And me. Rice pudding is rocket fuel.
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It is very very popular, basmati rice is often used as it has a slightly higher water content and better macrosā¦ not much in it though.
Personallly I go with home made rice pudding or plain rice with some turmeric and a single scrambled egg in it (sometimes a few peas)
Saturdays breakfast
Saturdays Lunch
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That looks amazing! 
Rice is extremely underrated as good, solid source of carbs. So versatile.
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Ok, I have to ask: are you having two bowls, or is one for someone else?
(I also think the OP meant eating plain rice during workouts, not just eating rice-based meals.)
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Agreeā¦ pictures above was just some of my food the day before Manchester Marathon. I carb loaded on rice for 3 - 4 days. Aimed for 10g / kg of BW but only made it 7 - 8g most days. Back to veggies and more fibre now but rice is always a big part of a good endurance diet IMO.
I forgot to mention a spoon of jam in the rice pudding as well if one wishesā¦ a bit more easy to digest sugar.
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Just for me.
Rice pudding was a bowl for Saturday and one to take with me for Race day on Sunday.
The two savoury rice bowls were one for about 10:30am and one for about midday.
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Parchment backed foil can be purchased from Sainsburys or Lakeland Ltd.
Calrose rice is Ā£15 for 5Kg from Amazon but havenāt had an issue substituting with other rices if needed.
Liquid aminos also available via Amazon but can be substituted with soy sauce if needed.
Hope that helps 
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Thanks. I know these things can be found, but theyāre jusy not everyday ingredients for me. Also those were just examples that I could remember. In reality, there was very little overlap between the things he lists as staples, and whats currently in my cupboard, so there isnāt much use in it for me. And as I said, the basic principle is easy enough, when you start subsidising things, youāve reduced it to the basic principle anyway and can give the book away. 
I wasnt entirely sure, still works on the trainer (maybe not for VO2 work though)
Rice meals. Easy enough during endurance rides and in the recovery valleys of intervals during trainer sessions (only gets a bit nessy if struggling with the session lol.)
Having said that a couple of bowls like above 2 - 3 hours before and a bowl after and you donāt need much on the bike during the session unless its multiple hours long, a banana and a bit of mix it good for me up to 2.5 to 3 hours and I only do a handful of indoor session longer than this i.e ~4 hrs then Iām using the same as mentioned below for outdoor rides
Outside its rice cakes, bars, gels, bananas and malto/fructose mix in a bottle. Anything from 90 minutes to 10 hours.
Interesting this thread. I live in Taiwan and rice is a staple. I prefer it over noodles nine times out of 10, thus typically have rice at lunch and dinner. And depending on the day, I might even have rice for breakfast in the form of a rice ball which is relevant to the topic at hand.
You can buy a rice ball é£Æē³° (fantuan) from a street vendor w/all kinds of stuff in it (e.g., tuna, egg, radish, dried seaweed, fried dough, etcā¦) You can also get pre-made packaged rice ball (actually triangles) in about any convenience store, which if youāve been to Japan or Taiwan are everywhere.
So, if I were to recommend some simple ingredients:
- short grain rice
- scrambled egg
- soy sauce
- dried seaweed ęµ·čļ¼haitai) can buy packages of this where itās in small sheets, even comes in spicy hot flavors.
- pork floss (dried meat, could be pork, chicken, even fish) čé¬ļ¼rousong) Sounds weird due to its naming but itās nothing weird and quite good.
The last two might be in the asian aisle of your supermarket. Otherwise, your local Chinatown or online is your best bet. Mix some or all of the above for a simple rice ball. My kids love salmon rice balls w/the dried seaweed. Oh wow, there is a rice ball emoji 
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I lived there a few years. It was a staple.
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A couple of good suggestions here! Going to try Rice as fuel during my next workouts. I want to substitute sugar with more natural alternatives and rice could fit the bill. However, Iām curious if/how it works for the higher intense workouts.
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Have you tried it yet?
Maybe keep a bucket handy if you experiment with it on the trainer (assuming vo2max workout)ā¦
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Guys, there is a specific āsweet sticky riceā variety that is great for this. Check out Vietnamese āxoiā recipes. They can be made savory or sweet. Regular Calrose is not going to be yummy for this IMOā¦ too bland.
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ETA: excuse my ineptitudeā¦
Out of interest, what is wrong with standard foil? What is the benefit of the parchment paper side?
Parchment foil is easier to unwrap āa la pedaleā without tearing little bits off and dropping them by mistake or (worse) getting bits of foil in your teeth. Itās (also!) useful in baking for loaf tins and things like that. Itās really expensive to use in any serious quantity though.
On the bike I have found plain foil works perfectly well especially if you double it up to help prevent tearing. Or normal greaseproof paper works fine too, doesnāt tear, but have to be careful with the wrapping to ensure it doesnāt come undone as you pull it out of your pocket.
These days I have less time for prep and while the rice cake cooking, cooling, cutting, wrapping process is really satisfying I have found it just canāt compete with sugar water on expense, convenience or performance. Or just bananas, bananas, bananas.
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To be honest, while I like the look of the parchment foil for practicality, it plays on my conscience that I doubt it can be recycled. Plain foil can, and plain paper is probably compostable, but the paper-foil composite sounds bad to me.
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