No time for Breakfast?

Would you get on the highway with no gas in your car?
So, why would you come to workout on an empty stomach?

I made this totally easy Egg dish in less than one hour and it will provide me with a protein-packed breakfast for a week

Here's what you'll need;
Lasagne pan
Olive Oil
2 Doz Eggs
2 cups chopped spinach
2 red Bell peppers, diced small
2 small onions, diced small
1 package turkey bacon (yum), cooked

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
(the Oven is that large metal thing in your kitchen that you have been using to store your pots and pans)

Grease lasagne pan with 2 tbls of Olive Oil

In a large bowl, beat the Eggs together, then add the Veggies and cooked bacon, then pour the mixture into the lasagne pan... easy, right?

Place the pan on the center rack of the oven and bake for 35 min at 350 degrees

You'll know its done when a knife inserted in the center comes out cleanly.

Cut into 6 or 8 servings, enjoy!

Easy Zone-friendy Dinner

Welcome to Wednesday and my recipe of the week!

Tonight I made the most delicious meal and it only took about 20 minutes to prep and cook.

I made broiled Lamb Steaks with Broccoli and Red Bell Peppers;

(Ok, so I'm not the greatest photographer... but I promise to work on my skills!)

I bought boneless leg of lamb steaks at Whole Foods ($10.99/lb) seasoned them with dried rosemary, a little kosher salt and pepper, put them on a baking sheet, and then under the broiler on high for 6 minutes per side.

While they were cooking, I rinsed the Broccoli and Bell Peppers and put a pot of water with a steamer insert on the stove to heat. I chopped the Broccoli into 4" spears and chopped the Bell Peppers into 2" dice.

After I flipped the Lamb Steaks over, I put the veggies into the steamer and covered the pot. When the Lamb was done I took it out of the oven and turned the heat under the veggies off, but left the lid on

Next I mixed 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of dried rosemary, some kosher salt and pepper in a small bowl. I put the hot veggies in a large glass bowl and poured the olive oil mixture over it, stirring to lightly coat.

My portion pictured, plus the apple I had for desert was approximately a 5 block Zone meal - really delicious!

In order to make the most of the time I spent shopping and cooking, I made 4 additional portions which I put in tupperware to enjoy later this week.

If you make this at home, please leave your comments - let me know what you think!

Zone Meal, or Splurge?

Delicious Zone Friendly Meal

I wanted to share one of my current favorite meals with you... My friend, and fellow Personal Trainer Dana Paoli told me about this, and it's amazing!

Ricotta cheese, blueberries, honey, and walnuts.

In order to make one of my standard 4 block Zone meals, here's what I do; Put 240 grams of ricotta cheese into a bowl, add about 20 grams of honey and mix. Next I add 20 grams of walnut pieces and top it off with 140 grams of blueberries. If you're using frozen, you have two choices. Add them frozen and you get a semi frozen, sorbet like finished product, or thaw the blueberries first and you get a parfait.

My version equals approx; 37 grams Protein, 48 grams Carbs, 30 grams Fat.

A half size version would make a really great Zone snack, too!

Zone Breakfast

Breakfast of Champions?

In addition to our workout routines, I plan to post a nutrition article once per week. For the first entry I thought I'd show you what I eat for breakfast several times a week... it's basically a 4 block Zone meal; 4 whole eggs (Protein) 1/2 cup Ezekiel sprouted grain cereal (Carb's) w/1/2 cup 2% milk, 1/2 an Avocado (Fat) and a cup of coffee w/ 2tbs half 'n half.

Some mornings I switch it up and have McCanns Steel Cut Oatmeal, or the Ezekiel 'english muffin w/almond butter. But I pretty much always have the eggs. If I'm not eating the Avocado, I take 1 tbs of Flax Oil - great, healthy fat!

More to come... What are you eating for breakfast these days?