Another Delicious Dish from Tootoomoo!

Recipe of the week

For all our fellow Tootoomoo lovers out there - yet another yummy recipe for you to enjoy at home!

This delicious Pan Asian restaurant based in Highgate and Crouch End have given us another recipe to share with you, using fresh and healthy ingredients - as well as being organic, gluten and MSG free. Prepared and delivered to your doorstep, remember that Tootoomoo is also offering All About You clients a 20% discount on their take away menu and are also sponsoring our Client of The Month award here at the studio by giving our lucky winner a free meal for two to celebrate their achievements with us! So get your gym shoes on and come down to All About You for a chance to win!

Salmon Tartare

This recipe is not only easy to follow, it is also packed with healthy proteins and omega 3 and super low in carbs!  You could also swap salmon for tuna or beef.

Ingredients

·         Sushi grade salmon/ tuna (allow 150-200g per person)

·         Avocado

·         Chives

·         Sesame oil

·         Mirin (Japanese rice wine)

·         Soy sauce (preferably Japanese soy)

·         Wasabi (kizami or fresh wasabi would be amazing, paste would be alright)

Instructions

·         Dice sushi into fine pieces (or chunkier if you would so prefer). A very easy way of doing so is by scraping the piece of fish with a teaspoon. Using this method also helps eliminate the sinew or lining as opposed to using a knife.

·         Mix soy and mirin into the diced salmon at a 1:1 ratio, add a couple drop of sesame oil, finely chopped chives and wasabi (please add wasabi to taste, fresh wasabi gives the extra crunchy texture)

·         Roughly dice the avocado, season with black pepper and set aside

·         Using a cake ring, lay avocado in the base and give it a gentle firm push to set the shape, then apply the same to salmon on top

·         Remove ring and voila!

·         Tobiko (fish roe) could also be added on top as a garnish

All About You Food Revolution Farmer's Market

•          43 million children under 5 are overweight or obese.
•         96% of kids in the UK don’t get their 5 a day.
•         20% of children in Australia think pasta comes from animals!

  

Our kids are growing up overweight and malnourished from a diet of processed foods, and today's children will be the first generation ever to live shorter lives than their parents. 

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is a national movement to change the way we eat. At All About You we have joined the Jamie Oliver food revolution programme, and as part of our mission we have established the All About You Farmer’s Market. We can fight obesity with better food, and to get people cooking healthy meals again both at home and in schools. Come along to the All About You Farmer’s Market on Sunday 27^th April 2014 to learn about, but more importantly to ENJOY, healthy and fresh food.

Our stalls will include:

• BathSoft Cheese
• WoodhouseFarm (pork, lamb beef) and Hog Roast
• Well Preserved Honey and Preserves
• Bedford Clangers Pasties and Confectionery (as seen on Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast)
• Nature's Farm Fruit and Veg
• WCDBespoke Furniture 
• Food Demonstrations from Tootoomoo
• Music by Ian Anderson

Have a look at the Food Revolution website to learn more about why we need to change the way we eat and how with some tasty recipes from Jamie Oliver himself! 

Spin-a-thon Recovery

What an amazing weekend!

Thank you to everyone that came along to support our 24 hour event! We had around 300 people call in at various points over the weekend and we have so far managed to raise a great deal of money for the Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundatation. If you couldn't make it down and would like to make a contribution then please head over to their JUST GIVING page and help us boost the final total!

If you DID  join us then you may be feeling a bit sore today...

Don't worry, we're here to help ;-)

We chose to host the spin-a-thon because we hoped to encourage, young, old, elite and novice cyclists to join in and do their bit - and we did just that, with a few dogs joining in as well for good measure!

Although cycling is a great way to get fit and feel great it can play havoc on your hips!

You see, most of us already spend too much time sat down, but sitting down whilst getting your muscles contracting will shorten the muscles around your hips even more setting you up for injury and back pain.

We'd rather you donated your hard earned cast to The Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundation than your favourite Osteopath - so if you are a little bit sore today then try this one stretch to resolve it....

Kneel on your right knee with your toes relaxed and place the left foot flat on the floor in front of you. The knee should be bent at 90 degrees and sit directly above the ankle.

Squeeze the glutes and push the hips forwards slightly until you feel the tension in your right hip and thigh.

You can extend one or both arms over your head and slightly arch your back to increase the stretch further. Hold this position for 30 seconds and then switch sides.

In my opinion this is The King of Stretches and would help the 80% of the population who suffer from back pain greatly!



If you have any feedback on the weekend or would like any more health and fitness information or advice, we'd love to hear from you!

This week at the studio...

We've got a really exciting week planned at the studio with loads going on....

Monday 24th February

Team meeting to discuss our new service "Training Day" - The Ultimate One Day Training Package for Elite Athlete's.
We have a number of elite athlete's booked to come in to the studio over the next few weeks and we're building a great package that will blow them away.


We also have a photo shoot with The Ham & High Newspaper to promote our Spin-a-thon event!


Tuesday 25th February

Our Nutritional Therapist Vikki Lee will be back at All About You and taking appointments to advise on all of your dietary concerns, find out more HERE and book in to see her.

Wednesday 26th February

Our Harley Street Osteopath Stephen Sacks will be at the studio offering appointments to clients and sharing his amazing knowledge wit and charm with the team!

Thursday 27th February

Our new trainer Jon Pilkington is setting up his first Thai boxing class at the studio this Thursday at 6:30pm(he's got his shorts ready for the class!)
and the Thai theme continues at 7:30pm as our Thai Yoga massage therapist, Ana will be covering our stretch class bringing her unique ideas to our popular class.

Friday 28th February

The cycling themed weekend is kicking off in style with the delivery of our new Wattbike. This addition to the studio will enable us to assess clients on a whole new level and provide some great new training ideas.

Saturday 1st march

The big weekend is upon us!The 24 hour Spin-a-thon kicks off at 12pm  if you haven't signed up yet then find out more HERE and get yourself booked in!

For more information on any of these things going on at the studio please CONTACT US, we'd love to hear from you...

Another Tasty Delight from Tootoomoo!

Recipe of the Week

Our friends at Tootoomoo have sent us another amazing recipe to share with you.

We have built a great relationship with Tootoomoo over the last few months and not only are they providing us with some great recipes to share with you but they also now offer all clients of All About You 20% discount on their take away menu and are also sponsoring our Client of The Month award here at the studio by giving our lucky winner a free meal for two to celebrate their achievements with us!

Duck and watermelon salad

Ingredients

·         Watermelon, cut into roughly 2cm², allow 5 cubes per portion

·         Mint and coriander leaves, small handful

·         Roasted cashew nuts, small handful

·         Chopped lettuce

·         Cucumber cut into bite size

·         Julienne of carrot

Dressing

·         Melt palm sugar (or just brown) and fish sauce in 1:1 ratio on low heat, set aside to cool (garlic optional)

·         Hoi sin sauce

Simply toss all ingredients into a mixing bowl with dressing. Amount of dressing should be just enough to coat the ingredients but not drenching them.

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24 Hour Spin-a-thon

Have you signed up to join us at our ride to make a difference Spin-a-thon?

We are hosting a huge indoor cycling event starting on Saturday 1^st March at 12pm and we aim to keep the wheels turning until 12pm Sunday 2^nd March 2014 in order to raise money for The Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundation. 

We have already had a number of requests for keen cycling enthusiasts to join us for the whole 24 hour cycle but we want to get as many people as possible to call in to the studio over the weekend in order to keep the wheels spinning.

If you can join us for an hour or two or even just call in for a few minutes to cheers us on we would really appreciate your support!

For those interested in cycling, no experience is necessary - just come along and jump on a bike to find out what spinning the distance is all about.  This event is for families, exercise enthusiasts, cyclists, lovers of spin classes, and anyone who would like to help raise money to make a difference in the lives of local children.

We will have 35 bikes available each hour with the goal of having over 500 cyclists join us throughout the event. 

We have planned a number of various events throughout the day so just let us know which sessions you would like to join...

We ask that all cyclists pay £10 to enter the event and any additional sponsorship funds that you can raise would be greatly appreciated. You can download your sponsorship forms from the website HERE

The Schedule

12pm – The Official Start and Fun Day

1pm - 3pm - Hilary's Hard Core Spin

3pm Soccer Saturday Cycle - Cycle to the football on the big screen - One for the dad's!

5pm Cycle club session 

7pm Disco spin - disco lights, music and a Saturday night party atmosphere

12pm - Night Rider - 6 hour cycle through the night to the most inspiring sports films.

6am - Early morning spin (using the projector to ride a stage of the Tour de France)

7am - Breakfast club

8am – 11am Sunday morning Cycle with Hilary

11am - The home straight.

12pm The Finish Line Celebration

To register for any of the above events just email us enquiries@aayou.co.uk.or call All About You on 020 8348 9706.

The spin-a-thon takes place at All About You Fitness Studios, 1-3 Broadbent Close, Highgate, London N6 5JW from noon on Saturday 1 March to noon Sunday 2 March.

Recipe of the Week

We have a new focus to our Newsletters in 2014. We've developed a great working relationship with Tootoomoo who create some amazing fresh pan Asian food at their restaurants in Highgate and Crouch End.

The reason we want to work with them is because we understand that London life can get tough at times, you're constantly on the go and you don't have the time to look after yourself properly. At All About You we aim to address your health and fitness concerns and whilst we address your nutritional requirements we don't actually make the food for you!

This is where Tootoomoo come in. They will prepare and deliver exceptional organic, gluten free MSG free amazing food to your door and they've also offered to share some of their recipes on the blog here.

So here's the first one:

Steamed Seabass with Ginger & Soy

Ingredients:

-          seabass fillet (or any white fish like monkfish, yum!)

-          shiitake mushrooms, soaked and hydrated

-          chopped chillies

-          ginger, finely sliced

-          mixed greens ( pak choi or any of your favourites)

-          spring onions, chopped

-          Shaoxing wine

-          soy sauce

-          demerara sugar

-          sesame oil

  

Cook off:

-          mix Shaoxing wine and soy sauce to a 50/50 ratio, add a sprinkle of sugar and a tiny drizzle of sesame oil

-          place seabass in a shallow pan and pour in the sauce mix, chopped shiitake mushrooms, chillies and ginger

-          cover pan with foil an leave in preheated oven at 170 degree  for 15min.  meanwhile, blanch the vegetables and plate it out-

            check the fish if it’s cooked through,   place fish on bed of greens and pour the rest of the sauce in pan over the dish.

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-          Voila!

      Check out Tootoomoo's menu here and take advantage of their kind offer to give 20% discount to all of our readers - just use our discount code AAYJAN when you place your order,