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.
Naked Exercise #4: Push Up
Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. Strengthen your arms, shoulders, hands and wrists. Press Play.
80 Ways: Horchata. A Vegan Milk Shake.
Looks and feels like milk. It's lactose-free and gluten-free. Tastes like a glass of thick, frothy milk with a peanut butter cookie built in. In South America, it's a traditional, refreshing and delicious beverage. You should know about this.
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.
Spicy Cool: Cucumber-Yogurt-Mint Soup
A very aromatic, very summery, very light but yogurt-rich soup. Five minutes of preparation. A great Way to use the summer cucumbers now filling the Farmers Markets. Or the two-pounder I just grew.
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.
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.
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: Playing the slots
So why didn't it just go straight? You'd think that would have been easier. More natural, even. Just not as much fun, I guess.