There are a lot of great (and healthy) ingredients in this recipe and it’s well worth it!!! These bars are great for on the run or a healthy snack for the kids. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
1 ¼ cup whey protein (chocolate is preferred)
½ cup oat flour (or spelt flour, millet flour)
2 cups rolled oats
½ cup oat bran
½ cup coarsely chopped flaxseed
½ cup wheat germ
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ cup organic honey
1 cup dark chocolate (finely chopped)
1 ½ to 2 cups yogurt cheese (instructions below)
¼ canola oil, almond oil or olive oil
2 tsp olive oil
1 tsp vanilla
Cooking Spray
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat a 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine protein, flour, oats, oat bran, flaxseed, wheat germ, sea salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and chocolate.
3. In another bowl mix the yogurt cheese, oils, vanilla, and honey. Mix well.
4. Add bowls together and mix well.
5. Place mixture in prepared pan. Press it down and even it out.
6. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool.
7. Cut into little bars and place separate bars on to a cookie sheet over wax paper
8. Bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool
9. Store in air tight container in fridge.
YOGURT CHEESE:
1. Buy a container of plain, fat free yogurt
2. Pour it into a small holed strainer lined with a paper towel and place a bowl underneath and put in fridge overnight or longer than 4-5 hours
3. The liquid that drips out is whey- throw that out (about 2 cups worth)
4. The stuff that you are draining is now the consistency of cream cheese and tastes AMAZING! It can replace mayo, sour cream, cream cheese and makes great dips for veggies.
Recipe is from Tosca Reid’s book- Eat Clean.
