Slower Sunday: Almost there
The trailhead's 5 miles behind us. Trail's only supposed to be 4.5 miles long. Just 4.5 miles to a stunning alpine lake. So I'm starting to wonder. Where's the lake? Press Play and see.
80 Ways: Yogurt. Sweet as you want it.
80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. Today: A Better Way To Start Your Day. Plain yogurt as sweet as you want it.
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.
80 Ways: Beet the Heat
80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. Today: chilled borscht. Hot color. Cool mouthful. A GL of just 5. Deep earthy, sweet flavor.
Olive Oil Advisory
If you use a lot of it, it's even Better than you thought. If you don't, you should. Here's a study that looks at virgin olive oil and finds it reduces the risk of stroke. Significantly. And here are a bunch of delicious Ways to get more in your diet.
More Lettuce: Inside-Out BLT
A sandwich that wanted to be a salad. To take advantage of cheap, plentiful summer greens at their seasonal peak. The lettuce is on the outside and the bread's on the inside. An all-American BLT. Just a little confused.
Naked Exercise #3: Hamstrung
Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. Strengthen your hamstrings, abs and back. Press Play.
Slower Sunday: A Hibiscus Named Rose
Doesn't smell as sweet as a rose. Doesn't smell at all. When you look this good, you don't need perfume. The day these start to open up, you just drop everything and stare. So, stare all you like. My hibiscus is your hibiscus. Just Press Play.
No tomatoes. Watermelon. Gazpacho.
Still a few weeks before we get great tomatoes here. But the watermelon's perfect. For gazpacho. Could be your first course. Or your dessert. A cool, refreshing, flavorful way to start or finish a Summer meal.
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.