A patient sent me this recipe that she found and said they tasted wonderful so I thought I would share it with you!! Enjoy!
Happy Holidays! Eat Safe!
HOMEMADE PROTEIN BARS
100 grams oatmeal
100 grams natural peanut butter
100 grams whey powder (I use chocolate)
4 tbsp honey
30 ml skim milk
I also added about 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Mix peanut butter & honey together. Put it in the microwave 45-60 seconds to soften.
-add protein whey powder & oats and any other dry ingredients you add, such as nuts. Mix well Once mixed it will be VERY dry.
-add the milk and mix it well to add a little moisture. You can add a little extra milk if needed, but not much as the 30 ml is near perfect.
- lay a piece of waked paper in a 9X9 inch casserole dish and very lightly spay with a cooking spray.
-flatten the mixture in the wax paper lined casserole and flatten. Cover dish. I used another piece of was paper for pushing it down to keep my hands clean.
- chill in fridge for 3-4 hours, remove from fridge pick the bars up from the dish by grabbing the wax paper and lifting it out.
- lay them on the counter and cut into 12 / 2" squares. They tend to be a bit sticky, so I used graham crackers crumbs and rolled each bar in to before wrapping them
So that they do not stick. You can also use oatmeal. I packaged mine in a snack size baggie and put them in the freezer. Now to have a protein bar ready for lunch, we just
Grab on from the freezer that morning. These are very easy to make, like 10 minutes and very very tasty.
More to come! Emily
ebtillman@lexhealth.org
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 1:28PM