Cook - batch baking

Hopefully we'll be doing lots of walking in the next few days, so we've been busy making fuel to keep us going.  With a bit of help my youngest made the cupcakes (caramel flavoured - and they'll have a chocolate topping tomorrow but bedtime arrived before we could finish them), and my middle child made lemon drizzle cake unaided. I made flapjacks as usual.  It looks like a lot but I don't think it's going to take long for these to go.

Cook - refuelling

Running this evening was speed work with the group. Scheduled to run on roads which were quickly becoming icily treacherous, we relocated and ran laps of a local field instead. When we got home we needed food fast,and a bacon and avocado salad was just the thing.  

While a few rashers of bacon sizzled away I chopped lettuce, avocado, tomatoes and cucumber. As soon as the bacon was crispy I popped it onto the salad, added a slug of balsamic vinegar to the pan and reduced it slightly then poured over everything. Simple, swift and tasty - perfect post run food.