The A.L.I.V.E. CAFE

Peg Bracken of “I Hate To Cook” says it best

Some people are born to bake, boil, and lovingly tend to food, and they do it willingly. Then there are those among us who are born to burn, break, and destroy food–and would rather pull out our own wisdom teeth than have to cook a meal.”

That is why The Alive Experience came up with “24 Healthified recipes in 30 minutes or less”.

The emphasis is on simple, healthy, “cut as many corners and spend as little time in the kitchen as humanly possible” foods.

These recipes have not been tested by experts. But have been tested by clients, friends, and family. That is why they are valuable. Experts in their sunny spotless test kitchens can make anything taste good. But now YOU can make these healthy dishes taste good too.

I don’t know how many times a day I hear this excuse…

I DON’T HAVE TIME TO COOK

In this fast paced world we live in today, fathers and mothers no longer teach their children how to prepare their own foods – probably because they themselves do not know. People no longer want to take the time to learn to make and take pride in a meal they prepared themselves. Life has become so fast paced that we look for ready-made meals in a package. And as a whole, our nation is getting fatter and fatter and fatter.

Even so called “healthy meals” come ready made and microwaveable, with all that you need for a “low calorie” meal. As an added bonus, boxed meals are spiked with latest technological breakthroughs in preservatives and chemicals, so that the little box of frozen food can survive years in storage, until you buy and eat it. No wonder the number cancers constantly increase…

Is that what you want for your children? Is that what you want for YOURSELF?

Yes we live in a fast paced world, Yes being a parent, a businessman, or an athlete is time consuming… Are does valuable reasons to jeopardize your health? Absolutely not! If you have read this far, then I know that you are serious about healthy eating, that you know that if you want to get the results you are working so hard for that you have to start eating like you should!

This is for you…….

“24 Healthified recipes in 30 minutes or less”.

Now you can’t make ALL 24 recipes in 30 minutes, unless you have 24 people with you. But you can make a meal that you can be proud of being healthy and nutritious.

“24 Healthified recipes in 30 minutes or less”.

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This is one of my favorite dinner recipes!  …also a great breakfast idea below too.

As I’m sure you know, if you’re trying to get leaner, pasta and other noodles are one of the WORST things you can include in your meals… they are extremely calorie-dense compared to the small amount of micronutrients you get from them…

And the large amount of starchy carbs you get triggers cravings for more carbs later… I can tell you that when my meals are mostly meat and veggies, I’m satisfied fairly quickly, but if I try to eat a plate of pasta, I just can’t seem to stop coming back for 2nd’s and 3rd’s and 4th’s!

Whatever it is… there’s no doubt there’s something addicting about starchy pasta that makes you overeat almost every time.

That’s why I almost totally avoid pasta except on cheat days.  So here’s a great alternative below…

If you’ve never tried spaghetti squash, it’s delicious and it’s also a great alternative to pasta, since it’s much higher in nutrient density and MUCH lower in total carbohydrates…

So you get MORE nutrition and less calories and starchy carbs which are just contributing to your abdominal fat.

My favorite way to eat spaghetti squash is to bake it soft and when it’s done, scoop the spaghetti-like textured squash out and then top it with tomato sauce with veggies mixed in, and grass-fed bison sausage.

It’s a great healthy dinner that’s MUCH lower in carbs than eating a belly-stuffing plate of pasta.

If you’ve never baked a spaghetti squash before, it’s simple… you just cut in half, take out the seeds, and lie the cut sides down in a big baking dish, and then put about an inch of water in the bottom of the pan.  cover and bake around 400 or so for about 70-90 minutes depending how big the squash is.

Then you just use a fork to scoop out the squash and it comes out in spaghetti-like strands. It’s delicious!

Remember that you can get grass-fed bison or beef sausage at:

http://healthygrassfed.2ya.com/

*My 2nd favorite use for spaghetti squash:

Now you’ve had your spaghetti squash, sauce, and bison sausage dinner and you still have tons of leftover spaghetti squash.

Perfect!  Now you have a great healthy breakfast by throwing a layer of spaghetti squash into a pan with some virgin coconut oil and cooking scrambled eggs into the squash.  I tried this a couple weeks ago and was blown away how good it was!

This was my favorite breakfast for at least 3 days in a row while I finished the leftover squash.

I just added a bunch of seasonings to the eggs and spaghetti squash mixture and it came out really good.  Use your creativity with this one on the seasonings.

I hope this newsletter gave you some ideas to try a few new healthy meals.

You can read more about grass-fed meat benefits in my article here:

http://www.truthaboutabs.com/grass-fed-beef.html

Mike Geary
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Certified Personal Trainer

I wanted to let you know about the wonderful new addition to the A.L.I.V.E. Experience, “The A.L.I.V.E. Cafe”

After a session, we all get tired of asking ourselves (including me) the same old question “I’m hungry, what can i eat?”.

Now there is no more guess work  and know what your are eating is in your specific phase of your process. Most importantly, it taste great.

A.L.I.V.E CAFÉ

Menu

Salads

Greek Salad

Chopped romaine lettuce topped with cucumber, kalamata olives,

tomatoes, and red onions .

$8.00

Garden Salad

Chopped romaine lettuce topped with shredded carrots, cucumber,

tomatoes.

$7.00

Caesar Salad

Chopped romaine lettuce topped with grated romano cheese and,

homemade whole wheat garlic croutons. Served with lowfat Caesar

$8.00

Homemade Salad Dressing Options:

Balsamic Vinaigrette

Low fat Creamy Greek

Low fat Caesar

Salad orders must be received at least 24 hours in advance of training appointment or scheduled pickup. Orders can be placed onsite or emailed to

dee-vine_chef@hotmail.com.

by Mike Geary – Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist

If you want to eat truly healthy, support your fat loss goals, and avoid some of the nasty additives in processed food, one thing you should eliminate is typical store-bought salad dressing.

I personally NEVER buy pre-made salad dressings from the store anymore, and here’s why:

1. Almost all store-bought salad dressings contain fairly large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).  Unless you’re in a health food store, it’s almost impossible to find a salad dressing that doesn’t contain large amounts of HFCS.

2. Almost all store-bought salad dressings contain heavily refined soybean oil and/or refined canola oil… both of which are VERY unhealthy. Yes, that’s correct, canola oil IS unhealthy, despite the marketing propaganda you’ve been fed claiming that it’s healthy. You can read more about why canola oil is NOT healthy here.

Due to the refining process of both soybean or canola oils, the polyunsaturated component of the oils is oxidized and makes these oils very inflammatory inside your body.  In addition, soybean oil is WAY too high in omega-6 fatty acids which throws your omega-6 to omega-3 balance out of whack.

We know that olive oil is healthier, but when it comes to store-bought dressings… even salad dressings that claim to be “made with olive oil” on the FRONT label are deceptive, because if you read the ingredients on the BACK label, because they are almost ALWAYS made of mostly refined soybean oil or canola oil as the main oil, with only a very small amount of actual olive oil as a secondary oil.

THE A.L.I.V.E. Alternative, Try Dee-vine Dressing, 4 different dressings, Always a great taste. Bottles cost $14.00, with a $10.00 bottle refill.

email questions to dee-vine_chef@hotmail.com.

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