Musings on eating & moving

Grilling season's a great time to share some know-how on brewing up super fine barbeque. For that, and to help you get to know another of the great local chefs in the Power Supply chef network, we turn to Jeff and Kat, co-founder’s of Fire Breather BBQ, one of Southern California’s top clean eating-friendly catering companies.  

Reminder, if you're eating Power Supply in LA, you can get your name in the hat for a private tasting with Fire Breather for you and 5 friends by sharing your small eating and moving wins in our #mypowermoment campaign (easy and fun to do). 

Nothing’s more fun for us than helping you get to know the great local chefs in the Power Supply network cooking your food each week. Particularly true this summer when you can get your name in the hat for a private tasting with one of the chefs for you and 5 friends by sharing your small eating and moving wins in our #mypowermoment campaign (easy and fun to do).  

Today, we’re dishing on Chef David the newest addition to the local chef network here in the DC-MD-VA area and the chef some lucky local eater will win a tasting with this month. Executive Chef at lots of cool spots including Balducci’s, he’s now setting the culinary course at Arlington Rooftop Bar and Grill where we caught up with him for a quick cooking demo on a quick and tasty local seafood dish (recipe below).  

Anybody else feeling the need for some new bits of inspiration, some fresh how-to nuggets right about now on the eating and moving fronts?

The structured stuff of the New-yearsy period has come and gone. School will soon let out. Summer life is on the brain, but still pretty far out. All in all sort of a tweener spot in the calendar when it comes to doing stuff that’ll help you feel great.

High time we think for getting a little shareapalooza going on small wins. Those little steps each of us takes that might lead to bigger changes… steps that if shared might spark something for a fellow traveler looking to shake things up too.

Here's how to play…

Hard to think of something that fires our engines more than stories of folks who’ve dialed in their eating and moving, seen great things happen in their lives as a result, and provided some inspiration for others along the way.

None better in that category than the one we want to share today… the tale of Bike Like a Girl, an awesome group of cyclists setting out to become just the second 8-woman team to conquer the 3,020 mile (yes, thousand) Race Across America from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD.

One of the things I missed most when I started avoiding flour was that paragon of versatility… the soft tortilla/wrap. From crepes, to burritos to soft tacos and enchiladas, a good wrap opens up so many tasty and easy to prepare goodies.  

This week we officially got Power Supply rolling in LA with a collection of awesome new chefs from that community, bringing the number of independent food talents we work with from coast to coast to eleven (any Spinal Tap fans in the house... picturing Christopher Guest describing how his amp volume goes to 11?).

Ridiculously fast and good new entry into the no gluten, no dairy breakfast routine.. try this, seriously.  3 minutes to yum in even the busiest of morns (like mine this AM getting 3 kids and us two old folks out the door).  Speaking of kids, good reviews from them too... "THAT is super good!" Egg, banana, dark chocolate. 

Delighted this week to roll out the welcome mat to Bonnie Coberly and the community of intentional eaters she has served so well over the years at Healthy Bites. Welcome folks.

Meet Nicole D., manager at a large association in Washington DC by day, aspiring competitive rower by night and on weekends. It’s a pretty cool balance of work and play she’s got going…but one that took some shuffling of the life deck to bring about.

Seven years into her career she realized that she was on her way to getting fully indoctrinated by DC’s work culture, looking up and finding only work, wondering where all the years were going. So she flipped the script, trying out a totally new activity and getting fitter/healthier than ever in the process.

Like many of the busy folks we come across here in the DMV, Chris Upham’s life is a juggle of lots of important stuff – building a career, raising a family (2 boys), trying to stay healthy, carving snippets of time out for fun. Somehow amidst all that action, he’s managed to get in the best shape he can remember, lose 30 pounds and find renewed oomph for job, family and fun too.

Pre-changes Chris

Before the birth of his first son, Daniel, Chris’ family life was pretty strained and his career was still feeling the aftershock of the 2008 financial crash. 30+ lbs heavier than his happy weight, he was out of shape, episodic with his fitness and struggling to eat well with any consistency. All in all he was carrying around more than he wanted to on a number of fronts.