July 7th, 2017 
Anti-Inflammatory Foods, Anti-inflammatory Recipes, Blog, Cycling, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, Fruit 
Comments Off on 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 post showed how to combine crepes with a warm summer fruit topping. Great stuff! Here’s what I used to make that fruit topping a few days ago, Read more »
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 »
June 5th, 2017 Blog, Cycling, Cycling Food, How To & Tips, Special Recipes Comments Off on 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 
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 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 23rd, 2017 Anti-Inflammatory Foods, Blog, Cycling Food, Fitness Food, How To & Tips Comments Off on 19 Days To Bikes Battling Cancer Ride and How to Cut Avocados Safely 
Avocados are packed with health-promoting, anti-inflammatory whole body nutrients, which makes them great for those of us who keep our bodies active (click this link to a comprehensive avocado nutrition article from Medical News Today and this link to the World’s Healthiest Foods detailed description of avocado nutrition and preparation tips). I’m planning to have a good shot of avocado when I get back from a training ride around lunchtime. (19 days until the Bicycles Battling Cancer ride and still plenty of time to contribute to its very worthy cause by clicking this link.)
Regarding avocado prep, you might’ve seen some recent headlines like those shown above. The problem: people cutting Read more »
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 
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
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.
Cancer, heart disease, hypertension, obesity: they’re the leading causes of death in the world, including the US, and all them, regardless of genetics, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and many more highly credible health organizations, are significantly avoidable through better eating and moving our bodies.
I’m riding 100 miles through Central Massachusetts in the Bicycles Battling Cancer event June 11th specifically in memory of my mom, a pioneering female radiation oncologist and cancer patient herself.
Please click this link if you’re interested in helping to sponsor my ride June 11th. I’d appreciate it. And please keep an eye on this site for regularly updated, easy to make, full-on flavorful foods great for fueling a ride, run, or any activity that sustains our bodies in motion.
Thanks very much for your time and interest,
May 1st, 2017 Anti-Inflammatory Foods, Cooking Technique, Vegetables Comments Off on Picture Book Directions Show How to Microwave Cook Fresh Spinach 
The most important tip regarding spinach is that the less you cook it, the more you retain its flavor, texture, and terrific nutritional value – high in the oil soluble vitamins A, E and K and water soluble vitamins B2, B6 and C as well as rich iron and magnesium content. There’s just no comparison between quickly cooked fresh spinach and spinach that’s been cooked to a very distasteful mushy mass. (My favorite source for spinach’s nutrition and health benefits is The World’s Healthiest Foods: http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=43)
The second most important tip: to avoid an unpleasant crunch on the sandy soil spinach grows in, always give fresh spinach a Read more »
