What do people want to put in their shopping baskets

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Given we all do some form of physical activity on this board and often deprive ourselves of "nice things" leading up to and during race season, what would people like to put into their shopping basket that's guilt free and healthy?

Looking at launching some new healthy consumable goods given the latest trends in the health & wellness sector. All suggestions welcome, the wackier the better, you may even see it on a shelf next year!

LCD

Kale flavoured avocado

MD1983

something i can have with a cup of tea that wont make me fat if i have the whole packet....

career move

I'd like a range of dehydrated foods that I can get online without paying massive shipping costs and that don't taste like sh!t

I got some packs from expedition foods for the Beast last year and the shepherds pie was lovely but the porridge was bleugh and I think it cost about 20 sterling to get them sent to me.

sconhome

career move wrote: »

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Cous-cous

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

MD1983 wrote: »

something i can have with a cup of tea that wont make me fat if i have the whole packet....

Something like a healthy bar that could also refuel and assist with recovery after a hard training session?

hardCopy

€2 Quest Bars

joey100

The problem I find with a lot of the healthier stuff is the price, can be expensive.

I do like the new 'nakd' bars I've seen around. All natural ingredients and actualy taste nice. Something like that that is handy to have as a snack.

Other than that a gel or sports energy bar that actually tastes nice and doesn't turn my stomach inside out! If you can sort that I'll have a box of each!

MD1983

Zyaire Hundreds Mailman wrote: »

Something like a healthy bar that could also refuel and assist with recovery after a hard training session?

yeh that would be a good excuse to eat it ;-)

career move

sconhome wrote: »

Cous-cous

There are many, many reasons why cous cous is on the banned list

mossym

beef jerky that was both reasonably priced and you didn't need to order in 5kg batches.

could walk into any store while living in the US and buy a bag of it, and choose from multiple flavours. here, unless you buy online, nada.

make it happen JB. Now. make it happen.

peter kern

bananas from canary island

shotgunmcos

+1 for beef jerky
+1 for more affordable expedition foods

A good deal for for goodness chocolate shakes

Stop ripping us off for fresh fruit.

Chocolate crunchy peanut butter (peanut & Co quality) recovery bars that don't taste mank

Dried Banana, avocado and coconut energy balls

mad m

I remember a kilo of Luxury mixed nuts were 10.95 in H&B. They are 24euro now.....:eek:

Neady83

Almond butter that doesn't cost €24 per kg

Like Joey, I love the nakd bars but they could be more substantial. Those chocolatey, datey, nutty, coconutty balls of goodness that people are making these days are great but you can't buy them anywhere if you haven't made a batch.

Also, nutritious quick meals. Something simple like pasta, pesto, chicken, peas, sweetcorn and pine nuts with no additives that you can grab and go if you're in a rush and don't have access to a kitchen.

Neady83

Almond butter that doesn't cost €24 per kg

Like Joey, I love the nakd bars but they could be more substantial. Those chocolatey, datey, nutty, coconutty balls of goodness that people are making these days are great but you can't buy them anywhere if you haven't made a batch.

Also, nutritious quick meals. Something simple like pasta, pesto, chicken, peas, sweetcorn and pine nuts with no additives that you can grab and go if you're in a rush and don't have access to a kitchen.

sconhome

Neady83 wrote: »

Almond butter that doesn't cost €24 per kg

Like Joey, I love the nakd bars but they could be more substantial. Those chocolatey, datey, nutty, coconutty balls of goodness that people are making these days are great but you can't buy them anywhere if you haven't made a batch.

Actually... seeing loads of these bounce and nakd bars all over the place. Every shop and forecourt seems to have them along with protein and energy bars.

I'm not sure if this is a sign of stop offs for cyclists or our nations drivers are "eating healthy" by chomping on protein bars instead of mars bars.

mossym

Neady83 wrote: »

Also, nutritious quick meals. Something simple like pasta, pesto, chicken, peas, sweetcorn and pine nuts with no additives that you can grab and go if you're in a rush and don't have access to a kitchen.

i've two options i've found. both in the supervalu down the road from the new job.

hiro by roisin, noodles, really tasty, had the chicken stir fry yesterday and very tasty. http://www.hirobyroisin.com/


and cool beans, had the chilli flavour, really really nice. http://www.coolbeans.ie/


3 or 4 minutes in the microwave and done. had them for lunch, both were enough on their own

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Some food for thought...see what i did there. Keep them coming, you may see some of this in the supermarkets next year.

mossym

you're doing well. usually marketing has to pay for discussion groups like this..:)

Bambaata

JB, is the sole purpose of this thread to try and justify to your IT guys why you spend half of your day on boards? "its market research...... i promise!"?

Neady83

mossym wrote: »

i've two options i've found. both in the supervalu down the road from the new job.

hiro by roisin, noodles, really tasty, had the chicken stir fry yesterday and very tasty. http://www.hirobyroisin.com/


and cool beans, had the chilli flavour, really really nice. http://www.coolbeans.ie/


3 or 4 minutes in the microwave and done. had them for lunch, both were enough on their own

Thanks Mossy, I tried the Cool Beans at the TriTalking event I was at last week and they were nommy but I haven't been able to source then in Supervalu yet.

Will go hunting for Hiro this weekend. I remember her from the apprentice. Cool girl.

pgibbo

Neady83 wrote: »

Thanks Mossy, I tried the Cool Beans at the TriTalking event I was at last week and they were nommy but I haven't been able to source then in Supervalu yet.

Will go hunting for Hiro this weekend. I remember her from the apprentice. Cool girl.

Let me know if you find either of them in Galway. I'll check SV in Clareglaway on my way home later.

catweazle

pgibbo wrote: »

Let me know if you find either of them in Galway. I'll check SV in Clareglaway on my way home later.

Was very sorry to see Roisin voted off in the apprentice, great looking girl - You are as well off to check Flynns Supervalu Paul as that would be right up Emma and Julians alley as they are both big into the fitness - probably more so than the Hughes brothers anyways

I will say it to him on friday if they don't, I complained a few years back to him that all he had was Budweiser and Heineken bottles for my friday night barbecues - beautiful selection of Erdinger for me the following friday

mossym

on the noodles and beans, i only tried the beans as the first day i went in to get the noodles they didn't have them, and i had seen them there a couple of days before.

i take that as a good sign that they food is fresh so not left on the shelves (both have use by dates measured in days not weeks or even worse months).

the supervalu i mentioned has stuff from the happy pear as well so they obviously are catering to the healthy bunch. Bit surprising really as i don't meet many down here training at lunch and i get some very strange looks while out running

mossym

catweazle wrote: »

Was very sorry to see Roisin voted off in the apprentice, great looking girl

didn't even know she was on the apprentice till i went looking for the website today. but given I've never watched an episode that's hardly surprising

pgibbo

catweazle wrote: »

Was very sorry to see Roisin voted off in the apprentice, great looking girl - You are as well off to check Flynns Supervalu Paul as that would be right up Emma and Julians alley as they are both big into the fitness - probably more so than the Hughes brothers anyways

I will say it to him on friday if they don't, I complained a few years back to him that all he had was Budweiser and Heineken bottles for my friday night barbecues - beautiful selection of Erdinger for me the following friday

Claregalway can be pretty good. They have plenty of the Kinsale and Happy Pear stuff amongst others. I'm assuming it's the influence of the triathlete wife

pgibbo

Both products available in SV Claregalway. Have the noodles for today. They better be good mossy!!!

mossym

pgibbo wrote: »

Both products available in SV Claregalway. Have the noodles for today. They better be good mossy!!!

sucker..:)

i really liked them. not as much as the beans, but the noodles were lovely

pgibbo

mossym wrote: »

sucker..:)

i really liked them. not as much as the beans, but the noodles were lovely

O has the beans for lunch so I'll get feedback on those this evening

mossym

pgibbo wrote: »

O has the beans for lunch so I'll get feedback on those this evening

don't make the mistake i made. no showers at the new job, so babywipes wash after lunchtime run. was still trying to cool down and trying best not to sweat. tucked into the piping hot beans which have a nice kick to them.


does not help with a no sweating attempt. believe me!!

career move

Iced coffee (for my team mates not me )

hardCopy

sconhome wrote: »

Actually... seeing loads of these bounce and nakd bars all over the place. Every shop and forecourt seems to have them along with protein and energy bars.

I'm not sure if this is a sign of stop offs for cyclists or our nations drivers are "eating healthy" by chomping on protein bars instead of mars bars.

Don't forget the body conscious young lads who can't go 30 minutes without consuming 20 grams of protein.

Neady83

hardCopy wrote: »

Don't forget the body conscious young lads who can't go 30 minutes without consuming 20 grams of protein.

...... and chocolate milk. You're not hip if you're not supping on a bottle of chocolate milk

shotgunmcos

Neady83 wrote: »

...... and chocolate milk. You're not hip if you're not supping on a bottle of chocolate milk

Unless its fresh and 4 days old! :eek:

We got delicious fresh chocolate milk from a local farm in our race packs for the Euro AR champs. I drank mine down in one go. Delicious. One of my teamies is allergic to chocolate (of all the allergies out there this one would suck ass) and gave me his. I put it in my post race bag. 72 hours+ racing later, sleep deprived, found it and gulped it back in one go. Gone off! Puked right back up (sorry not a great image for a healthy snack thread). Couldn't even look at a chocolate Yazoo for ages.

Having said that, Chocolate milky things are awesome. I mix my High5 chocolate protein recovery with coconut milk and its a treat after a hard session.

For Goodness Shakes Chocolate recovery shakes were the single best thing I had in my transition bag for that race. Freebies thanks to a teamie but bloody expensive in their own right

sconhome

I have a source of FGS lined up for 2016

#TriHarderAR rewards

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Who wants healthy nut butters?

ray o

Zyaire Hundreds Mailman wrote: »

Who wants healthy nut butters?

Plenty of choice out there already (Meridan/Keen). Can you make them cheaper without adding **** to them?

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

ray o wrote: »

Plenty of choice out there already (Meridan/Keen). Can you make them cheaper without adding **** to them?

Yes and yes. They also perform better in taste tests.

Neady83

Zyaire Hundreds Mailman wrote: »

Yes and yes. They also perform better in taste tests.

Love nut butters, I type this as I nobble a corn cake covered in almond butter and agave nectar. I've only tried Meridian though and the price is rising by the month so a cheaper equally as tasty alternative would be great.

shotgunmcos

Neady83 wrote: »

Love nut butters, I type this as I nobble a corn cake covered in almond butter and agave nectar. I've only tried Meridian though and the price is rising by the month so a cheaper equally as tasty alternative would be great.

I'm a big P&J fan

Peanut Butter & Co crunchy original. Just the nuts and natural oils. You have to mix it up. It's a shop in new York but I order a dozen jars at a time from amazon. Better than meridian, whole earth etc..

A small spoon of it in your porridge with some banana and honey is awesome

pgibbo

Zyaire Hundreds Mailman wrote: »

Who wants healthy nut butters?

Hell yes, I love my nut butters. Do you guys already have a range?

Neady83

shotgunmcos wrote: »

I'm a big P&J fan

Peanut Butter & Co crunchy original. Just the nuts and natural oils. You have to mix it up. It's a shop in new York but I order a dozen jars at a time from amazon. Better than meridian, whole earth etc..

A small spoon of it in your porridge with some banana and honey is awesome

Sounds good, thanks Mike..... will have to order me some

rooneyjm

I'm always robbing these off the kids. Tasty little buggers.

https://www.organix.com/our-baby-toddler-foods/carrot-cake-soft-oaty-bars