Travis Gensler

Archive for August, 2009

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“This simple chicken in a vibrant coconut milk sauce will fill your kitchen with the enticing aromas of ********* cooking.   It’s great served over pasta or rice.”

PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 30 Min
READY IN 45 Min

Receipe below makes 4 servings.

1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon ground coriander
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
1 bunch chopped fresh parsley

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, mix the cumin, cayenne pepper, turmeric, and coriander. Place the chicken in the bowl, season with salt and pepper, and rub on all sides with the spice mixture.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place the chicken in the skillet. Cook 10 to 15 minutes on each side, until no longer pink and juices run clear. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Heat the remaining olive oil in the skillet. Cook and stir the onion, ginger, jalapeno peppers, and garlic 5 minutes, or until tender. Mix in the tomatoes and continue cooking 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk. Serve over the chicken. Garnish with the parsley.

After we prepare the meal, I will update the blog with the country this recipe came from. Enjoy!

Just to help clear up some of the confusion, back in May I made the decision to terminate my contract with prior insurance company.   During the first few days of May, I turned in my 90 day notice that I after that timeframe I would no longer sell their insurance.  On May 5th, just a few days later they accepted my request and terminated my contract that day.

To my prior farmers clients, I am sorry that I did not get a chance to let you know that I would no longer be able to serve your Farmers policies.  It was my choice, I did not get fired!

Why did I go independent?

For the past year or so, I started feeling stuck.  There were many clients that I wanted to work with, but with the limited products and options that I had available to me through Farmers, the coverage was either too expensive, or I could not even provide the options that my clients were needing.  These were people that I personally wante to work with, but couldn’t because of my situation.   Therefore I made a decision to terminate my contract and find an opportunity where I could decide who I wanted to work with not who the company wanted.

At that time, I left and went fully independent, which is what my health and medicare supplement clients had benefited from.  I had many companies to choose from and finally got away from the “stick everyone in this same box” mode.

Needless to say, it has been much easier to find a solution that works for my clients with the options I have available to me now.  I now have over 100 life insurance companies to find a solution from, over 20 auto and or home companies, around 10 health insurance companies, over 20 medicare supplement companies and around 20 companies who provide commercial insurance.

I am happy to say that I am back to being an advisor and not a salesman.  I can now find a solution!