Living your passions and smashing your dreams requires a certain amount of badassery. It takes a healthy mind and body to roll with life’s ups and downs, which is why you need this seriously delicious avocado toast—packed with brain-boosting and muscle-repairing avocado, fatigue-fighting pumpkin seed butter, wound-healing lemons, and cancer-preventing pea shoots.
Setting yourself up for success means nutrition, in a big way. The food you eat the night before your ride will be in your system the next day—so make sure to eat a healthy dinner with a variety of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and plant-based protein.
On the day of your ride, having a good meal approximately two hours beforehand will help top up your glycogen stores, so that you can set off on your ride with a full tank of fuel. This Zesty waffle recipe is a nice treat to add to your morning pre-ride breakfast routine. Continue Reading…
If you’ve gone all in during your workout, you’re ready for something hearty and satisfying! This mouth-watering and healthy Thai Almond Tofu Bowl features inflammation-fighting Soba (buckwheat) noodles, nutrient-dense veggies, topped with protein-rich crispy tofu! Delicious and relatively easy to make, this vegan bowl with gluten-free buckwheat noodles makes this a go-to for a comforting post-ride meal.
Do you believe in magic? Well, you’re going to soil your plants when you hear this…broccoli sprouts have 50X the nutrients of mature broccoli!
That’s right! Seeds, beans, legumes, and grains, which when in sprouted form, aren’t just a topping for some hippie sandwich, they contain a significant amount of protein as well as highly concentrated levels of micronutrients compared to the mature food counterpart. Continue Reading…
If your palms are sweating and your heart is racing, don’t faint—hurry up and make this delicious and nutritious bowl! A creamy plant-based breakfast or dessert, with brain-boosting whipped coconut, heart-supporting nectarine, butterfly-combating ginger and mood-boosting lemon, topped with energy-restoring Zesty Life Granola! Continue Reading…
When you’re trying to please your carnivorous friend with your bird seed menu, it helps to fake it until you make it. This protein-rich and flavourful plant-based taco meat recipe is the perfect filling for any Mexican night menu, including tacos, burrito bowls, nachos, enchiladas etc.
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