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Ride Food :: Allen Lim’s Rice Cakes

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Do me a favor…pick up one of your go-to energy bars for bike rides or other endurance activities and read the ingredient label. With a few exceptions, I can guess three things about your bar (1) it contains some ingredients that you cannot pronounce or are unfamiliar with (2) it contains some sort of ingredient derived from soy or corn (3) it gives you a stomach ache. When we spend so much time benefitting our health on our bikes, why [...]
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Healthy Recipes :: Chicken Fajitas

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My fiance and I recently went on a back country ski trip to a hut in central Colorado with a group of 4 other friends.  We were tasked with making dinner one night for everyone. When we were deciding what to make we knew we wanted something portable, somewhat light for the 6 mile skin in, with minimal waste, and flavorful–of course. We went with chicken fajitas for a crowd! Chicken Fajitas (Serves 8 hungry athletes) 4 pounds chicken breast [...]
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Healthy Recipes :: Spanish Quinoa

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My inspiration for this recipe came from the desire to recreate the Spanish rice dish from my favorite restaurant with an extra nutritional punch. Trading up the white rice for quinoa for additional protein, this recipe is well suited for vegetarians as a main dish. While quinoa is commonly considered a “whole grain” it is actually a seed that is a relative of leafy green vegetables like spinach. Quinoa not only offers a higher protein content than grains such as [...]
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Ride Food: Banana Oat Bars

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At the end of every summer riding season, my motivator starts to sputter. While mid-summer I thrive on long, high-altitude rides, my rides start to lose length quicker than the days lose sunlight in the dog days of August. As the race season tapers off, so does my motivation to eat well, so instead of packing my bag full of treats that will actually fuel me on all-day rides, I shove some cookies or a Snickers bar in my bag [...]
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Chicken Cacciatore – A Quick Healthy Meal

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Easy Weeknight Dinner Between work, taking care of the kids, walking the dog, running errands, spending time with family, exercising, and having personal time, it is often difficult to make a delicious, well balanced, and healthy meal during the week. I put together this recipe based on a pre-made cacciatore simmer sauce I used to get from Trader Joe’s for an easy weeknight meal. This simple and healthy version of Chicken Cacciatore will satisfy your craving for Italian and can be put together in about [...]
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