I have a pretty nice meal rotation I mix up to keep it all interesting, but my snack repertoire is lacking. If you have any neat quick fixes you grab in a hurry I’d love to hear 'em!
Wish I had something to offer, but I am deferring to store bought energy bars and when I look at the ingredients I want to barf. Bananas and nuts get old. There have to be some handy cooking types in here who maybe make a home made bar you can freeze and take with?
Apples, banana, cucumber, mini carrots, orange…
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Also raisins, grapes, cucumber slices, nuts…
Silly, you need to put a brand name, some HFCS and other things into a snack - you and all your “nature” stuff, this is Triathlon man - there just has to be something more complicated 
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Fruits and nuts.
Powerbars.
Chocolate.
Nut butters straight out of a jar with a teaspoon. Yum.
Edit: am I hallucinating, or did the topic title change since I posted that?
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I take seaweed squares, put some brown rice, avocado, tofu (or chicken/tuna if you’re into it), and black beans in it, then cut it into ‘sushi.’ Makes for a nice quick little snack I can take to work, other than cooking the rice it only takes about 5 minutes to put together.
No not hallucinating! I didn’t make it clear enough to begin with. I am eating power bars, but would ideally like a home made snack I can make that is devoid of all the crap in those processed bars. I eat nanas, nuts and whatnot too, but a good home made bar would be great!
Oddly a decent video (Perfectly safe for work)
I take seaweed squares, put some brown rice, avocado, tofu (or chicken/tuna if you’re into it), and black beans in it, then cut it into ‘sushi.’ Makes for a nice quick little snack I can take to work, other than cooking the rice it only takes about 5 minutes to put together.
Oh DAMN that sounds insanely good. Good to go on all the above…sans ‘seaweed squares’? Reg grocery item? That would be a treat I’d love to park in front of the computer a few days a week. Exit Power Bars!
I get them at the local grocery store. I get them in the ethnic food section with all the Japanese stuff, they’re just little packages of 10x10 squares for a few bucks. I think they have them where they have tofu as well, but all the stores around here carry it.
Nice that’s good stuff thanks. Fortunately already off my list of consummables.
Check out the Thomas/Lim Feed Zone cookbook. Has some good recipes for on the bike food, which can double as easy snacks. Lots of rice bars, some granola bars, potatoes, etc. Plus none of it has weird ingredients, so I don’t feel like I’m buying anything that will go to waste if I don’t use it all in that one recipe.
I get them at the local grocery store. I get them in the ethnic food section with all the Japanese stuff, they’re just little packages of 10x10 squares for a few bucks. I think they have them where they have tofu as well, but all the stores around here carry it.
Depending on how much you like them, Costco just started carrying as well in significant bulk…Otherwise always a +1 for the VN grocery stores…
here’s what I use on my longer rides. came up with it after the wife hassled me about spending so much on Clif bars,etc. tastes good and the recipe can be easily changed to suit your needs.
Equipment needed:
oven
8"x8" pan (or similar)
bowl
fork
timer
foil
Prep time:
10 minutes (not including cooking)
Ingredients:
2C oats
1/4C JustProtein (or similar)
1/4C cashew, crushed and unsalted
1/4C almond, crushed or cut and unsalted
1/2C coconut, shredded and unsweetened
2t vanilla extract (or to taste)
3/4C honey
1/4C brown sugar (or to taste)
Jockeys Bar v0.1
Method:
Nutrition Information:
(per serving, batch makes 8)
303 kcal
7g protein
8g fat
50g carbs
92mg sodium
1 1/2 cups oats
1/2 cups natural peanut butter
1/2 raw almonds or nut of choose
1 small banana mashed
2 T. flax seed
5 T. agave nectar or honey
2 t. cinammon
1/2 t nutmeg
2 t. vanilla extract
pinch of salt
Mix together and press into baking dish cut into squares and enjoy!
OH heck yea now we are cookin! Thanks that sounds freaking amazing. Compiling a shopping list. Awesome thanks!
Check out the Thomas/Lim Feed Zone cookbook. Has some good recipes for on the bike food, which can double as easy snacks. Lots of rice bars, some granola bars, potatoes, etc. Plus none of it has weird ingredients, so I don’t feel like I’m buying anything that will go to waste if I don’t use it all in that one recipe.
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Some sample recipes via the links here: http://feedzonecookbook.com/category/portables/
Date based bars are easy if you have a food processor:
Brownie energy bars:
1 lb pitted dates
1/2 c cocoa powder
1/2 c chopped roasted cashews
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Peanut butter energy bars:
1 lb pitted dates
1 1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Just run the dates through the food processor until you have a paste, then add the other ingredients and run through the food processor until you have a uniform mixture. Shape them into whatever size bars you’d like.