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Slower Sunday: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da

My first zip line. So beautiful up here above the rainforest you forget you're hanging off a cable. Amazing how a change of perspective can focus you. What a wonderful feeling. Wonderful day. Press Play for a little cable TV.
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The Winter Spice Rack

If you're trying to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat, winter's a challenging time. Way less variety at the farmers market. So take what ya got and spice it up. $25'll get you three blends that last for months and breathe new life into your winter diet.
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Warm Winter Hiking. Cactus included.

I knew the Coronado National Forest was full of them. I just didn't know they looked like cartoons. Here they are. Thousands of them. For miles. Walk this whole 16-mile trail outside Tucson, Arizona. 5 or 6 great hours. More than 2,000 calories burned. The temperature: in the high 60s F. About the same as Phoenix, 100 miles away. A little too warm for football. Ya think?
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Super Bowl Snack of the Year: Duqqa Dip

Two steps: dip bread into olive oil to moisten it, then dip it into this mix of oven-toasted, crushed walnuts, dried cherries and cumin seeds. Say what? Trust me - it's addictively delicious and its nutritional content sounds like an intensive health food intervention. Go team!
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Bananas Gone Wild

Banana Ceviche. Really. Delicious. Sweet and soft. Bright and spicy. A great Super Bowl snack. Super tasty and satisfying. Way Better than junk snacks. And Cheaper. Bananas. They're not just for Cheerios any more.
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Over easy. Many-Vegetable Frittata

The most beautiful and delicious way to use everything in the vegetable drawer that'll spoil if you don't do something soon. Cook the eggs real slow. Low temperature. They'll be light, soft. Moist, not wet. Almost souffle-like.
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Killer couches. Murderous desk chairs.

Can't blame them. Sure, they might be really comfortable. Inviting. But it's not their fault. It's you. The sitter. Sitting for hours at a time reduces your metabolic rate and makes you a more likely candidate for obesity and diabetes. Here's an easy solution to the problem.
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Morocco on your plate

But not for long. Even skeptics join the Clean Plate Club after this one. Moroccan Orange & Olive Salad. Amazingly delicious flavor combination, maybe an addictive one. I could eat this once or twice a week.
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4 Muddy Boots on a 4-Wheel Drive Trail

8 miles in 5 or 6 hours in the rainforest. 3,000' of elevation gain. 3,000 calories burned. Want more? Take the waterfall detour. Right up the middle of the shallow but rocky stream. Check my big 3D Google Map for the turnoff. If you're already here,the extra cost for all this nature and exercise = zero.
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