Peanut Butter Banana Protein Bars

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Seriously, I can't believe it has taken me this long to make Peanut Butter Banana Protein Bars! When I posted our very popular Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Loaf on Facebook, it hit me that I should make that recipe into protein bars. I actually didn't use the recipe itself though. I took our normal protein bar base recipe (similar to the recipe to the Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars) and just added banana and peanut butter. It was very easy and I probably ate too much of the batter. ;-)

Trust me, these will not disappoint!

Clean Eat Recipe: Peanut Butter Banana Protein Bars

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup gluten free oat flour
• 2 packets (or scoops) of TLS vanilla protein powder *If you are interested in ordering this protein powder and would like a FREE Shake & Bake Recipe eBook, please email us first at thegang@heandsheeatclean.com.
• 2 Tbsp nut butter (I used peanut butter)
• 1 banana, mashed
• 1/4 cup Stevia in the Raw
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 egg whites (or 3/4 cup liquid egg whites)
• 1/2 cup water unsweetened almond milk
• 8 oz berry flavored baby food

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mash banana and set aside. Melt peanut butter, if needed, and set aside.
3. Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl
4. Mix wet ingredients together in a medium size bowl (including banana and peanut butter)
5. Add the ingredients from the small bowl into the large bowl and mix together
6. Spray 8X8 dish (I use Pyrex) with non-stick spray and add batter to the dish
7. Bake for 25-28 minutes

You MUST store these in the refrigerator or freezer as they will spoil because they have no preservatives!

Yields 16 squares. We normally eat four squares as a snack/meal.

Macros (per square):

• Calories: 81
• Carbs: 10 g
• Fat: 2 g
• Protein: 6 g
• Sugar: 3 g
• Fiber: 1 g

Oatmeal Raisin Energy Bites

A new hike means a new energy bite recipe! It's been awhile since we made protein/energy bites and we were craving oatmeal raisin cookies (I know, I'm actually not normally a fan of oatmeal raisin cookies either but these are good!). So I decided to turn the cookies into portable energy bites for our hike! Some of our most popular recipes are protein/energy bites. If you haven't yet, you must try them!

You can see more of our hiking/travel related posts below. :)

Clean Eat Recipe: Oatmeal Raisin Energy Bites

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 4 (+) Tbsp natural peanut butter
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1-2 Tbsp pure maple syrup
• 1/4 tsp stevia extract
• 1 tsp coconut oil, melted

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients together, excluding raisins and peanut butter.
2. Melt peanut butter and add to mixture.
3. Fold in raisins.
4. Depending on your specific ingredients, you may need to add more oats and/or peanut butter in order for your bites to stick together.

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

So maybe we are kind of obsessed with our Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars and we ran out of oat flour. We order our oat flour from Amazon's Subscribe and Save and get a box each month but this month I used a lot more than normal for some recipes that were major fails (bummer!). We definitely could have just gone without them but since we were leaving to go out of town in a few days I didn't want to make a bunch of food that we wouldn't be able to finish before leaving. Enter a random concoction of stuff I put together... These are similar to our four ingredient protein bars but I actually prefer these now! They have a few more ingredients but are just as simple to make.

Clean Eat Recipe: No Bake {Gluten Free} Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
• 1/2 cup gluten free quick cooking oats
• 2 packets chocolate protein powder **If you are interested in ordering this protein powder and would like a FREE Shake & Bake Recipe eBook, please email us first at thegang@heandsheeatclean.com.
• 3/4 cup liquid egg whites (pasteurized carton)
• 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• dash of sea salt

Directions:

1. Line a 8X8 dish (we use Pyrex) with wax or parchment paper
2. Mix all ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl using your hands and/or a fork
3. Press mixture down into dish using a spatula to flatten
4. Place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Cut into four bars.

Yields 4 Servings

Macros (per serving):

• Calories: 335
• Carbs: 16 g
• Fat: 17 g
• Protein: 25 g
• Sugar: 3 g
• Fiber: 5 g