I hope that 2018 is off to a positive start for you and those you are closest to. I love the rollover to a new calendar year for the feelings of hope and energy that it tends to bring out in many of us.
For the past few years, we've made it a ritual to write letters to ourselves, to be opened on January 1st of the next year. I posted a photo of the sealed envelope that housed our letters from January 1st of 2017 and that we excitedly opened yesterday at my Instagram account:
I suppose you could call them mini mushroom omelettes, but enoki mushroom frittatas has a nice ring to it, no? However you choose to name this dish, know going in that it provides a wonderfully chewy texture that makes it natural to pair with rice or noodles. Read more
My aunt has long made these delicious almond cookies for our large clan of relatives over the Christmas holidays. Free of dairy and gluten, I would contend that these cookies are quite a bit healthier than most conventional store-bought baked goods. They're definitely a good source of easily absorbed protein, fiber, calcium, and magnesium.
Though the recipe calls for egg whites, my aunt has found that the cookies turn out just as scrumptious with the yolks included; the main difference in using just the whites seems to be a greater level of chewiness, so if you value chewy, better to skip the yolks and go with just the whites - either way, be sure to whisk well! Read more
1 small Daikon radish, skin removed, chopped into 1/4 to 1/8-inch bite-size pieces
1 bunch of green onions, chopped into 1-inch pieces
1/2 Fuji apple, chopped into 1/8-inch slices
1/2 Asian pear (crispy), chopped into 1/8-inch slices
2 pieces of ginger, about 2 inches long each, skin removed
1/2 yellow onion
6 cloves of garlic, left whole
3 small hot red peppers, green stems cut off but otherwise left whole
2 tablespoons of sea salt
64 ounces of cold water
How to Foam Roll Your Lower Legs - Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Flexor Hallucis Longus, Tibialis Anterior, Peroneus Longus, Brevis, and Tertius, and Soles of Feet:
If doing full body weight dips or push-ups close to the ground aren't possible for your current circumstances but you are still curious about using gym rings to improve your upper body and core strength, you can do modified push-ups on your rings as you are leaning slightly forward. Read more
Doing push-ups with gymnastics rings is a challenging way to improve upper body strength while simultaneously improve core strength and balance.
Begin in a modified push-up position with your knees on the ground and your hands on gym rings.
At the top of the push-up position, with your arms straight, elbows locked, supinate your forearms, then allow your forearms to return to a natural position and lower yourself down to do a push-up. Read more
My experience with vitiligo started when I was nineteen years old. I was in my second year of university, struggling to meet academic expectations, and unhappy with my relationships at home. Read more
This is a simple full body mobility routine that you can do anywhere.
Begin by rolling your shoulders in small circles to warm up your scapulae.
Move to arm circles, forward and backward, to warm up your shoulder joints - aim to keep your trunk facing forward.
Take your neck through flexion, extension, right and left rotation, right and left lateral flexion, then slow full circles clockwise and counter-clockwise. Read more
