Suzanne Bowen Download Info & Lemongrass Pork Chops Recipe

Today's Review: Stopwatch Plank 
Available on the Suzanne Bowen Fitness website to download or stream! Suzanne now offers a large variety of downloadable workouts on her website!! Head on over to get more info.


This is a 16 minute download available Suzanne Bowen Fitness. Suzanne leads this workout alone in a cute gym set. You won't need any equipment for this workout. The workout begins with some active marching to warm you up. Using a stopwatch to time each exercise, Suzanne leads you through a series of plank variations: isometric planks, plank knee pulls, hi plank, single leg plank, T stands, plank knee drops, and reverse plank. The workout concludes with a quick stretch. Suzanne provides excellent form pointers & motivation throughout this tough plank workout! I received this download to review.

Today's Recipe: Lemongrass Pork Chops & Quick Pickled Carrots 
(altered from a recipe in Cooking Light)

Pork Chops:

1/4 cup minced shallots

3 TBS minced lemongrass

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 TBS dark brown sugar

2 TBS asian fish sauce

1 TBS oil

2 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp sesame oil

1/4 tsp black pepper

4-5 oz thin cut pork chops

Carrots:

1/2 cup white vinegar

3 TBS + 1 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp salt

4 medium carrots peeled & cut into match sticks 

Combine shallots, lemongrass, garlic, brown sugar, fish sauce, both oils, soy sauce, & pepper in a food processor or blender & blend until just combined. 

Place pork chops & marinade in a large ziploc, gently massage into pork chops. Refrigerate sealed bag for 3 hours. 

Combine carrots, sugar, & salt in a wide shalllow dish. Add carrots, tossing to caot. Cover & sset aside, tossing 1 or 2 X, for 1 hour. 

Discard marinade from chops, heat a grill pan (I used the Foreman grill) over med-high heat. Spray pan w/ cooking spray & grill chops for 2-3 min per side or unti just cooked through. Serve w/ carrots