Good morning
Seems like morning's the good time to exercise. The best time. Now there are some interesting clinical and survey results that explain the benefits. Especially if you exercise to lose weight and, specifically, to burn fat.n
Melon-Prosciutto Salad. Melon two Ways.
It's a salad. It's a prosciutto and melon course. It's a fruit salad. It's a first course. It's a side course. It's a main course. Whichever Way you go, you'll put it together in less than 10 minutes.
The Walk That Ate The Alhambra
See all the Granada countryside from this 14th century hilltop fortress. And see it from everywhere along your 13-mile Walk. Burn about 2,200 calories in a beautiful day.
Summer in Spain Tomato Soup
80 cents for the best bowl of tomato soup you've ever had. A bowl that's got 43% of your day's Vitamin C and 82% of your Vitamin A. A low, low, low Glycemic Load of 2.5. Zero sugar. Nothing but fresh, ripe vegetables.
Is chard the new tortilla?
These big, substantial leaves make a great wrapper. You just have to steam them first so they're flexible and durable. Like tortillas. Delicious, easy and calorie-free. Especially with swordfish and salsa verde inside.
Banana & Strawberry. Soda. No sodium.
Back in the BCS Soda Lab again. Looking for a delicious all-natural soda with no sodium. And a lot of potassium. For Julia's niece. Because her medical condition requires this. Here it is. If your only requirement is great flavor, this one's for you, too.
I got your back again. Now squeeze.
If you sit in front of a computer or TV, chances are pretty good you're leaning forward. Hunching. Letting your shoulders go round. So here's something you can do right at your desk or on your couch to fix that bad posture habit.
Slower Sunday: Big Bamboo
The biggest grasses on earth. They can grow a meter a day. A yard in one day. They can go from zero to full height in three or four months. You can grow a whole new forest in a few months. For now, just take a minute. Press Play.n
Waste not, want not. Pickle your rind.
I'd eat watermelon all Summer even if it wasn't the Cheapest fruit around. Which leaves me with a lot of watermelon rind. Perfect for pickling. Intense, crunchy sweet-sour pickles that elevate the flavor status of all sorts of meats, salads and cocktails.
Zucchini Fritti
$1 for a plate of fried zucchini that's enough to start for a table of four. Crispy outside. Soft and warm inside. Not oily. Delicious. Gone in seconds.