(made with chocolate PB!)

The past month or so, I’ve been making tweaks to the nutrition/macros portion of my online boot camp, Peak Physique. I haven’t opened this program for registration since April, and am planning on opening registration again sometime in mid-to-late July.

Peak Physique is my macro cycling and 6-week training program that gets serious results when it comes to leaning out and shedding body fat. I won’t go into testimonials right now because, well, it’s not open for sign ups, but the ladies who go through this program get great results.

Anyway – I’ve been making some changes with the nutrition portion of it. We’ll be doing a phased out macros-approach, with adding in more carbs as we go, along with a couple changes surrounding pre- and post- workout fueling, as well as macronutrient timing.

I’ve also been testing out some new recipes for these such changes, this week specifically with post-workout meals, and I absolutely NAILED this one, and got so excited that I had to share it NOW. (As I do.)

As long as everything else in your nutrition is dialed in and split up in a way that works for your body, it can be really beneficial to use fast digesting/simple carbs for your post-workout meal, because our body and our muscles are more primed to utilize these carbohydrates to supply glucose to the tissue, rather than being stored as fat.

Read: this is one time we actually want that insulin spike (in most cases.)

Thusly, I bring to you the homemade post-workout rice krispie treat:

And let me tell you – they’re scrumptious, without being loaded with a bunch of preservatives and other junk you can’t pronounce when you buy the packaged version.

Sidenote: the other week I attempted this same recipe, with some tweaks, one of which included protein powder. Alas, after several (2) attempts, with the result of 1 batch of downright cruddy RKT’s and 1 batch of just-kind-of-OK crispy bars, I decided to leave the protein out of the bars. If you need the protein, have a shake with them. Or some deli turkey. Or a piece of chicken, or what have you. Besides, in order for these to have more than, say, 5 grams of protein per bar, I’ve concluded that it’s not possible for them to taste good – or even close to it.

Trainer Paige’s Homemade Post-Workout Rice Krispies Treats Recipe

Takes like 15 minutes

Serves 10-ish

170 grams of honey

135 grams of natural PB

1 t. vanilla extract

120 grams or 4.25 c. cripsy rice cereal

Heat the honey, PB, and vanilla in a sauce pan on the stove over medium heat. Pour the cereal in a large bowl, and pour the liquid mixture on top. Stir until it’s evenly coated, and then press it down into a square 8×8 or 9×9 inch pan.

Yum!!

Nutrition stats:

Notes:

• I used Skippy Natural Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter, because why not make it chocolate??
• I like to use Trader Joe’s Crisp Rice cereal, because it’s still made with white rice (ergo, the fast-digesting carb) but has less junk in it than other unnamed brands…

I’ll be packing these up in baggies (as much as I hate that task, for some reason) and popping one or two after a lifting sesh at the gym. And perhaps I had one last night for dessert, too…. 😉

Let me know if you make ’em, and if you do, how you like them!

What’s your go-to post workout snack? 

Mine’s usually a shake made with whey protein + dates or ripe bananas on the reg 🙂

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