Key Lime Cheesecake protein bars

I really made an effort to change the consistency of my bars with this recipe. I wanted to make them less dry and cake-like and more like a dessert. It worked, but I did need to use Splenda Brown Sugar blend.



Preheat oven to 350

Crust:
8 sugar free wholegrain graham crackers crushed fine(found in health food stores)
1/8 cup of melted vegan butter (or regular butter)

press into the bottom of an ungreased glass baking dish, 9x13

Mix all dry ingredients;
3/4 cup of steel cut oat flour
1/4 cup of oat fiber
1/2 cup of Splenda brown sugar blend
8 packets of Truvia
1 package sugar free/fat free lime gelatin
1 package of sugar free/fat free cheesecake pudding
2 scoops of Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Whey protein (or other brand, I like how this bakes though)
teaspoon of salt

Mix in the following;
1/4 cup of egg whites
1/4 cup of fat free cream cheese
1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of lime juice
zest from 1/2 of a lime

(Blend with a mixer to avoid clumps of cream cheese.

Pour over crust, bake in oven for 22 minutes. Let cool before serving, garnish with lime. Makes 12 servings with the following macro nutrients;

Calories; 133.22
fat; 3.0
carbs; 14.3
Fiber; 2.25
protein; 6.76

Strawberry Banana Split Protein Bars

Hello, and welcome to this installment of "It's too damn good to be healthy for you".

Today, I bring you these tasty delights that are sure to cure your sweet tooth and feed your muscles.

Last night, my sweet tooth screamed at me and said "give me what I want bitch". Little does that tooth know I tricked the shit out of it.



Preheat oven to 350

mix the following:

1 cup of ground steel cut oat flour
1/4 cup of wheat bran
2 scoops of vanilla protein powder
4 egg whites
6 packets of Stevia or Truvia
1/4 tsp of baking soda
1/2 cup of water
1 cup of unsweetened organic applesauce
1 package of sugar free/fat free Strawberry Banana gelatin (I used Jello brand)
10-15 strawberries sliced (I suppose you can add a banana sliced too, I didn't)

Bake the mixture in coated mini loaf pan for about 10 minutes. You can also use a 9x13 baking dish. Remove from oven and drizzle with a few tablespoons of this stuff....


This is calorie free, fat free, sugar free, everything free (well, actually there is about 60mg of sodium)strawberry syrup. I found this at Jewel near the chocolate syrup. I also bought caramel and chocolate flavors.....can't wait to try those out....Anyway....

Place back into the oven for another 15 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Then enjoy. Makes 8 mini loafs or 16 squares in a 9x13 (2 squares per serving).

Calories: 86
Fat: 1 gram
Carbs: 10 grams
Protein: 9 grams

Fighter Diet Pizza, it's not Lou Malnattis, but hey....

The Fighter Diet intrigues me. I have yet to buy any of Pauline's ebooks but I have been Google-ing the concept and tried her "famous" fighter diet pizza last week. She doesn't measure ANYTHING so I had to wing it and the first attempt was a total bust. Second attempt was better, and my third is bound to be even better.

I am stealing the excerpt from her blog and posting it below, then with my comments to follow.

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Warning! This “recipe” doesn’t have any info on how much of each ingredient. It doesn’t matter from a calorie point of view, but it does matter when to get the right consistency. Consistency is a trial and error.



Keep in mind that a real pizza with flour is the real deal. No fake pizza will be able to match it unless it’s too good to be true;-) This pizza won’t make your body fat, just full!!!

This is what I do to get my wonderful carbo-fake Fitness pizza:

Mix dry yeast, a lot of oat fiber (I THINK I took 2 cups total for ME and it became a big pizza), 4 tbsp-ish (I THINK it was about that, I didn’t measure up) pulverized psyllium husk, tons of mrs dash’s and a hint of himalayan salt.

Add warm water and mix til it’s a quite loose dough, looking a bit like thick pancake dough. Put it in the microwave in a big glass bowl, full effect 6 minutes.

Spray a coat of fat-spray on aluminum sheet. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Press out the dough to a firm sheet with a spoon. Bake for 6 minutes.

Add tomato sauce, fresh basil, mushrooms (I like dried and soaked), chopped onion and finally Lifetime fat free mozarella cheese. I use the whole block which gives me about 290 calories and 63 grams of protein. Bake until cheese has melt and starts to burn a bit in the edges.

Voila!!!!


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Okay, through my trial and error, I figured that 1/4 cup Psyllium, 1/4 cup of Wheat Germ, and 1/2 cup of Oat bran gave a good crust consistency. To season, I used cayenne pepper, a twist of sea salt, dried basil and oregano. I also needed to bake for about 10 minutes. I also only used 1/2 cup of Kraft fat free cheese to her, what I think is, 2 cups.

End result, a decent pizza fix. I will be making it again.