Turmeric is the ‘It spice’ of the moment, and with good reason. The curcumin that gives it a shocking yellow colour has been linked to health benefits ranging from heart-health and digestion-settling, to even fighting cancer. The only way it can be improved upon is to combine it with the nutritional ‘It food’ – almonds!…
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Vegan Porcini and Brazil Nut Burgers
If you’re not veggie already, these Vegan Porcini and Brazil Nut Burgers could help make this a lifetime habit! Whether you’re a vegetarian, flexitarian, plant-powered athlete, or just giving Meatless Monday a go, these burgers will be a welcome addition to your repertoire. All of our recipes are created for people with active lifestyles and…
Maple and Pecan Protein Balls
If you train hard you need protein to repair your muscles, right? If you’ve trained really hard, you probably want that protein to taste a little bit special. Delicious is a word often over-used by food bloggers, ourselves included, but really, these Maple and Pecan Protein Balls are the bees knees. (Question: do bees even have…
Video: Pop-Up Running Event – Leeds Girls Can
One thing we Veggie Runners love is a pop-up running event. This one was part of the This Girl Can campaign which, as you probably know, aims to help girls and women get active, whatever their shape, size or age. Which, as you also may know, is something very dear to our hearts. This International Women’s…
Video: Veggie Runners on Made in Leeds TV
You know we Veggie Runners love to chat (and chat). So when the nice people from Made in Leeds TV asked if we’d like to chat to them about The Running Awards, well, we were hardly going to say no, were we? Actually, it was only one Veggie Runner, the other being otherwise occupied with…
Asics Greater Manchester Marathon Race Report – Half and Half Relay
Asics Greater Manchester Marathon is one of the few in the UK (the only?) that offers a half and half relay option. We don’t know why other marathons don’t but we were more than happy to run half each in Manchester. Not because we’re lazy but because we have different races lined up so we’re…