Breakfast Satisfaction: PBY & J
This might be the perfect breakfast for you. Smooth, tart yogurt. Sweet, ripe fruit. Luscious, maybe salty, could be smooth or chunky ... peanut butter. Everything you could want in a breakfast. Nothing you don't want.
I’ll have ice with that: Hike in Jasper
90 degrees in New York. I closed my eyes, strapped on my snowshoes and transported myself to the Athabasca Glacier. Wishing I was back on the Wilcox Pass Trail. I get the shivers just thinking about the view. Which really beats getting the sweats.
Pop Culture Week: Peach’sicles
They're great right off the tree. But if you want a super-cooled sweet on a hot Summer day, make a popsicle. Really ripe peaches. So sweet with no added sugar. A wonderfully refreshing Way to end a hot day. Or to start one: lick your breakfast.
Summer Squash Gratin: Sweet & Aromatic
This might be the most satisfying thing you can do with Summer Squash. It's rich but very light. It's sweet and aromatic. A perfect summer side dish for any main course, or a great main course itself. Low on calories. Lower on Glycemic Load.
Pizza with everything fresh on it
When the Farmers Market looks like a huge crop of pizza toppings, buy veggies, toss dough, make summer's best pizza. That crust is a great platform for healthy ingredients. A great new habit waiting to replace a bad old one.
Naked Exercise #5: Crunches. Modified.
Stripped down. No equipment. No exercise balls, no balance boards, no weights. Not just Better and Cheaper. Better and Free. Strengthen your abdominal muscles. Your lower back. Press Play.
Slower Sunday: Shadow Play
Love this early morning light. Worth getting out of bed for. So, c'mon. Get up! Press Play for the preview. Happy Sunday.
Apricot Tart: Breakfast or Dessert?
Concentrated sweetness from very ripe, barely cooked fruit on the verge of apricot jam. Flaky, buttery luxury-in-your-mouth from your homemade pie crust. Your home smells like a very good bakery. Your slice costs 75 cents.
Burgers for the 21st Century
Portobello Burgers. Another Way to have more vegetables and less meat in your diet. More fun and fewer calories this Labor Day. Think of it as a really big stuffed mushroom. Two giant, meaty, juicy portobellos replace the bun.