• All
  • Back / Lats
  • Biceps
  • Chest
  • Coaches Corner
  • Delts
  • Exercise Execution
  • Hormones & Physiology
  • Legs
  • Nutrition
  • Premium Articles
  • Supplements
  • Training
  • Triceps

Supplements… why EVERYONE should be taking them, including you!

If you eat a well balanced "healthy" diet, are supplements REALLY necessary to optimize progress? Learn some surprising reasons why ...

Read More

RDA = Really Dumb Advice (when it comes to nutrition)

If you look on the back of a vitamin or food package you will see that ingredients are rated as ...

Read More

The Young and The Restless: Weight Training for Special Populations

Is it true that resistance training stunts growth in adolescents? And can lifting really reverse the ageing process in older ...

Read More
Various Supplement Containers

Supplement Shopping: Are You Getting What You Pay For?

In an industry largely built on shams and deception, how can you be sure you’re not wasting your hard-earned cash ...

Read More

The Serotonin Advantage

In a startling feat of biological engineering, our body must involuntarily produce an array of chemicals to promote specific actions ...

Read More

Cinnamon: The Surprising Spicy Advantage Sitting on your Shelf

Cinnamon, one of the most undervalued, underestimated, and under-appreciated supplements around. When taken at effective doses, it packs a very ...

Read More
  See More

Chicken with Fennel and Onion Pan Sauce

2 Servings

Ingredients:
1 fennel
1 onion
1 lb. chicken pieces (breast is ideal)
½ tsp salt
½ tsp thyme
½ tsp sage
½ tsp white pepper (can substitute black)
1 c chicken (or vegetable) stock
1 Tb lemon juice
½ Tb coconut oil

Directions:
1. Prepare fennel by slicing off and discarding stalks and retaining the bulb.

2. Chop fennel bulb and onion into slices.

3. Heat coconut oil in a pan over medium high heat.  Add seasonings to coconut oil and allow to heat through for 10 seconds.

4. Add chicken to the pan and cook for 4-5 minutes (until brown). Flip and continue cooking until chicken is completely done (5-10 minutes, depending on thickness).

5. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.

6. Add onion and fennel to the pan over medium heat (add a touch more oil if necessary).

7. Sauté for 2-3 minutes until onion starts to caramelize.

8. Add in lemon juice and stock, and use spatula to deglaze the pan (scrape brown bits up – they are full of flavor).  Let liquid reduce for 3-4 minutes.

9. Serve chicken, pouring fennel-onion mixture over the top.