Vegan cyclist.

[fossala]

I know there isn't going to be many of us on here, just want to pick your heads for some before/during/after cycling foods.

I eat some cerial before cycling with soya milk. Normally fruit + fiber. I do my cycling early in the morning.

On my ride it's penut butter and jam s/w and soreen banana bread (it's been vegan for a few years now but there other ones aren't).

After my ride it's beans on toast with mustard and savory yeast.

Like to know what others do.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

veggie minus all dairy (allergic) here - so basically vegan plus eggs (due to a medical condition) given I don't really do honey.

porridge/cereal/bread & jam beforehand... (I prefer Oatly to Soya milk).
jam/peanut butter/homemade cashewnut cheese/or other homemade vegan (bean based) pate sandwiches for lunch if on the road
or
beans on toast (+ fried or boiled egg) if cycling again after lunch
normal evening meal...

snacks - nuts & dried fruit or nakd/trek bars or homemade blackbean brownies - all vegan

 

[suzeworld]

I am not a full on vegan but mostly eat that way to follow an anti-cancer diet.

Do you eat spelt as a grain? We pressure cook a few portions at a time and it makes a very filling/nutritious base for veggie sauces- lovely with some roasted veg stirred in and warmed up together. Obv needs prep in advance, but as quick as beans on toast. I think spelt is high in protein, but not sure, you could always add a tin of cannelini beans with the roast veg if you worry about protein intake.

I always eat oats and soya something, usually yogurt, with fruit b4 a ride.

Snack on dried mango and a great oat thing my wife makes. The recipe was in a cycle mag, loads healthier than normal flapjack, will try to find it.

 

[Ghost Donkey]

I'm not vegan but use a vegan friendly breakfast post ride as its nice. Soak porridge oats or oatmeal overnight in a food container with rice milk or nut milk (home made or bought) along with berries, dried fruit and if you fancy it ground cinnamon, almond essence etc. It makes a nice porridge full of carbs in the morning. Almond milk has protein and rice milk to a lesser extent. I tend to go for starches rather than fruit but that's just me.

 

[fossala]

Thanks for the ideas guys and gals.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

One thing I often do for a little extra protein is to add nuts (usually cashew nuts) to our evening meal. So if we are having pasta or rice (or spelt/noodles/etc), simply boil the (cashew) nuts with the pasta whilst making the sauce. Soaked nuts are easier to digest than unsoaked nuts.
They work well in all sorts of sauces & stews. Adding them to the fried onions in a homemade indian or pasta sauce also works well.
Just adds that little extra to the meal and resolves my issues with waking up hungry in the night.

 

[piratemousey]

howye, Vegan here. will post food items soon

 

[The Jogger]

My breakfast pre ride in fact my breakfast every day, porridge made with almond milk, raspberries, sesame seeds, and maple syrup. On a ride a banana and after either baked spud and beans or just black coffee and granary toast with almond butter. Not been vegan long but really enjoying it and all the benefits.

 

[Veganpower]

During, Jordan Rivers Dates.

 

[Ian A]

I can recommend Thrive Foods by Brendan Brazier (vegan pro ironman). Not all of the ingredients are easy to get in the UK but he has a lot of sports specific vegan ideas and talks a lot of sense. I like Dried fruit and pre-soaked nuts for long bike rides, bananas, dates, kiwis, oranges (or a smoothy with them all in) afterwards.

 

[montage]

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_K0S2GbXYI9Fc77d6oRE7w

Vegan power!

 

[Ian A]

For the grown ups I give you the Rich Roll podcast. He likes the science and includes facts with his vegan nutrition. This one with guest Tim Van Orden (he's also had DR as a guest if that's your kind of thing ). Very good sections on using body fat for fuel and an excellent discussion on protein and a vegan diet.

http://www.richroll.com/podcast/15-tim-vanorden/

 

[PatrickPending]

My ride today was fueled by bananas, persimmon, pineapple juice and water. All vegan though I'm only vegetarian... vegan stuff is pretty much what I usually take with me - lots of fruit!

 

[fossala]

Thanks guys for all the info and links. I tend to eat well before and after going for long rides. I've found that on the rides I'm fine with peanut butter and jam sandwiches and banana or fruit loaf that I make in batches and freeze.
I'm looking at touring next year so I'll have to find some recipies for cooking on the gas stove. Worste that happens is that I have a lot of veg/nut stirfry

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Thanks guys for all the info and links. I tend to eat well before and after going for long rides. I've found that on the rides I'm fine with peanut butter and jam sandwiches and banana or fruit loaf that I make in batches and freeze.
I'm looking at touring next year so I'll have to find some recipies for cooking on the gas stove. Worste that happens is that I have a lot of veg/nut stirfry

we lived off something called "standard meal no 1". It was never the same day in day out though. fry some onion, add peppers, (whatever veg you want), mixed beans (or pulses or whatever you have laid your hands on), handful of nuts (such as cashew), tin of tomatoes and some stock. Simmer for 10 mins, add the uncooked pasta to the lot and cook until pasta is cooked. one pot vegan stew with pasta... would cover us both for 1 large meal so expect it could cover you for 2. the reality was that it never tasted the same due to different veg, pulses rather than beans, different beans and some herbs & spices/garlic thrown in for good measure. Served with bread to mop up and because of all the liquid dehydration was never an issue (which it easily can be on tour with day after day of cycling).
Also if you are somewhere that sells fresh toms at the side of the road, then they can be used instead. sometimes we used rice instead or occasionally noodles but didn't find noodles as filling as pasta.