Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Protein Bar

1/3 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup pumpkin/ pepita seeds
1/3 cup cashews
1/2 cup almonds
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup flax meal/ seeds
4 Tbs sesame seeds (or hemp seeds/ meal)
1/4 raisins
1/4 dried goji berries
1.5 cup oats- quick/ rolled
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup almond butter
3 Tbs. cocoa powder (preferably raw)
1/3 cup brown rice syrup
1/4 cup agave nectar

If you have a food processor, blend all nuts and seeds, adding oats in for last few seconds. Mix all other ingredients in as well. (This can also be done in a bowl with no processor.) Then press into a 8x8 baking dish and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Once cooled, cut into squares and store in fridge or freezer.

Optional: Add to recipe:
1 Tbs of spirulina along with 1 more Tbs of agave nectar and 3 more Tbs of cocoa powder

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The number of servings and standard nutritional information would be helpful. Thanks!