Savvy Fitness – Diet & Exercise » Revive Your Energy With Recipes For Nutrition Bars

Revive Your Energy With Recipes For Nutrition Bars | Savvy Fitness – Diet & Exercise

Nov 20 2007

Revive Your Energy With Recipes For Nutrition Bars

Published by Jennifer at 6:51 pm under Healthy Recipes, Nutrition

Health is becoming an increasingly important aspect of daily life. It is almost impossible to eat a meal without considering the ingredients and how healthy it is for you. However, making healthy decisions isn’t always easy. Some people take the easy way out and substitute their meals with a nutrition energy bar made from a recipe.

How Healthy?

Recipes for nutrition energy bars are a great way to ensure that you are maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Store bought bars are healthy, but using your own recipe eliminates the addition of any unnecessary fats, sugars, and preservatives. Additionally, using your own recipes for energy nutrition bars allows you to customize some of the ingredients to your own preferences.

Start With The Basics

A great way to begin your recipe for an energy nutrition bar is with a basic starter recipe. This recipe contains basic ingredients, but more can be added depending on the chef’s personal preferences. To make this recipe, you will need: 3 1/2 cups quick oats, 1 1/2 cups powdered non-fat milk, 4 scoops low carbohydrate chocolate or vanilla protein powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/4 c. natural applesauce, 2 egg whites (beaten), 1 cup sugar-free maple syrup, and 1/4 cup orange juice.

To begin, mix the powdered milk, oats, and protein powder in bowl. Next, mix the egg whites, orange juice, applesauce, and the sugar-free syrup in a separate bowl. Make sure to blend the ingredients in both bowls very thoroughly. Then, stir the liquid mixture into the dry mixture until they are completely blended.

Spread the batter you have created into a pan and bake until the edges are crisp. Once you have removed the bars from the oven, cut them into ten bars and store in an air-tight container.

Customize Your Health

Though this is a great basic recipe for energy nutrition bars, some chefs might want to customize the recipe using ingredients that they like better. Do have a weak spot for peanut butter? Try using this ingredient to replace the syrup! Would you rather your nutrition bar have a crunch? Add almonds or pecans to the batter!

A New Kind Of Nutrition

With all of the refined sugars, processed carbohydrates, and trans fats in the world today, one can never be sure just how healthy their food is. However, making your own nutrition energy bars from a recipe is a great way to make your food just a little more nutritious.