This recipe is from one of our Elite members: Linda Schweitzer. They taste good, are low calorie and low sugar and are very inexpensive to make! (Plus you can add chocolate!) Enjoy! Login and post comments or cooking tips below…
Low Sugar, Soy, Gluten Free Dried Fruit Bars (or Chocolate Bars for Ryan).
2 C – l minute oatmeal
1 C plain or vanilla/chocolate soy/whey protein powder
Add:
1 C natural peanut or almond butter, creamy only
6 oz chopped dried figs, (or dried apricots, cranberries, blueberries – optional depending on what’s in season)
Cut with pastry blender
In blender:
3 very ripe bananas
1 C liquid soy
1 TB vanilla
Cinnamon or nutmeg
Add to dry mixture.
If too stiff, rinse blender with 1/2 C water and gradually add to make batter that will
spread thickly but easily.
Bake: 350 degrees – 20-30 minutes
11 x 17 Pam sprayed glass pan for best results.
Store in refrigerator/freezer – no preservatives
Notes:
Low sugar, Gluten, lactose, and MSG free, non-dairy, no egg product. Only creamy butters used. Could substitute peanut or almond butters.
Creamy Style Roasted Soybean Butter: roasted soybeans, soybean oil, corn syrup solids, soy protein isolate, evaporated cane juice (naturally milled cane sugar), salt, mono and diglycerides (vegetable)
Figs-naturally dried but moist small figs cut into chunks
Substitutes: any dried fruit 6-8 oz.
Bananas: Fully ripe, even black bananas blended with soy milk
Vanilla – Real, not imitation flavoring
Cinnamon: 1 T
Nutmeg: Freshly grated to taste
Bake: 350 11 x 17 glassed pan; sprayed with Pam
20-25 minutes – watch after 20 minutes.
Cool and cut into squares.
No preservatives. Freeze, refrigerate, use within 5 days
April 16, 2008
Posted in Nutrition
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