Real-Food Recipes for Cyclists

Find delicious, easy-to-prepare, real food recipes to help your performance on and off the bike. Each recipe includes ingredient lists, simple instructions, and baker’s tips and tricks to make baking in the kitchen a joy. New recipes are added every other week. Subscribe to the Bakin’ Biker’s Sampler Club get new recipes + nutrition resources.

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Sweet Potato Almond Butter Cake

This Sweet Potato Almond Butter Cake features a simple and irresistible combination of sweet potato, almond butter, and maple syrup, resulting in a lightly sweet cake. Adding lemon zest and dried fruits gives this cake a refreshing twist.

It’s best enjoyed as a pre or post-ride snack or shared around the table during Thanksgiving festivities.

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One DAMN good Holiday Cookie Recipe

Never thought 2021 would be the year I’d be tying on an apron, but hey, starting Biked Goods this year has been an amazing ride! We kicked off the new year by baking almond flour shortbread cookies from a recipe by Minimalist Baker. Add on top a cashew brown butter frosting and your not so typical, yet super yum and fun toppings, and you get One DAMN Good Holiday Cookie Recipe.

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Tart Cherry and Banana Post-Ride Smoothie

This delicious post-ride smoothie recipe is made with tart cherries, bananas, and almond flavorings. Tart cherries provide potassium and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties to help with recovery and sleep. Bananas provide an extra boost of carbs while yogurt and almond butter provide protein - all to help refuel depleted muscles.

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One-Pot Blueberry and Banana Coconut Quinoa Porridge

I was inspired to recreate this recipe after visiting Cool River Coffee in Breckenridge for breakfast after a cool and crisp morning spent nordic skiing. Quinoa is a great alternative to oatmeal for a hot, toasty breakfast. In this recipe, the quinoa is boiled with coconut milk and served with two kinds of fruits and seeds for a sweet, filling start to your morning.

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Blueberry and Banana Superboost Muffins

These muffins offer a convenient source of carbs that's perfect for a pre-or post-ride snack to give you an extra boost. They're packed full of fruits and are sweetened with maple syrup and apple juice instead of refined sugar. In addition, almond meal, brown rice flour and whole-grain oats replace nutrient-stripped white flour. These are one of my go-to muffins—nourishing and sweetly satisfying for an easy grab-n-bike snack.

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Snickers Birthday + Recovery Tart

This is a crossover between a tart and brittle, using the comforting flavors from a Snickers bar. But instead of eating a recovery snack with processed ingredients and bad fats, this recipe has turned plant-based without any refined sugars. A healthy blend of carbs, fats and protein makes this a well-rounded snack to enjoy, whether it’s your birthday or not.

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Bestslope Breakfast Cookies

When I walk into Bestslope Coffee Company in Fruita, CO I am greeted by the aromas of freshly roasted coffee, friendly staff and one of their staple baked goods: Breakfast Cookies! On a quest to re-create this cookie, I reached out to Devan, the bakery manager at Bestslope, to find out the ingredients she used to make her breakfast cookies. Find out how they turned out.

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Baked Raspberry Skillet Oatmeal With Chocolate Tahini Frosting

Oatmeal is an easy, versatile meal that can be served in a variety of ways. Here I use a cast-iron skillet to make basked raspberry superfood oatmeal topped with a yummy chocolate tahini frosting. This recipe is quick n’ easy and can be enjoyed for a pre-ride, post-ride or evening meal.

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Fall Classic AppleDoodle Cookies

These Fall Classic Appledoodle cookies are the perfect bike snack to give you a little warm-up as you're out on a fall bike ride. They’re made with Pamela’s Pancake and Baking flour mix, coconut sugar, cinnamon, Granny Smith apples hand-picked from Paonia Orchard and a little melted butter to start fattening you up for the winter ;)

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