Discovering that I could make my own vegan, gluten-free protein bars at home has been GAME CHANGING PEOPLE!
Seriously.
They are FAR more delicious than the store bought ones, healthier, CHEAPER, and can be modified to suit your Dosha or your personal preferences.
Oh yea, and they take like 5 minutes.
…Unless you make them with sats. Then they take like 40 *eye roll emoji*
I love me a good protein bar, but the store bought ones are generally filled with garbagio.
Even the better ones have processed, refined, and artificial ingredients. Less than ideal sweeteners that rack up the sugar content. And may not be fuelling your practice the way you want them to.
When you make your bars at home, you can supercharge them with ingredients that are going to fuel your body post-practice, and make sure every ingredient is upleveling your health, not hindering it.
Here’s why these bars are great after our practice:
After our practice, we want to load up on the healthy fats, and good sources of protein – NOT a shit load of sugar.
If we want to have sustainable energy all day, we want to focus on GOOD QUALITY fats and protein post-practice. This is going to help:
- Muscle recovery and building – We’ve just worked SUPER hard, and if we don’t get enough protein and fatm we’re not going to be optimally recovering
- Support our nervous system (that we just taxed). Practices like Ashtanga, with it’s intense backbends, can tax the nervous system. We can use good fats to help support our nervous system post practice.
- Fats provide a sustainable form of energy as opposed to the quick fix of carbs
- Will keep you feeling satiated for longer AKA less snacking.
These bars feature my FAVE vegan protein = PROfi Vanilla!
You can check them out here and use my discount code YOGIFUEL to get a 10% discount and FREE SHIPPING in Canada.
Now, I want to touch on the Ayurvedic perspective on Nut butter.
I tried to in the video but… #momlife Sats wasn’t feeling it so I couldn’t finish my thoughts.
But here’s what I wanted to touch on from the Ayurvedic perspective.
Nut Butter is a bit difficult digest. Look at the qualities of it. It’s thick and sticky – it can be hard for us to chew and unstick from our mouths let alone in our digestive system.
In this sense, Ayurveda generally doesn’t LOVE nut butter.
However – there is always a “however” – Ayurveda NEVER admonishes the use of ingredients entirely. We want to look at balance.
So, yes, Nut butter is difficult to digest. But it’s also delicious. A great source of Fat and protein.
Should we avoid it? HELLS NO!
But, we can dress it up, or do things to amp up our Agni to support and facilitate it’s digestion a little bit better!
Things we can do to boost Agni when eating Nut Butter:
- Dress it up with spices like cinnamon, ginger, cardamom
- Drink an Agni Boosting, digestive tea – Like Fennel, Ginger, Cumin Coriander and Fennel
- Eat MINDFULLY
When we eat mindfully, we support our digestive process. So if you’re going to eat nut butter, enjoy the shit out of it, ok?
Alright, now… on to the recipe!
I want to make a little not that you should keep these in the fridge or freezer because they will soften up a bit AND the chocolate might be melty. If you want chocolate that will be un-melty out of the freezer, use chocolate chips in a double boiler instead of the recipe I provide.
Ok.. that’s all Yogis.
If you wanna watch me and Sats make this recipe… check out our youtube video LOL! It’s pretty amazing!
| Prep Time | 5 Minutes |
| Servings |
Bars
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- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp maple syrup or more to taste
Ingredients
Chocolate Sauce
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- Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Taste the mixture and taste. Adjust cocoa and maple syrup to your taste preferences.
- Take the bars out of the freezer (they don't have to be fully frozen) and either artisticall drizzle the sauce on the bars, or just layer it on in one thick coating.
- Place back in the freezer (or fridge). Cut and enjoy! These should last for a few weeks... but they wont last!
