July 9th, 2014 
Blog, Cycling Food, Special Recipes 
Comments Off on Baguette Full-On – All French and All Fun! 
Another stunning win by Marcel Kittel – hey, the guy’s won three of the first four stages of the Tour – with incredible strength and speed. And this was the first stage (section) of this year’s Tour in France from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole. Terrific!
All right! The Tour’s now in France. So how ’bout something, well, simply French?
July 8th, 2014 Bar Drinks, Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Drinks, Special Recipes Comments Off on Tour de France Yorkshire Pudding Ideas – In Pictures 
Right now, here in this post, we’re pausing – just briefly – with a refreshingly crisp Tom Collins toast to a terrific 3-day Tour de France start in England with a crunching win – again – by Marcel Kittel in London yesterday. And now, on to Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Metropole in France and Belgium
On the food side of life, it’s been a real thrill finding ways to use both the traditional savory version of Yorkshire pudding and an improvised breakfast version – that I’ve enjoyed everyday since this past Friday. Read more »
July 7th, 2014 Bar Drinks, Blog Comments Off on Tom Collins Toast to a Great British Tour de France Start – All in Pictures 
Inspirationally strong, gutsy rip-from-the-break-a mile-from-the-finish-line win by freshly crowned Italian National Cycling Champ Vincenzo Nibali in yesterday’s grueling climb and descent 2nd stage of the Tour de France from York to Sheffield.
Today, the men ride from Cambridge to London in the 3rd and final stage of this year’s Tour on British roads. So, how ’bout a refreshingly appropriate toast to a blaze-fast Tour start and incredibly enthusiastic fan support with an unmistakably British cocktail favorite, the Tom Collins, which is just as quick and easy to make as fresh lemon or limeade.
June 30th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs Comments Off on Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Bell Pepper and Cheese – All in Pictures 
This full-on flavor recipe combines the protein power of eggs and sausage, fresh zest of red bell pepper and shallots and richness of Parmesan cheese – all in one pan.
As mentioned in other scrambled egg recipes here, adding just a small amount of salt to the eggs before cooking them not only enhances scrambled egg flavor, it also ensures the eggs will turn out soft and tender. Eggs cooked without salt tend to be tough and rubbery as shown in the comparison pictures below.
June 15th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Drinks, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes, Special Recipes Comments Off on Blue Sky Pre-Ride Breakfast of Champions – All in Pictures 
First, Happy Father’s Day!
Second, this breakfast works great any day, but especially on a day like we’re having today in the Northeast with clear blue skies, cool temps, dry air and a pretty good breeze. Just great to get out and rip it up on the bike, which I’m gonna’ do right now with a good friend who hasn’t been out on a bike for quite some time. Gonna’ be fun! Read more »
June 14th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Drinks (no alcohol) Comments Off on Waking Up to Freshly Brewed Coffee: Made Easy and All in Pictures 
You know those days when things just don’t go right, and the harder you try, the louder the voice in your head screams, “C’mon, man. Wake up and smell the coffee!” Yesterday was one of those days for me – OW! – but instead of raging about it, I took that voice’s advice and laid down a new much more colorful version of Freshly Brewed Coffee Made Easy.
Already I feel better. And I’ve chugged enough freshly made brew along with a coconut bowl pancake to fuel me for an excellent rip on the bike as soon as I get this off.
Like I mentioned in the picture book recipe you can get by clicking any picture on this page, the key to a good cup of coffee is nailing the right ratio of cold water to ground coffee. Sounds easy enough. The only problem is that coffee makers are not calibrated to a standard “cup” size, and those cups are not the standard “1 cup = 8 ounces”. The way to deal with that is to use a measuring cup to to measure 12 ounces of water. Then pour that water either into the coffee maker reservoir or carafe with “cup” markings on it to see exactly how many cups your coffee machine makes with those 12 ounces of water. As shown in the pictures here, my coffee machine makes 3 cups of water with 12 ounces of water.
Here’s what you need to make coffee using a coffee maker.
Again, just click any picture on this page for a complete, newly revised, and very easy to use step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 11th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Coconut Bowl Pancake – All in Pictures Yeah, there really is a microwave cooked coconut bowl pancake under all that terrifically fresh and flavorful topping. The segmented picture below outlines how it goes together.
Here’s what you need to make this pancake, which is a very easy to make variation on the microwave cooked bowl pancake that substitutes packaged pancake flour and cereal with high-protein coconut flour, shredded coconut and ground flaxseed for outstanding flavor and long-lasting energy.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, colorful and easy to use step-by-step picture book recipe. Next post: I’ll show an easy and, you bet, flavorful variation on this pancake.
June 8th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Bowl Pancake – All in Pictures 
Gorgeous weather here in the Northeast! Legs are screamin’ at me to get out on the bike – I’ll obey ‘soon as I fire this off!
Here’s what I had yesterday morning to power me through putting together the step-by-step picture book recipe you can get here and a 35+ mile bike ride later in the afternoon (admittedly, after a nut butter and toast snack shortly before hitting the road).
The great things about a bowl pancake:
Here’s what you need to make a microwave cooked bowl pancake.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 4th, 2014 Blog, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Tuna Parmesan – All in Pictures
I mentioned in the last post I had another microwave cooked pasta one-bowl meal recipe ready to go. Here it is: Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Tuna Parmesan, which is just an easy variation on the Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Chicken Parmesan I posted about a week ago.
Briefly, all you need to do is add the ingredients you see below in a microwave oven safe bowl, heat for about 2 minutes in the microwave oven, and you’re done. Easy – and darn flavorful!
As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 2nd, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Eggs Comments Off on Left-Handed (Fully Flavorful) Fried Eggs – All in Pictures 
I’ve posted a few microwave cooked pasta one-bowl meals here recently, and though I do have one more all set to go, I thought I’d change it up a bit with a fully flavorful fried egg recipe my son introduced me to last year he calls “Left-Handed Eggs”.
I asked my son, why the name, “left-handed”? “Just because.” Quite right! Absolutely! Right on!
The great things about these “left-handed eggs” is that, first, they taste great, and second, they take no longer to make than straight up fried eggs because the flavor-enhancing ingredients are added as the eggs cook in the pan.
Here’s what it takes to make left-handed (fully flavorful) fried eggs.
As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
