Buttermilk Ranch Dressing & Dip A few years back, I attended a Hood to Coast meeting with the team I was going to be running with that year. We slid pizzas off the outdoor grill and ate dinner on the deck, while the veterans swapped stories and shared advice with us rookies. I should have been asking important questions like, "What do I pack?" or "How do you train in the final week?" You know, stuff that would actually be helpful when running in the world's largest relay race on very little sleep for two days with a van full of sweaty people I just met. Instead, all I could ask was, "Where did you get the recipe for this Buttermilk Ranch Keep Reading

As spring turns into early summer in the great Northwest, the produce selection starts to get interesting again. You might wander through your backyard garden or local farmer's market (when they open back up again!). Maybe you pick up a CSA farm share each week or just run into the grocery store while out running an errand or two. Growing or buying produce in season is one thing. Knowing what in the world to do with it once you get it home can be another. Those beautiful bunches of beets and strange stalks of chard. That impulse buy of radishes or delivery of kale. Without a plan, a frugal decision in the produce department can turn into a waste Keep Reading