I-Like-To-Bike

Could be lack of meat can cause that! Nothing like a genuine Philly Cheese Steak with a Yuengling Beer to settle my nerves.

BA Commuter

Sorry , but you have a bad attitude!

urban rider

I'm a vegan who commutes. I have had some difficulty in finding the right thing to eat so I don't run out of gas. I went to a nutritionist but she could not help me. Got more information from others in the internet.

theWolf

A Vegan Commuter

elTwitcho

What did you end up eating? I'm not a vegan but I'm curious

vik 

Comrade Zorkon! I am a fellow Vegan and was most exhilarated to ogle your data stream. All hail the Great Big Head and may your toe jam flourish beyond all expectation.

What is this bicycle commuting you speak of? Does this procedure hurt your babelfish?

Thisisit

I've vegan, I commute.
A little over 6k each way for work during the summer.
A little over 8k each way during the school year.

The bag I commute with typically has a change of clothes, a notebook, a textbook or two and food.
I'm usually on campus for most of the day 9am-4:30ish pm:
Water bottle that I ride with
Bottle of green or oolong tea
Sandwich or two; whole grain bread, hummus, various veggies-cucumber, grilled red peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes. Whatever is around.
Green Salad; Various field mix with different greens, sometimes just spinach. With pumpkin and sunflower seeds, beans, veggies.
Bean Salad; 6 bean blend or bean salad mix, olive oil, onions, red/green peppers, some pasta
Tupperware of leftovers; can be whatever I have lying around, beans and rice, stir fry, pasta dish, soup. Typically, a whole grain and some kind of protein.
Trail mix; one type of cereal, oats, nuts, dried berries
Couple pieces of fruit; figs, banana(don't travel too well), apples, orange, again whatever is around/on sale

It all depends on how long I am on campus for, longer means more food. I like to keep pretty much the same meal plan while I'm on campus, makes prep work easy and I rarely go hungry. Dinners/the leftover component make things a little more exciting. I tend to have a piece of fruit upon arrival, and munch on trail mix through classes and whenever. I also always have an energy bar or two in my bag for emergencies, Cliff, Luna, Lora, or Vega. I line the medium size pocket of my bag with a couple dishtowels and stick a freezer pack next to whatever needs it. I also have access to a microwave so that helps whenever I need it.

Shoot me a question if you need help, I'm no nutritionist but this is what works for me. Bi-annual bloodwork shows I am above average and I feel good so I stick with it.

Edited for meal plan

Siu Blue Wind

I take a peek here and see that some are still deliberately trolling this thread and the OP. Once again I ask you to please follow the forum guidelines on respect.

Thank you,

Siu Blue Wind
Forum Moderator

Minesbroken

so young...so much anger...dang rap music...

zoltani

Thanks for some actual useful information.
Often when i go touring or backpacking, since i can't really take meat or diary products, i am always taking the same food: peanut butter, GORP, beans & rice, mac & cheese, tuna ,and of course breads, tortillas, and other leavened and unleavened products.

Disregard the mac & cheese and tuna, and help me with some ideas for some meals that are easily packable, full of carbs and energy, and will stay good for 3-4 day maximum. I would really like to get more variety into my meals when traveling self supported by foot or bike.

Minesbroken

Thisisit

Food that keeps for more than a couple days is tougher. My stuff, apart from trail mix, has a day max shelf life without refrigeration. I've started to think about it though since I'm heading on an 8 week tour of New Zealand starting in March. I've read about soaking beans/lentils in plastic bags throughout the day to minimize cooking time and then serving with instant rice. My major plan, don't know about feasibility, would be to carry some essentials, peanut/cashew butter and bagels or bread, and then just shop daily for what I need. Whether it be a can of beans, cheap enough even when they aren't dried, and any veggies I can find. Best bet would be to check out the touring forum for more info.

Goodluck.

Tom Stormcrowe

For the touring aspect, there's also this:
https://www.packlitefoods.com/

Freeze Dried Vegetarian meals. They also have a 2 year shelf life.

zorkon

Ok.back from work and what do i find. a few earnest replies and a host of trolls. Notice how i haven't criticized your chosen eating habits or made any attempts to promote, debate or explain my veaganism to any of you. I asked that only vegans reply and have had mostly a bunch of $%#@tards who want to take a swipe at my way of life. This is par for the course, as almost any time vegansim is mentioned anywhere, it is met with hostility. For those vegans who have replied.......YO!
Anyone of you vegans discovered Quinoa yet? It's the only grain that forms a complete protein all by itself and packs a good fiber dose as well.
I highly recommend adding it to your bike fuel top ten.I'm digging on the hemp protein these days when i'm too tired to cook.
I have to really pack in the chow due to the fact that I'm also an athlete for a living.

zorkon

Oh by the way, peanut butter is not so good. Google peanuts, afflatoxin to get a new perspective on our friend the ****er pea.
Almond butter is waay better and more digestible.

Tom Stormcrowe

By the way, z, for the record, I'm not Vegan, or even modified vegetarian, but I can respect your choices.

The body is a wondrous thing, in that we can thrive on a very wide range of nutrients and diets, from pure vegetable to an omnivorous diet to even a pure carnivorous diet with some supplementation to get missing trace and essential nutrients.

zorkon

Gorillas get huge on 99% dark leafy greens and they share most of our taxonomy, although taxonomy is a slippery slope argument to make .
For instance, a panda bear is set up taxonomically like a carnivore, yet only eats plants,so the argument has no empirical validity.

Tom Stormcrowe

I wasn't arguing against your choice. I was just observing that we can thrive on a wide range of choices. Like I said before, I do respect your choice. It's fully viable, as you can get sufficient protein, carbs and even fats from exclusively vegetable sources as easily as you can get them from animal sources. You just have to pay attention to make sure you are getting what you need across the boards with Vegan, or modified vegetarian, or even omnivorous diet choices. Just know your needs.

zorkon

I know you weren't, Tom. I was actually just responding with more stuff for the vegan riders.

zorkon

But I'd really only rather make this a Vegan Commuter Roll Call. Y'know, like the title of the thread?

ijgrant

I'm a vegan commuter, 12km round trip.

I'm Powered by a hearty bowl of Red River Cereal every morning!

zorkon

My bike fuel top ten in no apparent order: Not a complete diet list
1 bananas
2 quinoa
3 broccoli
4 beans of all sorts
5 organic corn tortillas
6 soymilk
7 lemons for enzyme and alkalinity
8 organic avocados ( by the ton)
9 hemp protein
10 baby spinach

zorkon

Soy is not so digestible, but the almond and hemp milk are sooo freakin expensive, i have to put my foot down.

Pepper Grinder

how do you prepare your quinoa?

larryfeltonj

I eat quinoa pretty regularly, but don't prepare it a lot myself (my fiance makes a killer quinoa salad). My
own staples are beans/grains combos and tempeh/tofu.

Lately I found a really good cookbook of recipes involving Miso (The Miso Book by Jan Bellame) so I've been doing soups and sandwich spreads from that book. One of my favorites is an azuki spread. It looks terrible, but has a great taste, and is remarkably filling. Another good recipe from the book is a kombu/shiitake soup stock.