What I'm taking to my MEMORIAL DAY BBQ!!!!! NO BAKE WATERMELON CAKE!!!!!

Now, mind you, this dessert is not meant to be a fixture in your regular weekly diet, but for special occasions it's GREAT!!!!  And you can have a HUGE SLICE and still stick to your healthy 

"em Health & Fitness" meal plan!!!!!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!!!!

SAVE $$$$$ ON YOUR FAVORITE HEALTHY FOODS!

If you're looking to save some money on some of your favorite healthy foods, buy like I do from The Apricot Barn!!!   I get ALL my Rolled Oats, (oatmeal), Almonds, etc from them!  It will save you TONS of money and these are things you will be eating a lot of, plus, they'll keep forever so buy in bulk!!!!!

Also, My NEW favorite things from The Apricot Barn are they're HANDY, HEALTHY FREEZE DRIED TREATS!!!!  Just throw them in your bag and take them anywhere!  You're kids will love to eat them and they're just good, old plain fruits and veggies, (NO ADDITIVES!!!!)

I LIVE ON THE PINEAPPLE ALL SUMMER!!!!!  And I MUNCHED ON THE FREEZE DRIED CORN THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS ON VACATION LAST WEEKEND!

Ordering info is below!

Order Healthy Food in Bulk

Dear Friends:

Our deadline for orders on this email is Tuesday, May 14.

Pineapple  12 cups (2-6 cup re-sealable bags) $18.10
Rolled Oats 9 lbs. (6-1.5 lb. re-sealable bags) $13.26
Dried Apples 6 lbs. (4-1.5 lb. re-sealable bags) $27.60
Almonds 8 lbs. (4-2 lb. re-sealable bags) $45.52
Freeze Dried Corn 40 oz. (4-10 oz. re-sealable bags) $25.15
Pinto Beans 15 lbs. (6-2.5 lb. re-sealable bags) $11.40 

***Shipping: We are planning to have the orders available for pick up during the last week of May. You are welcome to pick up your order at our office for no extra charge or at one of our convenient pick up locations for a $5 delivery charge per order. We do have a few locations along the Wasatch Front not currently served by a pick up point, so if you know someone who would like to earn a little extra money helping us out, please let us know. Our email address is food@apricotpress.com.  Please include your name, email address, physical address and phone number so that we can be sure to include your order in the correct delivery pick up location.

***You may also look on our website for items not on our email order or in smaller quantities. Add them to your order for one shipping charge and we will deliver them to the pick up locations. Our website is www.theapricotbarn.com.

***Please also note that all items are based on availability. If for any reason we are not able to get the product you order, we will notify you promptly.

New 6 week block starts Monday May 6th!

Here's the new 6-week block schedule!!!!   There are a few changes.   Zumba is now at 6pm on Monday and Wed, and there will be no morning yoga on Wed.  There just hasn't been enough demand for yoga as the weather gets warmer.  We'll try a class at a different time this summer!

At the end of this 6 weeks, the schedule will change quite a bit for summer!

6 week sessions cost $60!

Come to as many classes as you want!  See ya soon!

Pina Colada Smoothie

It's getting warm outside, which means I'm craving something fruity!!!!!   Plus, I hate spending tons of time cooking in a hot kitchen, when it's nice outside!   I'm loving this Pina Colada Smoothie for Breakfast, Lunch, or even dessert!!!!!

Pina Colada Smoothie

Serves: 2

Ingredients

1 large Banana

¾ cup canned Crushed (no sugar added) Pineapple (or 1-1/4 cup frozen or fresh pineapple chunks)

2 Tbsp Shredded Unsweetened Coconut, or sometimes I just use a few drops of coconut extract

1 cup Coconut Milk (I use what I have on hand: canned, carton, or homemade)

1-1/2 cups Ice

*Stevia to taste, this is optional depending on how sweet you like your colada!!!!

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until thick and smooth.

Garnish with a pineapple slice or some more shredded coconut if you want to get all fancy.

Drink 1/2 and freeze the other 1/2 for a bedtime "ice cream" snack!

Get your cardio in this saturday with the Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County 5k Walk/Run Fundraiser

Now that the weather is warming up, em Health & Fitness will be participating in as many local runs as we can!  It's a great way to have fun, and get your workout in on the weekend!   This Saturday is the Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County 5k Walk/Run Fundraiser!   It starts at 9:30am at the west Ellensburg Park!  For all the info about the race, hit the link below!

Bright Beginnings for Kittitas County 5k Walk/Run Fundraiser

Hope to see you there!

What I'm bringing to easter... SO I CAN EAT TOO!!!

Whenever I attend any kind of party, I always bring something to share to eat!  That way, I know there will be at least 1 thing at the event that is clean and healthy!  The funny thing is, everyone usually ends up eating ALL of whatever I bring... LOVING IT.... and not even realizing it's good for them!!!!

Here's what I'm bringing to share at the Easter party

1. Grilled asparagus!!!!    People can just pick it up with their hands and eat it!

Just lay your asparagus out on a baking pan, drizzle olive oil and garlic salt over it and throw it under the broiler until the tips just start to brown!  It only takes about ten min!!!

2.  AND THIS YEAR I'M BRINGING CARROT CAKE BITES!!!! YUM!

Ingredients

3/4 cup almonds
5-6 dates, pitted
1/3 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
2 Carrots, shredded
1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Cloves
2-4 Tbsp coconut milk

3 TBS stevia if you want, I think they're sweet enough with just the dates!

Instructions
Put almonds in Vitamix or food processor. Blend until a fine flour. Remove.
Put dates and coconut in Vitamix and blend until a smooth paste in formed.
Return nuts, add carrots and spices, and mix well.
Add coconut milk and blend until desired consistency is reached.  It should be a really thick dough, like play-dough

Form into balls.

roll the balls in some coconut if you like.
Store in refrigerator.

*** If you're really fancy, stick toothpicks in the top of each one. :) 

**** For those of you on an em meal plan, 3 Carrot cake bites = 1 meal.   EAT AS MUCH ASPARAGUS AS YOU WANT!!!!

xoxo

-e

The "DROP 10 in APRIL" emFIT group starts Monday April 1st! GET IN!

Drop 10 in April/LOVE Your BOOTY 

Fit Group!!!!! 

(10 lb's that is!!!!!!)

This fitness group starts April 1st and continues through Tue April 30th!!!


IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING FIT, Sign up NOW!!!!

 

(I'm only accepting 8 people)

THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE SHOCKING FITNESS RESULTS IN 1 MONTH..... BUT THERE'S A CATCH!!!!

YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GIVE ME YOUR ALL AND WORK HARD!!!!!
No wishy washy's PLEASE!

If you're READY TO WORK... YOU WILL see a TOTAL TRANSFORMATION of your body by MAY1st!

If you don't have 10 lb's to lose, you're in luck!!! This month our fit group will be focusing on one area of our bodies that everyone "wants in the right place for summer".... OUR BOOTIES!!!!


Get Lean and Get the PERFECT REAR END!!!!! What more could you want?!?!


Here's what to expect:


1. YOU MUST DRINK 3-4 L of water EVERY DAY


2. YOU WILL EAT EVERY 2 HOURS (I will email you EXACTLY What to eat each week, and you WILL eat it! :) )  * Don't worry, you can bring your food to work, school, running around with the kids, whatever.


3. YOU WILL WORKOUT 1 HOUR A DAY 6 DAYS A WEEK (I will email you EXACTLY what you should do each day. You can do it from home, or in a gym. THERE WILL BE NO GUESS WORK)


4. YOU WILL WEIGH, MEASURE, AND TAKE A BIKINI PICTURE OF YOURSELF BEFORE MONDAY April 1st!


5. YOU WILL CHECK IN WITH ME EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY THROUGH APRIL

6. AND FINALLY... YOU WILL HAVE THE BEST REAR VIEW AT THE POOL THIS SUMMER!


AGAIN, DO NOT SIGN UP UNLESS YOU ARE READY TO SEE RESULTS AND READY TO FOLLOW THE PLAN EXACTLY!!!!


Email me at
erin.andon@gmail.com
to sign-up, or if you've got any questions!


I'M ONLY ACCEPTING 8 PEOPLE INTO THIS GROUP SO IF YOU WANT IN, HURRY!

TOTAL COST FOR THE PERFECT BOOTY?

$160 FOR THE FULL 4 AND 1/2 WEEKS!

NEW 6-week block of classes starts Mon. March 25th

12 WEEKS PUTS YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE!  

JUST IN TIME TO THROW ON YOUR SWIMSUIT AND HEAD TO THE RIVER!

There's still time to get the body you want by summer, BUT YOU CAN'T MESS AROUND!

GET STARTED TODAY!!!!!

$60/FOR 6 WEEKS OF CLASSES!

HEALTHY DESSERT THAT WILL IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS!!! BBQ STUFFED BANANAS PLUS! ORDER YOUR HEALTHY FOOD IN BULK AND SAVE TONS OF $$$

Before I give you my AMAZING BBQ STUFFED BANANA RECIPE!!!  

It's time again to order your healthy food from Apricot Barn (These are the same amazing people who publish my cookbooks)!   

The recipe below includes ALMONDS  (Which are on the order form for this month!)  GET THEM CHEAP!!!!  Here's the info on how to order your food and below that is the 

BBQ STUFFED BANANA RECIPE!

ENJOY!

"We at the Apricot Barn are trying to help our friends build up a supply of the food items they use in their homes every day as inexpensively as possible.  We believe in storing the simple, nutritious unprocessed food we eat every day for good health and for our food storage security.  Buy your healthy food packaged in sizes you can use every day and then eat it!  Rotate it through so it doesn't just waste or lose its nutritional value.   We have included a few tips and some information below.

If you would like to order with us, the items and prices for the upcoming shipment are listed here.  E-mail us your order at food@apricotpress.com and we will include your order with ours and we will both save money!

UNTIL MARCH 26, 2013, YOU CAN ORDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN THESE QUANTITIES:

Pinto Beans:  15 lbs. (6-2.5 lb. Resealable bags)   $12.75
Freeze Dried Sweet Corn:  40 oz. (4-4 cup Resealable bags)  $20.15
Dried Apricots:  8 lbs. (4-2 lb. Resealable bags)  $23.12
Shelled, Whole Almonds:  10 lbs.  (5-2 lb. Resealable bags)  $43.10
Golden Flax Seed:  4 lbs. (2-2lb. Resealable bags)  $11.00
Hard Winter Wheat:  15 lbs.  (6-2.5 lb. Resealable bags)  $7.80

*Please note that prices above do not include shipping.

To order, send us an email at food@apricotpress.com by March 26, 2013.  Your food will be available by April 8th.  Of course, you can also e-mail us any questions you may have.

If you refer someone and they order from us for the first time, you will receive a $3 credit on your order.  So feel free to forward this email to your friends!

A FEW HELPFUL HEALTH AND COOKING TIPS:

Store your grains and seeds whole and then grind them as you use them.  Buy a "Cadillac" food processor if you want to, but we get by using a coffee grinder we bought at Wal-mart for around $15.00.  Our little coffee grinder works great to grind our flax seed, wheat, and other grains in small quantities as we use them.  This way we can store them whole so they won't spoil.

The moment food is processed it begins to decompose, regardless of how it's stored.  It is true that many whole grains will store indefinitely if they are whole, unprocessed, and stored in cool, dry and dark conditions.  But it's also true that once cracked, rolled, or processed in any way, they begin to break down and spoil or lose nutritional value.  We do not recommend that you feed your family food that has been packaged to have a 25-year shelf life.

Seeds are the healthiest food we can eat.  Most nutritional experts recommend your healthy diet consist of 45 to 65 percent seeds, which include grains, beans and other legumes and nuts.  Most of the rest of our diet should consist of whole vegetables and fruits, fresh or cooked.  For good health, we should limit our consumption of meat and dairy foods to no more than about 10% of our daily calories.

Instead of unhealthy processed snacks, why not snack on almonds, sunflower seeds, grapes, carrots, apples and other fruits, fresh and dried?

The way to eliminate our risk of cancer, heart disease, arthritis, obesity, diabetes, and most other degenerative diseases is no mystery.  Eating 2000 to 2500 calories per day of mostly seeds and fresh fruits and vegetables as described above has proven to do that.

The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) consists of huge amounts of addictive sugar, fat, oils, and processed foods filled with preservatives, artificial coloring, and devoid of nutrition is at the heart of the majority of our health problems.  Eating the Standard American Diet will give your body huge amounts of calories and chemicals and very little nutrition.  Eat, store and cook with simple, unprocessed foods and feel great, lose weight, and eliminate your family's risk of most degenerative diseases. 

What if we improve our healthy eating by 25%?  50%?  90%?

The Apricot Barn"

BBQ STUFFED BANANAS

These barbecued stuffed bananas are so delicious and very easy to make. The secret is to use VERY ripe bananas (they are sweeter but also their flavor works better once cooked).

Ingredients:
2 large or 3 medium very ripe bananas
¼ cup chopped raw pecans OR walnuts
¼ cup chopped raw Almonds
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp ginger
¼ tsp allspice
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp cardamom
Dash salt

1. Chop nuts fairly finely (it’s okay if they aren’t completely evenly chopped). Combine chopped nuts with spices and mix to evenly coat.
2. Slice bananas lengthwise about three quarters of the way through the banana (careful not to cut the peel underneath). Spread the banana open and fill the groove with the nut and spice mixture.  Then drizzle a little olive oil in each one.
3. Barbecue on a medium to moderately hot grill for 14-18 minutes (time will vary based on the size of your bananas and how hot your grill is). The peel will darken (and maybe turn completely black) which is normal. You know they’re done when the peels are dark, the banana is bubbling away and they smell fantastic!
4. If it's to cold to grill, place stuffed bananas on a cookie sheet (line with parchment paper, tin foil or a silicone liner to make clean-up easier) and bake at 425F in the middle of the oven for 12-14 minutes.
5. Remove from the grill (or oven) and enjoy warm! Eat with a spoon scooping right out of the peel!

NEW DAYCARE OPTION!!! YAY!!!

Those of you who need child care during class 

I now have a great option for you!

Gayetta Hink

She has an in-home daycare right downtown Kittitas and is willing to open it up to those of you who need to drop your kids off during class!

She doesn't open in the mornings until 6am,  so obviously she won't be available for the am classes, (but no one should be waking there kids up at 4:30 am anyway!!!! LOL!)

She would be available for all my daytime classes, (the 8:30 am ones)  and possibly the evening zumba classes as well.  (right now she closes at 6pm but may be willing to stay open until 7pm if enough mom's need her to)

She would also be available if you needed her during your personal training sessions!

So everyone who's been using KIDS as an excuse to not get in shape or make it to class... NO MORE EXCUSES!!!! Give Gayetta a call!

Her number is 509-968-3953

Tell her Erin at EM Health and Fitness sent you and she'll work with ya!

SEE YOU IN CLASS!

xoxo

-e