Make your own protein bars

Protein and granola bars are great to keep on hand. If you're on the go, need a quick breakfast, or a fast snack, reaching for something prepackaged is always tempting. However, packaged snack bars can be full of sugar, or quite expensive for the healthier versions.

A favorite among my siblings when we were little were Kudos bars, which were basically a chocolate covered granola bars plus chocolate chips and candy bar crumbles.

As evident by Kudos, the idea of nutritional snack bars has quickly spun out of control. Marketing to obese consumers who are more interested in flavor than nutritional values, snack companies are competing and taking over those companies who pride themselves on nutritional products.

Especially for parents, creating a healthy snack they can make with their children that is tasty is a perk. I'm all for home making simple dishes as often as possible, to control intake. So, when I caught an article and video post for making your own protein bars, I had to share it with my readers.

The recipe I found was very simple and also included the nutritional information as well. In addition, it seems fairly easy to substitute ingredients for something else. Dried fruit, cereal, or broken pretzels, could all be great additions to snack bars. While the following recipe was recommended, but altering the ingredients could keep some healthy variety in your life. Here's the recipe as given from the article I saw.

Stir together the following:
2 cups raw oatmeal
1 cup protein powder
1/2 cup flax seed
1/2 cup wheat germ
2 cups trail mix
1/2 cup ground walnut
1/2 cup coconut
1 cup honey
2 cups peanut butter

Move into oiled container & cut into bars

nutrtition facts: serving size 1 bar (68g) serving per recipe 24 amount per serving: calories 310 total carb. 31g 10% dietary fiber 4.2g 17% protein 11g

Here's a quick link to the article, and also a link directly to the video.