Cycle and Style

Recipe by Ellen Comeaux Yield: Makes 4 servings Ingredients/Prep Instructions: 4 Ciabatta Rolls Fresh Mozarella slices (about 3 per sandwich) 1/2 cup Fresh Basil Leaves, washed and stems removed 2 Roma or Vine Ripened Tomatoes – thinly sliced 1 Avocado Sliced thinly (Optional, but makes everything better) 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 [...]

Spring Asparagus Tarts Yield: Makes ~18-24 Ingredients: 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon Truffle Salt (optional) 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided 1 package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed Parchment Paper 1/4 cup butter 1lb fresh shiitake mushrooms, cut so you have the caps only, and sliced into thin strips 1 pound slender [...]

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we have a green-themed recipe for you to try. It’s not your typical Irish cuisine, but we think it falls within the old-time Celtic belief that spring greens should be eaten several times during the early spring to purify the blood after winter and  keep ‘the rheumatics’ away. Whether [...]

Battling the Winter Blues It’s January and in the northern hemisphere there is a lot less sunlight, which can lead to low serotonin levels and “winter fatigue,” (aka. “winter blues”) that lack of energy and fatigue, something many of us feel during the cold, dark  months. There are many things you can do to boost your energy–even in the [...]

Cookies for Santa … and you too!! Ho … Ho … Yum-o!!  Cycle and Style is ready with the cookies for Santa and our athletes.  Thanks to Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook we have found the perfect cookie for you.  They are cakey, low-fat cookies that digest easily and are good for a pre-exercise snack [...]

  I love making soups this time of year. This is a quick and easy soup to make, inspired by my two favorite Italian soups: Pasta E Fagioli and Italian Wedding Soup, and it has such great nutrition for cyclists, I named it “Zuppa di Ciclista” (Cyclist’s soup–sounds better in Italian, though!). Serve with a [...]