Now that the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone and the year-end craziness is festivities are upon us, you may be planning to live on take-out and Christmas cookies for the next few weeks, but that’s no way to fuel a healthy holiday season. Luckily, Runner’s World has a great new cookbook that is full of healthy recipes you can make between shopping trips and holiday parties.
You know I love The Runner’s World Cookbook (see my review here), and Meals On The Run is a great “sequel” with 150 recipes for healthy meals, snacks, and sides that can be made in 30-minutes-or less. Each recipe includes the total time needed and nutrition information, and there are 75 drool-inducing pictures to whet your appetite and convince you to hang up the phone and whip up a quick dish instead of ordering pizza again. There are vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free recipes, and recipes designed for pre-run fueling, recovery, and even hydration–just as nourishing when your marathon is at the mall or the all-school holiday concert.
The two recipes I tried were for Sweet and Spicy Stir Fry Chicken which uses frozen mango chunks to add “sweet” nutrition, color, and flavor, and Chunky Tomato-Beef Soup which I modified by replacing the lean ground beef with lean ground turkey.
Truth be told, each of these recipes took me about 45 minutes to make, but I am not very efficient in the kitchen, and I had not planned ahead.
Now that the last of the apple pie is gone, I can’t wait to try the Apple Crisp Smoothie, made with apple cider, yogurt, rolled oats, and chopped pecans–one of the pre-run, vegetarian, gluten-free 10 minute recipes in the “Smoothies and Juices” section.
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You can get your own copy of Meals On The Run directly from the publisher here, or through my Amazon affiliate link here
What’s your go-to recipe for a quick dinner?
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Id love this even though I dont run.
My belly needs a break from the poached salmon, brown rice and veggies.
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OK MINE DOESNT (love) but the child is rebelling 🙂
I keep seeing this cook book 🙂 I am not good in the kitchen at all, I like recipes with just a few ingredients lol I always think if I ever get to retire I will try to cook more.
These are pretty easy, but my favorite is the Cooking Light 5 Ingredient 15 Minute Cookbook.
I loved the first book and have not had a chance to check out this one yet. Everyone seems to be all over it though!
YUMMY! Looks like some good stuff! I always love RW’s recipes; I still make a few things I found like five years ago, haha.
This looks like a good one! I could sit and look at cookbooks forever! I know I have to stick to 30-45 minute dishes or my hubby drives me bonkers with all the inquiries ! and chip snacking 🙁 I am putting this one on my Christmas list!
Yeah, when my son is around he gets impatient! My husband knows better than to bother me in the kitchen.
I got this to review as well and simply love it!! So many fun and yummy recipes.
Naan pizzas are my go to meal! The bread makes a nice and fluffy crust. This cook book looks awesome, I will have to check it out.
That’s a great idea. We usually have frozen Naan from TJs on hand.
I am loving my copy! I’ve been making ALL the recipes!
This cookbook sounds fabulous! I would love to try the sweet and spicy stir fry chicken recipe.