Recipes for Runners

Green Tea Smoothies – Ami Hassler

10 ice cube
2 bananas, chopped
2 cups of milk or vanilla soy milk
1 tablespoon of honey
3 tablespoon of matcha ( the powdered form of green tea - available at Whole Foods near the coffee bar.  The brand is Rishi )

Throw it all in your blender

Michael Ring suggests freezing the banana and adding peanut butter – yum!!

Sesame Noodle Salad – Jennifer Bolstad

This one is a winner in my book because it incorporates all five of my favorite running-fuel-foods: peanut butter, pasta, peanut butter, peanut butter and peanut butter. So easy to make and it is delicious served hot or cold. And did I mention it has peanut butter in it?

16 oz linguine

2 cups frozen peas

1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds*

1/4 cup sesame oil

2 Tbsp Chili garlic sauce or other hot sauce**

3 Tbsp creamy natural peanut butter, plus a little more if you're a fanatic

2 Tbsp honey

1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce

2 Tbsp rice vinegar

Pinch minced ginger or ground ginger

3 scallions, thinly sliced

Cook the pasta to al dente, adding the peas in the last minute or two. Drain.

Whisk together everything else in a large bowl. Add the noodles and peas and toss thoroughly.

Yum.

*Fairway and Sahadis sell untoasted sesame seeds in bulk, you can toast them on a cookie sheet in the oven at 325 for about 5 min

** I use the kind called "Tuong Ot Toi Vietnam" with a rooster on it a bright green lid. Asian spices aisle.