Cliff Bars…

My last post was the quest to eat more and this week, I achieved that goal.  I upped my calories by about 500 a day and man what a difference in attitude + strength!  One of my key food supplements was eating cookies! 

I took an ordinary recipe but  added my own twist.  I recommend them to everyone!  What I like the most is that they are much lower in refined  sugar than regular cookies but still taste good.  I’ve found that since going on a few low sugar diets, I dislike eating energy bars especially Power bars.  I find they put way too much sugar and also include high fructose corn syrup. 

So below is my Cliff bar recipe.   Try it out and make your own twist.  I’m going to keep experimenting with the recipe and find what else I can put in them!

Ingredients:

2 table spoons olive oil

1/3 cup brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1  whole egg + 1.5 egg whites

1 teaspoon vanilla

1.5 cups of multi-grain flour

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup of raisins

2 cups of rolled oats

Heat oven to 375 and mix in a bowl the liquids.  Mix thoroughly and then add eggs and then powders.  Add oats last.  Cook for 10 minutes and voila!  Cliff bars!  I make mine into huge portions so I can eat them on a ride or at work.

Enjoy!

Happy (Eating!) Trainin!

Cliff