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Food & Drink
Spring Vegetables with Pea Tendrils and Ginger-Lime Dressing

SweatTheStyle_SpringVeggies Ingredients:
1 head Green Cauliflower, cored and thinly sliced
1 bu Baby Carrots, quartered lengthwise
1 bu Easter Radishes, quartered lengthwise
1 ea Fennel Bulb, thinly sliced lengthwise
1 bu Pea Tendrils, cleaned and leaves picked
1 ea Meyer Lemon, thinly sliced crosswise
1 c Cilantro Leaves, picked
¼ c Lime Juice, freshly squeezed
2 T, Minced Ginger
½ c Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Sea Salt

SweatTheStyle_SpringVeggies-2Directions:
Ginger-Lime Dressing:
In a medium-mixing bowl, add the ginger and lime juice, slowly whisk in the extra virgin olive oil and season with a pinch of sea salt. Serves 6

Prepare Veggies:
In a large mixing bowl, add all the vegetables and marinate them with the ginger-lime dressing for about 15 minutes. Add the pea tendrils and cilantro leaves and gently toss everything together. Arrange them on a plate and layer in the Meyer lemon slices. Season with a pinch of sea salt.

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Banana Benefits

SweatTheStyle_GabrielaBloomgarden_Active_2 The perfect light snack before or after your workout.
SweatTheStyle_Banana Bananas are packed with the nutrients that are especially important for fueling an active lifestyle. Potassium plays a major role in muscle function, having enough potassium in your diet can help prevent and stop muscle cramps. Magnesium allows your body to better access energy from the food you eat while also speeding up the body’s healing process. The best time to eat a banana to benefit your workout is at least an hour before or right after.

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Pakistan Mulberry

SweatTheStyle_MullberriesFresh from farmer Laura Ramirez of JJ Slones Daughters Ranch the Pakistan Mulberry is perfectly in season right now (May to mid-June). They are large, firm, berries with sweet raspberry-like flavor that are delicious to eat as is or when used to make jam. They’re composed of nutrient dense compounds like antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins that are essential for good health. Although they are not common in many climates keep an eye out for similar varieties! They come in a few different sizes and colors (even in white)!

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Food Should Taste Good Sweet Potato Chips

SweatTheStyle_FoodShouldTasteGood_SweetPotatoChipsWhen choosing snacks there’s plenty of alternatives to the junky stuff. Food Should Taste Good is one of the brands that provides healthier options for an on-the-go lifestyle. Nothing replaces the crunch of a chip but this wholesome sweet potato snack can replace the fatty, greasy, and artificial kind. Food tastes best when it’s made with real ingredients. It’s also better for you!

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Beef & Broccoli

SweatTheStyle_BeefandBroccoli Ingredients:
6oz Thinly Sliced Tri-Tip about 2in strips
½ C Cooked Beech Mushrooms
2 C Blanched Baby Broccoli
¼ Onion, Thinly Sliced
4 Cloves Garlic, Thinly Sliced
2T Bragg Soy Sauce
2T Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Grape Seed Oil
1t Chili Flakes
Salt

SweatTheStyle_BeefandBroccoli_Made Directions:
To cook the mushrooms:
Heat a sauté pan over medium-high heat, add 1T Oil and add the mushrooms. Sear until golden brown and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Turn off the heat and set aside.

To blanch the broccoli:
In a large pot, fill with 8C of water and bring to a boil. Add enough salt for the water to taste like the sea. Drop the broccoli into the water until the broccoli is almost tender, about 30 seconds. Pull the broccoli out with a kitchen spider onto a plate or sheet pan and set aside to cool.

To make the beef and broccoli:
Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, add 1T Oil. Sear the sliced Tri-Tip onto the pan until just almost cooked through, about 2 minutes and remove from the pan. Turn down the heat to medium-low, add the onions, garlic and stir until translucent. Then add the broccoli, mushrooms, chili flakes and soy sauce and stir together. Put back the beef into the pan and stir again.
Serve over brown rice or eat as is.
Recipe x Catty Boom Batty

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Alaskan Halibut Ceviche and Market Lettuce

SweatTheStyle_Ceviche_IngredientsThis is a simple, clean, and easy recipe to make ceviche. For simple dishes like this the taste always depends on the quality of ingredients, especially the fish. We sourced all our fresh ingredients from the Hollywood Farmers Market including our protein, the beautiful Alaskan Halibut.

Since muscle protein is degraded during exercise, it’s important to replenish your body with a blend of protein and carbohydrates after a workout to help rebuild the structural aspects of the muscle. This is a super quick and tasty recipe to eat immediately after a sweat to help replenish your body.

Ingredients:
1 Fresh Skinless Alaskan Halibut, cut into 1/3-inch cubes
¼ c Lime Juice, freshly squeezed
½ Red Onion, small dice
1 Serrano Chile, minced
¼ c Cilantro, rough chop
4 c water
Sea Salt
1 Head Large lettuce, cored and cleaned
SweatTheStyle_Ceviche Directions:
Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan. Put the Halibut in a medium size mixing bowl, pour the hot water over the Halibut and stir around with your hands or a spoon for no more than 5 seconds, then discard the water through a mesh strainer. This gets rid of any fishy smell or taste. Place the Halibut back into the mixing bowl and add all the ingredients together. Season to taste with sea salt flakes. Refrigerate the ceviche for about an hour. Serve with lettuce cups as a healthier alternative to tostadas.
Serves 4

Recipe x Catty Boom Batty

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What’s a Taroccos Blood Orange?

SweatTheStyle_TaroccosCitrus_2 Another treat from farmer Laura Ramirez of JJ Slone Daughter Ranch! The bright and beautiful Taroccos. Sweetest of all the blood orange varieties, their skin is thinner and smoother than most others. Said to have the highest Vitamin C content of any orange variety grown in the world, luckily this fruit is highly addictive. Easy to peel or slice for a quick healthy snack, just be careful because these are very juicy! Use to make Rainbow Citrus & Avocado Salad with Juicy Dressing.

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Simple Chilli Avocado

SweatTheStyle_FuerteAvocadosThe best things in life are often the simplest. This quick, easy and delicious combination could be eaten on its own or on toast, in a sandwich, or over a bed of lettuce. We used Fuerte avocados from farmer Laura Ramirez of JJ Slone Daughter Ranch in California. These beautiful avocados have high oil content and also make delicious guacamole and spreads.
Ingredients:
1 avocado
Pinch of red chilli flakes
Pinch of sea salt

Directions:
Slice avocado, sprinkle sea salt and red chilli flakes. Dashing some extra virgin olive oil over top to add a little extra flavor and texture.

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