I often get asked how to start the transition over to a real food / paleo lifestyle for the family and the best tips I have from my personal experience is to initially replace just one meal a day (breakfast was easiest for me as you can also eat breakfast all day 🙂 and make sure you have some pre-made compliant food and snacks to avoid bad last minute choices. These grain free energy bars are perfect for this. You can have an nutrient dense energy bar for breakfast or snac for school or work. This recipe also freezes well, and best of all it’s quick taking under 30 minutes to make!
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Grain Free Energy Breakfast Bars (Paleo, GAPS with Nut Free Option) |
Grain Free Energy Bars (Paleo, GAPS with Nut Free Option)
Store in the fridge for 1 week or freezer for a month
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup tahini (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 1/2 cup almond butter (buy on iherb or amazon – replace with extra tahini for nut free version)
- 1/2 cup almonds ((buy on iherb or amazon – replace with other preferred seeds or more of the below seeds, I like to use watermelon seeds as they are readily available here)
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds (buy from iherb or amazon)
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 1/4 cup chia seeds (leave out if strictly GAPS) (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 1/4 cup raw honey (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 6-8 medjool dates, seed removed and sliced lengthways
- 1 tsp good quality salt (I use pink himalayan or celtic – buy on iherb or amazon)
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Grain Free Energy Breakfast Bars (Paleo, GAPS with Nut Free Option) |
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven to 160°C degrees (325°F, Gas mark 3)
- All all ingredients to a medium mixing bowl and combine well with a spoon or fork
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Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well |
- Grease and line a slice tin with some coconut oil and baking paper
- Pour the mixture in and even out with the back of the spoon
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Pour the mixture in and spread evenly |
- Bake for 20 mins, until the top is golden brown
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Bake for 20 mins and allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes |
- Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes
- Remove and cool completely on a rack
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Allow to cool completely on a rack before slicing |
- Once completely cooled (I like to stick mine in the fridge to make it easier to slice), slice into preferred size
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Slice into preferred size |
- This grain free energy breakfast bar is quite dense and filling so keep the slices smaller
- They can be stored in the freezer for a month and taken out one by one to thaw out over night in the fridge, in a hurry, I have eaten them straight from the freezer too!
- Otherwise store in the fridge for the week
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Grain Free Energy Breakfast Bars (Paleo, GAPS with Nut Free Option) |
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup tahini (buy on iherb or amazon)
- ½ cup almond butter (buy on iherb or amazon - replace with extra tahini for nut free version)
- ½ cup almonds ((buy on iherb or amazon - replace with other preferred seeds or more of the below seeds, I like to use watermelon seeds as they are readily available here)
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds (buy on iherb or amazon)
- ½ cup sesame seeds (buy from iherb or amazon)
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds (buy on iherb or amazon)
- ¼ cup chia seeds (leave out if strictly GAPS) (buy on iherb or amazon)
- ¼ cup raw honey (buy on iherb or amazon)
- 6-8 medjool dates, seed removed and sliced lengthways
- 1 tsp good quality salt (I use pink himalayan or celtic - buy on iherb or amazon)
- Pre-heat the oven to 160°C degrees (325°F, Gas mark 3)
- All all ingredients to a medium mixing bowl and combine well with a spoon or fork
- Grease and line a slice tin with some coconut oil and baking paper
- Pour the mixture in and even out with the back of the spoon
- Bake for 20 mins, until the top is golden brown
- Allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes
- Remove and cool completely on a rack
- Once completely cooled (I like to stick mine in the fridge to make it easier to slice), slice into preferred size
- This grain free energy breakfast bar is quite dense and filling so keep the slices smaller
- They can be stored in the freezer for a month and taken out one by one to thaw out over night in the fridge, in a hurry, I have eaten them straight from the freezer too!
- Otherwise store in the fridge for the week
Sounds great!
Thanks Laurie!
I’ve made these twice in the last two weeks. So easy to throw together and so delicious with a cup of coffee! Thanks for the recipe.
I’m so glad to hear! thank you!
Could you make this without the dates? It looks so good!!
yes for sure, you can use any or no dried fruit, will just be less sweet 🙂
I barely had any of the ingredients listed so substituted with different nuts and seeds, and I only had black tahini so it looks more like a chocolate slice.
Will defintitley be making this (or versions of it) on a regular basis.