Pumpkin Salsa – Bike Blender Recipe
In the season of #pumpkinspiceeverything we have a delicious snack that is sure to satisfy your pumpkin cravings and save you from those extra latte calories. Rock the Bike’s Pumpkin Salsa can be made in our High Performance bike blenders, whether you have the Pro or the Universale models. We recently served this recipe at two Nob Hill Foods locations, one in Redwood City and the other in Capitola. The salsa got GREAT reviews, and many came back for recipe cards after trying the salsa. You’re sure to love this!
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PUMPKIN SALSA
Prep: 10 minutes
Serves: 9 1/4 cup servings
**Note: This recipe requires the Spoonula for the best consistency**
Ingredients:
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 small white onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced, or 1 TBSP minced garlic
2 tsp sea salt
3 medium tomatoes, quartered
1/2 cup cilantro leaves (about 1/4 a bunch)
Juice of 1/2 of a lime
Prep It In Your Pitcher:
1. Place the pumpkin, onion, jalapeno, garlic and salt in your Blendtec pitcher. Blend slowly, while you or a friend tampers the ingredients back into the pitcher from the sides with the Spoonula.
2. After about 1-2 minutes of slow pedaling start to add in your quartered tomatoes. Keep blending slowly.
3. While slowly pedaling add the cilantro and juice of half a lime. You can serve this fresh, or cover it and refrigerate for later enjoyment.
Want to make this for a large crowd? Click on our shopping list for the printable version:
Chocolate Fake-Shake Recipe
This no-dairy “milkshake” is simple to create and makes for a healthy treat for kids or adults.
Ingredients:
– 2 bananas, sliced and frozen
– 1 tbsp cocoa powder
– 2 1/2 cups vanilla or unsweetened coconut milk/beverage/drink (different grocery stores call it by a different name)
Prep it in your Pitcher:
Add your sliced and frozen bananas, coconut beverage, and cocoa powder in your High Performance blender pitcher (Blendtec or Vitamix).
Cover the pitcher and blend until smooth, roughly 30 sec – 1 min of pedaling.
Serve immediately.
Makes: 20 oz, QTY served depends on desired serving size.
Purchase organic and fair trade chocolate and bananas make your Chocolate Fake-Shake better for the environment and farm workers.
Read MoreIt’s official, the Dual sLEDgehammer is a thing.
Now you can host a competitive pedaling challenge at your event with this side-by-side competitive sLEDgehammer. It converts 100% of the riders’ muscle power to light and feels harder as more light stages turn on. The rider who sustains the highest Wattage level for 3 seconds and reaches the victory sequence first is the winner. We took it out to a party for the semiconductor industry last week and got dozens of people pedaling and competing, breathing and gritting their teeth in an evening-long series of heats to determine the strongest rider in the company.
Here’s a good view of the gear. The only thing out of view is the power-analyzing circuit that typically sits on a nearby table. The key elements shown are: 2 Generator Pros (bikes), 2 11′-tall sLEDgehammer light towers, cabling.
Paul’s Pedal Powered Pesto
Ingredients:
1 lb greens: Parsley, Basil, Dino Kale
1 cup Olive Oil
1/2 cup Toasted Walnuts (or Pine Nuts)
12 cloves Roasted Garlic
1/2 a wedge Parmegiano Reggiano cheese (approx 3 oz)
1/2 – 1 tsp salt
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Watch the video below to see how to make it!
Tip: We recommend the High Performance blender platter/pitcher to get the right consistency.
Read MoreKids provided 75% of the energy for our 3-day festival stage at Maker Faire. How? Lots of bikes.
Maker Faire is very family oriented. The largest audience of the weekend was for Magician Bryan Patrick, whose sound needs were ironically minimal.
Since our earliest moments of Pedal Powered experimentation, I’ve been fascinated by how much sound comes from one pedaler’s efforts. I remember a 12-year-old powering my street performance at a charity bike event for an audience of 30-50 people in the early goings. He was into it! Not too hard, not too easy. Great sound out to about 20 feet from the speaker. The ratio of 1 pedaler for every 50-100 people at our events has roughly held as we’ve scaled up Rock The Bike’s full system to do larger events. At the Maker Faire in San Mateo this year, we brought an 18-bike system capable of entertaining over 1000 people, and at most times it was primarily powered by kids.
Very Berry – Mixed Berry Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
Frozen Mixed Berries
Frozen Strawberries
Banana
Yogurt (organic is best)
Almond Milk / Soy Milk / etc.
Prep It In Your Pitcher:
1. Peel your banana and place in the bottom of your blender pitcher
2. Add 1/2 cup yogurt
3. Scoop in 1 cup of frozen mixed berriers and 1/3 cup of frozen strawberries
4. Scoop in some ice.
5. Top off with milk alternative, like almond milk — fill until the juice is up to the fruit/ice line.
5. Cover with the lid and pop onto your bike blender! Blend until smooth (roughly 15 sec – 1 minute, depending on how hard you pedal.)
