Adam has been in to a huge healthy eating binge – dare I say, almost obsessively. Granted, he has reasons, he has a physical this weekend for his OCS application so I get it.
So, for his snacks that he’s been bringing to work, and having for breakfast he wanted to try to make his own Protein bars. Luckily, a coworker of his, who has her own baller fitness blog, had a pretty awesome recipe to inspire us.
Homemade Protein Bars
{modified from Fit & Healthy with Beth}
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups old fashioned oats
- 3 scoops chocolate whey protein poweder
- 1T baking powder
- 1/2 t salt
- 1/2 c. brown sugar (she recommended Stevia or brown sugar xylitol/regular xylitol)
- 3 egg whites
- 1 c. unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/3 c. unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 c. Greek yogurt
- 2-3 t extract of your choice (we used vanilla)
- Add any other flavors or nuts of your choice.
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 X 8 inch Pyrex dish with non-stick spray. Mix together oat flour, protein powder, baking powder, salt, brown sugar (or stevia). Whisk together until blended.
Add into a medium/smaller size ball: egg whites, vanilla, almond milk, applesauce, yogurt and other flavors (we added a couple tablespoons of almond butter).
Blend all together.
Spray an 8 X 8 inch Pyrex dish with non-stick spray. Put mixture in there, we topped ours with oats.
Bake for 25-30 minutes (our oven is a bit overworked so it’s been a bit on the slow side baking – so it took ours closer to 40 minutes). When it’s done, let it cool for 10 minutes,
According to Beth: Makes 16 squares 1 square = 55 calories, 1g fat, 6.4g carb, 5.5g protein, 1g sugar (this will vary if you put nuts, peanut butter, or unsweetened cocoa powder in your bars). 4 squares = 1 serving if eating as a small meal. 2 bars = serving size if using as the starchy carb in your meal.
For this recipe and other awesome recipes and workout tips – check out Fit and Healthy with Beth! Hubs is a big fan of this super easy protein bar recipe AND it’ll save us lots of money in the long run (a box of 6 bars = $4. 16 bars for much less per bar)
