Jamie Eason's Chocolate Protein Bars

I made this recipe today for my afernoon snack for the week. This was the first time making these and they are very delicious with treats like these who would want to eat the unclean crap out there like chocolate bars? This is way more satisfying too with all that protein! Again i have tweaked the recipe. I seriously cannot find oat flour anywhere in Moncton? If somebody has seen it please let me know where! I used Kamut flour instead, which is an ancient grain full of nutrients.

On to the exercise side of things i started training for my 4th Half Marathon this weekend. I did an easy 7k run in Centennial park with Bre. It was a little tough as i still have my cough from my cold a week ago. I still managed to finish it in 42 min and some seconds, i can't remember now. I have created my schedule for the next 15 or 16 weeks taking me up to the run. I plan on running Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, doing body pump on Tuesday and Thursdays, or my own full body weight workout and then Fridays yoga to stretch me all out and for my mental health too! I was thinking of yoga as my active rest day off but getting sick a little over a week ago proves that i was overtraining the last month. So now Sundays will be my day off with the odd Saturday moving my runs to Sundays at times if need be. Sunday is a great day to take off i can get lot's of stuff down around the house, get groceries at 10 am at an empty grocery store! Most people don't venture out that early on a Sunday or they are doing other stuff i guess! 

Ok now for the recipe!

Chocolate Protein Bars.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Oat Flour (I used Kamut flour)
• 4 Egg Whites
• 2 scoops Vanilla Whey Protein Powder (i used hemp seed powder)
• ½ cup Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal (i used organic sugar cane)
• ½ tsp Baking Soda
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 8oz Berry flavored Baby Food (i used berry and apple)
• 3 tbsp Baking Cocoa
• 4oz Water

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients (oat flower, vanilla whey protein, baking soda, salt, baking cocoa) together in a large bowl.
3. Mix wet ingredients (egg whites, Splenda, Berry flavored Baby Food,Water) together in a medium sized bowl.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.
5. Spray cooking dish with a non stick butter spray and add batter to dish.
6. Bake 20-30 minutes in oven.

Makes 16 squares, serving size=2 bars.