Category: Cycling Food
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How to Cook Quinoa on the Stove Picture Book Directions
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Quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”) is one of my favorite…seeds. Yah, right away, that’s one of the things that makes it stand out. Quinoa is not a member of the true grain family, like wheat, barley, rye and other “grass grains”. Instead, quinoa, which comes in white, red, and black color variations, is really a seed, and, specifically, it’s the…
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Warm Fruit Topping to Fuel a Winter Training Ride
Yes, it’s February, but any day cycling the road sure beats a day on the living room trainer, especially when there are sights like those below before the snow blew in last night. Bottom line: Weather’s a state of mind. Just be prepared. For me that means, step one, “goose fat” (homemade mix of avocado…
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Roast Turkey – Warm, Fully Flavorful Feast Any Day
With all that it has to offer: its signature warm smell while it roasts, terrific comforting flavor fresh out of the oven, incredible leftover versatility, and much more, especially when it’s cold out, why have roasted turkey just on Thanksgiving? I’ve roasted two turkeys since Thanksgiving: one to have leftovers at home after Thanksgiving, which…
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Anti-Inflammatory Fresh Ginger Cilantro Kefir Salad Dressing Picture Book Recipe
If you’re an athlete or physically active at all, you know how inflammation exhibited in joint or muscle pain inhibits how you move your body. Inflammation is also a key contributor to diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and much more. The very easy to make, fully-flavorful fresh low fat salad dressing you see…
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Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Figuratively and Literally
First, the figurative lemon. I recently became part-owner of VOmax, makers of custom design performance sportswear. When my new business partner, Raj Singh, took ownership at the beginning of the year, the company was dysfunctional. Business was down. Morale was low. Our objective as new owners: transform the company from dysfunction to excellence. Easy to say,…
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A Friend’s Genuine Cancer Note and Fresh Ginger Mint Tea – Super Easy Hot or Cold
The tea you see above: great stuff I drink just about everyday and look forward to after rides preparing for a now annual Bicycles Battling Cancer, Ride to Remember, and other rides that add charitable purpose to my daily joy of cycling – and now, running. Regarding cancer charity efforts, I’m not a big Facebook…
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Homemade Almond Butter: Training Food Extraordinaire – All in Pictures
I’ve always been a big fan of almond butter: great flavor and texture, terrific energy sustainer. Years ago, when my favorite vendor of that almond butter – and many other favorite food products, Trader Joe’s, experienced a recall and then was only able to dole out cases of new almond butter the way Apple doles…
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Chewy Whole Grain Pancakes – All in Pictures
Last post showed how to make the best of a cooking fail as I tried to develop a whole grain pancake recipe that I’d forgotten I’d already developed last year. Memory’s great – when it works. Here’s how that chewy whole grain pancake turned out last year. Then, I topped a piece of that pancake…