Recipe: Otter bars (since ya asked!)
OTTER BARS (named for my Significant Otter, who likes the things in here a lot!)
2 cups quick oats
1 cup Fiber Cereal (twig type)
4 scoops vanilla Whey Protein (I used Pure Protein this time)
1/4 cups toasted coconut (toasted in oven)
1/4 cup slivered almonds (toasted too with some butter extract and a little salt)
1/4 c. toasted soy nuts (ditto)
3 tbsp Sugar Free Mini Chocolate Chips (check Netrition.com)
1/2 cup raisins
2/3 c. nonfat dry milk powder
1/2 cup Splenda for cooking
dash of salt
2 tbsp cinnamon
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Wet ingredients:
1/3 cup NSA Applesauce
3 egg whites (I used 3/4 cup egg whites in carton)
1/3 cup coconut flavored DaVinci (or any yummy flavor)
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Mix all dry ingredients together
Mix wet ingredients thoroughly in second bowl
Pour wet into dry and mix thoroughly.
Spray 9x9' casserole with Pam. Spoon in mixture evenly.
Sprinkle top with a little cinnamon/Splenda.
Cook 15 minutes or until knife comes out clean. Unbelievably tasty and fudgy when served a little warm!
Yields 15 bars (3 rows of 5)
Store refrigerated in Tupperware. Especially good served warm-- nuke 'em 10 seconds!
Per bar:
Cals: 142
Fat: 3.7
Carbs: 19
Protein: 11.5
Fiber: 4g
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
On August 30, 2009 at 5:35 AM Pacific Time, mardar75 wrote:
Tomorrow is my surgery so I won't be having these anytime soon but they sound so good. Have copied them into my RNY recipe file. Thank you. On the road to a whole new me and a shopping spree!!!
Liz
Liz