Health Bars

I love to cook, don’t get me wrong. But there are some days when one is too busy or even lazy to cook breakfast or lunch, or my husband finds his blood sugar getting low at work late afternoon and wants a snack to finish a project.

For years I got Clif bars, our favorite is oatmeal raisin walnut. Then I started mixing Whole Foods’ 365 brand fruit and nut trail mix with added dried fruit, mainly mango, pineapple and cranberry. Then I’d measure out 1/2 cup portions in snack bags and give him about ten to take to the office.

Of late I’ve been introduced to Pro Bar. I have bought them after being introduced to them, but it all started as a thank you for walking a neighbor’s dog.

I find most bars too sweet and not nutritious. But Pro Bar’s cocoa pistachio bar was not a kiddy sweet snack. It’s an adult vegan bar with complex flavors and is great for a quick lunch, especially if there are no leftovers in the frig.

This week (I always seem to end up walking that dog, wonder why?) I tried the Pro Bar double chocolate. Yum. This morning, for breakfast, I tried the peanut butter chocolate chip, which was OK but when I think of peanut butter I think of what I put in my dog’s kong toys and freeze as treats. Not great breakfast thoughts.

I still have the superfruit slam to perhaps try tomorrow. Just wanted you to know that there are some healthy adult bars out there, not pubs, this is healthy fare. Also that I was not paid for any endorsement of any product in this post. OK, my only payment is that I got to walk a really cool dog. Cheers, Dee