At the end of the Tuesday Night Worlds ride the other night, I was not in the mood for food. After drinking Recoverite, stretching, and putting away my gear, I was ready to get into a hot shower and forget about dinner. But skipping meals is unacceptable, especially after a hard ride, so I invented this fantastic smoothie:
- 1 heaping scoop of chocolate protein powder
- 1/2 banana
- 1.5 tablespoons peanut butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup cold brown rice
After blending it with my magic bullet (a name which always calls to mind non-kitchen-related appliances), I took a sip and was pleased. It tasted pretty good and the rice seemed to have blended in nicely. Perfect! All of this nutrition in a few easy sips!
So I took my cup and got into the shower. That’s not weird, is it? I mean, it’s not like I’d take a sandwich or a rotisserie chicken in there, but what’s wrong with a smoothie or the occasional latte? I digress. I started to shower and get through the drink and then, with particularly angled tilt of the cup, I was confronted with the truth: cold brown rice does not blend. It was all there in a sludgy 3-inch layer on the bottom.
There was no choice; that rice needed to be consumed. It’s not like there was a fork in my shower, so I did the next best thing: scooped up blobs of dripping, chocolately rice with my fingers and tried to shovel it down as fast as possible. The fun didn’t stop until the cup was empty, which was good, because I was at the threshold of gagging.
Other than that, I highly recommend trying this.
Sometimes a picture is better than a thousand words. This isn’t one of them. Good luck down south this week.
Wow, I’m glad to read that I’m not the only one who partakes of a recovery drink in the shower after a hard workout…it’s not weird, it’s multi-tasking!