Whey Protein Blog

It is common that you would find yourself hungry after a workout and the risk with this is that you would eat anything you come across without checking its components. Well, when you can make your own protein bars, you would be sure that you would perfectly sort out this issue and you will be safe always. Many are your options and maybe you can take a look at the below recipe to see how simple it can be done.

You will need to have the following ingredients:

1. 1 cup unflavored or vanilla protein powder
2. 1 cup plain flour
3. 1 cup peanut butter

These would enable you to make as many bars as will fill a six by eight tray. The point here is that you would need to always have the same amount of the three ingredients above to make your protein bars. At the same time, you could always change the flavor of the bars by substituting the powders or even the flour or the butter, you always have variety to choose from.

You can also add in some spices like cinnamon or nutmegs to the flour but this depends on your preferences. You can also add fruit pieces, nuts and seeds again only when you love it like that. It is all about experimenting to have the right bars.

Then, once you have gathered all that you need as above, you would then take the next step which is preparation and the recipe is as below:

1. You would need to blend all the ingredients together. A food processor would be useful but even a large bowl would do.
2. Once blended, pour it onto a baking tray and put it in the freezer for some hours.
3. Remove it and slice it into bars.
4. Return it to the freezer and you are set.
5. It is ready for eating, now next time you come from working out, you would have something familiar to quench your hunger real quick as you prepare your meal.

You can make your experience better and easier when you are making these protein bars. Occasionally, you may realize that the flour is too much, then adding a little more peanut butter would be necessary. You would realize that it would not take too much.

In cases where the mixture seems to be too light, you would need to add some more flour. Again, only a little would do. The idea is to have as perfect a finish as possible and this should be ensured before freezing is done.

You would most likely find the bars better when they are solid hard. But, they do not necessarily have to stay in the freezer, once the bars are rock hard, you can bring them and out and just put them in the fridge.
The bars taste sweet and they would perfectly help you when you just need something to put in after a workout. Besides, since you shall have made them on your own, you would be certain that they are healthy and this only makes them the best to try out.