Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

As promised in my last blog , here are three delicious recipes using Explore Cuisine products.  PRODUCT OPTIONS Bean Pastas: Organic adzuki bean spaghetti, organic black bean spaghetti, organic edamame and mung bean fettuccine, organic edamame spaghetti, organic soybean spaghetti. Product Spotlight: Organic black bean spaghetti Per 2 ounce dry serving: 215 calories 2g fat 23g carbohydrates 1267mg potassium 12g dietary fiber 4g sugar (natural) 25g protein 32% daily iron (based on 2000 calorie diet) 15% daily calcium (based on 2000 calorie diet) Black Bean spaghetti with kale cilantro pesto 1 cup kale 1 cup cilantro 1/3 cup chopped almonds, toasted 1 garlic clove 1 small sweet banana pepper 2 tbsp lime juice Pinch of salt ½ cup parmesan cheese ½ cup olive oil 1 box (8 ounce) Explore Cuisine Black Bean Spaghetti 1. Blend first 7 ingredients in food processor. Add cheese and slowly pour in olive oil. 2. Boil 8 cups of water and pour in Organic Black Bean Spagh

Introducing Explore Cuisine: A pasta for anyone. For decades, pasta has ruled as the go-to comfort food for athletes. It’s quick, easy and a beloved source of carbs. However, pasta alternatives are slowly finding their way into the supermarkets and on the plates of many health conscious athletes. Loaded with plant based protein, Explore Cuisine has taken a new delicious approach to traditional pasta. Integrating beans, peas, lentils, edamame and chickpeas into their line of products, Explore Cuisine has a pasta for everyone, without sacrificing taste, quality or nutritional value. I found out about Explore Cuisine (formally called Explore Asia), as I received a bag of edamame pasta in my Ironman World Championship goodie swag bag (well more like two bags as Karel received a bag too).  I was excited to try it out when we returned home from the big island. I followed the directions and added in some veggies and sauce and viol à  - it tasted pretty good! COOKING PREP -Br

Endurance training takes a toll on the body. And if you are like most athletes, where your long workouts occur on the weekend (after a stressful week of training, work and life), you can imagine how easy it can be for the body to carry around residual fatigue as training volume increases if you are not recovering well from your daily workouts.    Adequate recovery is critical in the restoration of physiological and psychological processes. From a nutrition point of view, replenishing glycogen, increasing protein synthesis and rehydrating are three critical components to maximizing your fitness but your post workout recovery nutrition also acts as nourishment to keep your immune system functioning properly.  Consider these three reminders when it comes to post workout recovery. 1) Recovery is everything that happens between two workouts. If you want your body to consistently perform well at every workout, you  need to consider everything that happens between two wor

It's hard to believe that I have been alive for 34 years!!! To celebrate 34 years of life, I thought it would be fun to share with you 34 things that you may or may not know about me.  1. I was born and raised in Lexington, KY. I moved to Davie, Florida for graduate school (FAU) in 2004 and graduated in Dec of 2005. I then moved in with my parents (who moved to New Port Richey for my dad's new job as the chief Optometrist of the VA clinic) for a year and then moved in with Karel (after we had been dating for a year) in Dunedin, FL. We then moved to Jacksonville, FL in 2008 and Greenville, SC in 2014. 2. I swam competitively in HS and college and my specialty strokes were 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly and 200 IM. I was a lifeguard all through HS (in the summer), taught swimming lessons, taught water aerobics and have always loved being in the water. 3. My brother was a gymnast from a very young age. He went to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado to train a few