Mysty PfefferBreakfast ideas with a good amount of protein and fiber, and not too much sugar is hard to find. Thankfully, these gluten free date nut bars will help fill the void!
When you and I use alternate whole grains to make our breakfast bars we are stretching our baking muscles and ready to serve! Now, if your loved one is also nut free, I’m sure you’ll skip the walnuts I add to this recipe. However, using sunflower seeds in their place will provide some good vitamin E and selenium!
So, there are always options!
The good thing about these date nut bars is there are 5 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber in each bar. Fresh-milled millet also contains a decent amount of magnesium (106mg/100grams). There is 2.5mg of iron, 55mg biotin, 20.8 niacin, and 23 grams of selenium in 100grams. So, these bars are rich in nutrients that are not on a standard nutrition label.
You and I can feel good about that!
However, there is also just over 2 teaspoons of sugar. Although we can always adjust the maple syrup to our tastes. I use 1 tablespoon when I make them for myself, but my hubby likes things a little sweeter and since I made these for him to take to work, he gets what he likes.
As long as he is getting the fiber, protein, and nutrients alongside the sweetness, I don’t feel too bad. I’m just hoping homemade treats keep him out of the snack machines and all the ultra-processed junk he likes!
God’s garden is so much better taste wise and nutrition wise. He makes everything for our good and His glory!
The hubby is in agreement on this fact.
Devotion
He compels us with the Holy Spirit to seek Him and His provision, rather than the things of the world. In Luke 14 Jesus tells the story of the great banquet while reclining at the Pharisee’s table. He basically says don’t just invite friends and neighbors who can return the favor but go out and invite the poor and lame who may never have the resources to do the same for you.
At the great banquet in heaven Jesus invites everyone. However, we also see in this chapter many people have excuses not to come. He goes on to say, “Compel people to come in so my house may be filled.” (vs.23)
Compel is to necessitate, drive to, constrained as through a channel. The late Charles Spurgeon says, “Little by little as we are transformed into the image of Christ, we increasingly desire to follow him.”
And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.Â
Luke 14 ESV – Healing of a Man on the Sabbath – One – Bible Gateway
Oh, how our choices today to follow and be whole in Christ Jesus spiritually parallel our choices from the garden to sustain and nourish our bodies. There is plenty of goodness and room for more. So, the next time I think about my daily banquet, I’m going to start asking myself some questions.
Where has Jesus compelled me to minister?
Am I listening to His call or am I providing excuses as to why I prefer to feast on the world’s offerings?
We’ll see. A little self-examination each day, alongside God’s Word, may be just what I need for true contentment.
I hope you like the date nut bars, there are more gluten free items on the blog, so check them out, too!
Gluten Free Date Nut Bars
Gluten Free Date Nut Bars
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Millet finely ground
- 1 Cup Oats Finely ground
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 1/4 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tbsp Pumpkin Seeds Chopped small
- 2 Tbsp Walnut or substitute sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 1/2 Tsp xanthan gum
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp arrowroot flour
Date Filling
- 10 Dates Pitted
- 1/2 Cup Water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place the dates and water in a saucepan on the stove and heat on low.
- Meanwhile, combine the softened butter, oil, slurp, and egg in a mixing bowl.
- Add the ground millet, oats, arrowroot flour, and xanthan gum.
- Combine until well mixed then divide the dough into two halves. Place half of the dough into a lightly oiled 9×9 inch baking dish and spread out until it covers the bottom. Set the other half to the side.
- Blend the dates and water in a blender until there is a nice puree. Spread it over the dough in the 9×9 pan.
- Take the remaining dough and place small balls of it across the filling, Don't worry, they will bake together and form a crust. Top with walnuts and bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.
Nutrition
You have a great day and enjoy your weekend!
I am here for you and cheering you on!
