Practical ways to increase your carbohydrate intake

Ensure that every meal and snack is based around a carbohydrate rich food.
Make the carbohydrate rich food the MAIN food in the meal.
Cover the plate with the carbohydrate rich food and use the meats and sauces accompaniments.
Cut or buy thick sliced bread.
Add any of the following to boost the carbohydrate content of breads and crackers: Jam, honey, marmalade, fruit spread, chocolate spread, mashed banana.
Add dried or fresh fruit (try a banana) to breakfast cereal, or try adding a fruit yoghurt.
Add dried, fresh or tinned fruits to home make cakes, buns and muffins.
Buy or make thick based (deep pan) pizza.
Liven up home made soups and sauces by adding extra beans, potato, pasta, rice, noodles, sweetcorn, pearl barley, lentils, peas, root vegetables. Not only will this boost the carbohydrate content of the meal, it will also make the meat go further.
Top pies with a thich layer of mashed potato.
Increase the carbohydrate content of salads by adding potato salad, jacket potatos, rice/pasta salas and mixed bean salads (now available in tins).
Always have a drink with a meal or snack, and make sure this drink has some carbohydrate in it, eg squashes, juices, commercial sports drinks or milk.
Always have some fluid during training and make sure that this fluid also has some carbohydrate in it, eg squashes, juices, commercial sports drinks.
Make a carbohydrate rich milkshake by adding flavouring, a mashed banana and some yoghurt to milk.