Archive for February, 2009
Monday Madness!
Monday, February 23, 2009 22:28 No CommentsBefore leaving the health club world I had worked with 12 different clubs in a 10 year span. One thing I learned from all those years is that Mondays are ALWAYS the busiest day of the week! Come 5:00pm you…
Chef Mario Batali can be your personal chef tonight!
Monday, February 23, 2009 21:49 No CommentsWe were lucky to preview Chef Batali’s new jarred tomato sauces. Mario’s intention with this sauce is to make good food convenient food. Realistically, at times we just need sauce fast to make a quick meal. Having a jar of excellent tomato sauce ready to be opened can save us from resorting to greasy take [...]
Our Chef’s Tomato Sauce 101 – Back to Basics
Monday, February 23, 2009 20:06 No CommentsUse this sauce in any dish that calls for a tomato sauce. Use it over pasta of course or make it in a large sauté pan and use it as the foundation for poaching a filet of fish, shrimp, chicken, or other meat or even eggs and you have a low fat, delicious dish that [...]
Sniffle, Sniffle – Fighting the Common Cold
Monday, February 23, 2009 20:00 No CommentsThe common cold is probably one of the most annoying health concerns during the winter months. So how do we avoid it? Some of the very things that benefit health and weight loss can also prevent some of the viruses…
Clean Mat!
Monday, February 23, 2009 18:13 No Comments
This weekend there was a smell coming out of my car that even I couldn’t stand anymore. It was time to clean it out! And although I would have loved to blame the odor on the kid’s chicken nuggets, old juice cups, and lollipop sticks that I found, I think one of the major culprits was my exercise mat. So after recently hearing that machine washing was safe, I crossed my fingers and tossed it into the laundry with a small amount of detergent. After the wash, I air dried it over my shower curtain rod for the night. Turns out, my mat was machine washable. The material held up great, and the musty stink is gone. My car smells much better today too. Hope it lasts for more than a day 
Did you watch the Oscars? I loved Hugh Jackman and his opening number. And the gowns were unbelievable. Tonight I’m headed to boot camp at 8. Happy Monday.