Make Your Own Raw Vegan Protein Bars

[Defiance]

Hi Everybody!

Since there are so many people on here that seem to be searching for protein on the raw vegan diet, I wanted to share one of the recipes I am working on. It's a raw vegan protein bar using Sun Warrior Protein. I would love your feedback as well, because I am writing a recipe book and your experiences would help me.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. The bars are high protein, but certainly not low-carb. They have plenty of energy in them, from the huge amount of superfoods, and can easily substitute as a light meal. You will need a dehydrator for this. I highly recommend the Excalibur dehydrator.

Sun Warrior Goji Bars

• 1 cup dried Black Mission Figs, soaked until soft, reserve soak water
• 1 cup dried Regular Figs, soaked until soft
• 1/2 cup Sun Warrior Natural Flavored Protein
• 1/4 cup Raw Maca Powder
• 2 Tbl Sun Warrior Activated Barley
• 2 cups raw almonds, soaked and drained
• 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 1 cup Goji Berries, soaked for no more than 15 minutes
• Juice from 1/2 large lemon
• 3/4 cup raw honey
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp Celtic Salt--may add more to your taste
• 1/4 cup soak water from figs

De-stem figs. Process figs in food processor until smooth and creamy. Transfer to very large mixing bowl. Process almonds and pumpkin seeds until coarsely ground. Pour into mixing bowl with figs. Add protein, maca, barley, lemon juice, and honey. Mix vanilla and Celtic Salt with the 1/4 cup date soak water and pour into bowl. With a wooden, or other strong spoon, mix all ingredients together until uniformly distributed. This will take some muscle. See you're building muscle already!

Add 3/4 of the goji berries and stir to evenly incorporate. Line a small cookie sheet pan (that will fit in your dehydrator) with wax paper or parchment paper. Spread the mixture evenly, to the same depth as the sides of the cookie sheet, being sure to get into the corners. This may take more than one pan. Alternatively, just form into a large rectangular shape about 1/2 inch thick on a Teflex sheet. Sprinkle the remaining goji berries on top and gently press into the dough with your palms.

Dehydrate for a few hours until you can cut into bars. Spread the bars out a bit on Teflex sheets so air can circulate around them and continue to dehydrate for a few hours longer, checking that they don't become too dry. Enjoy!

You can play around with this recipe too. Add raw cacao nibs, use vanilla or chocolate Sun Warrior protein instead, use different nuts, add cinnamon or other spices--it's up to you and your taste buds!
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I hope you enjoy this recipe, which I just came up with tonight because I wanted to have healthy snack food around the house for the next few days. Please let me know how it turns out for you. The maca, pumpkin seeds, gojis and nuts have lots of protein as well, so these are quite high in protein. Since I literally just created them tonight, I have no idea of the actual nutritional content. But if you always use raw, whole foods, nature gives you exactly the correct ratios of nutrients to nourish your body to optimal health. Don't worry too much about percentages!

Love and light!

[brandongilbert]

thanks for this recipe! this is totally a superfood protein bar!

[Defiance]

I hope you liked them! You are very welcome.