Acidophilus is much on my mind just now. When I visited urgent care this past Monday, the doctor put me on a five-day course of antibiotics. We know that taking antibiotics can upset gut bacteria; and often the advice is to eat acidophilus-containing yogurt.

Fortunately that\’s no great problem for me. I\’ve been eating a lot of plain yogurt for the last fourteen months; and in fact, I have it nearly every day. I should be getting enough of those live cultures! I buy yogurt in quart tubs that have fitted plastic lids, so that I can re-use them. They\’re great for freezing all the stuff that I cook!

Sometimes I wish I had space to store a blender. I could use yogurt instead of milk to whip up a post-long ride smoothie! I know, I know — that isn\’t vegan, like the recipes in this book; but I could have blueberries in it; and I can substitute almond milk for the yogurt if I want to go vegan. A blender, I\’m sure, also mixes protein powder more thoroughly. Shaking up powder and milk in a jar results in lumps of protein powder in my drink — even after I let it sit in the fridge all night so that the powder can dissolve!

But I didn\’t need any recovery drink this morning, and in fact I didn\’t ride. The weather looked too iffy. The forecast for tomorrow is still 50% chance of T-storms; but as long as it isn\’t actually storming, I think I\’ll ride. And then head for the supermarket. I feel restless now, thanks to today\’s lack of activity. Half an hour in the trainer at lunch break just doesn\’t do it for me!