First Ride of the Season

Woke up at 8 after 12 hours of pretty good sleep. B&E in healthy and happy moods, felt good when I split to ride around 9am. Did 45 miles around Queens, in the 50s and mostly sunny, a good opener to the '12 bike season!


TODAY'S COOKING
Banana Bread: Had to get rid of some bananas. Into the stand mixer's bowl: 5 overripe bananas, a cup of dark brown sugar. Turned it on medium, then added: 1 stick melted butter, 1/4 cup full fat Fage Greek yogurt, 3 eggs, a teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of instant espresso powder. Turned off, added 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat pastry flour, 1 tsp of baking powder, 2 teaspoon of baking soda, put in 2 small tin loaf pans, 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Pleasantly dense, maybe a tad too sweet. 

French toast: 3 cups of milk, 1 cup of heavy cream, 8 eggs, 1/3 cup of sugar, heavy shot of cinnamon and nutmeg, a large dose of vanilla extract, big pinch of salt in the custard. 2 sticks of butter clarified for frying. One loaf of challah sliced into 1" thick pieces. Fry over medium low-flame about 5 minutes on each side until it looks right.


BREAKFAST: 8:30am, iced green tea, good yogurt with vanilla, honey & peanuts, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 11:45am, 20oz gatorade, fritos corn chips, a crappy slice of chocolate pound cake, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 3pm, green salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6:30pm, 3 1/2 pieces french toast, chocolate pudding & whipped cream, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not a light meal, both parts involving a lot of milk, cream and eggs. But the ride definitely gave me an appetite for the heaviness.

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, 3 meatballs in homemade sauce, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Even though my stomach felt full-ish, I still had a roaring appetite, definitely a sign of a good bike ride....