Shira’s Power Wrap

This month we have the great fortune of a visit from Shira Yaziv from Haifa, Israel. Shira is a student of Ido Portal, whom you might recall wrote the QDR article in our premiere issue. Shira is enjoying the 106* weather in Chico, CA while learning CrossFit and the Olympic lifts (we will all be attending the Mike Burgener USAW certification in August) and, of course, eating Paleo! Shira has a fantastic contribution to the Performance Menu this month that is fairly portable, super nutritious and darn yummy.

Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients
. Thinly sliced smoked salmon
. Romaine lettuce, washed
. Olive oil
. Lemon juice

Take one firm romaine lettuce section and add 1-2 oz. of salmon. Add olive oil and lemon juice to taste. These will store well as a snack if you roll them tightly and place them in an airtight container. Sprinkle the lettuce with lemon juice to prevent browning.

Zone Blocks: Every 1 oz of salmon provides 1 protein block and Olive oil weighs in at 1 fat block per 1/3 tsp.


Dessert Onion

I love onions, but when a friend of ours told us about this one, I was a bit incredulous. Onion as dessert? Battered and deep fried onions are not tough to appreciate, but the idea they could compete with the likes of Ben ‘n Jerry’s seemed far fetched, and well… perhaps it is, but they are surprisingly good!

Time: 35-55 minutes

Ingredients
. Walla Walla onion
. Balsamic vinegar
. Olive oil
. Honey

The Walla Walla is the preferred onion for this dish, but any mild yellow or white onion will work. Cut the ends off the onion, cut it in half, and peel it. Drizzle balsamic vinegar, a bit of olive oil and honey into the open faced end of the onion. The balsamic vinegar imparts a tangy flavor while increasing the sweetness by hydrolyzing the sucrose of the onion to glucose and fructose. The honey seals the deal.

Place the onion(s) in an oven at 350* for 30-40 minutes or until a fork can be easily pressed into the onion. The onion may be served hot or chilled.

Zone Blocks: A medium onion is usually 1 block of carbs. The honey provides 2 blocks of carbs per 1 tsp