Learn how you can make protein bars at home. To get a serving of protein, you just need to follow the simple guidelines outlined in the article. This article will be useful for those who are tired of shopping and want to make protein bars at home.
Those who visit sports nutrition stores can often see how people choose protein bars for a long time, carefully studying their composition. At the same time, very often many leave with nothing, never choosing anything suitable for themselves. Of course, choosing a quality protein bar is not easy.
The assortment of these products is quite wide, however, most bars contain a lot of fat, sugar and various preservatives. Also, do not forget about various fillers that do not carry any energy benefits. However, this product continues to be in demand as it contains proteins and is easy to use. But after reading this article, many will be able to end the disadvantageous purchases and make their own protein bars at home. They are significantly healthier, more nutritious, and cheaper in the long run.
Protein bar preparation process
- Use protein powder and flour that can be consumed raw, such as coconut, almond, quinoa, or oatmeal.
- Mix powder with flour and add milk to the mixture. For the preparation of bars, simple cow, milk or coconut is suitable. You can also add nut butter, which can replace the liquid. The result should be a dough-like mass that can be shaped into a bar.
- Make bars from the resulting mass. In the event that the consistency of the protein dough is not thick enough, then you should add flour or casein powder to it and bring, thus, to the required consistency.
- Once the protein dough has been shaped into bars, melt the chocolate in a water bath. Each bar should be dipped in liquid chocolate, or simply poured over them. You can take the chocolate you like the most. It should be remembered that the darker the color of the chocolate, the more antioxidants and less sugar it contains. Although everything here is given to your taste.
- Ready-made bars should be refrigerated for 30 minutes, after which they are ready to eat. You can take them with you to work (study) or use them without leaving the refrigerator.
Protein Bar Recipes
When making protein bars at home, you have complete freedom of action. Now you can show all your imagination and create real masterpieces of culinary art. Add nuts, flavors, seeds to the protein dough, in general experiment. By adding different ingredients to your bars, you can make them not only tastier, but also more nutritious. Now check out a few ready-made recipes.
Coconut bar
To prepare the bar, you will need the following ingredients:
- 0.5 cups vanilla-flavored protein
- A quarter cup of coconut flakes;
- A quarter glass of flour;
- A quarter glass of milk;
- 30 grams of melted chocolate.
Goji Orange Bars
To make these protein bars at home, you need to use the following ingredients:
- 0.5 cups vanilla-flavored protein
- ? glasses of crushed almonds;
- A quarter glass of flour;
- ? glasses of goji berries;
- A quarter glass of milk;
- 1 tbsp. l.essences of vanilla;
- 1 tbsp. l. grated orange peel;
- 1 tsp chili powder (you don't need to use this ingredient, but the bars will have a unique taste with it);
- 40 g of melted chocolate.
Pumpkin Butter Protein Biscuits
To make these delicious biscuits, you need the following foods:
- Two small boiled beets;
- 0.5 cups vanilla-flavored protein
- A quarter glass of flour;
- A quarter glass of milk;
- One Art. l. pumpkin seed oil (can be replaced with peanut or almond);
- 40 g of chocolate.
Oatmeal Protein Bars
You will need the following products:
- One cup of oatmeal
- ? cups of milk powder (skimmed);
- ? cups of cheese (low fat);
- Five scoops of protein powder;
- Two egg whites;
- One cup of blueberries
- Banana;
- A quarter cup of water;
- 3 tsp rapeseed oil.
Preparation
- It is necessary to heat the oven to a temperature of 160 degrees.
- Combine milk powder, protein powder and cereal. In another container, mix cheese, egg white, blueberries, butter, water and banana.
- The form in which the bar will be made should be greased with oil.
- Then use a mixer to mix and beat all the ingredients.
- The resulting mass must be put in molds and baked for half an hour.
Bar "Charged"
To make this type of protein bar at home, you will need:
- Half a cup of oatmeal;
- Half a cup of wheat flour (can be substituted for oat bran)
- Six scoops of vanilla-flavored protein powder;
- One cup of milk powder (skimmed);
- 2 tbsp. l. flax seeds;
- 2 tbsp. l. sunflower seeds;
- A quarter cup of nuts;
- A quarter cup of dried fruit;
- 3 tbsp. l. peanut butter;
- 2 tsp vanillin;
- Half a cup of water.
Cooking
First, you should mix protein, flakes, flour, nuts, seeds, dried fruits. Then add the remaining ingredients to this mass and mix everything thoroughly. After that, it is necessary to pour the finished mass into molds and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
These are just a few recipes for the bars. You can create a huge variety of different nutritious foods. Most importantly, homemade protein bars will be much more nutritious than store-bought counterparts.
You can visually familiarize yourself with the recipe for making homemade protein bars in this video:
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