Why do this?

DO WORK! It's a saying used to motivate people, particularly at the gym, or in my case, at CrossFit.



DO EAT! In my experience, when people work out they are afraid to eat. In reality, it's not the case. It's more that they don't know what to eat. It's ok to eat. In fact, when you're working out, you HAVE to eat!



Over two years ago, I got fed up with how I looked and felt so I decided to embark on a "lifestyle change" (I refuse to say diet). That included exercise and eating right. Over the years, I have learned a lot about nutrition, what to eat and what not to eat. By no means do I claim to be a nutritional expert. I'm just some schmo that's learned from reading and speaking with people that are smarter than me.



That being said, I've developed various recipes using natural and organic ingredients that were not only lower in calories and tasted great, but are also good for you!



CrossFit is supposed to be hard, eating right shouldn't be! So work hard and DO EAT!!

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Miracle Noodles - Zero Calories and Paleo!!

Pasta! I LOVE pasta! But when you're watching what you eat, especially when you're eating paleo, you look for substitutes. I've tried spaghetti squash - hated it! Zucchini  "pasta" - puke! Kelp noodles - ok, but crunchy so the texture is abit to get used to. I needed a pasta fix the other day so I was at Fresh Market looking for kelp noodles when I came across this...

I saw they were zero calories and the flour used to make it was derived from a Japanese yam. When I saw that, I thought "I bet it's paleo". I did abit of research and found that indeed it was paleo! That was half the battle! Now how do they taste? I bought them to put in my Chicken Arrabiata Florentine sauce. The prep was easy. Rinse in cold water and blanch for a minute in boiling water. The blanching was optional and since it was going into pasta sauce, I opted to just dump it in. Now the moment of truth...

IT WAS FANTASTIC!! It tasted just like angel hair pasta! In addition to the angel hair, Fresh Market also has fettuccine. Their website is www.miraclenoodle.com. Zero calories,great tasting, and paleo! Holy crap I'm in pasta heaven!!
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