Cookies! Oh-so-tempting. Here’s
a salty-sweet treat using minimally
monkeyed-with ingredients. Do you love
coconut? Skip ahead and just make these,
pronto. No need for explanation.
Double
Coconut
Macaroons
makes at least 3 dozen little cookies
1 package (8 oz) shredded,
unsweetened coconut
1 1/4 cups coconut sugar
6 egg whites
1 tsp pure vanilla extract, or almond
extract (optional)
3/4 tsp sea salt
Combine first three ingredients in a small
saucepan and cook over low heat for about
10 minutes, stirring constantly. The mixture
will be a deep golden brown and a little
bit gooey at first, and then will dry out into
almost a paste. That’s when you’re done.
Remove from heat, add the extract and
salt, and stir well. Scoop with a teaspoon
and shape into balls before dropping on
a greased pan. Bake at 300°F for about
20 minutes—watch for just the first bit of
browning on the edges (watch closely
since the batter is already light brown!).
Cool before removing from pan and store
in an airtight container. Try not to eat half
the batch before the macaroons make it
into your drop bags.
Nutrition for whole recipe: 2692 kcal, 145 g
fat, 41 g protein, 343 g carb (9 g fructose,
4 g glucose, 258 g sucrose), 2800 mg
sodium, 4624 mg potassium.
Energy bars are everywhere: in recipes
online and in stores, all nice and wrapped
up and shiny. All of them are delicious,
but most have one problem for endurance
athletes—they’re pretty darn high in fat,
which slows down digestion. Now, if you’re
going all day long at a moderate heart rate,
that’s totally fine. But in a training run or
race that demands a little more intensity,
that much fat won’t always sit well.
I’ve created a ball recipe that slashes
the typical nut and fat content to result in a
snack with about 25 percent fat instead of
the typical 60 percent of commercial fruitand-nut bars. Enjoy!
Homemade Gel? Maybe that sounds a
little strange… but, I love this recipe. It’s
sweet and a little bit salty, and the ginger
helps to keep your stomach calm. I used
Deglet Noor dates, which are small and
light brown and have less fructose than
Medjool dates. Fructose can be okay in
endurance events if you tolerate it well,
but be wary when loading up on dried
fruit—digestive issues are not something
you want to mess with during an ultra. As
a bonus, Deglet Noors are often sold pitted
and packaged.
I have ginger juice in a jar in my fridge
pretty much all the time to use as tea or for
cooking, but if you don’t want to mess with
it, go the powdere