How to find and evaluate a Personal Trainer. The top 5 (or so) things you should be looking for.

In a previous blog post we explored what personal training is and how it fits into the overall world of fitness to help you decide if this is a path, among many fitness options, you should take to help you reach your fitness goals. For those who have either decided or are heavily leaning towardContinue reading “How to find and evaluate a Personal Trainer. The top 5 (or so) things you should be looking for.”

Low Carb Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream

This is delicious, healthy, full of good fat and only about 15 grams of net carbs per serving. I recommend you use the, ‘Hu Kitchen Dark Chocolate Bar’ –they are super clean, made of only cacao, coconut sugar and cocoa butter. This makes 2 servings (although it’s one serving for me). If you want toContinue reading “Low Carb Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream”

Spinach, Chicken and Turkey Quinoa Bowl

First off, I hope everyone reading this is safe and comfortable. We’ve all been given an opportunity during this Corona virus lockdown to spend more time with family, embrace hobbies, learn a new skill or if you’re like me, grow a sick, pandemic beard. Aside from to not shaving until this whole thing blows over,Continue reading “Spinach, Chicken and Turkey Quinoa Bowl”

Carnitas Burrito Bowl

Carnitas Burrito Bowl   I had Chipotle on Saturday and all i could taste was salt.  It’s still all I can taste.  So I’m cooking my own version of their burrito bowls for meal prep this week. Ingredients: 4 lbs Pork Butt 2 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons salt 2 teaspoons black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoonsContinue reading “Carnitas Burrito Bowl”

Turkey Tacos

MEAL PREP: Turkey Tacos Right now is a really amazing time to be low carb, gluten, and grain free.  There are numerous companies that make alternate versions of your favorite carbs, and these days you won’t lose all of your friends for replacing rice, mashed potatoes, and pizza crust with cauliflower (only most of your friends).  I’mContinue reading “Turkey Tacos”

Stuffed Cabbage

MEAL PREP: Stuffed Cabbage My favorite cheat meal is a burrito. 90% of the time I follow the Paleo diet, and only eat meat, vegetables, eggs, nuts and seeds. I don’t eat grain, beans, or dairy, and a burrito is all of those things wrapped up in another thing that I don’t eat. So it’sContinue reading “Stuffed Cabbage”

One Skillet Cashew Chicken Stir-fry

MEAL PREP: One Skillet Cashew Chicken Stir-fry Wedding gifts keep pouring in and I recently received a beautiful Le Crueset cast iron pan in sexy-red (image to follow). With proper maintenance, a good cast iron pan is indestructible! This thing is a work of art, and I was really excited to use it.  So I wentContinue reading “One Skillet Cashew Chicken Stir-fry”

Beef and Chicken and Broccoli

MEAL PREP: Beef and Chicken and Broccoli I like Chinese food as much as everyone else does, but when you get Chinese takeout it’s full of crappy oils, crappy ingredients, and leaves you feeling just like it, crappy.  Luckily, you can quickly whip up these flavors at home by swapping out their crappy ingredients withContinue reading “Beef and Chicken and Broccoli”

Slow Cooker Chicken Sweet Potato Chili

MEAL PREP: Slow Cooker Chicken Sweet Potato Chili I’m getting married in October, and I’ve slowly begun to receive wedding gifts, one gift I just got is a truly beautiful slow cooker (Thank you Stewart and Eileen).  With all this great stuff arriving at our place, I think I’m starting to understand why people getContinue reading “Slow Cooker Chicken Sweet Potato Chili”

Blackened Chicken Thighs and Bacon Sweet Potato Hash

MEAL PREP: Blackened Chicken Thighs and Bacon Sweet Potato Hash On days when I don’t have food prepared for work I often go to Whole Foods and make lunches from their hot food and salad bar.  They’ve recently been stocking blackened chicken thighs.  I like blackening stuff because it healthily adds deep flavor.  The issue with WholeContinue reading “Blackened Chicken Thighs and Bacon Sweet Potato Hash”