These Healthy Strawberry Shortcake Bars are sooo delicious!
You would never be able to tell that they were healthy if it wasn't in the title.
Gosh I love creating healthy treats that taste sinfully delicious! I like to eat them for breakfast just because I can.
I kind of feel like a rebel. Like I'm cheating somehow. How can healthy taste this good?! How can I be eating strawberry shortcake for breakfast knowing that I'm actually making a healthy decision that is good for my body?!
If I would have told my younger self who was chronically on a diet that I could eat cake for breakfast and not gain weight, it would have saved me years of feeling deprived.
I would have felt free.
That actually perfectly describes how I feel when I eat foods like this - FREE!!! And so darn happy. Cake for breakfast for all!
Cost per serving: $0.54
Calories per serving: 66
Equipment you'll need: blender, large mixing bowl, 8x8 baking pan
You would never be able to tell that they were healthy if it wasn't in the title.
Gosh I love creating healthy treats that taste sinfully delicious! I like to eat them for breakfast just because I can.
I kind of feel like a rebel. Like I'm cheating somehow. How can healthy taste this good?! How can I be eating strawberry shortcake for breakfast knowing that I'm actually making a healthy decision that is good for my body?!
If I would have told my younger self who was chronically on a diet that I could eat cake for breakfast and not gain weight, it would have saved me years of feeling deprived.
I would have felt free.
That actually perfectly describes how I feel when I eat foods like this - FREE!!! And so darn happy. Cake for breakfast for all!
Cost per serving: $0.54
Calories per serving: 66
Equipment you'll need: blender, large mixing bowl, 8x8 baking pan
Ingredients: makes 9 bars
1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
1 tsp xanthan gum
3 Tbsp water (more if needed to facilitate blending)
200g yellow squash
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp natural butter flavor
1/2 tsp liquid stevia
3/4 cup granulated erythritol, or other granulated sweetener of choice (I use Swerve)
1/4 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 cup strawberries, sliced
1.5 cups gluten-free quick oats
1 tsp xanthan gum
3 Tbsp water (more if needed to facilitate blending)
200g yellow squash
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp natural butter flavor
1/2 tsp liquid stevia
3/4 cup granulated erythritol, or other granulated sweetener of choice (I use Swerve)
1/4 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 cup strawberries, sliced
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
2. Add oats to blender, and process until flour-like consistency is reached.
3. Pour oats into large mixing bowl and add xanthan gum.
4. Add all remaining ingredients (except strawberries) to blender, and blend until smooth.
5. Add in oats and xanthan gum, and blend until smooth.
6. Pour mixture into large mixing bowl, add in sliced strawberries, and mix.
7. Spoon into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes or until edges begin to brown slightly and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
1. Preheat oven to 350F, spray 8x8 baking pan with non-stick spray, and set aside.
2. Add oats to blender, and process until flour-like consistency is reached.
3. Pour oats into large mixing bowl and add xanthan gum.
4. Add all remaining ingredients (except strawberries) to blender, and blend until smooth.
5. Add in oats and xanthan gum, and blend until smooth.
6. Pour mixture into large mixing bowl, add in sliced strawberries, and mix.
7. Spoon into prepared baking pan, and bake for 35 minutes or until edges begin to brown slightly and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.