Happy 2016 everyone! Here we go again with a brand new year! Resolutions abound for eating healthier foods and definitely working out this year. In fact I would venture a guess that better health is the top new year’s resolution.
Everyone promises to eat right and go to the gym. Again, a ventured guess would be 50-75% of people’s better health resolutions rarely come to fruition. Statistics show gyms are jammed the first couple of weeks in January with members, old and new, trying to work off the prior year’s food oopsies and the holiday’s over indulgence. Most who are so excited for working out and eating right probably last about a week or two. Memberships are started but rarely used by March. Diets are started with the best intentions but fall to wayside when they become boring or too hard to stick with.
As a Certified Health and Wellness Coach and an Aerobics Trainer this is good news for me! My clients, existing and new, want to get healthier and they are happy to learn how to eat the right foods and find the right exercise for their new healthy program. As a healthy coach I have the training and science to work with you and your family to choose the foods that are healthier, exercises you all will do and put together a life-long program for good health now and into everyone’s future. As an aerobics trainer, I have the training to put together a workout program especially for your needs and abilities.
My workshops are tailored for families with children ages 3-12, LEAN Start, and those in the prime of their life, ages 40+, PrimeTime Health. Both are offered live and online. You will learn how to eat more of the right foods, such as in Traffic Light eating. I have fun activities to play with your kids everyday for better healthy for your family. I will teach you to eat the right foods as a primetimer and reduce stress and inflammation from your body.
Why not learn how to find your optimal health for 2016? I can teach you the tools to eat, live and be healthier now and for the rest of your life. Visit my website www.kimgerhardt.com to see the health coaching services and workshops I offer. My events page lists what’s going on now. I’ve added a new package for 2016, Eat Healthy. I will teach you how to meal planning, we’ll do recipe makeovers, shopping for better choices and a cooking lesson. You can email me on my contact page for more information and any questions.
To start the year off right, I’ve attached my recipe for black eyed peas with brown rice and green. The story goes the peas and rice are for good luck and the greens for money in the coming new year. Here’s to a healthy start for us all!
- 1-2 bunches fresh collard greens wash liberally, remove tough center stem
- 1 medium onion peeled and quartered
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 small turnip or three radishes
- 3-4 squirts hot sauce to taste
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp. white vinegar
- Fill a dutch oven 3/4 with water and place on high heat and bring to a boil. Rinse collards well and make sure the tough, middle stem is removed. Use a small pair of kitchen shears to remove it. Place all ingredients on the dutch oven and once it comes to a boil, bring heat down to simmer, cover, and cook for 2 hours. Greens will be very tender. The liquid that remains is called pot likker and is full of nutrients. Many pour it on the rice with the black eyed peas or drink it on its own. It can be poured over the greens in a bowl as well. Enjoy, 1 bunch serves 2, 2 bunches 4 people
- 1 1 lb. bag black eyes peas dried
- 2 whole fresh carrots chopped into 1/4 inch dice
- 3-4 dried bay leaves
- 1 mediium onion chopped
- 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes optional
- 2 tbsps. olive oil or any healthy oil you like
- 2 cups cooked brown rice your favorite variety
- 2 cups vegetable broth chicken broth can be substituted
- 3-4 cups water start with 3, add more to keep the beans soupy
- Place the dried black eyed peas in a large sauce pan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and let boil 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and let them sit for an hour, drain. In a large pot on medium heat heat the olive oil. Add the carrots, onion, bay leaves and red pepper flakes if using. Saute 3-4 minutes. Add the drained black eyed peas, veggie broth, salt and pepper to taste and water to cover the peas, approximately 3 cups. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Test for seasoning after 30 minutes. If you like a very firm pea, check at 45 minutes and remove from the heat, there will be some liquid in the pot. I cook them 1 hour exactly and you get a mushier black eyed pea with very little liquid left in the pot. Taste for salt and pepper. Add the cooked brown rice, greens and hot sauce if you like! Enjoy! Serves 4
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This information is solely for informational purposes. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. Kim Gerhardt, Certified Health Coach, does not take responsibility for any possible consequences from any treatment, procedure, exercise, dietary modification, action or application of medication which results from reading or following the information contained in this information. The publication of this information does not constitute the practice of medicine, and this information does not replace the advice of your physician or other health care provider. Before undertaking any course of treatment, the reader must seek the advice of their physician or other health care provider.
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