Monday, March 11, 2013

Carrots Candy Bars and a SWEET giveaway.

Good beautiful wonderful Monday afternoon to you!!

I ended up with a spare 60 minutes between work and more work (can anyone say 16 hour work day?)  and I threw together a variety of ingredients to make some quick-to-grab bars. I love having a quick, protein packed, unprocessed/clean snack to grab when I'm in a pinch and short on time.

Quick run-down of ingredients; shredded carrots, banana, shredded apples, walnuts, chia seed, ground flax, coconut oil, agave nectar, mexican vanilla, almond milk, cinnamon, raisins, unsweetened shredded coconut, egg whites, protein powder and oats.
I really had no idea how these would turn out because I just kept dumping in ingredients and stirring, rummaging through my cupboards, dumping in some more and then finally realized that I had barely enough time to get them cooked before I had to leave for work so I licked the spoon and called it the finished product.
I'm not sure which siblings got the creative cooking genes but I certainly got the short end of the wooden spoon. Nobody has died from my cooking yet, but it's nothing to write home about.

The finished product- quick little snack bars. I paired one with some plain greek yogurt today for a mid morning snack and it hit the spot. They aren't particularly sweet, but they are super flavorful. Carrot Candy Bars?? Okay, works for me.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN AND ALL SMALL CHILDREN.

I have always said Mondays are my faaaaavorite day, and this one is even more than usual-- check out this fanfreakingtastic giveaway!! Meghan has an awesome blog and she is a fantastic runner. Her race recaps are worth reading more than once.  Right now she is linking up with some other super rad-runner-chicks to bring us this awesome giveaway. I know I could handle me some lululemon. I'm normally opposed to people stealing my identity but I wouldn't be mad if you register in my name. nbd.

Have you ever won a giveway/raffle?

2 comments:

  1. Those bars look amazing!!! How long did you cook them for? And do you have an exact recipe by any chance?

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    1. Hmmm....exact recipe??
      2 carrots shredded
      3 apples shredded (mine were small- like SUPER small)
      1 cup raisins
      1/2 cup walnuts
      1/2 cup shredded coconut
      1 cup oats
      2 egg whites
      2 scoops protein powder
      4 tsp cinnamon
      1 tsp salt
      2 tsp vanilla
      1 TBS coconut oil
      2 TBS agave nectar
      2 TBS ground flax seed
      2 TBS chia seeds
      1/2 cup almond milk
      I cooked them @ 350 for about 35-40 minutes, I think. Next time I think I would add 2 more egg whites and leave out the almond milk, just to have more protein.
      let me know if you try 'em!

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