My wife and I have been making recipes out of the book for about four months now.
I haven't used a commercial sports nutrition or hydration product for almost three months (which was one of my main goals - white powder in a plastic bucket is not food) and have exclusively used Brendan's power-bites and bars. Working towards the gels.
We've had good success with adding hemp and flax to smoothies, and making his power-bars, salad dressings, crackers, pancakes and nut burgers. In general it takes a few tries to figure out how to get the right consistency and portion size.
Popping Amaranth in a frying pan is a bit of a pain, and we always add a bit of whole-wheat flour to the pancakes or they never set-up.
I've been very happy with how this food makes me feel, especially starting big training days with his pancakes, and those-power bites (although messy) never let me down on long runs/rides.
Haven't had much success with anything containing sea-weed though - couldn't stand the taste.
I really like the book, although sometimes I wish there were more references to back up some of his statements
The food and preparation is different, which for us is part of the adventure, but once you have the basic ingredients most things are pretty straight forward and yes they are tasty.
My advice (which is also in the book) is start slowly and pick something easy and build from there. Most products can be found at Whole Foods or other organic stores.
I haven't used a commercial sports nutrition or hydration product for almost three months (which was one of my main goals - white powder in a plastic bucket is not food) and have exclusively used Brendan's power-bites and bars. Working towards the gels.
We've had good success with adding hemp and flax to smoothies, and making his power-bars, salad dressings, crackers, pancakes and nut burgers. In general it takes a few tries to figure out how to get the right consistency and portion size.
Popping Amaranth in a frying pan is a bit of a pain, and we always add a bit of whole-wheat flour to the pancakes or they never set-up.
I've been very happy with how this food makes me feel, especially starting big training days with his pancakes, and those-power bites (although messy) never let me down on long runs/rides.
Haven't had much success with anything containing sea-weed though - couldn't stand the taste.
I really like the book, although sometimes I wish there were more references to back up some of his statements
The food and preparation is different, which for us is part of the adventure, but once you have the basic ingredients most things are pretty straight forward and yes they are tasty.
My advice (which is also in the book) is start slowly and pick something easy and build from there. Most products can be found at Whole Foods or other organic stores.