Bend your right knee and place your foot on the outside
of your left thigh.
Bend your right knee and place it on the inner side
of the left thigh just above the left knee.
Engage your whole body and lift your right leg up to plant it on the inside
of your left thigh (above or below the knee) for a Tree Pose.
Bring the knee toward the center of your mat as you lift the ankle on top
of the left thigh.
Snug your upper left arm and shoulder as much as possible under the back
of your left thigh just above the knee, and place your left hand on the floor at the outside edge of your left foot, fingers pointing forward.
On an exhalation, take your right upper arm to the outside
of your left thigh, twisting to the left.
Press the top
of the left thigh into the floor to serve as the anchor for this movement.
At the same time, resist the lift
of the left thigh by pressing the tailbone toward the pubis.
Line up your navel with the middle
of the left thigh.
Fold the right leg and rest it on top
of the left thigh.
Lift and firmly engage all four sides
of your left thigh.
As the front leg straightens, resume pressing the left knee back, and carefully descend the front
of the left thigh and the back of the right leg (and the base of the pelvis) to the floor.
To emphasize both the external rotation
of your left thigh in its hip socket and the length of your left waist, pin your left buttock into the midline and direct your left sitting bone toward your right heel.
Pressing your thigh toward your torso, slide your left upper arm and shoulder as far as you can underneath the back
of the left thigh just above the knee.
Place the right foot on the outside
of the left thigh, close to the left knee.
As you exhale, squeeze the outside of your right arm to the outside
of your left thigh and straighten your right leg.
Twist upper body to the left, looking over your shoulder and use your right hand on the outside
of your left thigh to help pull you deeper into the stretch, twisting your torso.
Place right elbow on outside
of left thigh and left palm or fingertips on floor.
Lying on your back, cross your right ankle on top
of the left thigh and send the hips back, so the body takes the shape of a number four.
Interlace your fingers around the back
of the left thigh and bring the left leg to your chest, flexing both feet.
I played quite a bit of rugby in high school and I once pinched a nerve so badly near my hip that I couldn't feel the top
of my left thigh for a solid year and a half.
Not exact matches
As the woman shrieks and rails («You there with your fancy man in the garden in the bright light
of day... canoodling with him you in nothing but your floral swimming costume and showing your very
thighs»), Mantel's mother, in a turn that anticipates Mantel's later descriptions
of Anne Boleyn, rises from where she is basking, blinks, and dawdles indifferently indoors,
leaving her daughter — small, foursquare, hands planted on her hips — to defend the family honor.
Jacob,
left alone at the ford Jabbok at night, wrestles with a mysterious man who puts his
thigh out
of joint.
Some people have pastors who explain these things but I don't know why she sits alone amidst the bodies that the water
left behind — bodies
of houses, bodies
of cars, bodies
of boats, bodies
of people — knees bent, arms clasped beneath bare
thighs, held together by the stiff embrace
of a sob, or why the earth shook, or why the water came, or why she has taken off her boots, or why she sits alone amidst the bodies that the water
left behind; I only know that I don't want a pastor who explains these things.
Ingredients for broth: 1 uncooked whole turkey leg or large turkey
thigh / 4 cups chicken or turkey broth plus a cup or two
of cold water (you'll need extra water if you aren't using a pressure cooker due to evaporation while cooking / 1/2 large onion, peeled / 2 large carrots, quartered / 2 stalks
of celery, cut in half / several sprigs
of thyme / 1 bay
leaf / 1 T black peppercorns / a couple
of leeks, halved, if you have them.
Directions: Put turkey leg or
thigh in pressure cooker / Cover with broth and water / Add vegetables, thyme, bay
leaf and peppercorns / Tighten down lid and cook on high heat until pressure gauge reaches the high mark / Turn down temperature but maintain the same amount
of high pressure — this takes a little experimenting, on my stove it works on low - medium / Cook for 30 minutes from the time the cooker reaches high pressure / Remove from heat and let the pressure release naturally — this takes about 20 minutes / Open the lid / Strain off the vegetables and seasonings and remove turkey leg / Take meat off the bone and return it to the pot with the broth, discarding bones and skin.
The process
of removing the bone from chicken
thighs often
leaves them somewhat irregularly shaped.
Ingredients Oil 8 skin - on, bone - in chicken
thighs Salt 1 large onion chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 3 small carrots, finely diced 2 stalks celery, finely diced 1 red pepper, diced 1 green pepper, diced 1 jalapeño pepper, seeds removed, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons turmeric 2 teaspoons sweet paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 cups long - grain white rice 1/2 bunch kale, stem removed,
leaves cut into ribbons and rubbed with salt (I like lacinato, but use whatever you like) 1 cup frozen peas,
left to defrost on the counter while you make the rest
of the meal 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro Juice
of half a lemon, plus lemon wedges for garnish
ingredients SPICY ORANGE GLAZED CHICKEN
THIGHS: 1 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed) zest of 1 orange 2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons hot sauce 2 teaspoons thyme (leaves only, finely chopped) 8 chicken thighs (bone in, skin - on) 1/4 cup parsley (finely chopped, to garnish) 1/2 cup store - bought tzatziki (to garnish) Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste) SHAVED CARROT SALAD: 1 orange 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 cup olive oil 6 cups mixed greens 4 large carrots (peeled, shaved into long strips) 1 cup feta cheese (crumbled) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to
THIGHS: 1 cup orange juice (freshly squeezed) zest
of 1 orange 2 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons hot sauce 2 teaspoons thyme (
leaves only, finely chopped) 8 chicken
thighs (bone in, skin - on) 1/4 cup parsley (finely chopped, to garnish) 1/2 cup store - bought tzatziki (to garnish) Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste) SHAVED CARROT SALAD: 1 orange 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 cup olive oil 6 cups mixed greens 4 large carrots (peeled, shaved into long strips) 1 cup feta cheese (crumbled) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to
thighs (bone in, skin - on) 1/4 cup parsley (finely chopped, to garnish) 1/2 cup store - bought tzatziki (to garnish) Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper (to taste) SHAVED CARROT SALAD: 1 orange 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 cup olive oil 6 cups mixed greens 4 large carrots (peeled, shaved into long strips) 1 cup feta cheese (crumbled) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
Not the drowning in American cheese kind (although, that's mostly to save my
thighs...), but rather a can
of black beans and a can
of green chilies heated together and
left simmering while I fry up two eggs.
chicken, quartered, skinned, and most
of the fat removed (I used a combination
of chicken
thighs and drumsticks; I
left the skin on and removed it after cooking the stew) * 1 tablespoon sea salt for seasoning, plus extra to taste * 2 - 3 quarts chicken stock (I used homemade turkey stock) * 2 bay
leaves * 2 large celery stalks * 2 lbs.
It's chicken
thighs with kalamata olives and spicy green olives and garlic and sundried tomatoes and onions and mushrooms, but any
of those things can be
left out and it's still fabulous.
To serve, carefully remove the chicken
thighs from the pan, put them on a platter, and drizzle the blueberry sauce around them and down the middle
of each piece
of chicken,
leaving some
of the crispy golden skin showing.
Add a pat
of butter to each
thigh, put them into a cooking pouch and vacuum seal.Submerge in the water oven to cook for 1 1/2 hoursIn a skillet on the stovetop, heat the lard over medium heat (not high) and when it starts smoking, add the
thighs, skin side down and
leave undisturbed for 3 to 5 minutes until the skin is crisp.
Ingredients Extra virgin olive oil, for cooking2 red onions, roughly chopped2 teaspoons chopped lemon thyme2 teaspoons chopped rosemary4 large ripe figs, halved4 large Barossa or other corn - fed chicken marylands (
thigh and drumstick joints),
thighs and drumsticks separatedSea salt1 cinnamon stick 1/2 cup (125 ml) Golden Chicken Stock (page 132
of book) 1/2 cup (125 ml) verjuice (page 141
of book) 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar (page 141
of book) Zest
of 1 lemon, removed in thin strips with a vegetable peeler,
leaving the bitter pith2 tablespoons honeyChopped flat -
leaf parsley (optional) Grilled Semolina (optional - page 139
of book), to serve Method.
FOR THE GUMBO FILLING: 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 tablespoon all purpose flour 1 half
of a 14.5 - oz can
of diced tomatoes with juice 1 bay
leaf 1 tablespoon canola oil 1/2 onion, chopped into small pieces 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped into small pieces 1 stalk celery, chopped into small pieces 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons water or white wine 1 boneless skinless chicken
thigh cut into small pieces 1/2 cup smoked sausage like andouille 1/2 cup shelled and deveined shrimp, cut into small pieces 1/2 cup frozen or fresh okra, cut into small pieces 1 tablespoon Italian parsley, chopped
6 boneless / skinless chicken
thighs (use your favorite cut
of chicken) 1 cup fresh baby spinach 1/2 cup fresh basil 3 Tbsp
of fresh rosemary (the
leaves from about 3 sprigs
of rosemary) 1 tsp dried oregano 1 lemon, juice and zest 3 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 tsp salt and pepper 1/4 cup olive oil
2 lbs chicken breasts or
thighs, trimmed Salt and Pepper 2 Tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, divided 1 Tablespoon butter 2 cups celery, chopped 1 1/2 cups onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced or put through a press 8 oz fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced (try crimini mushrooms — they're nice and meaty) 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper 2 Tablespoons chili powder 1 cup chicken broth 1 Tablespoon sugar 1 bay
leaf 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped (2) 15 oz cans tomato sauce (1) 14 oz can diced tomatoes (1) 16 oz pkg medium pasta shells (or your shape
of choice)
• April / May 2014: Terdema sits next to me in the two chairs in front
of his desk and as he is talking to me, he puts his hand on my
left thigh, about halfway up the
thigh.
The low point came in the Rams» second preseason game when, going up for a pass, Crouch was drilled in the
left leg and later had to have 150 cc's
of blood drained from his
thigh.
Expect one
of those individuals to be
left on the bench, while Joe Allen will come into the midfield with Emre Can suspended, Jordan Henderson out for the rest
of the season and Lucas Leiva still struggling with a
thigh injury.
Less than 11 months after having hip - replacement surgery, Jackson looked much like the vibrant, sculpted specimen we were used to seeing before he fractured his
left hip socket, shearing cartilage and cutting off the blood supply to the top
of the
thigh bone, while being tackled in an NFL playoff game on Jan. 13, 1991.
The Real Madrid center back has been
left out
of their squad after failing to recover from a
thigh injury.
I tell him, «You can
leave your underwear on, all I need is the back
of your
thighs.»
Following Friday's practice in Milan, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane confessed that Ronaldo was in a bit
of pain this past week after a knock on his
left thigh, but said he's better now and will be «100 percent» for the Final at San Siro.
He is still recovering from a ruptured tendon in his
left thigh which he sustained in a training exercise at the beginning
of August.
The France international sustained a «fibrillar rupture to his
left thigh» during the dying stages
of the encounter, and this is likely to sideline him for the best part
of a month, Marca claims.
Verratti, 25, continues to struggle with a
left adductor problem that has kept him out
of action recently, while Diarra, 33, shortens Emery's options further because
of a
left -
thigh complaint.
Receiving a bouncing ball on the corner
of the penalty area, with little time to think, Saúl controls the ball with his
thigh before using the outside
of his
left boot to swerve a sumptuous cross into Griezmann's path, playing the ball into the «corridor
of uncertainty», where the keeper is unable to come to collect and the defenders fear deflecting the ball goalwards.
Sami Khedira undergoes medical tests on Thursday which reveal a mild strain
of the flexor muscles in his
left thigh.