Real Men Make Quiche. From scratch.
Less than $2.50 per serving for a rich but light breakfast, lunch, brunch or dinner. That'll impress you and anybody you share it with. Aromatic and delicious enough to seduce someone with. Valentine's Day?
Winter Vegetable Risotto
Luscious, creamy rice with two wonderful seasonal vegetables. Parsnips and kale. Roasting in the oven while you're stirring on the stovetop. Sweet roasted parsnips and smoky flash-roasted kale. Elegant and hearty.
Kale, mushroom, garlic: Winter Pizza
Pizza spends a few minutes in a really hot oven. So do kale chips and portobello mushrooms. A match made in the oven. A perfect winter flavor combo with a crisp pizza crust and gooey cheese.
Balanced Monday: On Your Own One Foot
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 to begin to lose your balance - you'll immediately regain it.
Slower Sunday: Big, hot and steamy
I'm not talking about that Mary J. Blige half time show a few years ago. I'm talking about Poas. The old volcano everyone knows by its first name. At the center of Costa Rica. So big you could put five stadiums in its crater. A real force of nature.
Super Bowl Math: The Snack Odds
What are the odds you'll gain - or lose - weight during the big game? You burn about 100 calories per hour by sitting upright, chewing and talking between bites. What you're chewing makes all the difference.
The Walk That Ate New Orleans
Some folks go for Super Bowl, some for Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest. I just go to eat. Between big events. When it's easy to walk the streets. That's important because it's Way too easy to just eat. Here's a Way to see the town and burn more calories than you swallow.
Party Flavors
No fumbles. If you're eating while you're watching The Game, you need a handheld strategy. Snacks that stay on your little plate, in your hand or in your mouth. Even while you're jumping up and down. May the best snacks be eaten.
Rainforest Snacks: Patacones Lite
About 10 cents for a very flavorful and satisfying bite-size snack. With lots of Vitamins A and C from your fresh, homemade plantain chips topped with sour cream and pineapple or chorizo. Could be the Super Bowl snack of choice here in Costa Rica.
Onion Panade: Soup & Sandwich-In-One
Put this on your Top Ten list of winter dinners. Warms your mouth, your stomach and your heart. Luscious, hearty and satisfying. Thoroughly pleasing to eat. Slowly. Less than $1 per serving.