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Plan: LC, GF
Stats: 241/185/140
BF:
Progress: 55%
Location: Eastern ON, Canada
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Home-made Protein Bars - Fruit-flavoured
A few months ago, Bonnie posted a great recipe for making your own home-made protein bars using unsweetened baker's chocolate and whey protein powder ( check it out here). These are very good folks ... and so much less expensive than the store-bought bars. Plus you know what is and isn't in them. No glycerine, maltitol .. no hidden carbs, no un-pronouncable chemicals.
Anyway, I experimented, and came up with a fruit-flavoured, non-chocolate version, since .. GASP .. I don't want chocolate every day.
I made them with vanilla whey protein powder, and diet fruit-flavoured gelatin powder. I found that adding 2 Tbsp soy protein isolate made them smoother-textured ... the recipe will still work without it though. So far I've made strawberry and raspberry, both are keepers. I'm wondering how the Jello™ "Tropical Fruits" flavour would go with chopped macadamias or brazil nuts instead of almonds? - Fruit-Flavoured Protein Bars
2 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tbsp almond or cashew butter
4 Tbsp cream cheese, softened
3 scoops (3/4 cup) vanilla whey protein powder
2 Tbsp soy protein isolate powder
1 pkg sugar-free fruit-flavoured gelatin powder
1/3 cup unsweetened coconut
1/3 chopped or sliced almonds
2 - 3 Tbsp water, as needed
- Blend together melted butter, nut butter and softened cream cheese. Set aside
- In another bowl, mix together the whey protein, soy protein, dry gelatin powder and coconut. Stir to combine thoroughly.
- Add dry ingredients to the melted butters - cream cheese. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl. It will get quite stiff, so you will need to add a couple Tbsp or so of water. Use your fingers to finish mixing, kneading and pressing. Add the chopped nuts near the end, and knead them in.
- Either press into a plastic-lined flat pan, chill then cut into 6 bars ... or the lazy method ... divide the mixture into 6 portions, roll each into a log and wrap with plastic film or wax paper. Store in the fridge.
- Per bar:
calories: 258
Fat: 20g
Carbs: 5.7g / Fiber: 2.3g / 3.4g ECC
Protein: 16g
Enjoy!
Doreen
p.s. - if you make them without the soy, the counts would be about 1g less protein and a trace less carbs per bar.
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