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What's your favourite post ride meal or snack? One that is fast to make and refreshing

Ask Me Anything (Office Half Hour)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Half Hour)

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This event was on July 11, 2023

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Nolan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Susanne B

What's your favourite post ride meal or snack? One that is fast to make and refreshing

Answer

Sometimes I'll just eat a cu eat a cucumber or an orange. Uh, looking for things that have, uh, good source of potassium. I also happen to like dates, which, um, have natural sugars in them. And then they're also a good source of potassium. So if I'm interested in replenishing fluid, um, having a couple of dates and some ice cold cucumber water, and I am good to go in parentheses, I need to let you know that I'm doing this really fun thing that is called, um, excuse me, the conquistador, the con the conquistador challenge. And right now I am virtually riding through the streets of London. And the nice thing about this is that you, you, you ride your bike, walk, run, whatever your mode of of exercise is, and then you track your mileage every day, and then you click on this picture and you get to see exactly where you were. So today I'm at the Queen's residence, so I'm out early, but when I come home, I'm gonna replenish that fluid. So bananas are also another good source of, uh, a potassium as well as, uh, apricots. But, uh, right now, dates are my, are my very favorite.

Char Nolan

Chef Instructor

Char Nolan is a serious crusader for plant-based education, armed with a degree in public health from Philadelphia’s Temple University. She teaches nutrition and plant-based cooking throughout Philadelphia, and in many underserved communities. Char holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Certification course in 2015. In 2019, Char completed post-graduate course work in social media marketing at the University of the Arts. When she is not cooking or teaching, she manages social media accounts for several plant-based influencers. Char prides herself on learning everything she knows about cooking from growing up in her grandparents’ Italian restaurant. Her favorite vegetables are Brussels sprouts and kale, of course. Char originally hails from Queens, NY, but has lived in Philadelphia most of her adult life. She is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.