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Mar

Celebrate Decadence with National Crabmeat Day

I’m not sure if this is pure coincidence or if my grocery store planned this, but snow crab was on sale here for a fabulous $4.99 a pound. Needless to say, we stocked up.

Crab is such a delightful seafood. Who needs a National Crabmeat Day to celebrate it? Lobster is one thing, but crab is truly sensual. I don’t know whether it’s the cracking of the claws or the physical handling of the meat that makes it so. All I know is that if you want to prepare the perfect aphrodisiac meal, crab is your best bet.

The wonderful thing about it is its simplicity. You can of course, go all out with a crab salad or other such dish. For me, I prefer steamed (or roasted) crab in it all its simple glory. Sure, there is the butter, but it’s only a once-in-awhile indulgence. Normally, crab is relatively expensive.

For the healthy lifestyle, have it as a splurge or treat. Of course, if crab is $4.99 a pound, you just found an excuse for that indulgence.

Photo by Hazel Bregazzi

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Dec

Managing the Holidays

Chris

Have to indulge in a bit of back slapping. I think that I’ve done a good job at skirting the holiday pitfalls this year. When I’m able, I’ve made good choices. I’ve opted for veggies versus a mushroom-swiss burger, one of my downfalls by the way. When cooking, I’ve used half-n-half instead of cream. I’ve been conscious of other substitutions.

Having said all that, I am going to indulge on New Years Eve. There will be seafood and the obligatory butter sauces. Yum! How else, do I ask you, can you serve lobster or crab? After that, I’m on the road to my new list of goals, not resolutions, for 2008.

For the new year, I want to run at least two 5k races. I want to be consistent with my strength training. For those of you that haven’t found this site, SparkPeople is a great tool and motivator for getting healthy and losing weight. I have a goal to exercise 15,000 minutes next year. I have ever confidence I will succeed.