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Air-Conditioned Hikes

When the natural world's temperature-humidity index hits 110 F and its air quality index is less than poor, it's time to get artificial. Man-made air. Man-made beauty. Time for a little museum hiking. If you're on your feet for three or four hours, you'll burn somewhere between 600 and 1,000 calories while you feed your head.
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Seven Layer Salad, Asian style

A salad you make a day or two in advance, store in the fridge, then serve crisp and cool when you're ready. More than 7 flavors and hundreds of phytonutrients. A Glycemic Load of zero with a very, very low calorie count.
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Zucchini Carpaccio

Big fresh flavor. Light and refreshing. Impressively beautiful. A very cool dish for a very hot day. No cooking. Five minutes of slicing and dicing. In advance. Then just chill.
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80 Ways: Soda Pop. Better and Cheaper.

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. Today, it's a Way to tasty, refreshing, bubbly beverages made the way humans made them just before Coke and Pepsi persuaded folks to drink high Glycemic Load colas.
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To Victoria Glacier from Lake Louise

August is Glacier Month at BCS. Because, well, what's Better than finding a cool spot in August? What's Better and Cheaper than a national park? What's Slower than a glacier? Or cooler? Let's hike to Victoria Glacier. In Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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80 Ways: Farro becomes Tabbouleh

Nutty, slightly chewy farro glossed with a bright, tart and pungent lemon-garlic dressing. Enough fresh parsley to make this a real green salad. Cool mint and cucumber. Sweet, bright tomatoes. A serious mouthful.
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80 Ways: A Quick Dip in the Middle East

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this addictive snack they've been dipping into for centuries.
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