5 years ago our Westborough, MA, Board of Selectmen established a Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee charged with improving cycling and pedestrian access and safety and building trails in town. Over the past 5 years, we’ve worked persistently to do exactly that. We’ve installed 9 sets of Carmanah R920 solar-powered flashing crosswalk signs, like those shown below, at well used, high-priority crosswalks in Read more »
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Comments Off on 6 Days to Cancer Ride + Almond Butter Power Fuel in Pictures 6 Days to Cancer Ride + Almond Butter Power Fuel in Pictures
6 days to the Central Mass. Bicycles Battling Cancer ride (please consider donating – I’m just about half way to my $300 goal). Almond butter will certainly be part of the breakfast I have to power that ride next Sunday. I had a fat tablespoon of it just now with French toast (made with killeer BirchTree Bread Co. seeded levain bread) to prep for a 30+ mile I’ll take later this morning. Here’s what you need to make almond butter on your own.
The food processor does all the work (yah, you definitely need a food processor). You just have to clean the food processor when it’s done – but that cleaning is well worth the incredibly fresh, rich flavor. Click any picture on this page for complete step-by-step picture book directions that, you bet, include how to clean a food processor (sometimes you just can’t have too much fun!).
Fuel up, ride on!
May 31st, 2017 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, French Toast, One Bowl Meals Comments Off on Great Training Fuel: French Toast Taken From “Simple to Exciting” – All in Pictures Great Training Fuel: French Toast Taken From “Simple to Exciting” – All in Pictures
Yesterday’s post showed how to use your favorite bread to make French toast either in the pan or microwave oven. As mentioned in that post, the I bread used to make French toast last weekend was Seeded Levain bread from the BirchTree Bread Co. in Worcester, MA. (That bread, by the way, goes great with your favorite cheese, nut butter, and much more – terrific stuff!)
What you see below is all I needed to power a fantastically invigorating 60+ mile Bicycles Battling Cancer training ride from my town, Westborough, MA, through Northborough, Boylston, Sterling, Clinton, Bolton, Harvard, Read more »
May 30th, 2017 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, French Toast Comments Off on 12 Days to Cancer Ride and French Toast Training Fuel 12 Days to Cancer Ride and French Toast Training Fuel
12 days to the 100 mile Bicycles Battling Cancer ride through Central Massachusetts – you bet, I’d appreciate your support.
Regarding training, French toast, which combines sustained energy from the protein in eggs with the more immediate energy provided by complex carbohydrates in bread, is a great fuel for a good ride, run, or any activity that keeps your body in motion. I made the French toast shown above with a great local find: Seeded Levain bread from the BirchTree Bread Co. in Worcester, MA – I’ll be back for more soon! Tomorrow I’ll show how to take the French Toast I made above from “Simple to Exciting” to power a gorgeous 60+ mile training ride last weekend.
May 20th, 2017 Anti-Inflammatory Foods, Anti-inflammatory Recipes, Cycling, Cycling Food, Fitness Food Comments Off on Bicycles Battling Cancer Fuel: Rice with Nut Butter and Fruit in Pictures Bicycles Battling Cancer Fuel: Rice with Nut Butter and Fruit in Pictures
Last post showed how to cook rice – great sports fuel. Here’s what I made with cooked rice yesterday afternoon to power a 28 mile ride on a hot, windy day (to train for Bicycles Battling Cancer June 11 – link here is to my fundraising page). Read more »
May 18th, 2017 Blog, Cycling, Cycling Food, Grains Comments Off on How to Cook Rice Picture Book Directions How to Cook Rice Picture Book Directions
Rice is terrific cycling, running, or any sports fuel that goes with just about anything. I always make enough to have plenty of leftovers that then allow me to make very much immediate meals. The only down side is that, depending on the type of rice and how much it’s been processed, rice requires about 25 minutes to an hour to absorb water as it cooks on the stove.
Now, how ’bout the difference between brown rice and white rice? Easy. Although the cooking method is identical, brown rice is not milled, which means its bran, or fiber-rich outer coating, and germ, or nutrient-rich embryo of the rice grain, haven’t been removed. White rice is milled, meaning its bran and germ have been removed. Brown rice is therefore more chewy, has a more nutty flavor and has more nutrient and fiber content. The reason bran and germ are removed is to increase rice shelf life. That’s it.
Here’s what you need to cook rice on the stove. As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe. More tomorrow.
September 5th, 2014 Blog, Cycling, Cycling Food Comments Off on Grafton-Mendon Ride and Post-Ride Lunch Grafton-Mendon Ride and Post-Ride Lunch
The pre-ride breakfast I posted here yesterday (below) kept me going no problem for a big smile 48.7 mile ride with good biking bud, Ken, out through Grafton and Mendon.
September 4th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food Comments Off on Pre-Rip Up the Road Balanced Breakfast Pre-Rip Up the Road Balanced Breakfast
July 15th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, Fruit Pancakes, Pancakes Comments Off on Cherry Pancake on Top of a Tour Rest Day – All in Pictures Cherry Pancake on Top of a Tour Rest Day – All in Pictures
Another gutsy come-from-behind win by Team Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali on stage 10 from Mulhouse to the top of La Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges mountains. And, though the sun did come out after another incredibly wet day, the road and the weather took another leading contender, Alberto Contador, out of the race.
It’s a rude understatement to say the men of the Tour deserve a day’s rest. Here’s a cherry pancake to make that rest sweeter – or to add fantastically flavorful variety to your breakfast.
July 14th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Pancakes Comments Off on Bastille Day Mis-Fire-Works – And Living to Tell About It Bastille Day Mis-Fire-Works – And Living to Tell About It
Here’s what a picture-perfect start to stage 10 of the Tour de France on Bastille Day – complete even with some kinda’ “smoke’s on!” fireworks on the side of the road – and a very fresh and flavorful breakfast looked like this morning.
