Pack up your panniers with these healthy lunch recipes, perfect for much-needed energy to keep you fuelled for peak fitness. You’ll need endurance foods to keep you pedalling—for the tough grind or for the long haul.
It sounds romantic, but if you’re doing the big climb or the long distance with your pedals, then you’ll want to load up your panniers with more than you might think you need. We’ve collected and developed some portable lunch recipes perfect for much-needed energy to keep you fuelled for peak fitness.
You’ll need endurance foods to keep you pedalling—for the tough grind or for the long haul—or even for a leisurely afternoon pedal on a gorgeous lakeside trail. It’s all about protein, the right carbohydrates, and fluids.
With each of our recipes we’ve provided the healthy composites along with fluid advice to keep you well hydrated and energized. Each recipe is simple to assemble and full of options. So pedal and push your way to energy with our delicious choices.
Portable lunch recipes
Sprouted Lentil and Quinoa Salad with Pocket Bread
Granola Power Clusters
Spiced Date Nut Energy Squares
Mexican Torta
Wheat Berry Burritos with Tahini Sauce
Crispy Roasted Indian Chickpea Salad with Cilantro Dressing
Irene McGuinness is a writer, recipe developer, food stylist for numerous magazines and corporations, and alumna of the Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University
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