Author(s): Elise Museles

Vegetarian

Turn to Whole Food Energy and you will never need to resort to buying bland, unappetizing, overly processed - and expensive - store-bought energy products again! Discover 200 recipes for delicious snacks, treats and drinks that are fast, easy, packed with flavour and 100% unprocessed. Carefully crafted to meet all your energy needs, Whole Food Energy will show you how easy it is to add whole foods to your diet every single day - and to fuel your body and your mind for optimal performance. Elise Museles is a lifestyle and nutrition coach and the voice behind the insightful blog Kale and Chocolate...Whole Food Energy is an essential health food recipe book, featuring over 200 recipes made exclusively with whole foods, designed to ensure your body and mind are at the very peak of health before, during, and after exercise...What we put in our body has a direct impact on how well our body performs. Anyone leading an active lifestyle will be a ware of this, but it is all to easy to take the lazy route of consuming store-bought energy bars and protein shakes thinking they will help you achieve your training goals. Yet, all too often, these contain hidden 'nasties'. Consuming whole foods as part of your everyday diet will ensure you know exactly what you are putting into your body and help you target your specific nutritional needs. Whole foods are the purest form of nutrition- unrefined, unprocessed, high in vitamins and low in salt, carbohydrate, and fat. Packed full of natural nutritional properties that will get you through that half marathon, improve your performance on the treadmill, and help you recover from a long workout...Featuring 200 innovative and easy-to-make whole foods recipes from fit, fun foodies, Jayne and Bibi Rodgers, the book is organized into three chapters-Fuel: what to eat before you exercise, Refuel: what to eat during your workout, and Recover: what to eat after you train- for easy reference, so that you know exactly what to consume relative to when and how you are working out. As well as being a one-stop-shop of delicious, quick recipes that will keep you going for longer without all the nasties, Whole Food Energy also includes a rundown on basic food science, so that you know exactly how and why the food you put in your body can maintain and improve a healthy training regime...From breakfast smoothies to granola balls and quinoa cakes, plus so many other delectable options to choose from, this book will ensure you are fueled, refueled and recovered as you go about your active life. Beautifully designed with healthy yet tasty recipes, this is the perfect companion for anyone looking to boost their diet and supplement a new or existing exercise regime with the powerful goodness that whole foods provide...