I just made Jamie Eason's "OH-BABY!" Carrot Cake Protein Bars!!
Ingredients:
Non-fat no-stick spray
1 cup oat flour (ground oatmeal found in the health section of your grocery store)2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp allspice (optional – more like spice cake)
3 egg whites
¾ cup Splenda
½ cup fat free Ricotta cheese
2 4 oz. jars or packs of baby carrots (instead of shredded carrots)
2 scoops vanilla whey protein (look for a low sugar, low fat and low carb variety)
1 cup quick cooking oats (optional for added carbs and energy)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8 x 8 pyrex dish with non-stick butter spray.
In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, protein, allspice, salt and nutmeg.
In a medium bowl, mix egg whites, Splenda, ricotta and baby food until well combined. (I added a little natural applesauce for more flavor, about half an individual container.)
Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix well.
Finally, fold in the quick cooking oats (optional) and stir until just combined. (I added the oats in mine for the energy benefit.)
Pour batter into the pyrex dish and spread evenly.
Bake 28 - 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool and cut into 16 pieces – 4 x 4.
Nutrition: 2 small squares
94 calories (132 cal with oats folded in)
1.25 g fat (2 g fat with oats folded in)
10 g carbs (17 g carbs with oats folded in)
10 g protein (11 g protein with oats folded in)
They turned out awesome!!! They taste great.. definitely better than a lot of pre-packaged protein bars. The other benefit to them not being packaged is that I know what went into them. I try to eat every three hours, so I already plan to make another batch so I can put them into separate individual bags. It's an easy go-to meal when I need something fast (and, it feels like a treat because they taste like little pieces of cake!) To find the original recipe go to: http://www.jamieeason.com/blog/?jid=2
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