I have this recipe for Protein Bar, I'm not sure if its high in protein and is healthy. Here are the ingredients:
3 1/2 c quick oats
1 1/2 c hi calcium non fat powdered milk
1/2 c peanut butter ( i assume mine is natural)
1/2 c honey
3 egg whites
1 whole egg
1/4 c water
1/4 c MOtt's applesauce
How will i know how many calories and the carbs/protein/fat ratio?
You are biting off a lot here...bet you wind up with a goopy mess.
If you can make it work, you can add the nutrition for each ingredient from the package where available . THose not in a commercial package you can get from the USDA site:
[url]http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl[/url]
But you're going to have to do the dogwork...unless there is a SAINT amongst us?
Let us know how it tastes.
To make it SUPER protein, you might jiggerr it to include several Tbsp of soy or whey protein powder...probably need a little extra moisture to compensate.
Maybe a bit of sugar substitute might be fun.
But OY, will you be tossing invectives the first time you try this recipe:, after all you're competing with a candy bar factory (a healthy one!)!
Lenin, actually i already baked them. And i must say it did taste good. I didn't include any whey/soy protein because i don't have them.
Although i'm not sure if i overbaked them, coz they were kinda hard.
Sbdot, thanks so much, I appreciate youi computing it for me. Now based on what u've post, how come i don't have fiber in it? Oatmeal is rich in fiber right?
You DO have fiber: 37 grams. The reason for the zeros is that second and third column represent CALORIES and fiber is calorie free...and sbdot is a SAINT indeed!
You MIGHT be able to soften them some by adding a couple Tbsp wheat flower and som Baking Powder...it will raise them a bit and lighten the texture.
How many bars do you get from this preparation?
Unfortunately, you called it a PROTEIN BAR...it really isn't; not with 53% of calories from carbs and 33% from fat.
OK...I have troble with the fat number:
I get 5 grams from the whole egg
65 grams from the PB
I don't see any other fat sources so I get 70 grams rather than sbdot's 96, a difference of 234 calories.
sbdot, what did I miss?
I was surprised to look on the back of my Quaker Old Fashioned Oats...
3 grams ger half cup or another 21 grams fat for the recipe...so that put's me at like 86...ok close enough. (And I have to rethink my oatmeal with whole milk for breakfast )
Fawn,
A 15% protein bar isn't very good, especially one that's 1/3 fat...perhaps a store bought candy bar has better numbers.
I was surprised to look on the back of my Quaker Old Fashioned Oats...
3 grams ger half cup or another 21 grams fat for the recipe...so that put's me at like 86...ok close enough. (And I have to rethink my oatmeal with whole milk for breakfast )
Fawn,
A 15% protein bar isn't very good, especially one that's 1/3 fat...perhaps a store bought candy bar has better numbers.
I think it's back to the drawing boards.
So you think this is not a good protein bar huh? Do u recommend any? Without soy/whey powder because i dont' have those.
I got 16 square bars of those (about 1.5 x 1.5 inch)
I think that if you want to up the protein you are going to HAVE to buy some isolated protein (either soy or whey) in at LEAST a 90% strength.
It's really the only choice for a vegetable source: you can't really put MEAT in a candy bar.
Please don't use SOY FLOUR...the bars will be unedible.
I think ALL the commercial "protein bars" rely on isolated soy or whey protein (soy is a little cheaper.)
Just 3 ounces of protein powder will DOUBLE your protein content.
You can find something called "textured vegetable protein" in most health food stores. I think it's texture might be GREAT in a bar like this but I personally have no experience with working with it...it's pretty cheap.
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