Peanut butter slim your tummy time - recipe for homemade protein bars

Miss all the bizarre ingredients added to a commercial protein bar by making your own.  The added beauty of this is that you can customise it to your protein requirements.  

Protein bars are best eaten as a snack to manage blood sugar levels to rid cravings and also for muscle recovery after exercise.

Serving: 8 bars (click on ingredients to locate sources)

Ingredients

1 scoop (approx 30g) Body balance

100g Organic Jumbo rolled porridge oats

100g Organic Crunchy Whole Earth Peanut Butter

150ml Organic Coconut Milk  

150ml Water (fresh purified tap water)

Sprinkle of ground Cinnamon

200g (Optional) Dark Xylitol Chocolate  

Recipe

·         Mix ingredients together and heat till warm in a pan and grind down half a stick of cinnamon

·         Line a glass rectangular dish 23cm x 35cm with greaseproof paper

·         Pour mixture evenly into a dish and place in the fridge for 8hrs.

·         After the 8hours take out and cut into blocks.

Optional Chocolate coating

·         Fill a pan 1/3 of the way with water and bring to the boil

·         Place a bowl above resting on the sides of the pan so it does not fall into the water

·         Break chocolate up into cubes and heat above water

·         Once melted, dip protein blocks into chocolate, fully coating them and place back onto greaseproof paper and put back into fridge for a further 30mins

Bon Appétit