Who said you can't have a little bite of christmas in the spring?
In my case its Gingerbread,
but I wanted to make a versatile recipe for a high protein bar for my post workout fuel for the week.
These bars perfect for on-the-go nutrition, and cover all important macros to give you a crazy healthy bar, packed with everything you need to take on your training and the day ahead!
In my case its Gingerbread,
but I wanted to make a versatile recipe for a high protein bar for my post workout fuel for the week.
These bars perfect for on-the-go nutrition, and cover all important macros to give you a crazy healthy bar, packed with everything you need to take on your training and the day ahead!
Like I said before these bars are as versatile as they come, and the recipe is interchangeable between protein powders, nut butters, and other fun additions like Chocolate chips (what I used), coconut, dried fruits like cranberries, seeds, and anything else you can come up with!
The possibilities for these bars are endless, so get creative!
When I was picking out what flavor I wanted, I stubbled across my jar of Gingerbread P28 High Protein whey infused peanut butter, and instantly had a vision of what I wanted!
The possibilities for these bars are endless, so get creative!
When I was picking out what flavor I wanted, I stubbled across my jar of Gingerbread P28 High Protein whey infused peanut butter, and instantly had a vision of what I wanted!
After intense interval training / working out / or any kind of physical activity its important to refuel your body with what it needs most! post workout nutrition is an essential part of the recovery phase, and should be just as important as another aspect of your nutrition and health!
These bars do the trick.
With about 15g's of protein per bar, healthy fats, and complex carbs to replenish you glycogen storages to help build muscle, these things don't get any better.
These bars are beyond perfect.
These bars do the trick.
With about 15g's of protein per bar, healthy fats, and complex carbs to replenish you glycogen storages to help build muscle, these things don't get any better.
These bars are beyond perfect.
And who could pass on a on-the-go easy protein bar with a gingerbread kick?
Not me.
Not me.
No doubt in my mind Santa would approve of these protein bars.
Gingerbread was hands down the way to go, and I'm sure all you guys could come up with some even better combinations!
Gingerbread was hands down the way to go, and I'm sure all you guys could come up with some even better combinations!
These bars are just too good. taste and nutrition wise.
Wrap them up individually in some saran-wrap and put them in a plastic bag in the fridge, so you can grab one if your running out the door or are on your way to the gym!
Check out the Recipe below to make your
Gingerbread Protein Bars
Get creative in the kitchen and try any kind of whey and nut butter combination to find a flavor you love!
Obviously I recommend Gingerbread flavor....
Wrap them up individually in some saran-wrap and put them in a plastic bag in the fridge, so you can grab one if your running out the door or are on your way to the gym!
Check out the Recipe below to make your
Gingerbread Protein Bars
Get creative in the kitchen and try any kind of whey and nut butter combination to find a flavor you love!
Obviously I recommend Gingerbread flavor....
Ingredients-
Recipe Makes 12 Bars total
Gingerbread Protein Bars :
Instructions-
For my IIFYM people - 12 Gingerbread Protein Bars
11 Fat, 20 Carbs, 15 Protein (Macros if you use a high protein nut butter like Nuts N' More or P28)
Recipe Makes 12 Bars total
Gingerbread Protein Bars :
- 2 cups rolled Oats
- 2 scoops Whey Protein Powder ( I used 1 scoop Cinnamon-Swirl and 1 scoop whipped vanilla to complement the gingerbread flavor more)
- 1/3 cup Honey/agave/syrup - (anything works really, as long as its sticky, I used Sugar Free Maple Syrup.)
- 3/4 Cup Peanut/almond/hazelnut/cashew butter - (once again, any kind of nut butter can be used, obviously I used P28 gingerbread flavor to get what I was looking for.)
- 1/2 Cup Additions - For example I used Enjoy life chocolate chips and I also used unsweetened cacao nibs for a little super food boost, So basically I used 4 Tbs of chocolate chips and 4 Tbs cacao nibs.
- 1/4 cup Almond milk
- 12 Sweet leaf stevia drops to taste (optional- I went with 6 drops vanilla creme, and 6 drops cinnamon flavor)
Instructions-
- Combine all ingredients in a big bowl, except the almond milk and stevia drops.
- Mix till your ingredients look like Picture 1
- Slowly drizzle almond milk and stevia over combined ingredients in bowl
- Mix again till your combined ingredients look like picture 2 (the mixing is not easy and the ingredients are thick when all together, but thats the consistency your looking for)
- in a 8x8 pan spread out and press the mix evenly (picture 3)
- Cover with wrap and place in the fridge for 1-2 hours to harden up
- take out of fridge and cut into 12 bars
For my IIFYM people - 12 Gingerbread Protein Bars
11 Fat, 20 Carbs, 15 Protein (Macros if you use a high protein nut butter like Nuts N' More or P28)