As promised in my last post, here's a post about nutrition! Below is a video on how to make the energy bars that Lisa and I use to get through our training without bonking or burning out. Hope you give them a shot, they're dead simple and really tasty!
Homemade Vegan Energy Bars
(Adapted from Global Cycling Network)
Ingredients:
- Sunflower oil - 1/2 cup (any light flavoured oil is fine, I might try coconut oil next)
- Brown sugar - 1 cup
- Light corn syrup - 2 tbsp
- Peanut butter - 1 tbsp
- Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp
- Sesame seeds - 2 tbsp
- Sunflower seeds (any nut or seed really) - 2 tbsp
- Flaked almonds - 1/2 cup
- Sultana raisins - 1/2 cup
- Chopped pitted dates - 1/2 cup
- Unsweetened dried coconut - 1/4 cup
- Thick cut oats/oatmeal - 2 1/2 cups (225g if you have a scale)
- Preheat oven to 180C or 350F or gas mark 4
- Over low heat, mix the oil, brown sugar, syrup, peanut butter and vanilla in a pan until melted
- Once mixture is mixed, add in sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, raisins, dates, and coconut. Stir everything together again until evenly mixed
- Gradually add oats in a few additions to the mixture to stop from clumping
- Transfer mixture to a 8x8 square baking tin lined with parchment.
- Press down firmly with a metal fork.
- Bake for 10 - 15 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don't get over done.
- Leave to cool completely in the tin before you take them out and cut them (They'll just flop around and fall apart if you try when they're still warm).
- Cut up and enjoy!
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