If you haven't discovered Tosca Reno's series called "The Eat Clean Diet." Walk, no wait - run to your nearest bookstore. Wondering where to start? Pick up a copy of The Eat Clean Diet - Recharged! Tosca's series offers a wealth of nutritional knowledge and a lifestyle of eating that is so easily accomodated into your day-to-day life. I've been following her principals of eating clean for over a year now and never once have I felt like I was unsatisfied or on some sort of unreasonable diet. Yes, the title does say "diet" - but trust me, this is a lifestyle! and if you're passionate about being healthy and giving your body optimal nutrition through food than this is for you!
These delicious protein bars are super easy to make and don't last long in our kitchen! Good for breakfast on the go and or pre or post workout energy snack! Look for the recipe in Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Cookbook!
For this recipe you will need to make 1 1/2 cups of yogurt cheese. This is super easy to make! Feel free to use this as a base for savory dips, spreads and dressings too!
YOGURT CHEESE
Method:
1. Place 4 layers of damp cheesecloth in a fine mesh sieve or colander. Place the colander over a bowl.
2. Add 1 1/2 - 2 cups plain non-fat yogurt and let it drain overnight in the fridge. *I've let it sit for as short as 2 hours and the recipe has turned out just fine. I also like to use non-fat plain greek yogurt*
3. Discard the water from the bowl.
EAT CLEAN DIET POWER PROTEIN BARSClean cooking spray (I like to use my olive oil Misto)
1 cup whey or soy protein powder (I like to use Promasil, by Rivalus - Vanilla)
1/2 cup quinoa flour or flour of your choice - oat, amaranth, millet, spelt, kamut
2 cups rolled oats - not instant
1/2 cup oat bran
1/2 cup coarsley chopped flaxseed
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 tsp sea salt (don't skip this!)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup Sucanat, Agave Nectar or honey (I use sucanat)
1 cup dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1 1/2 - 2 cups yogurt cheese
1/4 cup avacado oil, canola oil - or healthy oil of your choice. (I love to use virgin coconut oil - warmed to liquid state)
2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp vanilla
1. Preheat oven 350 degrees Farenheit. Coat a 9 x 13 - inch baking pan with Eat-Clean Cooking Sray.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine protein powder, flour, oats, oat bran, flaxsseed, wheat germ, seal salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and sucanat or other sweetener. Stir in brooken chocolate pieces.
3. In another bowl, mix the Yogurt Cheese, oils and vanilla. Mix well. Add the Yogurt Cheese mixture to the dry ingredients. Mix with wooden spoon and then using clean hands lightly coated in olive oil continue to combine well.
4. Place mixture in prepared pan. Press it down and even out the top. Bake on middle rack in oven for 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Let cool and cut the dough into bars. Place these bars on a cookie sheet lined with Silpat or parchment paper and bake again for another 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer to wire cooling rack and let cool. Place in airtight container and store in refridgerator. Makes anywhere from 20-24 bars, depending on how big you cut them.
Nutritional Information:
Serving: 1 bar Calories: 290; Calories from Fat: 73 Protein: 15g; Total Carbs: 40g; Total Fat: 8g; Fibre: 5g; Sodium: 80 mg.
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