by Scott Bird
January 7, 2008

Blaine and I will be kicking off 2008 with a series on Fitness and Food - taking a look at the many ways in which diet can support your training. First up, How to make your own protein bars.

Straight after a workout I find myself eating anything which is put in front of me; and I suspect I’m not alone in this. To make sure it’s something reasonably nutritious, I decided to knock up my own protein bars.

As you’ll see below, there are a number of ways in which you can adjust this to suit your own tastes. This is simply a basic recipe which I noticed over on Stumptuous, and which works well.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unflavoured or vanilla protein powder
• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 cup peanut butter

Now, this isn’t an exact science. As long as you have about the same amount of each ingredient, you’ll be fine.

The quantities above will make around a 6” × 8” tray.

Substitutions and Additions