Corn & Beans. Together Again.
Delicious and aromatic. Cheap complete protein. No fat. Quick and easy. Cannellini Beans in Smoky Tomato Sauce on Creamy Polenta. $2.50 and 250 calories per 15-ounce serving. Dance it off in 30 minutes.
Spaghetti Cheeseburger
The handheld party food of the year. This is not a sight gag. This is delicious. And a Way to neatly pick up pasta and munch it like it was a slider. This is what you want for the big game - it's the clear Super Bowl winner.
Delicious Unintended Consequences
This wasn't supposed to be a Way. Wasn't even supposed to be a meal. It just happened. A pot of the most flavorful, satisfying, soul-warming soup. A beef brodo with everything in it.
Your Monday #1: Standing Room Only
Like all first-Mondays-of-the-month that don't come with New Year's hangovers, today's comes with a simple, gentle one-minute Way to improve your health. Get up! C'mon, you can read standing up. By the time you finish reading this, you're done with the first rep of today's healthy exercise.
Slower Sunday: Be here and there. Now.
I'm all for the "be here now" thing, but, man, feels like I've been here for a long, long time. So let's go somewhere ... different.
Great Leftovers Week: Chili Mole
Today: Happy National Bean Day. Tonight: something hot, steaming, rich but light. Something spectacularly delicious that cooks itself in one pot.
Warm Winter Hiking: Three Magical Miles
I was thinking about the totally weird and beautiful skyline of New Mexico's Tent Rocks while I walked down the suddenly deserted Park Avenue canyon last week. The wind chill was below zero. I was the only human. A landscape I take for granted became a new world. I wonder if the Cochiti Indians notice these Tent Rocks.
Fish skin. Crispy and light.
It's a weird thing, fish skin. It can be as a good as a really good potato chip. Thin, light, crisp, dry, slightly salty. Or it can be slippery, oily, chewy and even a little fatty. Something that could strike you as ... gross. Here's how you make the really good version.
Great Leftovers: Salsa-Sauteed Fish
Jamming to finish the last unfinished business before vacation. Delighted to make a great meal in six minutes. A fish entree that's thoroughly satisfying, hugely flavorful and completely healthful. Light but hearty, high-protein, zero glycemic load.
Great Leftovers Week: Polenta Tostadas
Next week: vacation. This week: lots of work to do - and great appreciation for batches of leftover deliciousness that require no real cooking. Like salsa verde-topped "tostadas" made from leftover polenta. Tart, sweet, spicy, warm, soft and crispy in each bite.