St. 's Day 2012 motd

[Guest guest]

GOING GREEN!

Saturday, 17 March 2012

Good morning. No, wait. Today it's...Top

'o the morning to ya'!

That's right everybody, it's St.

's Day! And your

little leprecaun here, (the one with the curly hair),

wants to wish you all a very Happy St. 's

Day!

For St. 's Day, I'll

be wearing a black and green tank top when I teach

class this morning at Slimmons.

I'm already busy here at my house this morning. Oh, I

wish you could see the outfit I'll be wearing when

I teach class in a couple of hours. I must say,

, who designs and makes all of my workout

outfits, really outdid herself this time. (By the

way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, !) For St.

's Day, I'll be wearing a black and green tank

top. Green wings, (of course), will be complete the

look. Oh, how I wish you all could be in class today

with us at Slimmons to see it and...sweat with us!

And tell me, what do you have planned

for this St. 's Day? My father was half-Irish

and he always made this day nice and green for us back

home in New Orleans. He'd make this wonderful

traditional Irish meal of ham, black eyed-peas and

stuffed cabbage. Everything my father prepared in the

kitchen was wonderful but his stuffed cabbage was one

of my favorites.

Maybe you'll be attending a

St. 's Day parade today.

Maybe you'll be attending a St. 's Day parade

today in your hometown. Every year, New York and

Boston, two of my favorite cites, put on the nation's

biggest parades in honor of St. .

If you're attending one of those parades, chances are,

you'll be wearing green when you go. All over the

country, people will be drinking green tea and even green beer,

oh, my! But the biggest honor goes to the great city

of Chicago. The Chicago River, which runs through the

heart of their downtown, is actually dyed green for St.

's Day. How

fabulous!

So, looks like lots of people will be wearing green,

drinking green and, in Chicago, even dyeing their

rivers green! Well, all that's left to do is eat

green! That's

right, in honor of St. and his holiday, I want

you all to have for lunch or dinner a big colorful

salad filled with lots of green. Start with your

favorite type of green lettuce and top it off with

some cucumbers, bell pepper, celery and 1/8 of an

avocado. Brighten your salad with some diced carrots,

radishes, cherry tomatoes and fresh parsley. Add a

little of your favorite low-fat salad dressing and viola! You're ready

to eat green on this St. 's Day by having that

colorful and tasty salad!

May the luck of the Irish

be with all of you today.

Okay, class will be starting soon and I've got to get

my green wings put on. In the meantime, have a happy,

healthy St. 's Day everybody! May the luck of

the Irish be with you all and, don't forget to eat

green by

enjoying a good-for- you salad today.

Love,