Slower Sunday: In Monet’s Garden
The lilies are as beautiful as you imagine. Even the water's beautiful. Press Play. You'll see. Happy Sunday.
Better Cheaper Stronger: Hips and Quads
If you want to increase your leg strength before you start a jogging or running program, today's Hip Flexion is a great Way. It'll strengthen your hip flexors and your quadriceps. Before you ask them to go the extra mile out on the street. No weight machine necessary. Just a featherweight resistance tube.
Hot Buttered Pizza
Better than the best hot buttered toast you ever had. Soft, puffy and chewy around the edge. Thin, crisp and crackling in the center. On top: buttery, garlicky green beans, still fresh, slightly crisp and sweet. With a slightly salty edge from a little melted cheese.
Slower Sunday: Golden Anniversary
Big birthday today. The Golden Gate Bridge turns 75. If you're in town, take a birthday walk. If you're not, Press Play. Then imagine you are and take a walk anyway. And sing happy birthday.
Green Soda with Fish: Lemon-Basil-Mint
What to drink with a nice dinner when you don't want alcohol. No red wine. No white wine. No beer. Just something with a lot of good, interesting flavor. Something you sip very slowly. A great pairing with fish or shellfish. Or veal or chicken. Cheers!
Slower Sunday: Surprise
They're hard to see when they first pop up. But once they pop, they grow up very, very fast. From an 8-inch spear to a four-foot stalk in two days. Spring's half-gone, summer's coming. Gotta pay attention, every day, to everything else that's growing up.
Let’s Do Your Math. Advanced Class.
Actually, let's let a computer at the National Institutes of Health do the math for you. Plug in your age, weight, height and a few other things. Press Play. A second later, you have the answer: Slower. So what's the question?
Cheap Thrills. Gluten-Free. Pizza.
$1 for your half of this crisp-edged, soft-centered sweet corn polenta crust with bright, sharp-sweet spring leeks, briny olives and rich, gooey fresh mozzarella.
Push up. Stay there. In a Plank
Strengthen your abdominals and all your core muscles. And your back and shoulders. Legs, too. All in a minute or two a day.
Free Breakfast: Leftover of the Week
Two turnovers from two leftovers. Hot, flaky, luscious apple turnovers. From a little leftover pie crust dough and a few tablespoons of leftover apple-cinnamon puree. And less than five minutes of your time.