June. I lose 5 lbs. It’s the lettuce.

Every June. I lose five pounds. I don't try to. It's all the amazingly flavorful greens we get from our CSA farm share. There's not much room left on the plate for anything else. So you eat a lot less of the high-calorie stuff. And you get inventive with lettuce.
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To Train in Spain, Climb Above the Plain

I found myself in Spain during the final two weeks of training for my ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro. So I found a nice little mountain to practice on. Right in the middle of wine country, near the border of La Rioja and the Basque Country. You want to know about this place.
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80 Ways: Lettuce. Size Matters.

80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. Like the time of the Great Depression.Hunger. Scarcity. Or just anxiety about scarcity. Something that's very right now for a lot of people, don't you think? Time for this big, fat sandwich that's a light, refreshing, crunchy and luscious Way to get more leafy greens into your diet.
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