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I Walk The Line. The Walk That Ate The High Line

June 24, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Five miles that remind you Manhattan's an island. Unless you're on the shoreline, you always feel like you're smack in the middle of the city. Unless you're on The High Line, you're on the sidewalk. Here's a refreshing new point of view. With great food.

From Farm to Pizza Stone

June 23, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

A big salad posing as a pizza. A huge mound of exceptionally fresh flash-baked greens on a hot, fresh pizza crust. Delicious. Another example of pizza crust as the perfect platform for almost everything fresh and tasty. Dinner for two - for less than $2.

Garden Watch: First Day of Summer

June 22, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

On the first day of summer, my corn stalks sprouted tassels. Tiny green tomatoes are hanging everywhere. The beanstalk's outgrown its trellis, so beans aren't far away. For those who prefer to just watch, the day lilies are popping.

Long

June 21, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Long as they get. Compared to those short Winter days, these Summer days give you about six extra hours of daylight. You can do a four-hour walk or hike before high noon. Use 'em or lose 'em. Here's how.

On The Ball: Forward. Flex.

June 20, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Stretch and strengthen your core, back and leg muscles while you bend and flex. Strengthen your shoulder and chest muscles by squeezing this really big $12 exercise ball between your hands. You use many, many muscles. Very time-efficient. And burns calories faster.

Salt. Cabbage. Massage. Sauerkraut.

June 18, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Massage cabbage with salt for a few minutes. Get the best sauerkraut you ever had. Come Fourth of July, your hot dog's gonna be thrilled to be covered with this. You'll be even happier. Even if you think you don't like sauerkraut, good chance you'll like this.

The Walk That Ate Lobster 4 Mountains. 1 Walk. Acadia Nat’l Park.

June 17, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Four mountains in Acadia National Park. Yours for the Walking. Five miles, two or three hours, 1,000 calories burned. A ten or fifteen minute drive to the lobster pier for 400 calories of the best lobster roll you'll ever have.

I lose 5 lbs. in June. It’s the lettuce.

June 16, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Every June. I lose five pounds. I don't try to. It's all the shockingly flavorful greens we get when our CSA farm share kicks in. There's not much room left on the plate for everything else. So you eat a lot less of the high-calorie stuff. And you get inventive with lettuce.

Lettuce Soup. Cool.

June 15, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

A salad cross-dressing as a soup. Lettuce and herbs with milk. Amazing how flavorful it is. 96 degrees when I made this perfect cool, light meal. Better. Cheaper. Chilled. No oven, no stove, no sweat. Use a food processor and get it done in three minutes. Less than $1 per serving.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Popsicles

June 14, 2011
Dick Sandhaus

Tart rhubarb. Really ripe strawberries. 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.