Vegan homemade protein bars?

[OakLeaf]

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...3&postcount=25

[Pika]

The THRIVE diet and recipe book has a lot of vegan bar recipes- I have tried a few- some were definitely better than others- I think most of them utilized his vegan protein powder in the recipe which has a particular taste- can't really describe it but it might not be for everyone. I think the few I tried also used dates/figs as a base. My husband refers to one batch as the "poop" bars- yuck- we still haven't finshed those! LOL
There were lots of recipes though and if you were interested it might be a worthwhile investment (for the book)
When I have more time I will try to copy a few of them for you.

[VeloVT]

Lara bars are on the pricey side (and are a bit high in fat for actual during-sports use, in my opinion), but I believe they are vegan and they are definitely tasty.

They are made almost exclusively of dried fruits and nuts -- it would probably not be too hard to make something like this at home, as long as you have a health food store that sells dates in bulk (do they sell dates at the grocery store? I feel like either they don't or they're sold in small expensive containers?).

This is messy, but pitted medjool dates stuffed with cashew butter are way yummy...

[Julibird]

This is from a really fun site devoted to women't strength training (non-profit) and done with a great deal of intelligence and humor:

http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displa...le.php?aid=139

[NMRider]

Thanks for the suggestions! I will look for the THRIVE recipes...

Where on earth will I find medjool dates in Las Cruces? :-)
Guess it's time for a trip upstate... !

[Jones]

Here is a link to a date shop maybe, I am pretty bad with links. Anyway the Palm Springs area is full of date palms so dates are easy to find here. I hope this helps.http://www.hadleyfruitorchards.com/

Jones

[NMRider]

Thanks!