After watching yesterday’s nail biter – Go Pats! – not only is Arizona looking pretty awesome right now, but I’m also feeling motivated to fuel up like those athletes.
Since there’s an ongoing Arendelle-style blizzard here in New England, we’re doing some baking and stocking up on goodies using 
this great cookbook, Power Hungry: The Ultimate Energy Bar Cookbook by Camilla Saulsbury. It’s full of recipes for DIY granola bars, protein cookies, and raw bars that avoid the additives found in many of the store-bought options.
I have only tried a few recipes, mainly sticking to the chocolate ones. My chocaholic 7 year old loves the chocolate chip protein bars and the must-have chocolate raw bars (also my favorite thus far) and and will happily eat them in lieu of standard cookies. I leave out the protein powder and sugar substitutes and just reduce the amount of real sugar I include. These are a welcome addition to his lunchbox.
