“Can you get enough protein if you don’t eat meat?” Ask any vegan or vegetarian and they’ll tell you they hear the protein question lots. Like, really lots. We’re pleased to tell you that it’s really not that hard. Check out this post from registered (and plant-based) nutritionist, Laura Thomas, Are You Getting Enough Protein? The answer is…
Salted Peanut Butter Energy Balls
These Salted Peanut Butter Energy Balls taste like they’ve been sent from heaven after a long run. The sodium and other minerals we lose during exercise need to be replaced and what better way than with the sea salt energy balls as delicious as these? Bibi rather surprised me singing about chocolate salty balls when…
How (and Why) to Begin Eating Mindfully Today
During the summer, I began making big, bold complicated salads for myself for my packed lunches and (this sounds a bit dramatic) they changed my life. The springy leaves of rocket, and the seeds and olives I had to chase around my plate with a fork had an unexpected side effect – I had to…
Ultimate Veggie Burgers
As we’ve said before, we don’t really believe in “new year, starve yourself” resolutions. I would hope you know us well enough by now to know that. I have made myself one January pact, though – I want to walk with a lighter environmental footprint. Being a vegetarian helps my carbon footprint a lot, and…
Vegan Ginger-Chocolate Brownies
I was given Scott Jurek’s book ‘Eat & Run’ for Christmas and have been devouring it ever since. It’s part running guide, part autobiography of the world’s greatest ultramarathon runner and part vegan recipe book. A proper book review will follow shortly when I’ve gulped the whole thing down. His book couldn’t come at a…
Ras-El-Hanout Butternut Squash Risotto
This Ras-El-Hanout Butternut Squash Risotto is something I’ve been tweaking for a while – the sweetness of the squash works well with the cinnamon in the North African spices. I’m sure a risotto purist would recoil at the sound of it, but they’d soon change their mind when they got a taste. If you have…
Marathon Carb Loading: Pearl Barley Tabbouleh
When we did the Edinburgh Half Marathon earlier in the year, I was diligent about preparing my nutrition for the 13.1 miles ahead of me. I began carb-loading 2 days before, had my traditional breakfast of wholemeal bagel and jam and was generally conscientious about my pre-race nutrition. Now that I’m training for the Yorkshire…
Apricot, Apple and Hemp Protein Smoothie
We’re really starting to rack up the miles for our Yorkshire Marathon training* now and getting a bit obsessed with keeping our weary muscles in tip top shape. We’ve written before about the importance of getting some protein asap after a run – Post-run Refuelling – 15 Minute Countdown – and we’re always trying to add…
Baba Ganoush
Early Victorians grew aubergines purely as ornamental plants, suspicious of their resemblance to nightshade. As with a few other things things – workhouses, child labour, ignoring women – they got things quite wrong. Aren’t aubergines great? Aren’t we glad to live in such enlightened times? A source of B vitamins and fibre, they’re adaptable to pretty much…
Tofu Tikka Masala
I strongly believe that cuisine is like language – living, and ever changing. Orthodoxy has no place in my kitchen. The quest for “the authentic ratatouille/baba ganoush/tikka masala” is not that interesting. I’d prefer to have the best one! Besides, playing by the book is not as much fun as a bit of experimentation. (I…
Is Milk The Ultimate Sports Drink?
Image from www.shapesense.com The Author: Paul Harlow is conducting PhD research on post-exercise rehydration at Leeds Metropolitan University. For more information on this topic, you can contact him at: p.harlow@leedstrinity.ac.uk Don’t wait till you’re thirsty! Drink 2 litres a day! Don’t just drink water! Cut out caffeine! Athletes and everyday exercisers alike have been bombarded with…
Post-run Refuelling – 15 minute countdown
Sports scientists say you need to refuel within 15 minutes of finishing exercise to help your body repair muscle tears and make the most of your workout. In an article for Running Times, director of sports nutrition at University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre Leslie Bonci said “I really encourage athletes to do something within 15 minutes. The…