How to Recover from a Marathon

Well done on completing your marathon! Now comes the hard part… Recovering from a marathon can take days if you don’t do it properly – after my first, I had to wear slip on shoes until Wednesday because I couldn’t bend down to tie my laces… By my second, I’d learned a few lessons and…

Five Great Vegan Protein Recipes

“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…

Vegan Tahini and Apple Muffins

As you know, Beebs will be running the London Marathon in about 50 days time. Over this period, we’re really pleased to be teaming up with Pink Lady® , the official apple of the London Marathon, for a series of posts. We love seeing fitness events sponsored by healthy food rather than junk and are proud…

Five Easy Vegan Recipes

Lots of people are switching to a vegan diet. Lots of people are also getting fed up quite quickly with trying to work out what to eat! It is easy to eat vegan, as long as you have some tasty recipes to put a bit of joy on your plate. These Five Easy Vegan Recipes are all…

Vegan Spiced Pumpkin Soup

Everyone loves a warming winter soup and this Vegan Spiced Pumpkin Soup is one of the very best. Guaranteed. It’s really easy to make too and this recipe gives 6-8 servings – depends on how hungry/greedy you are… or maybe on how much running you’ve done before supper time. Either way, it makes plenty for…

Beetroot Barlotto for Pre-Race Carb-Loading

We often get messages from readers wondering what to eat before a race. We can hands-down say that this is the dish we personally turn to most when we have a long race or training run planned. This truly is a wonder dish for athletes before racing. The combination of white rice and barley ensures…

6 Hearty Vegan Soups

As the weather draws in, we start thinking about soup and dark runs with headlamps. With our marathon behind us, our next goal is Leeds Abbey Dash at the beginning of November. This means that October will be full of tempo runs as the light just changes to dark, and we’ll want to be tucked up…

Melon and Ginger Recovery Smoothie

This vegan Melon and Ginger Recovery Smoothie uses a secret ingredient – the melon seeds. Melon seeds have some great health benefits, which happen to be perfect for runners when combined with the other ingredients in this delicious recovery smoothie. And, if you run regularly, you’ll know that recovery foods matter. There’s a strange contradiction in…

Grilled Aubergines with Miso and Chia Seed Glaze

The Japanese diet is completely packed with fermented foods, that are great for your gut health and immune system. There has been some evidence that eating fermented foods also contributes to athletic performance, as the ‘friendly’ microbes act like a catalytic converter, helping you to make the most of the food you put into your…

Vegan Green Smoothie with Basil

What’s so wonderful about smoothies? Well, there are infinite varieties, you can make them sweet or savoury and experiment endlessly with flavours, plus they’re the quickest way to get fresh, healthy food into your body. Plus, if you get the balance of ingredients right, they’re delicious. Oh, and you can make them in less time…

Vegan Cacao and Maple Smoothie

Move over coconut water, there’s a new, cool plant water kid on the block. I speak, of course, of maple water, which is popping up all over the place lately. Hell, if Vogue magazine can feature it, so can we… I’ll be honest, maple water doesn’t taste of much really but that has its benefits….