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Fruity Chicken Salad
I’m not a big fan of mayo. It just seems too thick and too creamy for my liking. Naturally, it makes no sense that I’d be on a quest for a recipe for chicken salad that didn’t make me gag. I tried all kinds of mayo alternatives: Greek yogurt, sour cream and strange concoctions involving […] Read More
Betty Says: Like Running on the Moon
Running on an Alter-G Treadmill Dear Betty, You ran on an Alter-G? That sounds so cool. Tell me more! – King of the ‘Mill Let me start by saying that if you ever have the chance to run in one, DO IT! On Monday, the day after I ran/walked the B.A.A. 10k in Boston, I […] Read More
Training: I Own the Road
Today I ran the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) 10k. If you ever have the chance to run a BAA race, do it. Don’t even ask questions. There were 6,000 people racing and I can say without a doubt that it was the best managed, best organized race that I’ve ever been lucky enough to be […] Read More
Overnight Steel Cut Oats (In a Mason Jar!)
No-Cook Steel Cut Oats I have an evening routine: put the Tiny Kitchen Assistant to bed, then settle in with my iPad to sift through the day’s Google Reader topics and do a quick search of Pinterest. I know that people obsess over Pinterest. I’m just not one of them. I like to do a […] Read More
On the First Day of the Last Year of My 30s
I’m 39 today, which strikes me as odd. This is the last year of my 30s. That’s bizarre, right? I mean, there are still days where I don’t feel like I know anything more than I knew at 19. But the best news is that I’m just one year away from moving up one age […] Read More
Betty Says: Don’t Overshare
I swear on the Tiny Kitchen Assistant that this is a true story. On Monday afternoon, I camped out at the coffee shop to get some work done. True, I could have worked at home, but because my trip was looming large in my brain, I was having a serious case of pre-travel ADD in […] Read More
Training: The Cycle of Life
To my bicycle: You appeared in my garage on my birthday in 1998, a gift from my new husband. You tooled around north-central New Jersey for a year, spent a little bit of time touring our first neighborhood in the east bay the following year, and then sat neglected for the five years that we […] Read More
I’m Obsessed with Pickled Cauliflower
Pickled Cauliflower Like Betty, I’m a huge fan of pickled things. I can’t really beat a salty/tangy/chilled accompaniment to a meal, particularly in the summertime. I’ve made some regular old pickled cauliflower before, and while it was fine, it didn’t really inspire me. And then I stumbled across the pickled cauliflower recipe from Perbacco. I’ve […] Read More
Fundraising: I Have Goodies for You
Maybe, just maybe, giving a tax-deductible contribution to benefit blood cancer patients and their families isn’t enough motivation for you. That’s ok: I have added incentives. For every $5 contribution to my fundraising efforts, you will get one entry into my Drawing of Fabulous Prizes. $5 = 1 entry. $10 = 2 entries. $50 = […] Read More
Change: The Recipe Solution
Last week, I posted a question on Facebook: how do you organize the loose recipes that you’ve torn out of magazines, newspapers, etc? It’s a problem that’s been plaguing me ever since I broke my foot in 2010. A group of friends brought me huge stockpiles of old magazines — everything from The New Yorker […] Read More
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