All you need are protein powder (preferably chocolate flavor - I use Isopure by Nature's Path), peanut butter (I like crunchy for some texture but creamy will work too), ground flaxseed, and water! I guess you can even do without the flaxseed but I think it's a great addition for the omega 3s.
Really there is no measures for this recipe, you just mix a couple scoops of the protein powder with 2 tablespoons or so of peanut butter and about 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed. Then slowly add water as you stir the mixture to get it into a paste. And then you can just use your hands and form the paste into whatever shape you like! You know, bars, balls, cookies, whatever!
I find this consistency is best for forming shape:
The first time I made it, I added too much water. You really only need like 1/4 of a cup so go easy on that, depending on how much powder and peanut butter you have. If it looks like this, it probably won't retain shape very easily:
So yeah, if your mixture looks like the first picture, you are good to go. I just grab some with my hands and roll into a ball shape.
I make as many as I can with the mixture I have, and refrigerate the rest!
When I've made this, I used 2 scoops of protein powder which is 200 calories and 50g of protein. 2 tbsp of peanut butter which is about 190 calories, about 16g of fat, 6g of carb and 8g of protein. And 2 tbsp of flaxseed which has about 80 calories, 5g of fat, 5g of carb and 3g of protein.
I divide that into approximately 10 balls, which means each ball has under 50 calories, 6g of protein, 2g of fat and 1g of carb. So really you can eat like 4 or 5 of these for a snack. Lol. I love that you know exactly what you are eating with this recipe, and it seriously tastes great!
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