The Walks That Ate Your Waist
If you really want to lose weight - and keep it off - your best bet really is walking. At a moderately brisk pace. Every day - not just the occasional adventure or sightseeing tour. Here's how and why.
What was I smoking? Collard greens!
If the incredibly cheap and healthful collard green hasn't been part of your life, you just haven't been smoking the right stuff. Here are two delicious, aromatic Ways to light up this dark, leafy green. One vegan, one with bacon.
Fish to fry
Cornmeal-Crusted Cod. Easy, foolproof. Turns out perfectly on the first try. A light cornmeal crust that's too thin to be crunchy, but it's crackling crisp. And it keeps the fish tender and juicy. Almost any fish: bass, trout or catfish will work just as well.
Carrots: in the chips
'Tis the season for chips. Just-picked kale makes addictive kale chips. Just-dug potatoes make potato chips that make the bagged ones embarrassed. Last night my CSA farm share's beautiful, just-pulled carrots made these sweet, aromatic, crunchy, chewy carrot chips.
Don’t Fall Fall: Heels and Toes
A 3-minute exercise to strengthen and train the muscles you use to stay on your feet. A dynamic balance exercise. It's not as goofy or easy as it looks. A little like tightrope-walking. No rope, no net. You can do it right on the floor.
Slower Sunday: Green Time-Space Machine
It lets you be right here, right now. Then it lets you be somewhere else right now, at the same time. Lets you be right here and get away from it all. All at once. Just Press Play.
Apple-A-Day: Sip slush, not juice
If you really rather drink your apple than bite it, make this Apple Slushy. Because when the juice manufacturers make "100%" juice, they remove a lot of the most important stuff. So you pay more for less. Don't do that. Do this.
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho Potatoes
I've had potatoes on my mind since I used the season's first fresh ones for that killer potato salad. Which recalled a killer hike in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, a 10-mile roundtrip trail that goes up 2,000 feet and burns about 2,000 calories. About 15 big potatoes.
Veal Milanese: Quarter-pounder & salad
Three things to know about this classic Italian dish. It's incredibly easy to make. A little goes a long way. It's a perfect example of eat-more-vegetables-and-less meat. A Wow of a meal for less than $10 and less than 10 minutes of preparation.
Winter Squash & Pancetta Risotto
Luscious, creamy rice. Sweet squash and smoky pancetta roasting in the oven while you're stirring on the stovetop. Elegant and hearty for the first almost-cold night of Fall.