Showing posts with label bioneutra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bioneutra. Show all posts

Friday, January 24, 2014

I made the "Life Changing Bread" my way

I have been wanting to make this recipe for sooo long! I finally just decided at Sprouts to look up the recipe and grab a few things. 
I have VitaFiber now on my daily regimen and it's fab so I wanted to use it in this recipe as well.

My version of the famous "Life Changing Bread":

1c sunflower seeds
1 1/2c oats
1/2c almonds
1/2c flax meal
3tbsp psyllium husk powder
2tbsp chia seeds
1 3/4c water
1tbsp VitaFiber
3tbsp Grass fed organic butter
Optional seasoning: cinnamon for sweet, herbs for savory.

1. Mix all nuts, seeds, and husk.

2. Melt butter and VitaFiber together.

3. Add the butter mix to water an whisk.

4. Add water mix to the nut/seed mix. Stir really well into a thick dough.

5. Pour into a lined loaf pan or a silicon loaf pan. Allow to set for at least 2hrs.

6. Bake 350 for 20mins. Remove from oven. Take out of pan. Invert and place right on the oven's rack.

Cook 35-40mins until it sounds hollow.
Allow to cool completely. 
I stuck mine out in the cool garage so I could eat it sooner!
So crunchy on the outside and nice and soft on the inside!
Had to have some with some scrumptious nut butter!
Sooo yummy!
I also had it savory with some pesto on it.
I didn't add seasoning because I wanted to be able to go either way: sweet or savory!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Bioneutra-Vitafiber

I recently received a new product to test out and sample from Bioneutra:
(In their own words:)
"The process developed by BioNeutra's technology naturally transforms starch molecules from local agriculture cereal crops (such as corn, wheat, barley, potato, and tapioca) into the functional health molecules of isomalto-oligosaccharide (IMO). The resulting product, VitaFiber™, provides dietary fiber, prebiotic function and is a low caloric nutritive sweetener."
VitaFiber
Here is the link to their FAQ which will answer pretty much everything thats going through your head right now.
I personally always take probiotics by mouth so the fact that I could intake it caught my eye. I take them and want them to aid my gut in digestion; being a crossfit athlete means I need to be eating a lot to maintain my mass and that means I eat A LOT! Probiotics/prebiotics help aid in digestion. Plus Vitafiber has the word 'fiber' in it for a reason-indeed this helps my gut with all those meals!
Benefits:
-natural low cal sweetener (though not entirely sweet like sugar or stevia so low level of sweetness)
-low glycemic index
-soluble fiber
-prebiotic
-can withstand heat/baking temps
VitaFiberâ„¢ - Powder
Here is the link to purchase Vitafiber.
VitaFiberâ„¢ - Syrup
I had first been introduced to this by ProteinPow blog when she created her own Quest Bars using BioNeutra's Vitafiber syrup. I was immediately interested because I love Quest Bars but they are a little on the pricey side so I dont exactly buy boxes of them. The first bar I tried was actually a sample one and I have been buying them in singles ever since. I have only tried three flavors so far because I cant seem to pay $27 plus shipping for 12 bars. No dis to Quest Nutrition at all, they're bars are scrumptious! Many bloggers are sent cases and boxes all the time and Im sorry I for one am not one of those people!

Anyways, back to Vitafiber...well ProteinPow created protein bar using the syrup because it is what essentially binds the protein powder together into a soft bar.
Well I went to my local health food store and they had nothing like it or had never heard of it so I googled it and indeed came across their site. I received Vitafiber in the syrup and the powder.
I have recipes to come!