My Total Preggo and healthy blog

Ok, so we have a hurricane moving to Houston.  Went to the gym, CLOSED.  Went to tan, CLOSED.  What the heck!  Luckily I have a home gym and a dog who LOVES to run!  Since I have so much FREE time on my hands today, I decided to bake up a batch of yummy protein bars to ship to my hubby in Afghanastan.  I figured these would be better for him than the junk I have been sending (homemade choc. chip cookies, peanut M&M’s, twizzlers) PLUS he comes home in a month so he will be a lean mean HOT machine! LOL

K, they turned out soooo good I wanted to share them with you!  Let me know what you think!

Cya!

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1 cup quick oatmeal (not instant)
5 scoops of chocolate protein powder ( 105g of protein)
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
1/2 cup non fat dry milk powder
2 egg whites
4 TBSP water
2 TBSP Organic Aguave sweetener
2 bananas, mashed
1 1/2 tsp. flaxseed oil (this is the secret to moist bars instead of the traditional dry bar)
¼ cup raw crushed almonds (sprinkle on top of bars)- prior to cooking

Nutritional Info

	Fat: 10.1g Carbohydrates: 20.6g Calories:246.2 Protein: 27.5g

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9X12 casserole dish with PAM spray and set aside. In a medium bowl combine all dry ingredients and set aside. In a mixing bowl beat egg whites, cottage cheese, bananas, water, aguave sweetener and oil. Add just a tad of vanilla for flavor to the wet ingredients. Add the dry mixture and combine until a lumpy batter forms. Pour into pan and bake for 30 minutes or until edges are browned. Cut into 8 squares.

Number of Servings: 8