7 Amazing Energy/Protein Bar and Bite Recipes

With the first official day of spring tomorrow, we are busy planning our next hiking adventure! We hope that you are thinking about getting outside more too! As you probably know by now, we are avid hikers and lovers of almost all outdoor/adventure activities so that means we can usually come up with some good (as in YUMMY!) and portable recipes that will give us the protein and energy we need to keep up with a demanding outdoor activity. P.S. You can read more about our hiking adventures here.

These protein bar and bite recipes are some of the most popular recipes on the website and we wanted to make it easy for you to find our favorites! Choose one or two and make them before you hit the trail!

These are great for day hikes, climbing, bike rides, really any activity! Most are gluten free (or can easily be made gluten free) and they are clean eating approved! ;-) Best of all, kids and spouses love these! 

Energy/Protein Bites

Peanut Butter & Jelly (PB&J) Bites

No Bake Chocolate Chunk Almond Butter Protein Bites

Four Ingredient Energy Bites

No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Protein Bites

Homemade Clean Granola Bars

Trail Mix Protein Bars

Four Ingredient Protein Bars

Bonus Recipe

Gluten Free Power Granola

Find more of these recipes on our Protein Bar page!

Which one is your favorite?

- Scott and Whitney

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Ready for another challenge? 

It's winter so you might be inside (and sitting) more than normal but it's time to start thinking about spring weather. Let's get our hearts pumping and fat melting.

I'll be honest, I usually put together these challenges to force myself to get moving in the mornings. You can do these anytime during the day but I like to do mine as soon as I wake up because it sets me up for a great day and I won't forget about it.

This should NOT be your only workout of the day though, these challenges are meant to be paired with your regular workout (which is hopefully one of our workout plans!).

If this is too easy for you - double everything. Too hard? Do what you can!

Need help with the exercises?

• How to do a plank
• How to do a push-up
• How to do a squat
• How to do a Burpee:

1. Squat with your hands on the ground in front of you
2. Kick your feet back into plank position
3. Do a push-up (if you are up for the challenge!)
4. Quickly return to the squat position
5. Jump as high as you can as you stand back up

Plan on participating? Let us know! Join us on Instagram (heandsheeatclean) and use the hashtag #heandsheeatclean so we can see you work!

Gluten Free Peanut Butter & Jelly Bites

Peanut Butter and Jelly...those words just scream "childhood" to me! I'm not a big sandwich person but I LOVE PB&J sandwiches! Scott & I were talking about them a few weeks ago and decided to make them into bites to take on our hike with us. They are the perfect cravings buster and great to give you a little boost of energy (just don't eat all of them!). Not to mention, these are perfect for kids. Who said that PB&J had to be a sandwich? Put some of these in their lunch box and mix it up a bit - I bet they even like these better! They are easily made gluten free by using gluten free oats.

PB&J BITES

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cup gluten free quick cooking oats (or rolled oats - see below)
• 1 cup natural peanut butter
• 1 1/4 cup organic raisins
• 1 1/2 - 2 tsp vanilla extract (avoid HFCS)

*If using rolled oats or extra thick rolled oats add approx 1 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce.

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a food processor
2. Add 2-3 Tbsp warm water to mixture and pulse a few more times until ingredients start sticking together
3. Spoon out onto parchment paper
4. Chill until ready to eat

Makes approx 25 Balls.

Enjoy!