Dallas Boot Camp FitnessREAL Eating, REAL Movement, REAL Thinking, R.E.A.L. Living

I love the warm days and crisp cool nights that Fall brings along with its harvest. In my real food effort, I decided that in honor of the weather and in my continued effort to keep it REAL, some sweet squash was going down in my kitchen tonight. Real food, with real ingredients!

I have tons of cookbooks from many of the masters like Chicago’s Charlie Trotter, the East Coast’s Ina Garten, and Boston’s Todd English-all of which encourage the use of REAL ingredients. I really do like to cook, but I rarely have the time to make an attempt to replicate their tasty culinary soirée’s. Tonight would be an exception. I turned off the TV, plugged in the iPod and began in an attempt to master a Trotter cuisine—Sweet Dumpling Squash Soup with Crispy Squash Pieces which is served inside the squash. Sweet dumpling squash was nowhere to be found, so I substituted acorn squash instead. The recipe also called for a Spanish onion–I used a sweet vidalia.

Sorry Charlie, but I had to adapt. And despite my refusal to follow your every move, it was still tasty!

Click here to see the recipe!-Jennifer Browning.

I am excited to introduce  an awesome new member to NDBC! Jennifer Browning has been working as a freelance photographer in Dallas for four years. Her work has taken her to Cuba, Haiti, Europe and across the United States photographing people like Jennifer Tilley, Shannon Elizabeth & even former President Bill Clinton & his wife Hillary.

While Jennifer hasn’t put down her camera, most of her work these days is doing grassroots online social networking & marketing for non-profit organizations. Her clients include Project Medishare for Haiti, Inc, The Global Institute at the University of Miami, & locally, Alley’s House.

Jennifer will be sharing her personal NDBC experience with all of you!  Posting anything from food to fun, Jennifer will be giving real life updates on how she is changing her life to feel better & become healthier.  This is a real person who will share all of her REAL eating, REAL movements & REAL thinking to give a real life view of change.