Way to Go: The Mother’s Day Menu
How many times has Mom cooked for you? How many times have you cooked for Mom? Hmmmm. Five suggestions for dishes you can prepare in advance. Today. When Mom's not watching. And all of them travel well.
The Walk That Ate Milwaukee
More than 100 miles of walking and biking trails. Along Lake Michigan on the east side, the Milwaukee River on the west. Two to three hours in the morning; two to three more in the afternoon. In between tasting stops. Burn 1,500 calories along the Way.
Chocolate Banana Split Soda. Wow
Deeply flavorful, thoroughly refreshing and, yes, kinda sweet soda with a fraction of the sugar calories you'd get in a can of Coke. A low Glycemic Load soda where most of the sweetness comes from banana, not high fructose corn syrup.
Low, slow & fresh: Spring Omelet
Another great reason to grow your own herbs, even if you only have a window sill. Transform a few great just-laid eggs from the Farmers Market with the vibrant flavors of everything fresh and just-picked. Doesn't matter which flavors. The more the merrier.
Twofer Tuesday: Mac & Cheese Pizza
Started out as a quick, tongue-in-cheek dinner. Turned out to be an unusually luscious, even luxurious, pizza. At least the second best thing you'll put in your mouth all day. Hard to believe every pizzeria doesn't make this. But you can. Easily.
Moving Monday: 1 minute for your chest
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 chest and shoulder muscles. Press Play to see the Way.
Slower Sunday: It’s About Time
This might be the reason to garden. You get to see everything come back to life every year. It's very reassuring. Makes you feel good about next year. And the next one. Get outside and take a walk through time. It only looks like this for a few weeks. Every year.
Cinco de Mayo Corn & Chile Pudding Cake
It's festive. It's colorful. The flavor of fresh, sweet, mellow corn. The hot pop of tiny flecks of hot chile pepper. The top half's an astonishingly light cornbread, almost soufflé-like. The bottom half's the silkiest, lightest pudding.
The Walk That Ate Mexico City
Chilaquiles for breakfast at the century-old Cafe Tacuba. Six or seven hours of sightseeing. A big, long, slow, late lunch at the even older Bar Alfonso. A siesta. A one-mile stroll around the 16th-century Zocalo, the city's central square. And time to contemplate dinner.
Chicken Escabeche. Best second.
One of the very best Ways to eat leftover chicken. No reheating. No drying. Preserves juiciness and adds a complementary flavor that makes cold chicken as delicious as hot-out-of-the-oven chicken.