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Sip this salad: Lettuce Soup

May 29, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

A salad cross-dressing as a soup. Lettuce and herbs with milk. Amazingly flavorful. 80 degrees and humid when I made this perfectly 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.

Crisp Spring Vegetables & Creamy Polenta

May 28, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

$2.50 per person for an incredibly simple and truly great meal. Delicious. Completely satisfying. Not light, but not at all heavy. Just fresh vegetables and whole grains. Just what you want more of in your diet.

Your Monday #19: On Your Own One Foot

May 27, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

A simple, gentle exercise to strengthen and train the muscles you use to stay on your feet. A dynamic balance exercise you can do on a balance board or a pillow. Summer's coming: get ready for surfing. Hang five.

Slower Sunday: Grass is always greener

May 26, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

This is always the best grass. Under this azalea. Back behind the irises. Yeah, this is the primo stuff. Press Play. Have a tasty Sunday.

Mt. Tamalpais: from beach to peak

May 25, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

This mountain has everything. A beach at the bottom. Spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco from the summit. Giant redwoods and small waterfalls on the Way up. I mapped four wonderful day hikes for you. Complete with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Walking? Chocolate? Which is healthier?

May 24, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

Brussels, Belgium just might be the best place in the world to answer the question and enjoy all the health benefits of chocolate. More than 500 chocolatiers make this beautiful walking city a perfect place to burn more calories than you sample in a 10-mile Walk.

The Pizza Every Onion Wants To Top

May 23, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

Looks too beautiful to eat. Tastes even Better. Maybe the best under-$2 pizza ever. The crust is light and crisp, just faintly salty and sweet at the same time. The onions are very sweet, almost caramelized. Required kitchen skills: stirring, slicing.

Patatas Bravas. Fries with that?
These are the best.

May 22, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

Whether you're grilling a burger or tossing a big salad for Memorial Day, these are the fries you want with it. Perfectly crisp edges. Tender interiors. Tossed in a killer sauce that beats ketchup. And they're a perfect example of the perfectly healthy Mediterranean Diet.

Grilling the Wild Salmon

May 21, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

I love wild salmon. I really love it grilled. But there was always this problem: when you flip a filet over on the side without skin, a lot of the salmon sticks to the grill. Wastes salmon. Looks ugly. Here's the solution.

Your Monday #18: Thrill your shoulders

May 20, 2024
Dick Sandhaus

Let's start the week loose. Comfortable. Flexible. Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Today's Way'll relax and stretch your shoulder and upper back muscles. Make them feel and function better.