Are you looking for simple, wholesome and healthy things to eat to fuel your riding? Amy Burton is here to help with recipes for treats and meals that’ll keep your motor turning no matter the length or intensity of your ride.
Superfoods
ˈsuːpəfuːd,ˌsjuː-/
Noun: A nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being.
These Superfoodie brownies are rich, chocolaty and decadent, yet they are also so healthy you can actually eat them for breakfast! They are nutrient dense and packed with healthy fats, plant protein and gluten free carbohydrates, as well as antioxidants and naturally derived fruit sugars.
Munch on one or two of these babies before you hit the trails for a sustained energy boost and some superfood goodness! They are also great as a recovery snack or a healthy teatime treat. Plus they’re refined sugar and gluten free.
Making your own Superfood brownies
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Ingredients:
2 x medium bananas
3 x large eggs
¼ cup coconut oil (melted)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon Chia seeds
1 heaped teaspoon Maca powder
2 heaped tablespoons coconut sugar (This can be omitted for a less sweet, but still rich and chocolaty taste)
½ cup gluten free flour/oat flour
½ cup cacao
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Large pinch of salt
Mash the bananas until smooth, whisk the eggs, vanilla essence and add to the bananas. Next add the cacao, Maca, coconut sugar, chia seeds and mix well until creamy. Then Melt your coconut oil and whisk in gently.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into the wet mixture, and then add the coconut flour. Whisk until smooth and silky.
Pour into a greased baking pan and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180°, the top should begin to crack open and a knife should come out clean when you pierce the brownies, but it should still be moist inside so don’t over-bake them as they still cook a bit out of the oven! Remove from the oven, and leave to cool.
Salted caramel sauce
Ingredients:
1 cup dates
1 tablespoon coconut oil
½ teaspoon salt
1-1½ cups of coconut milk/cream
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
1 heaped tablespoon nutbutter
Warm your dates in the microwave until soft and squishy. Blitz them in the food processor/hand blender until smooth, add 1 cup coconut milk and the vanilla essence and blend again until smooth.
Heat the coconut oil in a pan until melted, add the date mixture and salt and stir until it bubbles and thickens. Add the nutbutter (I used almond, but organic peanut butter works really well too) and more coconut milk if the sauce is too thick.
This sauce can be drizzled warm over the brownies, or spread over them once cool. It is also absolutely divine over yogurt, or drizzled over your morning porridge.
Bio
Amy Burton is a mountain biker, trail runner, graphic designer and foodie. She’s in the process of opening a Rawfood and Superfood smoothie bar at Trail and Tar with Sean Fraenkel and is off to race the 1Zambia MTB Stage Race in June with Renay Groustra. In between all of that she posts amazing recipes and photos on Instagram, so follow her at @healthful_amy.
