Articles & Recipes
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Moroccan Spiced Beef with Roasted Butternut Squash & Baby Spinach Salad with Hemp Seed Tahini Dressing
Explore the exotic flavors of Morocco with this healthy, easy, full-meal dinner recipe. A simple spinach salad with Hemp Seed Tahini Dressing rounds out the ground beef and squash, providing you a low carb, high nutrient Superplate packed with flavor. This is the second dinner in our 2-Day Healthy Eating Meal Plan, an efficient, healthy…
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5 Wellness Questions To Ask Yourself
Taking a moment to pause, reflect, and ask yourself a series of wellness questions is a great habit to include in your routine. As our comprehension of health evolves, we must continue to survey our wellness to ensure we are headed in the right direction. Today, understanding your health and wellness means asking yourself…
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Roasted Turkey Breast with Chimichurri, Roasted Yams, and Green Beans Amandine
This recipe is a cleaned up, healthy version of your typical Thanksgiving meal. Using only the healthiest, most nutrient dense components, this energy-packed recipe will eliminate the post meal nap by making healthy substitutes like swapping out your traditional marshmallow sweet potato casserole for yams baked with only two ingredients; olive oil and amino acids, using healthy…
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Alumni Spotlight: Karen Bishop
Among a list of emotional and physical achievements, Mountain Trek helped Karen Bishop realize her love of hiking. Since joining the program, she’s hiked to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, and many peaks from here to there. Here, Karen Bishop details how the Mountain Trek program helped transform her life, and she shares the one…
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How to detox daily weekly and annually
Q: How should I detox daily, weekly, and annually? A: Before we just give you a list of “to do’s”, let’s look at the “why” we should detox. From Mountain Trek’s perspective, detox practices are focused on supporting our natural eliminatory system in removing unwanted substances that put our cells and organs under stress. When…
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2-Day Healthy Eating Meal Plan
Our 2-Day Healthy Eating Meal Plan has been designed by our chef and nutritionist to kick-start your nutritional health. It will result in increased and steady energy throughout the day, improved gut health, hormone balance, and weight loss. It is based on a 1,200 calorie/day template for women and a 1,400 calorie/day template for men.…
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Chimichurri Vinaigrette
Chimichurri Vinaigrette is an Argentine sauce typically consisting of fresh herbs, an acid such as vinegar or citrus, and oil. This recipe uses liquid aminos to add savory flavor while limiting salt as we get enough salt from other sources. This sauce can be stored in the fridge in an airtight container for up to…
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Green Bean & Tomato Salad with Chimichurri Vinaigrette & Roast Turkey
This simple, yet elegant and healthy salad uses your leftover turkey breast perfectly. The freshness of the chimichurri combines with the sweetness of the tomatoes, the crunch of the green beans, and the savory leftover turkey to give your tastebuds a wonderful, complex experience. Tip: The chimichurri used in this recipe as a salad dressing can…
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Asian Chicken Salad with Thai Dressing
This healthy Asian chicken salad with Thai dressing packs some of our favorite flavors and nutrients without the typical carb-load most Asian salads bring to the table. Julienned and finely diced vegetables replace noodles and present extremely well, making this salad a great, lighter option for serving at your next lunch or dinner party. Substitute…
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Black Bean Brownies
These black-bean grain- and flour-free brownies will curb any dessert craving, and couldn’t be any easier to make. You will never believe these brownies are made with black beans, and neither will the kids! Our nutritionist Jenn brings these to parties and they are always a hit. With the 90-95% dark chocolate and raw honey,…
