Homemade protein bars??
 

Hi! Does anyone have any calorie conscious recipes for homemade protein bars? I've found a couple of recipes online, but if anyone has ever actually made (and liked!) these, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by dini22:
Hi! Does anyone have any calorie conscious recipes for homemade protein bars? I've found a couple of recipes online, but if anyone has ever actually made (and liked!) these, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks!

Thanks for posting this.

I would especially love to see any recipe that does not contain nuts. I haven't eaten bar bought from the store for years now--I know Atkins bars are made on equipment w/o nuts.

How about protein pancakes?

1/2 cup Oats ~150 calories, 10 grams protein.
1 cup Low Fat Cottage Cheese ~ 160 Calories, 26 grams protein.
2-4 Eggs. I usually use 3. ~ 195 Calories, 18 grams protein.
1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

Blend it all together!

505 calories, 54 grams protein total, makes around 4 pancakes.

I usually put a scoop of Whey Powder in mine. Adds another 120 calories and 24 grams of protein. They taste almost like regular pancakes, I would suggest maybe some artificial sweetener and fruit if they taste too bland!


- L89

Originally Posted by Lurker89:
How about protein pancakes?

1/2 cup Oats ~150 calories, 10 grams protein.
1 cup Low Fat Cottage Cheese ~ 160 Calories, 26 grams protein.
2-4 Eggs. I usually use 3. ~ 195 Calories, 18 grams protein.
1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

Blend it all together!

505 calories, 54 grams protein total, makes around 4 pancakes.

I usually put a scoop of Whey Powder in mine. Adds another 120 calories and 24 grams of protein. They taste almost like regular pancakes, I would suggest maybe some artificial sweetener and fruit if they taste too bland!


- L89

We make these too, don't forget to put some cinnamon in them, yum! We also usually chop up a small apple too. :hun: Sometimes even a smidgen of maple syrup to sweeten them up (or a banana).

Thanks! Will surely try these pancakes.

I'm looking for something highly portable. I'm thinking of trying some experimenting with whey protein powder, ground flax seed, puffed wheat cereal, sugar free syrup and maybe (or maybe not) some peanut butter. I'll post the results. (I have a feeling this is going to take a few tries) :)

I made little chocolate peanut butter balls as treats, and have found them to be surprisingly useful for those moments when I need a small snack due to low blood sugar. I made this one up as I went along, adding some of the ingredients after I thought I'd actually finished the first time. I'm planning to revise the recipe to make it healthier next time, and I have my eye on using oats (put in the mini chopper and processed to powder) and dates or prunes as an egg/fat replacer (I'm vegan). Here's what I made last time. Apologies for the quantities being weight, I just weighed the ingredients before and after, but next time I'll try to work out the volume as well. The balls are fairly tiny.

Chocolate peanut butter balls
Makes 60

50g Peanut butter
48g Lindt 90% chocolate
12g Pure soya spread (or butter or other margarine)
29g Sweet Freedom syrup (or any low GI syrup)
44g ground almonds
15g cocoa powder (unsweetened)
60g soy protein isolate
30ml unsweetened soya milk

Melt, mix, form into little balls, keep in fridge.

Per ball: 21 cal, 1g fat, 1g carbs, 0g fibre, 1g protein.

Does anyone have any thoughts on using dried fruit and/or oats in this sort of thing?