Real-Food Recipes for Cyclists
Find delicious, easy-to-prepare, real food recipes to help your performance on and off the bike. Each recipe includes ingredient lists, simple instructions, and baker’s tips and tricks to make baking in the kitchen a joy. New recipes are added every other week. Sign up below to get exclusive free recipes, nutrition resources, and new product updates sent to your inbox.
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Puffed Rice Cakes with Maple Balsamic Strawberries, Goat Cheese, and Basil
A quick, easy snack featuring puffed rice cakes and strawberries roasted over the stove in a maple balsamic glaze. Eat as a busy morning breakfast, a snack between meals, or a pre or post-ride snack.
5 Ways to Eat Muesli Bars On and Off The Bike This Summer in Summit County, CO
Biked Goods Bike Snack Boxes are BACK for the Summer! Filled with fresh-baked, real-food Muesli Bars made to help fuel cyclists, athletes, busy families, and anyone who enjoys a tasty snack. Learn 5 ways to eat muesli bars and place your order.
Tart Cherry and Banana Post-Ride Smoothie
This delicious post-ride smoothie recipe is made with tart cherries, bananas, and almond flavorings. Tart cherries provide potassium and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties to help with recovery and sleep. Bananas provide an extra boost of carbs while yogurt and almond butter provide protein - all to help refuel depleted muscles.
Chocolate Quinoa Breakfast Bowl (or mug!)
Chocolate and quinoa pair up in this easy-to-make dish that can be eaten for breakfast or as a post-ride meal.
The Ultimate List of 25 Energy Bar Recipes for Cyclists
I’ve collected the Ultimate List of 25 Energy Bar Recipes from cyclists, chefs and other food companies and brands that you can use for inspiration to get started with baking in the kitchen. All of these energy bar recipes use simple, real food ingredients that will never slow you down or leave you dissatisfied.
Chocolate Muesli Date Shake
Using a Chocolate Muesli Bircher Recipe for this shake provides the ideal base for what you need when it comes to recovery: Carbs and protein. Adding in the banana and dates provides another layer of carbs while cinnamon contains anti-inflammatory properties, which can help ease swelling.
Rice Pudding with Cinnamon Sugar Syrup
This is a quick and healthy breakfast or recovery meal recipe you can make on the stovetop in as little as ten 10 minutes. Choose your desired toppings and drizzle on top with cinnamon sugar syrup for a satisfying sweet snack.
6 Of My Favorite Pantry Essentials For Making Homemade Cycling Snacks
Stocking your pantry is a foundational practice for success in the kitchen as a Bakin’ Biker. In this post, I share 6 of my favorite pantry essentials and brands. By having these items on hand, making your own homemade cycling snacks, meals and other recipes will be much easier and more enjoyable.
10 Indoor Cycling Nutrition and Hydration Tips
With the rise of technologies like Zwift, Rouvy and TrainerRoad, many of us have been churning out our miles on the indoor trainer. But are you getting the best out of each session with your nutrition and hydration? This blog features 10 indoor cycling tips to help dial in your nutrition, hydration, and recovery to make the most of your indoor training.
One-Pot Blueberry and Banana Coconut Quinoa Porridge
I was inspired to recreate this recipe after visiting Cool River Coffee in Breckenridge for breakfast after a cool and crisp morning spent nordic skiing. Quinoa is a great alternative to oatmeal for a hot, toasty breakfast. In this recipe, the quinoa is boiled with coconut milk and served with two kinds of fruits and seeds for a sweet, filling start to your morning.
5 Cozy Recipe Ideas For Cyclists During the Off-Season
The nutritional offseason gives us a period of time to slow down, get back in the kitchen, and incorporate more whole foods, veggies and fruits back into our diets. This post gives you 5 recipe ideas to help kick-start your nutritional offseason. It's filled with whole food recipe ideas to get your body and mind ready for the upcoming season.
Take 5 Date “Candy” Bars
A quick n’ easy pre-ride or post-ride snack that tastes like a Take 5 Candy bar, but BETTER! They have a chewy, caramel-y, and crunchy texture with just the right amount of sweetness and saltiness to satisfy your “candy” bar cravings.
Smart Bellies Holiday Fundraiser: Baking For 400 Kids In Summit County, CO
More than 1 in 6 children don’t have consistent access to nutritious food. Smart Bellies and Biked Goods are not okay with that. So we teamed up to provide nutritious baked goods to over 400 children in Summit County, CO this holiday season.
Blueberry and Banana Superboost Muffins
These muffins offer a convenient source of carbs that's perfect for a pre-or post-ride snack to give you an extra boost. They're packed full of fruits and are sweetened with maple syrup and apple juice instead of refined sugar. In addition, almond meal, brown rice flour and whole-grain oats replace nutrient-stripped white flour. These are one of my go-to muffins—nourishing and sweetly satisfying for an easy grab-n-bike snack.
Snickers Birthday + Recovery Tart
This is a crossover between a tart and brittle, using the comforting flavors from a Snickers bar. But instead of eating a recovery snack with processed ingredients and bad fats, this recipe has turned plant-based without any refined sugars. A healthy blend of carbs, fats and protein makes this a well-rounded snack to enjoy, whether it’s your birthday or not.
Bestslope Breakfast Cookies
When I walk into Bestslope Coffee Company in Fruita, CO I am greeted by the aromas of freshly roasted coffee, friendly staff and one of their staple baked goods: Breakfast Cookies! On a quest to re-create this cookie, I reached out to Devan, the bakery manager at Bestslope, to find out the ingredients she used to make her breakfast cookies. Find out how they turned out.
Baked Raspberry Skillet Oatmeal With Chocolate Tahini Frosting
Oatmeal is an easy, versatile meal that can be served in a variety of ways. Here I use a cast-iron skillet to make basked raspberry superfood oatmeal topped with a yummy chocolate tahini frosting. This recipe is quick n’ easy and can be enjoyed for a pre-ride, post-ride or evening meal.