SubscribeIn an attempt to step away from heavily processed food stuffs for race nutrition, I’m experimenting with home-made “energy bites” for some solid fuel on the bike.
Experiment Version 1:
- 200g dates
- 100g dried cranberries
- 50g raw cashews
- 20g chia seeds
- sprinkle sea salt
Dehydrating for several hours… will divide into 16 “bites”. Each bite breaks down nutritionally as 86.25 calories (16.625g carb, 1.8125g protein, 1.8125g fat, 2.125 fiber). The dates and cranberries will give me some immediate energy, the chia and cashews some fat for longer term fueling and to slow the carb uptake a bit and a little sodium for replenishing sweat losses.
Pre-dehydrating they taste alright: not super sweet. I’m most concerned with them being too sticky or too crumbly. I guess I’ll see in a few hours 😉
Follow-UP
So, the bites dehydrated overnight. They’re about the density of a caramel and not very sticky. They kinda taste like Christmas Fruit cake (which is good by me 🙂 ). Riding 90k today @ 200w average, so I guess I’ll see how they sit in my belly 🙂
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