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4 Muddy Boots on a 4-Wheel Drive Trail

February 3, 2023

8 miles in 5 or 6 hours in the rainforest. 3,000' of elevation gain. 3,000 calories burned. Want more? Take the waterfall detour. Right up the middle of the shallow but rocky stream. Check my big 3D Google Map for the turnoff. If you're already here,the extra cost for all this nature and exercise = zero.

Sauce on the bottom: Pasta Giardiniera

February 2, 2023

Not a recipe. A technique. A really simple, basic one that makes every pasta dish superior. Try this next time it's pasta time at your house. Better, richer flavor for any sauce you use. For no extra cost and just two extra minutes of your time.

Rice & Beans in Nepal

February 1, 2023

Daal bhaat tarkari: lentils, rice, curried vegetables. The staple meal of Nepal and much of India. Fragrant curry and Better Cheaper protein. An easy and delicious way into the flavor and health benefits of beans and grains.

Pulled Pork with Second-Hand Smoke

January 31, 2023

You have to try this. It's amazingly delicious and ridiculously easy. Tastes and smells like great barbecue. Melts in your mouth. Kathy says it's "awesome" - and she doesn't usually eat stuff like this or use words like that. You won't believe how I made this.

Great Balls of Exercise: Front Raises

January 30, 2023

Strengthen your shoulder, arm and chest muscles by squeezing this really big exercise ball between your hands. And raising it above your head. Use your core, back and leg muscles, to balance while you're top-heavy. Strengthen many muscles at once. Very time-efficient.

Slower Sunday: Lean over. See it all.

January 29, 2023

C'mon, lean over, just a little bit. Now look down. Cool, huh? Press Play. See it all.

Naan Sense

January 28, 2023

The scent of bread baking in your oven. The sense of something great happening right in your own kitchen. Like this wildly fragrant and puffy Indian bread, naan. Soft, chewy, buttery. Twenty cents to make one that serves two.

Kalalau Trail to Hanakapi’ai Falls. Wow.

January 27, 2023

Before you wade into the Falls, you'll have to stroll across Ke'e Beach. And then you have to walk along two miles of the legendary Kalalau Trail, hanging a couple hundred feet above the brilliant blue Pacific. Yes, it's tough hiking here on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.

Double Egg White Fried Fish. So light.

January 26, 2023

Lightly breaded, pan-fried cod. Easy, foolproof. Turns out perfectly on the first try. The lightest bread and egg white crust that's paper-thin and crackling crisp. And it keeps the fish tender and juicy. Almost any fish: bass, trout or catfish will work just as well.

Risotto Frittata. Say that twice. Fast.

January 25, 2023

But cook it Slow. Low heat makes fluffy eggs. Leftover risotto conspires with eggs to make an easy, delicious meal. Soft but firm, mushroom-infused rice and juicy mushrooms surrounded by light, fluffy egg. Yum.