Category: Fitness Food
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Supercharged Oatmeal – Great Training Fuel!
Here’s how to vary the flavor and supercharge oatmeal by adding protein and some fat to keep you fueled and satisfied for any kind of endurance athletic or physically demanding activity. First, though, a couple quick notes: 1. Flavor and taste – most important – are exceptionally personal. The ingredients you see below work great together…
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Microwave Cooked Oatmeal: Great Move Your Body Food!
Want fuel move your body: prep for a good ride on the bike, run, workout, or to feel fully alive to start your day? Oatmeal’s a great favorite of mine – packed with complex flavorful carbs and fiber, and both those attributes can be well enhanced if you oppose them (i.e. supplement them) with protein…
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Better Eating to Stay in Shape When You’re on the Road
I’ve laid down a couple posts recently about how to make fully flavorful, energy-sustaining instant hot cereal from cold cereal and how to take that instant hot cereal from simple to exciting when you’re at home. But what if you’re on the road for either work or fun and have no choice but to eat…
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Instant Hot Cereal From Cold Cereal Picture Book Recipe + Bicycles Battling Cancer
I’m an avid lifelong cyclist dedicated to improving cycling/running safety (breitzwear.com) and enabling people to eat better (gotta-eat.com). All connected, engaging & fun! I rode the Central Massachusetts Bicycles Battling Cancer ride last June in memory of my dear ‘ol pioneering radiation
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EuroBike 2017 & Whole Grain Cereal with Fresh Fruit & Kefir Picture Recipe
Like I mentioned in the last post, I learned a lot about European cycling culture at Eurobike 2017 in Friedrichshafen, Germany last week and also had some terrifically flavorful foods. Regarding cycling culture, the Europeans are way ahead of where we are and continue to improve. Always actively improving: I love it! Here’s a German…
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Heirloom Tomato, Basil and Feta Cheese Picture Book Recipe
As I mentioned in my last post posted a few weeks ago (Ow!), one of my favorite summer foods is fresh tomatoes right off the field, and one of my favorite ways to have those fresh tomatoes is sliced and topped with fresh basil, mozzarella chcese, a shot of olive oil, a good shot of…
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TDF2017 Stage 7 + Summer Fruit Topping Picture Recipe
Live coverage of Tour de France stage 7 from Troyes to Nuits Saint George in central eastern France is on. Guys will be rippin’ it for more than 125 miles very challenging miles in the saddle – maybe some of it chased by women on horses as shown above during yesterday’s stage 6. Cool! Last…
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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…
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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…