In honor of National Quinoa Day, I thought I’d bring back and oldie and goodie, my old quinoa protein bar! This quinoa bar is great for kids breakfast, an on the go snack or just little treat to tide you over til your next meal! The protein in this recipe comes from good quality collagen protein powder as well as eggs. I always recommend buying the higher quality eggs that come from pasture raised chicken, when possible.

If you want other snacks that are kid-friendly, check out this list of healthy after school snacks!

I love that this super easy recipe can be made in no time. My whole family enjoys this quinoa protein bar. Make sure to adjust the sweetener to taste. If you find the first time you make it it’s not sweet enough, just add a little more natural maple syrup the next time.

For this recipe you’ll use cooked quinoa. So pre-cook 1 1/4 cup of uncooked quinoa according to directions. Quinoa will basically double in size once you cook it. This will result in approximately 2 1/2 cups cooked quinoa. I used the red quinoa option from Ancient Harvest, you could also use the white quinoa!

For the collagen, it’s completely optional. I added about 3 Tbs into the whole recipe, but you could easily omit of you don’t have it. I used Vital Proteins Unflavored Collagen. As for the sweetener, I used the Lakanto Maple Syrup. You could easily use real maple syrup, as that’s what I’ve used in the past before I had the Lakanto option. It’s a lower carb syrup option and can be found on Amazon or in some health food stores, like Whole Foods or Sprouts.