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.
Steep. Get used to it.
Condition yourself for steep uphill hiking. And for carrying your water and your backpack. It's pretty simple: just walk around with your full pack. In a park. On a treadmill. Up stairs. You'll feel much better on your first day out on the trail.
Slower Sunday: Bark up the right tree
It's nice just to sit down next to it. Or lie down. All the Way. And just look up. And up. Let your eyes do the climbing. Just Press Play. You'll see.
Peach Pops
Really ripe peaches. So sweet you won't even think about adding sugar. A deeply sweet and wonderfully refreshing Way to end a meal on a hot day. Or to start a hot Summer day. Lick your breakfast.