NUTRITION
Mock the humble soup at your peril! Full of nutritious ingredients and ready in less than 15mins, they’re the ideal pre- or post-session meal… and we have four
This month I bring you four speedy soups to get you going in the kitchen. So quick that you can rustle them up in just 15mins. A selection of humble yet nutritious ingredients, a few nifty shortcuts, like good shop-bought stock, and there you have it: four cheap, power-packed training suppers or workday lunches nailed! First up, a gently spiced, warming and sustaining Tomato and chickpea soup with crispy chorizo. Brimming with vitamins C and A, B vitamins, plus important minerals such as magnesium, folic acid and iron, this soup is an excellent source of slow-release
carbohydrate, protein and fibre. We love to eat this on a saturday lunchtime before an afternoon run.
Next, a nourishing Pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds and parmesan crisps. Super tasty and loaded with antioxidants, vitamins A, C and E, potassium, iron and fibre. A surefire way to turbo-boost your performance and help you recover from long runs. Available in larger supermarkets, pumpkin seed oil is just delicious, plus it’s packed with healthy fats to boost the immune system.
Now to spice things up with a fragrant Hot and sour prawn soup – an excellent source of protein and minerals such as selenium, iron, zinc and magnesium. The antiinflammatory ingredients – ginger, chilli and garlic – will also work wonders on your tired muscles; perfect for post-workout recovery.
Did you know the average Briton eats almost 9,000 peas a year? Perhaps there’s a reason your mother always told you to eat them, as they’re packed with slow-releasing carbohydrate, vitamin C and fibre. They even contain 4.9g protein per 100g. Try them in this simple yet very delicious Pea and mint soup. Enjoy!
Nutritionist and keen amateur athlete Kate Percy set up the #GoFaster campaign in 2009, and now has a website (gofasterfood.com), several books and a new range of Go Bites - allnatural energy balls.