24 Southend Extra, Summer 2012
about double the calories of the average person -around 5,000 aday for men and 4,000 for women. Alex Popple, aperformance nutritionist at
Recipe A
QUICK PRAWN PAELLA (Serves 2)
THLETES need morefood than the average person to fuel their tough regimes and swimmers consume
the English Institute of Sport, who has been working with the British Olympic swimmers during the approach to the 2012 Games, said: “Protein provides the building blocks to allow the muscles to adapt to the training so they become faster,stronger and fitter.Every time athletes train they damage the muscle, so the protein helps the body repair it. We try and make sure the recipes we suggest meet all the per- formance nutrition essentials and require- ments, but that they arealso tasty.” With Britain going sporting mad hereisa
tasty and nutritious way to eat like Team GB. This recipe is taken from Good Food Magazine. The August issue is on sale now,priced £3.60
INGREDIENTS • Olive oil • 1finely chopped onion • 1slice redpepper • 1chopped garlic clove • 150g paella or long grain rice • Large pinch of saffron and smoked paprika • 400ml chicken stock • 150g large cooked prawns, shell on or off • 100g defrosted frozen peas • Small bunch of chopped parsley • Lemon wedges to serve
METHOD • Heat atablespoon of olive oil in apan and cook the onion, pepper and garlic until soft. • Stir in the paella rice, saffron and paprika. • Pour in the stock and simmer for 15 minutes until just tender (add asplash more water if you need to). • Add the prawns and peas for the last few minutes until heated through. Season, stir through the parsley and serve with the lemon wedges.
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