Healthy Inexpensive Meal Replacement Bars. I perfected this recipe for all you students and hard working folks out there who don’t have time to eat 6 healthy meals a day but want to maximize your ability to gain muscle and lose fat. These are healthy, cheap, and convenient. They don’t even involve cooking! The only problem with this is that they taste so good that you might be tempted to eat too many of them.
These are meal replacement bars, don’t overuse them! Although they have lots of protein and healthy fats they don’t contain vegetables, fruit, nor as much fiber as I would like. These Scooby Snack protein bars are infinitely better than fast food or something out of the vending machine but not nearly as good as one of my quick healthy meals. If you like this recipe, try my Scooby Poo-Bar too! Ingredients (makes 13 bars): I’m not making this up, this recipe is as fun to make as it is to eat. OK, ready for the instructions?
Dump everything in a bowl and squish it together with your hands. ScoobySnack Protein Bars 4 busy people wanting healthy meal. Healthiest Homemade Protein Bar Yet. Homemade Protein Bar Recipes. The BEST Homemade Protein Bar Recipe in the WORLD! High Fiber Oatmeal Cookies. Publish Date: March 06, 2011 Preheat oven to 350° F. In a small bowl, stir together flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside. In a large bowl, combine date sugar, egg whites and melted coconut oil. Stir until well combined. Stir in flour mixture, oats, wheat germ and flaxseed. Ball up the dough by hand so it is tightly packed together. Cookies keep well for up to a week in airtight bags or containers, but they can also be frozen for several weeks. Makes 18 servings. Nutritional Breakdown (per serving): Calories 120, Fat 4 grams, Protein 3 grams, Sodium 79 mg, Carbohydrate 19 grams, Fiber 3 grams Find more healthy recipes in our Recipe Archive.
Raisin Nut Bars. Publish Date: April 03, 2011 Preheat oven to 350° F. Place raisins in bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for 10 minutes or until raisins are soft. Drain and press out excess water. Chop softened raisins and set aside. In large bowl, combine flour, oats, walnuts, and salt. Press batter evenly in a greased 6 x 9 inch glass casserole dish. Makes 16 servings. Nutritional Breakdown (per serving): Calories 207, Fat 9 grams, Protein 3 grams, Sodium 77 mg, Carbohydrate 27 grams, Fiber 3 grams Find more healthy recipes in our Recipe Archive.
Chocolate-Quinoa-Coconut-Almond Bars | Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free. Wednesday, 31 August 2011 Chocolate-Quinoa-Coconut-Almond Bars Thank you to all who posted website links and ideas for candida-diet recipes this past month. I especially enjoyed the Ricki Heller blog Diet, Dessert & Dogs. Some creative and original ideas there! 1/2 cup shredded coconut 1/2 cup quinoa flakes 2/3 cup almond butter 1/3 cup virgin coconut oil 2 T raw cacao nibs 1/4 tsp stevia herb powder Mix the dry ingredients (coconut, quinoa flakes, cacao, stevia) in a bowl and set aside. Notes: The quinoa flakes can be omitted if preferred, just increase the coconut to 1 cup. A Protein Bar Recipe For One Of The Best Protein Bars Ever! Making a homemade protein bar recipe is a great way to control what ingredients go into your bar. Sometimes, it is convenient to buy commercial brands, but really, the best protein bar is the one you make yourself. The reason for this is simple. You get to choose what to put in it, to make it, not only tasty, but a nutritionally dense protein rich food that can provide energy to burn for many hours.
Not only that, homemade bars are made with whole food ingredients and, unlike commercial protein bars, have not been sitting packaged on a shelf for months or even years. Protein bar sales in stores have hit an all time high these days. People are on the go and want something fast and easy that can provide a quick meal. However, the energy bars out there, albeit "fast and easy", offer little as far as "real nutrition. " Even the healthier, raw vegan versions, though much better, are usually way overpriced for what you actually get.
The Best Protein Bars Ingredients: Directions. Maple Hemp Granola Bars. We are still scarfing back leftovers from yesterday's party, so I thought I would say a few words about lunch. If you don't already know, the Vegan Lunchbox cookbook is the best thing to happen to lunchtime since . . . well, sliced bread, I guess. The recipes are tasty, creative, and kid-friendly. When I was a kid I took PB&J most of the time--I still love it, actually. But, due to peanut allergies, peanut butter has been banned from the kids' school. I have been working on a granola bar recipe to give the kids an extra nutrition boost at school. . - 4 cups quick cooking oats - 1/3-1/2 cup canola oil (you can get away with 1/3 cup if you want a lower fat recipe--the bars will be a bit drier) - 1 cup maple syrup - 1 cup vegan chocolate chips - 1 tsp vanilla - 1/4 cup each hemp seeds, hemp powder, raisins, sunflower seeds, pepitas (pumpkin seeds), ground flax seeds Preheat oven to 350 degrees 1. 2. 3.
Power Bars | Vegan and Gluten Free Power Bar Recipe. For the past few months, I have been playing around with power bar recipes. When I’m on the go, I want to grab something that is packed with nutrition, not too sweet and plenty tasty. I’ve made this power bar recipe a bunch of times now and my taste testers (that would be my husband who is a very direct and rather stringent critic) have given it their official seal of approval (that would be eating an entire tray in two days flat).
When I saw Heidi’s video on power bars yesterday, I knew it was time to go ahead and post mine. For those of you who are not yet familiar with Heidi, I have mentioned her here a few times. She is my favorite food blogger and author of the delightful book, Super Natural Cooking I love her power bar video –her voice is so soothing and the content so tranquil that it might put you into a trance.
Power Bars printer friendly Makes 20 bars and are a cinch to make. By the way, the photo above is actually of Macadamia Power Bars. For the roasted almond butter. Baked Oatmeal Snack Bars. If you’re in need of portable whole grains, these are perfect. They are the flavor of good nutrition! Baked Oatmeal Snack BarsIngredients1.5 cups rolled oats1/2 cup chopped walnuts [or any nuts you like]1/2 cup dried fruit (any you like – raisins, cranberries, dates, figs)1/4 cup seeds (any you like – sunflower, pumpkin, flax, sesame)1 tsp cinnamon1 tsp kosher salt1.25 cups skim milk1 egg1 tsp vanillaMethod:Preheat oven to 350*Mix dry ingredients.Mix wet ingredients.Pour wet into dry.
Stir to combine.Pour into a 9×9 baking dish either coated in cooking spray or lined with parchment.Bake for 40 minutes.Cut into 9 squares.Makes 9 servings . Each bar is appx. 170 calories, 3 grams fiber and 5 grams protein. [Cut into 12 squares reduces calories to about 125 calories per square]While delicious, the only sweetness in these comes from the dried fruit.
Add in 1/4 – 1/2 cup brown sugar if you like.The variations are endless: cranberries, coconut, all kinds of dried fruit, nuts, etc. fANNEtastic food. These 5 minute no bake peanut butter granola bars are not only delicious and nutritious, but they are also vegan, and, if you use gluten free certified oats and brown rice cereal, gluten free! 6K+By far my most popular recipe ever posted on the blog, these bars are perfect for something healthy to grab while on the go — whether it be at work, school, or the great outdoors. See the end of this post for some fun (and cost saving) recipe modification ideas! 6K+5 Minute No Bake Peanut Butter Granola Bars (makes about 12 bars) Ingredients: Dry (use scant measurements): 1 & 3/4 C rolled oats1 C crisp puffed brown rice cereal1/4 C pumpkin seeds1/4 C sunflower seeds1/4 C chia seeds OR 1/8 C finely ground flaxseed (both optional)1/4 C unsweetened coconut (optional) Wet (use generous measurements): 1/2 C brown rice syrup1/3 C creamy peanut butter1 tsp. vanilla extract (optional) Instructions: 1) Add all the dry ingredients to a large bowl. 3) Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix!
Protein bar recipe thread. How to Lose Weight Fast and Easy on The Saturday Morning Diet. Home-made Meal replacement bars, loaded with protein, and nutrition. Homemade Protein Bars for Serious Athletes. By Mike Mahler Virtually all of the protein bars on the market are garbage. Loaded with sugar, artificial ingredients and low quality proteins, you might as well eat a Snickers bar--which is probably a better nutritional than most high-priced protein bars. The only worthwhile protein bar I can think of that is the Organic Food Bar, which you can find at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Market and online.
Still, even these are high in sugar and nowhere close in quality to the homemade protein bar recipe below. These homemade protein bars that are influenced by a recipe that I picked up from John Berardi are nothing less than super meals--extremely healthy and perfect for hard-training athletes--I eat them everyday and know that you'll like them as well. Here are the ingredients you'll need: 1. Use your favorite protein powder. 2. Loaded with protein and healthy fats, almond butter tastes great and binds the other ingredients together. 3. Spices can turn good meals into great meals. 4. 5. 6.
GREAT homemade meal replacement bars made CHEAP and EASY! Homemade Protein Bars Take 2. One of my very first blog posts was this one for Homemade Protein Bars. That post has received a lot of traffic over the last year and a half. Apparently, a lot of people use “the interwebs” to research homemade protein bars. Well, here we have Homemade Protein Bars Take 2. I could also be calling them granola bars. On the original post, a lot of people asked me if I could provide nutritional information for the recipe: ie the calories, fat, and protein per bar. That said, I realize some people feel differently than I do about this having this information at their disposal (plus curiosity got the best of me), so I decided to run the ingredients through the recipe calculator over at Spark Recipes.
If you cut these into 9 bars (which are pretty large: I’ve been eating them for breakfast and they are very filling), each bar has: Looking at these numbers, I’d honestly like to see the carbs lower and the protein higher. Vitamin/Mineral Profile of each bar: Raw Chocolate-Chia Energy Bars Recipe. Nutritional information Makes 8 bars 30 minutes or fewer Whole chia seeds add nutritional punch and crunch to these chocolate treats. 1 ½ cups pitted dates ⅓ cup raw unsweetened cocoa powder ⅓ cup whole chia seeds, such as ReNew Life Ultimate ChiaLife ½ tsp. vanilla extract, optional ¼ tsp. almond extract, optional 1 cup raw slivered almonds or raw shelled pistachios Oat flour for dusting, optional 1. Place dates in bowl of food processor; purée until thick paste forms. Add cocoa powder, chia seeds, and vanilla and almond extracts, if using. 2. 3.
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