Chocolate. Because it’s good for you.
That's not why I eat chocolate. But I sure am glad to see all the studies that make chocolate sound like the new miracle health food. Read all about it. Then dip some fruit into some molten dark chocolate.
Chocolate for breakfast. I confess.
I probably wouldn't admit this if I hadn't read the results of the study. The one that concludes that dessert after a balanced breakfast "can help dieters to lose more weight and keep it off in the long run". Talk about food for thought, huh?
Dessert, Deprivation and Diet
This is Sweet Tooth Week. Yeah, let's talk about desserts. I make them and write about them because making traditionally craved and satisfying desserts with minimal sugar is really important. And because, well, I like them. Don't you?
Stronger Monday: Your Inner Thighs
No equipment. No weights. Just you and your thighs against gravity. The easy Way to strengthen your adductor muscles. If you're not sure what or where they are, well, they're the ones you'll be feeling.
Slower Sunday: In Awe
When it comes to good health benefits, research shows that the feeling of awe is more powerful than joy, pride, contentment and other positive emotions. Try some. Press Play.
A Walk Through Time
I was working on a "little things in the shadows of big things" Walk. But I got lost in the fourth dimension. Time. The subway stairs were the entrance to a huge archaeological dig. That led to the last bit of old growth forest in New York City. What a trip.
The Walk That Ate Salt Lake City
Mountain hiking, city walking and city eating. All in a day. An 8-hour day, not counting restaurant and food truck stops. Burn Way more calories than you consume while you sightsee it all.
Arancini. Great balls of rice.
Always make too much risotto. Roll up the leftovers and fry them. Ten minutes later you have a great treat. Serve them with a salad or a spicy tomato sauce. Or make them small enough to just pop in your mouth.
Cassoulet Shortcut: Not pork & beans
Onion, garlic and herb-scented. Tomato-sweetened. Earthy, creamy beans. Smoky bacon. Rich, plump sausage. And a whole flavor experience much greater than the sum of its great parts. A classic in 45 minutes.
Almost Spring Risotto
You can't make the spring asparagus and morels grow faster. But you can make an equally luscious risotto with green beans and shiitake mushrooms. Right now. Pretty easy to make a great risotto in 30 minutes. Just stir.