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Carrots: in the chips

October 14, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

'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

October 13, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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

October 12, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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

October 11, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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

October 10, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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

October 9, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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

October 8, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

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.

Don’t Fall Fall: Up on your own one foot

October 6, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

A 3-minute exercise to strengthen the muscles you use to stay on your feet. To train them to react fast. So when you step onto an uneven, slippery or unstable surface that makes you begin to lose your balance - you'll immediately regain it. An exercise for all seasons.

Slower Sunday: Skin Deep

October 5, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

What's the difference between a mature tree and a mature human? Press Play. Take a close look. Could be interesting.

Cauliflower Gratin

October 1, 2025
Dick Sandhaus

75 cents per serving of this luscious, impressive vegetable course. You'll be amazed you made it yourself. Easily. If you love cauliflower, you'll love it even more. If you're a cauliflower denier, this'll convert you to a lover.