango-papaya ceviche with grilled halibut. A shockingly great flavor combination. An unusual but immediately lovable meal you'll make again. And again. 100% of your daily Vitamin C requirement and a complete fruit serving.
Moving Monday: 1 minute for your butt
Time for a 1-minute exercise you can do at home or at work. One example of something you should do once every hour or two. C'mon. Stand up. Flex those glutes and quadriceps muscles. Press Play to see the Way.
Coconut-Chile Shooters
Coconut milk with a few drops of chile pepper. Very high Pleasure Per Calorie score. Whether you knock one back as a pre-appetizer sip with a kick. Or use it to sauce a fish, chicken or vegetable dish in a hurry.
Climbing Mt. Everett
What a difference a letter makes. I'm in the Berkshires, not the Himalayas. A fairly serious hike, but you don't have to carry oxygen tanks. Or hire Sherpas. You can even bring your dog. Click for a great late Spring-early Summer day hike.
Rice Pudding Flashback
Less than 75 cents per serving of this rich, luxurious, creamy pudding without cream. Fragrant with coconut and cinnamon. Soft but still chewable. Juicy-fruity with fat raisins. Hardly any added sugar.
Falafel. Finally!
$2 for a substantial, satisfying, earthy and herbaceous first or main course. Or an addictive snack. High-protein vegan. Super low Glycemic Load. Great and simple. I don't know why it took me years to get around to making this. It's easy. Don't wait.
No Deprivation This Morning
I told you about the surprising metabolic and weight-loss benefits of a satisfying 300-calorie dessert after breakfast. So here's an after-breakfast dessert that really takes the cake. Without cake. Press Play and lick your lips.
Your Fifth Monday of the Month
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Mondays of each month bring you new Ways to shake your thang, increase your flexibility, balance and strength, respectively. So what happens when the month has a 5th Monday? We invent a sport.