November 2011
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Pistachio and coconut macaroons
Ingredients
1/4 cup pistachios
1 cup linseed meal
2 cups desiccated coconut
salt
3/4 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup brazil nut butter
1/2 cup agave nectar
Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Oil a baking tray and set aside.
In a food processor, process pistachios, coconut, linseed meal and salt. Process until mixture resembles a nut meal.
In a small saucepan, melt coconut oil and brazil nut butter...
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Chocolate Truffles
Today I had a massive chocolate craving so I decided to make some chocolate truffles! The ingredients are just estimations, so add as much or as little of each ingredient as you prefer.
1 cup pecans
1 cup walnuts
8 dates
1 cup melted non-dairy dark chocolate
In a food processor, process the pecans and walnuts. Add the dates and process until mixture resembles a nut meal. Add the melted...
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SALAD
SALAD
Today I looked in the fridge and it seemed like there was NOTHING in there to eat! It seems to happen far too often! Once I got all of the veges out it ended up with a pretty substantial salad!
I used:
Sunflower sprouts
Basil
Capsicum
grated carrot
grated beetroot
Canned corn
Avocado
Sunflower seeds
Can of tuna in oil
GLUTEN FREE, SOY FREE, DAIRY FREE, EGG FREE & RICE FREE
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Spag Bol
Last night my sister and I made a good old spag bol as a pre race meal and I just had buckwheat pasta with it, which you can buy from here! We added corn, mushrooms and zucchini to bulk up the sauce and add some more nutritional value!
GLUTEN FREE, DAIRY FREE, EGG FREE, RICE FREE & SOY FREE
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Post training food
I have started riding my bike ALOT more and am in search of the perfect post race meal! I have found a few options that I enjoy!
1st: I microwaved some lentils balls that I bought from my local Mrs Flannery’s and added quinoa, sunlfower seeds, pumpkin seeds and oil!
2nd: I also microwaved some lentil balls and just added avocado, corn kernels, sunflower seeds and tuna.
3rd: I had some...
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Quinoa and Tuna Salad
Today I had a salad with basically everything I could find in the fridge!
It has quinoa, can of tuna in oil, cabbage, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, mung beans, basil, sunflower sprouts, mushrooms, tomatoes, corn kernels, grated beetroot, carrot, lentils, cucumber and capsicum.
And for dinner I’m going to add some cans of chopped tomatoes and some italian herbs and cover with...
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Breakfast
This morning I had buckwheat pancakes with fruit…I only had one pancake left before I realised I hadn’t taken a photo! You can buy buckwheat pancakes from here
GLUTEN FREE, EGG FREE, SOY FREE & DAIRY FREE
