Monday, May 28, 2012

Strawberry Festival Inspired Recipe from Diane Adam

Strawberry Tarts with Ginger-Nut Crust 2 tsp. coconut oil, melted 5 cups pecans, walnuts, or almonds 5 Tbsp. agave syrup, divided 2 Tbsp whole wheat flour 1 tsp. ground ginger ½ tsp fine seal salt 1 lb. fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced 1 tsp fresh lemon juice 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise A 12 cup muffin pan Lightly brush muffin cups with coconut oil. Set aside. Pulse nuts in a food processor until coarsely ground.. Add 3 Tbsp. Agave syrup, flour, ginger, salt and 2 tsp. coconut oil, process until coarse dough forms. Gather into ball. Press 1 heaping Tbsp dough firmly onto bottom and up sides of each muffin cup. Chill for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350. Bake crusts until form and golden around edges, 8-10 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before removing. Place strawberries, lemon juice and remaining 2 Tbsp. agave syrup in a medium bowl; scrape in vanilla seeds (save bean for another use). Stir well, crushing a few berries to release their juices. Using spatula or butter knife, remove tart shells from pan and fill with strawberry mixture. Serve immediately Calories:190 Fat: 15 g Fiber: 3 g

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Memorial Day Workout

Come out to the park for a Memorial Day Workout! 9:15am All are welcome! Special $10 drop in fee for guests! Wake up to a beautiful central coast morning with a workout at Rancho Grande Park and bring your weekend company! The rest of this week's locations will be posted tomorrow so check back on Monday.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

May Session begins tomorrow, Monday, May 21

Ready to get back at it tomorrow? Hope you had a nice week break. Looking forward to taking your through the rest of May and into mid-June with this new 4-week session. FYI: I emailed out our upcoming Special Summer Program which will begin on June 25 with no break until Sept 1. That's 10 weeks of bootcamp, all punch cards, MWs only with an occasional Friday special class. BUT, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about this week's locations: MWFs 6am and 915am: Rancho Grande Park ALL Week TuThs 530pm: SLO's Islay Park Looking forward to seeing you! Nancy

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Challenge Starts Tomorrow

I will be emailing Week 1 scorecards out today. Remember to weigh and measure yourself tomorrow. YOu can email me your info if you'd like. Weeks run W-Tu. Send weekly average via email by Tuesday evening and a new scorecard will be sent out. Partners so far: (it's not too late to join in) Tracy-husband Cherie-husband Anita-daughter Els-Sheila Diane-Meryl Nancy-Jillian Anyone else? Print out the info to follow, email or fb any questions..... Good luck!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Week 4: Locations

Hard to believe, but we are in our final week of this session! We will be starting our partner challenge this week, on Wednesday. Remember to email me if you are participating and who your partner is. Wednesday, you will weigh in and do your measurements: waist, hips, chest. Be sure to read the post below for all the rules,and print it out, if necessary. Locations for 5-Cities Bootcamp: Rancho Grande Park all week Locations for SLO: Islay Park (no break next week) Locations for STride: Tu @ Pismo Beach in parking lot by the pier; Th @ Rancho Grande Park