I have had a bit of a sweet tooth the last few days as I try to detox from all the Christmas junk. I have been doing pretty good. My wife found the following recipe for a type of cereal bar, I really like cereal bars so I was looking forward to trying this one out.

In the end I have been easily able to keep myself away from the chocolate and pop by having just a few morsels of this great cereal bar. The consistency of these things is really chewy like in the anme and they are really sweet. I really recommend them.

Shreddie Cereal Bar Snack

Prep: 10 min. I Total: 1 hour 10 min. incl. refrigerating

3/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup Kraft Smooth Light Peanut Butter
3 cups Post Shreddies Cereal 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut 1/4 cup dried cranberries

SPRAY 8-inch square pan with cooking spray; set aside. Microwave corn syrup and peanut butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 11/2 min. or until peanut butter is almost melted; stir until well blended.

ADD remaining ingredients; mix well. Press into prepared pan.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm. Makes 20 servings, 1 bar each.

Try these cereal bars out they are great and really easy to make

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A diet that is higher in protein than the regular diet is going to help you stay healthier in the long run. I find that most people eat a lot of carbohydrates and almost no protein and because of this your body will store a lot of those carbs as fat while your body has more trouble storing protein as fat. Also if you are doing any weightlifting it is important to eat more high protein foods.

Here is a bit of a list of high protein foods. As you look through the list I am sure you will be able to find even more high protein foods just by thinking about it.

Peanut butter (2 tbsp)
Protein- 8 g
Calories- 188

Raw almonds (19 pieces)
Protein- 7 g
Calories- 180

Almond butter (1 tbsp)
Protein- 2 g
Calories- 101

Skinless chicken breast (1 cup)
Protein- 38 g
Calories- 258

Ground beef (90% lean, 3 oz)
Protein- 23 g
Calories- 182

Ground turkey (3 oz)
Protein- 22 g
Calories- 193

Salmon (half fillet)
Protein- 39 g
Calories- 367

Tuna (canned, 1 cup)
Protein- 39 g
Calories- 179

Deli turkey (1 oz)
Protein- 4 g
Calories- 31

My favorite high protein foods? Definitely Tuna and ground Turkey. Grount Turkey is a great alternative to Ground Beef because it is lower in fat.