When Dr Allen Lim left the lab to work with pro cyclists, he found athletes weary of processed bars and gels and the same old pasta. So he joined professional chef Biju Thomas to make eating delicious and practical. Their groundbreaking Feed Zone Cookbook brought the favourite recipes of the pros to everyday athletes.
In their new cookbook Feed Zone Portables, Chef Biju and Dr Lim offer 75 all-new portable food recipes for cyclists, runners, triathletes, mountain bikers, climbers, hikers and backpackers. Each real food recipe is simple, delicious, easy to make and ready to go on your next ride, run, climb or hike.
Feed Zone Portables uses all the most popular features of The Feed Zone Cookbook, including quick and easy recipes for athletes, beautiful full-colour photographs of every dish, complete nutrition data, tips on why these are the best foods for athletes and time-saving ways on how to cook real food every day.
You can try out new rice cakes, two-bite pies, griddle cakes, waffles, baked eggs, sticky bites, rice balls, paninis, cakes and cookies. Wherever you go, these real foods will nourish your best performance.
Biju Thomas is the chef behind the menus of many successful restaurants in Denver and Boulder, Colorado. He has worked closely with professional cyclists including Taylor Phinney, Tejay Van Garderen, Levi Leipheimer, and Christian Vande Velde to improve their eating habits for better performance. Biju is also a contributor to MapMyFitness, one of the largest social networks in the sports industry. Allen Lim, PhD, over his career as a sports physiologist, has worked closely with the most powerful American cycling teams to improve all aspects of their training, nutrition, and racing. He founded Skratch Labs, the first active nourishment company which produces all-natural drink mixes and foods for athletes.
""Food for a faster you. The recipes are simple, with generally eight ingredients or fewer, and take little time to prepare.""--Outside ""I never bonk when I have rice cakes in my pocket.""--Evelyn Stevens, professional cyclist for Team Specialized-lululemon, 2-time U.S. national time trial champion ""More than 50 of the recipes are gluten-free, and most are vegetarian. All are designed for making quickly, and eating on the bike.""--Bike Radar ""Primarily designed for cyclists to eat while riding, [these recipes] work just as well for runners when they've stopped running for exercise and started running to get to where they need to go on time.""--Runner's World ""This book, co-authored by chef-to-the-cycling-stars [Biju] Thomas, is packed with healthy, at-home recipes for natural goodies that both satisfy hunger and keep you pedaling. Best of all, they're designed to go with you on the trail.""--Dirt Rag ""You won't look at on-the-bike fueling the same way again.""--Triathlete ""A book like this is invaluable. Whether you're like me or just a casual Sunday cyclist, you're going to love Feed Zone Portables...Don't be surprised if you ride longer and harder than ever before.""--Taylor Phinney, professional cyclist for BMC Racing Team and 2-time Olympian ""After being introduced to The Feed Zone, I began to realize there was another way to eat that actually nourished me as an athlete. I didn't have to live off of processed bars, which dehydrated me and upset my stomach.""--Matt Segal, professional rock climber for North Face Athlete Team ""Exercise physiologist Allen Lim, Ph.D. and chef Biju Thomas, authors of The Feed Zone cookbooks, have spent decades working with endurance athletes to find the balance between taste, sport-specific nutrition, and portability. One of their greatest contributions is the rice bar, a real-food version of the snack bar.""--Men's Health ""Recipes from Feed Zone are my new, not-so-secret training tool. They deliver huge taste and even bigger performance benefits.""--Rebecca Rusch, professional cyclist and 4-time winner Leadville Trail 100, 3-time 24-Hour Solo Mountain Bike World Champion