Recipe and Quote of the Day!

Coconut Curried Grilled Chicken

serves 8

4 pounds chicken pieces (legs, wings, thighs, legs)
3/4 cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons tamari or gluten-free soy sauce
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon curry powder

Place the chicken in a large glass dish, just big enough to hold all the pieces. Whisk together the remaining ingredients in a large bowl; pour marinade over the chicken and turn to coat. Cover the dish with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerate, turning the chicken pieces periodically, for 2 to 8 hours.

Drain the chicken and discard the marinade.

Prepare your grill. When the coals are red in the center and coated in ash, grill the chicken for five minutes per side, or until golden brown. Move the chicken away from the direct heat and continue cooking, covered and turning occasionally, until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165º F, or until the juices run clear when pierced with a fork and the chicken is no longer pink at the bone, about half an hour.

If you cannot or do not wish to grill, pour the marinade off of the chicken and bake at 350º F for 45 minutes.

Quote of the Day!

"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life." - Burton Hills

Recipe and Quote of the Day!

So yesterday I tried a new breakfast/lunch considering the time I guess but it was my breakfast!

Coconut Milk Sauteed veggies and sausage!

2 Squash
8 Asparagus
1 Red Pepper
1/4 Yellow Onion
1/2 can Coconut Milk
2 Chicken Sausage

Saute all veggies with 1/2 tbsp of coconut oil then simmer in coconut milk - EASY! Add salt, pepper and any other seasonings you like to taste! Super Yummy - Enjoy!

Quote of the Day!

“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”

Recipe and Quote of the Day!

I love mexican food so I figured I look for some paleo or primal options out there!!

Primal Enchiladas!!!!

Ingredients:
Crust option 1: (This is my favorite. It sounds a little odd but its delicious).
- Eggs
- Ground coconut

Crust option two:
- Eggs
- Shredded zucchini

Other ingredients:
Beef (grass fed preferably)
- Onions (white, yellow or red. Pick your favorite. I prefer white in my enchilades)
- Green Chile (if you have it available which I know that those that aren’t New Mexican natives often dont).
- Salsa ( make my own special for enchiladas that is heavy on tomato paste)
- Shredded Cheese (I like a mixture of mozzarella, pepper jack and cheddar)

Toppings:
- Shredded Lettuce
- Organic sour cream
- Guacamole or avocado

Directions:
1. In a baking dish we will first create our crust.
Crust option one.
- Line the bottom of your baking dish with them. Fill in the in-between spots with some egg.

OR

Crust option 2.
- Mix shredded zucchini with egg and line the bottom of the pan.

2. Season and brown your ground been in a skillet. I recommend a lot of garlic and spicy seasonings.
3. pour your browned beef on top of your crust.
4. Top your beef with chopped onion, green chile (if you have it of course) and a layer of salsa.
5. Top with your shredded cheeses.
6. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees until a slight crust starts to form on the top of the cheese. About 30 minutes to 45 minutes.
7. Serve on a plate and top with shredded lettuce, organic sour cream and guacamole or avocado slices. delicious.

Quote of the Day!

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

John Wooden

Day 2 of my nutrition blog

Breakfast:
Ususal coffee (3 cups today!)

No breakfast really except a snack with sauteed veggies and chicken sausage cooked in coconut milk! Super yummy!!

WOD:
A: 8-6-4-2
Power Cleans 125lb
Muscle Ups 4,3,2,1
B:
5 RFT
10 box jumps 36in unbroken
20 wall balls 14lb unbroken
40 double unders unbroken
14:12 rx

Dinner:
6oz tri tip
8 asparagus
1/4 avocado
2 glasses of wine

Day 1 of my nutrition blog

Okay so apparently I've fallen off the face of the earth with my blogging!! Sorry been crazy busy!  Well I figured might as well start over. I haven't been eating completely horribly so I'm not overly worried about it but I do find that keeping track of what I eat definitely helps.

Breakfast:
Usual coffee with heavy cream and stevia.
2 eggs, 1 chicken sausage sauteed in coconut oil with mushrooms, tomatoes, onion and spinach!

Lunch:
My usual protein shake
1 serving of progenex
16 oz of almond milk
1/2 banana
1 scoop of amazing greens superfood
1.5 tbsp of sunflower seed butter

WOD:
5x3 Snatch Balances 105lb
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Renegade Rows and Thrusters (25lb dumbbells)

Dinner:
Spike's Fish House
6oz of salmon
sauteed veggies

Snack
Celery, cucumber & tomato raw pieces with lime juice, salt and pepper
1 drink of bubble gum vodka poured over ice :-)

Day 2 of my nutrition blog

Breakfast:
2.5 cups my usual coffee with heavy cream and stevia
2 eggs
1 egg white
1 chicken sausage
green onion & mushroom sauteed with 2 teaspoons of coconut oil

WOD:
1-5 rep ladder
1: deadlift 205lb & muscle ups (subbed some with bar muscle ups)
2: clean & jerk 115lb & handstand pushups
3: squat snatch 75lb & burpee w/bar jump
20:26 min - then rest 5 min -
4 rounds of
50 double unders
:25 L-sit holds
25 GHD sit ups
50 yard prowler push with 135lb
I don't know what my exact finish time was

POST WOD:
1/2 of my usual protein shake
progenex recovery protein
16oz of almond milk
1.5 tbsp of almond butter
1/2 banana

Lunch:
Wahoos
Double of order of bonzi veggies with an order of steak and an order of cajon fish! Yum!!
1 12oz beer Kona Brew co forget what it's called but super yummy!

Rowed 1000m

Dinner:
7.5oz of pork chop no bone cooked in coconut milk with seasonings
1 teaspoon of coconut oil probably had about 1/4 cup of coconut milk with the pork once I ate it
huge romaine salad with 1 tomato, 3 mushrooms, 2 tbsp of yellow onion, 2 tbsp of EVOO and 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.

Day 1 of my nutrition blog

So after the last 60 day nutrition challenge I made it through!! I took a couple of weeks off and now it's time to start journaling everything I eat again to make sure I stay on track with my paleo/primal eating, staying lean and keeping up with my training!! Not sure if I'm doing the individual NLI in September but I am doing OC Throwdown in Jan 2012 so lots of work to do!!

Today I woke up at 4am!! WTF??!! How do you people do it on a regular everyday basis??!! It wasn't bad after my first cup of coffee and a shower! Had a lot of fun training my 6 & 7am class!! Thank you OCC clients for your warm welcome and smiles so early in the morning!

Breakfast:
My usual coffee french pressed with heavy cream and stevia!
Egg white scramble at a nice cafe in Costa Mesa. Egg whites, spinach, tomato, mushrooms, bacon and ham! It was super yummy!! I had 1 piece of squaw bread with a little butter.

Snack:
1/4 avocado

Lunch:
1/2 protein shake
1 serving of progenex recovery chocolate protein mix
16 oz almond milk
1.5 tbsp almond butter
1/2 banana
1 scoop of amazing greens superfood

WOD:
Split Jerk
3,3,3,1,1,1,
105, 115,125, 135 fail, 135 fail, 135 fail :-(
then
4 Rounds for time
30 double unders
20 KB swings 35lb
10 burpees
6:46

Dinner:
Esthers
Steak fajitas w/side salad
2 tbsp of sour cream, 3 tbsp guacamole, 2 tbsp of ranch
5 chips
2 shots of patron :-) It was shaken poured over ice don't know if I actually finished 2 shots but I'm putting it down.