Power Packed Recipes

My only day off this week was spent relaxing, studying for the GRE, and whipping up some yummy recipes!  I really wanted to focus on adding extra protein to breakfast and lunch….

Nutty Breakfast Bars:

I got the idea from a great recipe for “Breakfast Buzz Bars” in the January-March 2012 Raley’s Something Extra Magazine.  You can find the recipe here (page27), or follow my slight modifications below:

1 Tbsp butter

¼ cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp fat free milk (or soy milk, almond milk)

¼ cup almond butter

¼ cup peanut butter (I used chunky)

3 cups fiber packed cereal (bran flakes, bunches of oats, cheerios, or Kashi cereals are just a few ideas)

2 tbsp finely ground coffee of your choice

½ tsp cinnamon

Chopped pecans or almonds

Melt butter in a small saucepan.  Stir in brown sugar and milk.  Add nut butters, coffee, and cinnamon and stir until mixed through evenly

In a large mixing bowl, add cereal.  Immediately add nut butter mixture and mix with hands.

Spread mixture into a non stick square cake pan or into individual muffin pan molds.  Use plastic wrap to press firmly into mold.   

Sprinkle top with chopped nuts.

 

Place in refrigerator for a few hours

Enjoy a protein packed, coffee infused breakfast bar :)

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