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Enjoy making this fish jambalaya recipe in a pot. We serve this as our family vacation dinner, and when we feed a crowd at home watching soccer.

It was our turn to invite the family to dinner. They’re all big Steeler fans, so I was looking for something easy that could feed a crowd, and something they could eat in front of the TV. This is more or less the same crowd of my brothers we vacationed with on the beach, and this year we didn’t go to the beach.

When we go to the beach, we take turns cooking dinner. In the past, my husband and I have always tried to include some of the fresh seafood available as part of our dinner. Sometimes we did a great seafood jambalaya. Although Pittsburgh is not known for its seafood, it turns out that this recipe works very well with frozen shrimp and scallops, too.

This dish also has meat, however you can easily leave it out. We use Polish kielbasa, but we have also added the Andouille sausage, as it is a traditional ingredient in most Creole or Cajun recipes.

The biggest challenge in making this recipe is having a really big pot to cook it. Can you use two pots? Of course you can, but then it wouldn’t be a “one pot” meal.

Perhaps the best part of this single-pot seafood jambalaya dish is that it’s game-ready.

This means that you can relax and enjoy the game, the company and the food, without having to rush to prepare food to serve once people arrive at the party.

You’ll also love this popular recipe for boiling shrimp in a pot or even this quick and easy steamed shrimp staple.

A pot of Jambalaya seafood to feed a crowd

Enjoy making this seafood jambalaya recipe in a pot. We serve this as our family holiday dinner, and when we feed a crowd at home watching soccer.

Ingredients

1/2 cup of olive oil

2 chopped onions

2 celery ribs diced

1 green bell pepper, chopped

1 jalapeño pepper, chopped

4 garlic cloves, grated or minced

2 bay leaves

2 tablespoons of Creole seasoning

1 teaspoon red pepper

1 teaspoonful of oregano

1 # polish kielbasa

1 # shrimp, raw, peeled and vein-free

1 # sea scallops

1 large can of diced tomatoes

3 cups of water

1 teaspoon of turmeric

3 cups long grain rice

Instructions

1. Sauté the onions, peppers, garlic, and celery in olive oil for about 5 minutes.
2. Add the bay leaves, the Creole seasoning, the red pepper and the oregano and stir well.
3. Add tomatoes, kielbasa, rice, water, and turmeric. Stir well.
4. Bring to a boil and reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is tender.
5. Add shrimp and scallops.
6. Simmer until shrimp are pink and scallops are opaque. About 10 minutes.

To serve.

Notes

What does it mean to feed a crowd? When I say this feeds a crowd, I’m talking about somewhere in the 15-20 person range. That’s because we generally have other things like salad, bread, etc. at our family gatherings. The 12 servings listed here are quite conservative and would make good hearty servings.

We bet that many of you have asked yourselves this question!

If you have, you’re probably in one of two situations:

• You’ve just finished school and your parents are breathing down your neck to choose a course to study.
• You’ve been in the job that you’re currently doing, for a number of years; however you’re just not feeling it anymore. You’re always watching the clock, trying to calculate how many hours it is until you can close your laptop lid and head for the gym.

If you’re considering a career in personal training, you’re probably the go-to person in your friendship circle for advice on exercise and nutrition. They value the help that you give them and they can see the tangible results as a direct consequence of what you advised them.

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Are you passionate about fitness?

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Are you a people person?

A personal trainer needs to look good and on top form when training their clients, appearance is everything. The client will be looking at the trainer’s face for most of the time, so this is why we recommend all trainers to look smart and hygienic. Teeth play a very important part and a healthy smile can also project confidence. If a trainer has missing teeth this can look a bit daunting and also can portray the wrong message to the client. Dental implants, teeth whitening, teeth straightening and general clean are all important treatment to consider for the personal trainer, all professional dentists will provide these dental treatments and more.

Many young people who frequented the gym have the ambition of becoming a personal trainer when they graduate. Personal trainer career suits you if you are someone who is passionate about fitness and can spend long hours working out in the gym. It is not a problem to be a personal trainer if you have dental implants. The most important thing is that you must be a sociable person and know how to communicate well since you will meet with a lot of people.

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Remember that if you’re a personal trainer, you’ll be running your own fitness business. The buck stops with you. You’re responsible for making sure that the finances and taxes of your business are 100% (or if you don’t want to do this, you’re going to need to hire someone to help you to do this.) In addition to this, you’ll be responsible for your marketing and making sure that you continuously attract a steady flow of clients who want to train, into the business.

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If you feel that the responses to the above four questions describe you, then you should really become a personal trainer!

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• The college must be accredited by a recognised fitness body.
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So, to come back to the question that we posed in the title of the article: should you become a personal trainer? Well, if it’s something that you fee that you want to do, deep down in your gut, then you need to make that leap and become a part of the fitness industry!