I don’t cook a week’s worth in a day, but I like to take a good chunk of time on Sunday to prep food for the week. It might look something like this: Want more ideas to minimize mid-week cooking? Check out the Cooking forum’s All Cooking in a Day (with apologies to Bradbury ) - roast a chicken (though...
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There’s an interesting discussion right now in Motherhood and Working about how to manage off-ramping. And then on-ramping. Or downshifting. Or downshifting, then upshifting again. Or any combination of the above. ……….. You know, I’m just flabbergasted that society hasn’t figured out a workable...
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Yesterday, Tim Harford posted a New York Times article on Twitter that really struck a chord with me. Judging from the number of comments I got when I posted it on Facebook, I clearly wasn’t the only one! The article is called ‘The Rise of the New Groupthink’ and its thesis is that people don’t necessarily work better...
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Image credit: Lemons by neil conway I’m so envious of the West coast folks who have trees full of lemons, oranges, and grapefruit right now! Got lots of citrus in your kitchen right now? Check out our Cooking board for citrus fruit recipes.I miss visiting my grandparents’ home in Florida, with their sour orange and...
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Huston Smith is a storyteller, and this story is his. I was simply lucky enough to be there when he told it– once to our Berkeley congregation, and once in a special retelling for my daughters. in 1964 Huston was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis when it was still segregated. He found a phone number...
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Are you looking for easy ways to include more vegetables in your life? Check out the thread Easy, “Peas”y Veggies for ideas and recipes. Salad with cranberries, walnuts, and blue cheese Lots of roast veggie recipes Green beans in a wok, or brussels sprouts in bacon drippings And don’t forget the microwave-in-bag...
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Image credit: Yoga on the Olympic Peninsula by minka6 From the General Yoga Thread*, comes this heads-up: In case anyone is looking for a yoga jump start, the Yoga Journal folks are doing another 21-day challenge. This time they have two tracks, one for beginners and one for intermediate...
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We’re working through the twelve habits of happy people this year, and the first habit is Express Gratitude*. There’s a section in The How of Happiness that has several suggestions for how to practice gratitude: - Gratitude Journal: write 3-5 things you’re grateful for. - Contemplate Gratitude: choose a few...
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