Haute cuisine – not! On my budget, I can’t expect to have gourmet dining anywhere; and especially not on the bike!

Not that I care gourmet food. The important thing is to be properly fueled; and I’ve tried many different things as ride food. Feed Zone Portables presents recipes for many easy-to-carry snacks; and I’ve tried making my own rice cakes.

Feed Zone Portables

They tended to be too soft; and I guess I cooked the rice with a little too much water. I was always afraid the rice would be too dry; and if it was, the rice cakes would be too crumbly!

I’m always on the lookout for new bar-style foods; and when I find one, I try it, such as this one:

This Bar Saves Lives

That holds true for any store: the salvage store; the regular supermarket; Whole Foods; and so on.

Thanks to the salvage store, FitCrunch Birthday Cake has become a favorite.

FitCrunch Birthday Cake

For a while, the grab-bag bins had plenty of them; but since the pandemic began, I haven’t found any. For a month or so, the salvage store has had Gatorade Whey Protein bars. They’re much cheaper than similar bars in the drug store; and while supplies last, I’m buying those Gatorade bars like crazy!

These protein bars are far from haute cuisine; but that’s OK. I’m not quite “eatibus anythingus“; but I guess I come pretty close sometimes. These protein bars are far from haute cuisine; but that’s OK. I’m not quite “eatibus anythingus“; but I guess I come pretty close sometimes. Just look at my “garbage” soups — I just throw it all in the pot; and I get what I get.