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by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist
Author of best-selling program: The Truth about Six Pack Abs
I've been known to come up with ways to make typical junk foods extremely
healthy... If you've been reading my fitness newsletters for some time,
you've seen unique recipes for healthier pizza versions, healthy
burgers, my famous healthy chocolate peanut butter fudge, and many more delicious but healthy meals and recipes.
Today, I wanted to tell you about my "world's healthiest cheesesteak".
It's true... you REALLY CAN make a super-healthy cheesesteak, that's absolutely delicious! And I'll show you how on this page.
Growing up in the Philly area, I'm sure you're aware we're known for
our famous cheese-steaks. However, health and fitness have NEVER been
associated with our cheesesteaks... until Gear-master healthy
chef stepped in.
So here's how I make the world's healthiest cheesesteak:
First, I use Ezekial sprouted grain rolls, which are a mix of about
10 different sprouted grains with no refined flour. I'm still not a huge
fan of eating too much grains in your diet, but if you're going to do
it, sprouted grain bread (or rolls) is the best option. Since Ezekial
sprouted grain bread is a mix of 8-10 sprouted grains, you also get less
wheat, since most people already eat way too much wheat in their diet.
If you can't find the Ezekial brand, most health food stores have several brands of sprouted grain bread (NOTE:
this is NOT the same thing as "whole grain" bread... despite heavy
marketing as "healthy", whole grain bread is not necessarily that
healthy, but if you can't find sprouted grain bread, try to find the
bread with the highest fiber content as a next best option).
Then, I use a good quality grass-fed beef and
slice it thin. Grass fed beef contains larger quantities of CLA -
conjugated linoleic acid, which (in it's natural form) is shown in some
studies to promote fat loss and muscle building and
also have a protective effect against cancer. In addition, grass fed
beef contains a much better ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids
compared with typical grain-fed beef sold at most stores (which comes
from factory feedlot farms notorious for unhealthy cattle and inferior
nutrition in the beef compared to grass-fed beef)
What I do is to just semi-defrost a large chunk of beef in the fridge
for about 10-12 hours, and that allows it to be easily sliced thin for
cheese-steaks.
Then, I use a raw longhorn, colby, our gouda cheese from grass-fed
cows as well. Grass-fed dairy is also a great source of beneficial fat
burning CLA just like grass-fed meat.
Finally, I top it all off with some sauteed organic vidalia onions
and baby portobella mushrooms, both sauteed in a little virgin coconut
oil (a great source of healthy medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) and
immune-boosting lauric acid) and/or a little pasture raised butter.
and voila... we now have the healthiest cheesesteak on the freakin planet!
Between the powerful antioxidants in the onions and mushrooms, The MCTs
in the coconut oil, the fat-burning CLA in the grass-fed cheese and
grass-fed beef, and the diversity of nutrients in the sprouted grain
roll, we might even call this a "body-sculpting cheese-steak"!
But more importantly, it is damn delicious too! And don't forget the
healthiest condiment... mustard! Yes, if you didn't know it, mustard
is actually high in antioxidants.
Enjoy!
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To your good health and lean body.
Mike Geary
Certified Personal Trainer
Certified Nutrition Specialist
Author of the best-seller: The Truth about Six Pack Abs
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