Slower Sunday: Seeing red
Eyes wide open. Press Play. Get some practice. Next thing you know, you'll need your sunglasses. Happy Sunday.
80 Ways: Morocco in your mouth. Yum.
80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this Moroccan chicken pie that delivers everything your mouth wants.
Mashed Potatoes
You could eat these every day. Not just because they're luscious. Because they provide complete nutrition. A lot of Vitamins B and C. Many minerals. Protein. Carbohydrates. Add a little milk for your vitamin A and a little dietary fat. You're good to go.
Great bread. Daily. Got 5 minutes?
Doesn't take a miracle to pop a just-baked loaf of bread out of your oven and onto your table every day. Just takes 5 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes of patience before you slice this great looking, great smelling, great tasting bread.
The Year on the Sidwewalk: 2016
When I looked down between my feet, I realized I was stepping on stones that humans have been stepping on for about a thousand years. Because this year I found myself in medieval towns in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Mine was another pair of feet adding its tiny amount of wear and tear. But these stones should be good for at least another thousand New Years.
Boxing Day. Take the gloves off.
The good news: no more shopping, choosing and wrapping. So let's box - without gloves. Without a ring. No opponent. But with a lot of the exercise benefits of the real deal. C'mon, you could use this after yesterday's bout of eating.
Yogurt Helper: Concord Grape Edition
About 3 cents to transform 6 ounces of plain yogurt to fragrant, flavorful Concord Grape Yogurt. A perfect balance of sweet and tart. No added sugar. Low glycemic load. The flashback familiarity of 1950s grape jelly. The Way you want to start your day.
Collards & Chorizo. Stewed. On Polenta.
A body- and soul-warming meal that cooks itself. Soothing and satisfying at the same time it's intensely flavorful. Sweet, sour, smoky, mellow. A day's worth of Vitamin C, two of Vitamin A and a week of Vitamin K. Eat your collards, kids.
Slower Sunday: Standing on Ceremony
Sometimes you find moments of glory in the least expected of places. Could be right at your feet. You just have to look. Down. Press Play for a mercifully final Olympic moment.
Slower Sunday: Out of the shadows
We usually think of them as background, the supporting cast, the backup singers. I think it's time for a little cloud appreciation, don't you? Press Play. Let your mind wander before you answer that. Happy Sunday.