Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Bicycling food


  • Cooked sushi rice (about 400ml), sushi vinegar (about 1tbps, to taste), a sprinkling of furikake - pleasant, easy to digest
  • Banana-oatmeal bars - more oil (peanut butter or tahini, nuts) and sugar (maple syrup, coconut, chocolate chips) than the above sushi rice snack. Is it necessary to have oils and protein during a ride? Or better to get those nutrients after the ride is done, during recovery?
Ok, turns out I really like the above banana-oatmeal bars (original name "Baked Banana Bars"). Let's do a nutrition breakdown
  • 1 cup quick-cook rolled oats (12g protein, 0mg Na, 340mg K)
  • 2/3 cup chopped walnuts (13g protein, 0mg Na, 333mg K)
  • 1/4 cup shredded coconut (5g protein, 161mg Na, 535mg K)
  • 3 tbsp chia seeds (3g protein, 3mg Na, 75mg K)
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp fine salt (575mg Na)
  • 2 mashed bananas (845mg K)
  • 60g no-sugar peanut butter (16g protein, 4mg Na, 400mg K)
  • 60g maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup chocolate chips (4g protein, 0mg Na, 200mg K)
IIRC this yields 6 "bars" (actually pucks or disks), using our large-size muffin tin.

Per bar:
  • 9g protein
  • 124mg Na
  • 455mg K
I didn't bother calculating calories, sugars, or fats b/c that's not something I am worried about right now. If I eat these while cycling or otherwise being active, I will enjoy them guilt-free.

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