egg roll in a bowl

Egg Roll in a Bowl

Prep Time: 5 mins. Cook Time: approx 25 mins.
Serves 4

Ingredients:
2 tbsp sesame oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup onion, diced
5 green onions, sliced on a bias (white and green parts)
1 lb ground pork (can also swap this out for ground turkey, beef or chicken)
1/2 tsp ground ginger
sea salt and black pepper, to taste
1 tbsp Sriracha or garlic chili sauce, more to taste
14 oz bag coleslaw or half a head of cabbage finely shredded
3 tbsp Coconut Aminos or soy sauce
1 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Instructions:
1. Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
2. Add the garlic, onion, and white portion of the green onions. Sauté until the onions are translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
3. Add the ground pork, ground ginger, sea salt, black pepper and Sriracha. Sauté until the pork is cooked through.
4. Add the coleslaw mix, coconut aminos, and rice wine vinegar. Sauté until the coleslaw is tender.
5. Top with green onions and sesame seeds before serving.
Serve over a bed of brown rice or cauliflower rice.

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Your Rights as a Personal Training Client

What You Can Expect From Your Essential Fitness Trainer (or anywhere!):

You should be the sole focus of your trainer during your session.

Your trainer should not discuss their personal lives with you during your session.Your time is precious, and your workout should be focused.You cannot learn form and focus when your trainer is prattling on about their latest date night.

You should expect your session to begin and end on time. As a professional, your trainer should be a master at managing the time before, during, and after your session.

You should expect to learn proper form on every exercise, and to be appropriately challenged. You should be positioned to be successful in completing most moves correctly. You can expect to only lift heavier weights when your technique improves.

It is not your job to fetch your weights. As a top service professional, your trainer will generally choose and give your weights to you.

Your trainer is the person to bring energy, motivation, and passion for fitness EVERY DAY. They must spend their time and energy moving you further along towards your goals- every time they see you!

Your trainer shall not do the following during your session: Be on their cell phone, Talk to other people, Eat. Refer to rules 1 and 2.

Your trainer should not lean on a wall, sit, or lounge in anyway while working. If they are passionate about changing lives, they will bring tremendous energy to your session, and work almost as hard as you.

You are not paying your trainer to be a tour guide, wandering around the gym aimlessly choosing a random machine to try. It is a reasonable to expect a well planned workout with your goals always in mind.

Your trainer should not accept your excuses and enable you to give up on your goals. Everyone may have a bad week or two, but outside of that, you need someone in your life that holds your feet to the fire. Someone who is invested in your success as much as you are, and who believes to their very core that you can do it. That trainer should never give up on you or take the easy way out. We know it’s hard to push people out of their comfort zone, but that is what you’re paying us to do – to make you better!

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Zucchini noodles

Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Pesto

Summer is coming and it’s too hot to turn on the stove. Zoodles for dinner is a great go-to when the temperatures are rising. This recipe is great for the whole family or just you (and leftovers for tomorrow’s lunch). You can swap ingredients in and out for every eating style. Vegetarian? Go with the beans and leave out the chicken. Vegan? Use beans for your protein, and garnish with slivers of sun-dried tomato.

Ingredients (Serves 4):

3 medium zucchini
2 cups fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup toasted pine nuts
1 small avocado
2 cloves garlic
1 lemon (juice + zest)
Sea salt to taste
1 can (16 oz) chickpeas rinsed or 1 lb cooked chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces
Sun-dried tomatoes to garnish

Step One – The Zucchini Noodles
Slice off the top and bottom of the zucchini. Then, using a mandolin with a julienne attachment, a julienne peeler, or a spiralizer, slice zucchini into thin pasta-like strips and set aside.

Step Two – The Pesto
In a food processor, combine the basil, pine nuts, avocado, garlic, lemon juice and sea salt. Process until smooth, then taste and adjust any ingredients as necessary. Pesto comes out differently every time, and always needs adjustments – don’t be afraid to throw in more basil, garlic, or salt. You can even add a little water if the sauce is too thick.

Step Three – Toss
Add the zucchini noodles to a bowl and toss with the pesto. Then, add in the chickpeas or chicken and sun-dried tomatoes and toss again. Transfer to serving plates and garnish each plate with a sprig of basil.

Optional: Parmesan, goat or feta cheese make a delicious garnish as well!

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