Power Protein Bars

Serves 24

Ingredients:

• Cooking spray
• 1 cup whey or soy protein powder
• ½ cup quinoa flour (or flour of your choice: amaranth, millet, spelt, kamut)
• 2 cups rolled oats, not instant
• ½ cup oat bran
• ½ cup flaxseed
• ½ wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ cup Sucanat or agave nectar or organic honey
• 1 cup dark chocolate, broken into pieces
• 1½–2 cups low-fat yogurt cheese or soy yogurt cheese
• ¼ cup avocado oil, canola oil or healthy oil of your choice
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon best-quality vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. In large mixing bowl, combine protein powder, flour, oats, oat bran, flaxseed, wheat germ, sea salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and Sucanat or other sweetener. Stir in broken chocolate pieces.
3. In another bowl, mix the yogurt cheese, oils and vanilla. Mix well. Add the yogurt cheese mixture to the dry ingredients. Use bare hands to combine.
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 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 refrigerator.

Nutrition per serving:
Calories: 290, Fat: 8g, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 15g

from The Eat-Clean Diet Favorites