Protein and granola bars are great to keep on hand. If you're on the go, need a quick breakfast, or a fast snack, reaching for something prepackaged is always tempting. However, packaged snack bars can be full of sugar, or quite expensive for the healthier versions.
A favorite among my siblings when we were little were Kudos bars, which were basically a chocolate covered granola bars plus chocolate chips and candy bar crumbles.
As evident by Kudos, the idea of nutritional snack bars has quickly spun out of control. Marketing to obese consumers who are more interested in flavor than nutritional values, snack companies are competing and taking over those companies who pride themselves on nutritional products.
Especially for parents, creating a healthy snack they can make with their children that is tasty is a perk. I'm all for home making simple dishes as often as possible, to control intake. So, when I caught an article and video post for making your own protein bars, I had to share it with my readers.
The recipe I found was very simple and also included the nutritional information as well. In addition, it seems fairly easy to substitute ingredients for something else. Dried fruit, cereal, or broken pretzels, could all be great additions to snack bars. While the following recipe was recommended, but altering the ingredients could keep some healthy variety in your life. Here's the recipe as given from the article I saw.
Stir together the following:
2 cups raw oatmeal
1 cup protein powder
1/2 cup flax seed
1/2 cup wheat germ
2 cups trail mix
1/2 cup ground walnut
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup honey
2 cups peanut butter
Move into oiled container & cut into bars
nutrtition facts: serving size 1 bar (68g) serving per recipe 24 amount per serving: calories 310 total carb. 31g 10% dietary fiber 4.2g 17% protein 11g
Here's a quick link to the article, and also a link directly to the video.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Make your own protein bars
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4 comments:
Yumm!!! These sound and look good! I think I'll try to make them soon! Thanks for the recipe. :)
~Holly
These are definately awesome. I didn't have/like some of the ingredients so I changed it up a little but I've been sharing them with everyone who'll have them in rez and they all really like them. And they were easy too. :-)
Wow, that's a lot of ingredients, but I bet it tastes great. I'll have to try it soon.
If you want a much shorter recipe (probably doesn't taste as good), try
http://www.ecojoes.com/how-to-make-cheap-homemade-protein-bars/
This video can be found on youtube. And though this recipe probably tastes very good, and is very nutrient dense filled with antioxodants from the nuts, it may not be the best snack alternative for someone looking to lose weight. 310 Calories is a lot for a small snack for someone looking to lose. Also, half of the calories in each serving come from fat. Out of 310 calories 147 are fat calories. Walnuts, coconuts, peanut butter are all great for you but they are very high in fat. Although good fat, fat still contains the highest caloric value, and high calories turn into weight gain.
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