Recipes To Pair With Outdoor Activities

In our previous Healthy Legs Matter blog post, “Outdoor Activities With the Benefits of Working Out,” we provided five examples of hitting your exercise goals while completing activities outside. To maximize the benefits of exercise, you need a healthy diet filled with protein, vegetables and fruits. These recipes are delicious and nutritious to help you pack on some muscle and lose fat.

Creamy Sausage Pasta

To restore your energy levels after exercise, you need some carbs. Enter this creamy sausage pasta recipe! The pasta provides the carbs, and sausage delivers the protein. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon 100% coconut oil

1 leek (finely sliced)

2 cloves garlic (chopped)

8 reduced-fat pork sausages (sliced)

200 grams quark

1 tin chopped tomatoes

240 grams wholemeal penne pasta

1 teaspoon dried chili flakes

Salt and pepper to taste

Handful fresh basil leaves

For the full recipe, visit Myprotein.

Breakfast Burrito

If you like to get your exercise in before it gets too hot out, this breakfast burrito pairs well with your morning routine. You can even prepare this before your workout and eat it on the way home if needed.

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons canola oil

1/2 small red onion, diced (1 cup)

1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced

1 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed, preferably low sodium

1/4 teaspoon chili flakes

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

4 eggs and 4 egg whites

1/3 cup (about 1 1/2 ounces) shredded pepper jack cheese

4 (10-inch) whole-wheat tortillas (burrito size)

1/4 cup reduced fat-free sour cream or 2% plain Greek yogurt

1/4 cup salsa

1 large tomato (4 ounces), seeded and diced

1 small avocado (4 ounces), cubed

Hot sauce

For the full recipe, visit Food Network.

Chicken, Leek and Brown Rice Stir-Fry

After a workout, the last thing you probably want to do is cook. This recipe only takes 20 minutes to make and is packed with flavors of chicken, chorizo, kale and rice. Be sure to add this to your weekly recipe rotation!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil

250 grams chicken breast, thinly sliced

100 grams chorizo, chopped

1 leek, halved lengthways and finely sliced

1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped

80 grams kale, any tough stalks removed and leaves roughly chopped

1 tablespoon low-salt soy sauce

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

2 250-gram pouches microwavable whole-grain rice

For the full recipe, visit Good Food.