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Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:14 am
by ousdahl
Are there any out there that aren’t so sugary you might as well just eat a candy bar?
Would there even be a market for it? Besides me and 99
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:54 pm
by Deleted User 62
Me.
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:55 pm
by Deleted User 62
Me. Try REI
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:05 pm
by zsn
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina ... pe-1948524
Doesn’t seem like it’s that hard to make your own. Maybe substitute some corn flakes for wheat germ or other unsweetened cereal and lower sugar content to taste.
The sugar maybe necessary to form into bars, as a binder. But you may be able to get chunks quite easily
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:38 pm
by Deleted User 62
zsn wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 1:05 pm
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina ... pe-1948524
Doesn’t seem like it’s that hard to make your own. Maybe substitute some corn flakes for wheat germ or other unsweetened cereal and lower sugar content to taste.
The sugar maybe necessary to form into bars, as a binder. But you may be able to get chunks quite easily
That was what I was thinking...that sugars help it stay in bar form.
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:42 pm
by ousdahl
maybe what I’m looking for then, is homemade trail mix
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 7:37 pm
by TDub
Oats and honey
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:20 pm
by zsn
I think it’s quite easy to get “clusters”. Actual bars maybe a challenge - You’ll get something better than trail mix but short of bars. Unless you’re looking for a no-sugar preparation. In which case trail mix is probably the best you’re going to get
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:01 am
by sdoyel
I opened a fresh box of granola bars the other day and the first one I opened from the wrapper was so dry, saw dust flew out. *poof* *cough* *cough*
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:55 pm
by ousdahl
Starting to get this one dialed in:
Oats
Peanut butter
Coconut
Hemp seeds (the store has been so picked over by y’all that it was out of flax)
Chocolate chips (pure cacao don’t be a bitch)
Drizzling of honey
Mash it all together then flatten/press in a pan and refrigerate. It doesn’t stick together like a normal granola bar, but a normal granola bar is mostly corn syrup. The recipe is actually for “protein balls” but you can bar it up if you mix and press it well enough. I go light on the honey too, but more would help make it stick.
Even beav likes them, and he’s normally opposed to my “stupid healthy food.”
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:45 am
by NewtonHawk11
Yeah those protein balls are legit. My wife makes them here and there and they are outstanding. She mostly started making them to help her lactate when she was nursing our kids. Flax seed helps with that
But yeah those are great to have as a snack. Tough to stop at one or two when I eat them .
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:39 pm
by PhDhawk
Not much protein in those protein balls.
Re: Granola bars
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:25 pm
by ousdahl
Go figure phd is the expert when it comes to eating balls.