Recipe for Sucess

Or not.

just yummy food

sort of

Alrighty, I came up with this a week ago, or so...It combines all the things you would need for a great pre-ride/race meal....preotein, carbs, vitamins-minerals....and not the crap kinda carbs either...the loooong chain...slow burning ones...like a good ol' piece of oak, or hickory....

okay


1 cup of Royal Blend whole grain rice stuff....

1 and a half cups of water

3 eggs, 1 yolk

1 package of Vermicelli Rice Noodles

a wee bit of butter or olive oil

1 tablespoon of Curry

1 tablespoon of Crushed Red Peppers

1 teaspoon of Chili Powder

1 teaspoon of Red Chili Powder

a dash of salt

a dash of pepper

1/2 cup of soy sauce

Directions: combine rice mixture, water, Curry, Chili Powder, the Crushed Red Peppers, Red Chili Powder, Salt, Pepper, and the Bay leaves into a pot suitable to hold all these things...boil, until the rice is done...

While the rice is boiling, crack the three eggs...but don't use all three yolks....only one...then prepare them as if you were making scrambled eggs....combine the butter or olive oil and the eggs into pan...cook until they are just about done, like runny eggs....really runny...then combine the rice mixture with the eggs....as they are cooking go ahead and pour the soy sauce in with this concoction....

while this is cooking, put the Rice Noodles in a microwave safe bowl and add water...enough to submerge the noodles....put the noodles in the microwave and cook them for about 2:00 to 3:00 minutes......and when they are soft and look sort of like Top Ramen, drain most of the water out of the bowl...you want just a little bit of water left...just enough that the bottom of the noodles are still wet, or submerged a little....then add this to the egg/rice mixture....cook until all the water is evaporated.......stir until the rice noodles are completely mixed in...they will break up, and thats okay....

In the end it should look sort of like you mixed Pad Thai and Fried Rice together....except the rice noodles will be broken up....

This is a really good meal to eat before a ride, or long race....the blend of rices (Texmati Brown Rice, Red rice, Pearled Barley, and Rye Berries) has got quite a bit of carbohydrates...however, these come in the form of long chain carbs....due to the red and brown rices....Most of your white rices, have very short cahin carbs..and are very simple in nature...so they would burn very fast....and not as effeciently......the Barley and Rye Berries, also contain a little bit of protein and fiber....as well as iron.....The eggs, if you choose to seperate the yolks, contain almost 100% protein...the yolk in an egg, contains most of the fat...where as the 'whit' is where most of your protein is found....also, not all proteins are created equal...some, for some people...aren't utilized completely so they in turn, transform into fat....this as we all know is bad.....Egg protein, is one of the best sources for protein...nearly ALL of it is utilized and none is stored for fat....The Vermicelli...is mostly for flavor, however it does have just a little bit of those short chain carbs. in there to get you up and going.....and the butter and/or olive oil...those contain your omega -3's....which are good...just dont burn the oil...or it will simplify into pretty much fat.....

Rich in sodium, carbs, protein, flavor, vitamins, and minerals....this meal is awesome...to me....