Don’t Fall Fall: Balance and stretch
It stretches, it strengthens, it balances. And gets you off your butt. It's the Quadriceps Balance & Stretch. Multi-tasking on one foot. Cost-Benefit Analysis: a lot of benefits for three minutes of your time.
Slower Sunday: All Soul
You look into its eyes. Bright eyes. It's not alive. But it's not really what you'd call dead. Today's the day to carve your pumpkin. Slowly and carefully. Press Play. Watch.
Apple Graham Tart: 24/7 deliciousness
I thought it was dessert, but it was even Better for breakfast. A perfect Fall breakfast. Fresh, sweet apples baked "rare": firm, barely on the soft side of crisp. On a nutty, light and crisp whole grain pie crust that's one big Graham cracker. Exactly what you want in your diet for a lot of reasons.
Walking and Eating the Dolomites:
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
The Dolomite Mountains in northeast Italy may be the best place on the planet for combining spectacular walking and spectacular eating. Get moving!
Potato-Leek Pizza. Ripe now.
Farmers almost everywhere are pulling potatoes and leeks. They're fresh, they're abundant and they're seasonally cheap. And a great flavor combination. They're not just for soup anymore. Now they're ready for pizza.
Carrot (Pan)Cake
I was staring at a bunch of bright orange ones - and thinking about baking my first Carrot Cake. When I got distracted by the idea of carrot pancakes. Savory, like potato pancakes, but with carrots. They're big, sweet, everywhere and cheap right now. And jam-packed with Vitamin A.
Beet Ceviche. Tastes great. Runs faster.
Earthy, refreshing, aromatic, herbaceous, sweet and sour. A crunchy salad with big, bright flavor and color. Full of performance-enhancing, healthy nitrates. No cooking, just peeling, slicing and chopping.
Don’t Fall Fall: Knees up. One at a time
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: OK, here goes
I'll get some real exercise in a while. You'll see. And then you'll say, oh, wow, look at that. Isn't that beautiful?
Wonder. Bread.
Ever wonder how Wonder Bread came to replace wonderful bread? Ever wonder where Wonder Bread and its pre-packaged cousins actually come from? Ever wonder how to make truly wonderful bread in your own little oven? You must have answered yes to at least one of these questions. Click for the answer.