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February 16th, 2015

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs, One Bowl Meals

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Microwave Cooked Power Cereal – Warm, Flavorful, and All in Pictures

You bet it’s cold outside, but there is a bright side. It’s mid-February, the days are getting longer, and everyday forward brings us closer to spring.

Still, all we ever have to deal with is the here and now. So, to make that here and now more comfortable, flavorful, easy to deal with…and nutritionally sound, here’s Microwave Power Cereal. Microwave Power Cereal has a lot going for it. First, it tastes great and requires only commonly found ingredients. Secondly, it gives you just what you need for a sustained energy burn by combining complex carbohydrates with protein. And finally, you use the same bowl to mix, cook, and eat the cereal from, which greatly minimizes cleanup. All good stuff! Read more »

October 26th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, French Toast

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Microwave Oven Cooked French Toast – All in Pictures

The only downside to making French toast in the microwave oven is that you can’t get the slightly crisp crust on the surface of the bread the way you can when your cook French toast in the frying pan. But the positives way outnumber that one slight negative. For me, the coolest thing about making French toast in the microwave oven – aside from it’s fantastic flavor – is using the same plate to soak, cook, and eat the French toast from, which greatly cuts down on cleanup afterwards.

September 14th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Kid-Friendly Recipes, Snacks

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Kid-Friendly Power Cinnamon Toast – All in Pictures

This plain or power cinnamon toast step-by-step picture book is a great, very easy way to help empower kids in the kitchen and keep them powered up for a good sustained energy burn.

Here’s all it takes to put it together – and, as always, there are just suggested ingredients. Let your – and your kids’s – imaginations run.

September 4th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food

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Pre-Rip Up the Road Balanced Breakfast

Got a great looking morning with dry air and bright sun shining through the window.

Great biking day through the window

July 26th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs, Fitness/Health, Special Recipes

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Power Finish to Tour & Fully Flavorful Microwave Omelet S2E – In Pictures

Wet & nasty stage 19 of the Tour de France yesterday. Powerful 30-plus time trial today. On to the Paris tomorrow. Wow, it’s been a rip of a tour!

Here’s something that no matter the weather or need for power will give you a bright breakfast smile: Microwave Cooked Omelet – From Simple to Exciting. Aside from the flavor, the really cool thing about making this omelet is that you can mix, cook, and eat the omelet from the same plate. I dig that – a lot!

July 22nd, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Special Recipes

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Pre or Post Ride Nut Butter and Trail Mix on Toast – All in Pictures

Rest day over. The men of the Tour crank it into the Pyrenees for 237 kilometer (147 miles) of serious climbing. Here’s what the profile looks like. Ouch!

July 20th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Dessert, Fitness/Health

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Tour de France Rice Pudding – All in Pictures

Stage 14 of the Tour de France was another brutal assault up the Alps from Grenoble to Risoul. Now, where the men rode wasn’t quite like the upper left picture, but then again, it wasn’t far from it.

On the food side of life, I got a real thrill hearing recently retired Tour racer and now NBCSN announcer Christian Vande Velde talk yesterday about a typical Tour cyclist’s daily course of meals. One thing that caught my ear was his – and I’m sure other racer’s – particular love for rice pudding as a healthy dessert. All right!

Though I’m a fan, I’d never before made rice pudding myself. So, I checked out some recipes, figured out my own way – and laid it down in picture book format.

Stove Cooked Rice Pudding PIcture Book Recipe pages Read more »

July 19th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, French Toast, One Bowl Meals, Special Recipes

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Powering Up with Microwave Cooked Power French Toast – All in Pictures

Whoa, the men of the Tour de France had a tough day yesterday from St. Etienne to Chamrousse with a numbing 3000 foot climb for the last 8 or so miles. Ouch! And, still, Vincenzo Nibali leads the way.

And, today – almost all uphill climbing from Grenoble to Risoul. Ow!

The men will need power. Here’s a great power meal – with a good shot of French: Microwave Cooked Power French Toast.

July 18th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food

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Almond Butter with Dried Cranberries, Flaxseed and Toasted Coconut – All in Pictures

Nut butter. It’s great stuff for it’s energy packing protein and healthy fat content. It tastes great. And, it’s easy to make. What you see above is what I had after a good ride with excellent cycling bud Ken Kolbe to Wachusett Mountain in Central Massachusetts (below) – cherry pancake with nut butter and fresh peach and mango. Not too long ago, I posted a fresh almond butter step-by-step picture book recipe, which you can get by clicking this link. But, hey, the Tour’s on. It’s all about France, great cycling, incredible scenery, and terrific food and flavor. So, here’s how to make Almond Butter with Dried Cranberries, Flaxseed and Toasted Coconut. Read more »

July 17th, 2014

Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Fruit Pancakes, Pancakes, Special Recipes

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Cherry Pancake with Nut Butter and Fruit – All in Pictures

Tony Gallopin crunched a mountain climbing first French win of the Tour de France on stage 11 from Besancon to Oyonnax while American Andrew Telansky courageously braved finishing the stage despite injuries from earlier crashes that put him far behind the field.

On the food side of life, sure, you can have fresh cherry pancake just the way it is. It has fruit, protein and complex carbohydrates all fantastically flavorfully packaged together. What you see here is just an example of an easy way to take that cherry pancake from simple to exciting by adding a shot of nut butter, laying down some fresh fruit, and topping it all off with a spoon of yogurt and, of course, fresh whipped cream.