Last post showed how to cut a mango as easily and mess-free as possible. Here’s a great way to combine the “bite of tropical sunshine” fruit flavor of fresh mango with avocado, fresh cilantro, lime, garlic, red onion, and as much – or little – jalapeño pepper as you’d like to pack together an explosion of summertime flavor. Read more »
Archive for the ‘Fitness Food’ Category
June 3rd, 2015 
Blog, Fitness Food, Fruit, Snacks, Special Recipes 
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May 18th, 2015 Blog, Fitness Food, One Bowl Meals, Pasta Comments Off on Pasta with Fresh Chicken Sausage Sauce – All in Pictures Pasta with Fresh Chicken Sausage Sauce – All in Pictures
Last post showed how to cook pasta to “al dente” (or, “firm to the teeth”) perfection. Here’s a great way to enjoy that pasta – with fresh chicken sausage sauce.
As the word “fresh” implies, the key to making this recipe turn out full-on flavorfully is using fresh garlic, fresh tomatoes, and a good handful of fresh basil – and, you bet, fresh sausage, if you can find it, sure makes a difference.
Here are the ingredients needed to make this recipe.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
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March 19th, 2015 Beans, Blog, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, Snacks, Special Recipes Comments Off on How to Make Hummus – All in Pictures How to Make Hummus – All in Pictures
Like I mentioned in the last post that showed how to cook dried garbanzo beans (also known as chickpeas), garbanzo beans/chickpeas are nut-like in flavor, versatile, meaning they can be used in all kinds of recipes, and are highly nutritious, especially regarding their protein and fiber content. Read more »
March 12th, 2015 Beans, Blog, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, How To & Tips Comments Off on How to Cook Dried Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) – All in Pictures How to Cook Dried Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas) – All in Pictures
If you’re not familiar with garbanzo beans or chickpeas, they are nut-like in flavor, versatile, richly nutritious (especially regarding protein an fiber), and extraordinarily appetite-satisfying. Below is a summary of nutrition facts (164 grams is 1 cup of cooked garbanzo beans), which you can click for a full garbanzo bean nutrition graphic posted by Condé Nast that was derived from USDA information.
