Sorry I have been away for a while...it has been pretty hectic here with working full-time plus, working on my Masters degree, keeping in shape, and family time! So as you can imagine, it is hard to keep up with posts on here!
Ran 5 miles yesterday at an 8:30 pace which is rockin for me! Felt good!! Was a beautiful sunny day at around 60 degrees here!
This week I did find some time to whip together a couple of homemade protein bar recipes that turned out delish!! Thought I would share them with you...I got them from Bodybuilding.com :
Lemon Protein Bars.
Calories: 86
Fat: 1 gram
Carbs: 10 grams
Protein: 9 grams
Ingredients:
- 1 cup oat flour
- 2 scoops vanilla whey protein
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 qt mix Crystal Light (preferably without aspartame)
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
- 8 oz baby food applesauce
- 4 oz water
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix oat flour, vanilla whey protein, salt, baking soda and crystal light, in large bowl.
- Mix egg whites, Splenda, applesauce and water in a bowl.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
- Spray 8x8 glass pyrex dish with non-stick butter spray.
- Pour ingredients into dish.
- Bake 23 minutes. Makes 16 squares, 2 squares per serving.
CAUTION: These are SUPER lemony!!! It has the tang that gets ya right there in the jaw bone! My husband said he likes the strong lemon flavor though because it hides the artificial sweetener taste that he is really sensitive to. If you don't like lemon tang, I would recommend using less of the crystal light. You may also want to bake longer than 23 minutes...mine were still raw in the middle at 23 minutes.
Chocolate Protein Bars
Calories: 96
Fat: 1.4 grams
Carbs: 12 grams
Protein: 10 grams
Ingredients:
1 cup Oat Flour
4 Egg Whites
2 scoops Vanilla Whey Protein Powder
½ cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal
½ tsp Baking Soda
¼ tsp Salt
8oz Berry flavored Baby Food (I used apple blueberry flavor)
3 tbsp Baking Cocoa
4oz Water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flower, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl.
3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal, Berry flavored Baby Food,Water) together in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
5. Spray cooking dish with a non stick butter spray and add batter to dish.
6. Bake 20-30 minutes in oven.
Makes 16 squares, serving size=2 bars.
These bars were really really good, with a very moist cake consistency. I took them to work and everyone gobbled them up!!!
I would like to note, that the calories for these recipes may not be exact depending on what protein you use as some are higher calorie, protein, and fat than others.