Fueling Endurance Performance

Home made ‘Nutella’

By admin on January 21, 2012 / Recipes / 3 Comments

Hazelnuts and cocoa. I have to admit, the idea behind Nutella is pretty awesome. The actual product? Not so much… Yes, it taste good. No, it’s not good for you. And despite their ‘Fuel a day’ slogan, I seriously doubt it will fuel anyone’s day properly. Lets take a closer look at the ingredient list: Sugar, modified palm oil, hazelnuts, cocoa, skim milk powder, whey powder, lecithin, vanillin. Definitely not off to a good start with sugar and modified palm oil as the first 2 (main) ingredients… I am not

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Almond Butter Cookies and a teaching assignment

By admin on January 13, 2012 / Recipes, Uncategorized / Leave a comment

The first week of teaching is done and dusted. The first week of school is always a busy one, regardless if you are the teacher or the student! I don’t have a typical Monday to Friday work schedule, so I never thought much of that TGIF saying… But today kind of felt like a Friday to me and I have to admit I am looking forward to a relatively relaxed day tomorrow (keep in mind that my idea of a relatively relaxed day might be different than most…). I have

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Lemon – Chocolate Muffins

By admin on January 9, 2012 / Recipes / Leave a comment

Today was my first day back at Camosun College, teaching a sport and fitness nutrition course for two programs: Exercise and Wellness diploma and Bachelor of Athletic Therapy. I taught this course last winter and I’m happy to be back teaching it this winter too, as I find it is a nice supplement to my current work with athletes. Since last year was my first ever teaching experience, it was a huge learning curve and I was determined to be better prepared for teaching this year and structure the course,

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Baked Eggs

By admin on January 2, 2012 / Recipes / 4 Comments

This was a bit of a mission of a meal/snack… We got back home after ~10 days in Salmon Arm and Silverstar late on the 30th. Of course, the fridge was empty and I was too lazy to get some groceries on the 31st. That was a mistake… I didn’t expect almost every grocery store in Victoria to be closed on January 1st! Luckily, the 6th grocery store I drove to was open. Phew! This is the meal I made after I got back home from the store. It is