The Cycling Chef On the Go: Ride Day Recipes to Fuel Up, Replenish and Restore

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COOKERY BOOK WRITER AWARD FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARDS 2025
‘Prime meals from the Michelin-starred chef who can be a champion athlete.’ – The Occasions
‘Alan’s culinary precision is matched solely by his ardour and talent as a sport skilled.’ – Tom Kerridge
THIS IS PORTABLE, PRACTICAL, PERFORMANCE FOOD.
RECIPES AND EXPERT ADVICE TO HELP TIME-POOR CYCLISTS GET MOVING, STAY ENERGISED AND RECOVER WELL.
‘In the event you’re hungry, it is too late’ is the cyclists’ mantra to keep away from hitting the wall with an all-consuming lack of vitality. To skilled peloton, membership riders and weekend peddlers alike, transportable meals are as important as a pump and a spare tube.
Armed with a number of simple-to-prepare, savoury and candy recipes, Alan Murchison creates a spread of on-the-go snacks, distinctive dishes and smoothies to allow riders to ditch the processed vitality bars, sugary drinks and takeaways, and revel in actual meals filled with flavour.
On-the-go meals should be interesting sufficient to encourage snacking when appetites are blunted and strong sufficient to face up to being grabbed from a musette. These energy-boosting recipes – together with mouth-watering snacks equivalent to Pressed Parmesan and Rosemary Polenta and Bakewell Balls – restore power and are downright scrumptious. And as a substitute of impatiently raiding the fridge after a tough day on the saddle, his post-ride refuelling options provide irresistible protein-rich restoration options.
As a revered bicycle owner and pro-cycling crew nutritionist, Alan has road-tested his personal recipes and cooked them for elite cyclists. This e-book of transportable, sensible, efficiency meals signifies that no matter your degree you’ll all the time have vitality to the top.
Recipes embody:
– ‘Full English’ frittatas
– Chocolatey cardamom protein muffins
– White chocolate miso blondies
– Frozen yoghurt protein berries bites
– Banana peanut popsicles
– ‘Full gasoline’ lassi
– Final legs espresso brownie
– Candy potato ‘tattie scones’
Reward for Alan Murchison:
‘Alan’s meals is easy, but tasty and highly effective. He is been a key part for my coaching and racing.’ – Alex Dowsett, World Tour rider, former World Hour Document Holder and nationwide champion
‘I am unable to consider a finer chef to have written a e-book on vitamin and weight loss plan for athletes’ – Tom Kerridge
‘Alan’s dedication to the world of gastronomy and biking is awe-inspiring’ – Sat Bains, two-star Michelin chef.
‘Alan has utterly modified my notion of what an athlete’s weight loss plan can appear to be.’ – Elinor Barker, a number of world champion and Olympic gold medallist
‘His strategy to dietary cooking is nothing wanting unimaginable.’ – Ashley Palmer-Watts, two-star Michelin chef
‘Alan’s information as a world-class chef, in addition to being a aggressive athlete, provides him a rare understanding in the way to make wholesome meals style nice with a sensible and distinctive strategy to dietary cooking.’ – Fred Sirieix

From the Writer

Writer ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Sport
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2024
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print size ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399411063
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399411066
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 0.7 x 9.95 inches