Healthy Energy Bars to help me on my new dieting journey
Today I made some energy bars, courtesy of Ellie Krieger who I adore as a healthy cooking goddess. So I made the Energy bars precisely as per her instructions, which is hard for me as I love to experiment and was desperate to start adding cherries, walnuts, a few chocolate chips...the list goes on.
However I stuck with Ellie & the results were awesome.
Below is her actual recipe & I urge for people to try this as the results were outstanding
"Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1/2 cup raw unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pitted dried dates
1/2 cup powdered nonfat dry milk
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
2 large eggs
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
Place all ingredients except the syrup and eggs in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is finely chopped. Add the syrup and eggs and pulse until the mixture is well combined. It will resemble a coarse paste.
Transfer to the baking pan and spread evenly. Bake until just done, about 20 minutes. Cut into 20 squares."
Apparently these are good to freeze & take out in the morning for a delicious treat in mid morning
My version turned out like this
However I stuck with Ellie & the results were awesome.
Below is her actual recipe & I urge for people to try this as the results were outstanding
"Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1/2 cup raw unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
1/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pitted dried dates
1/2 cup powdered nonfat dry milk
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
2 large eggs
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
Place all ingredients except the syrup and eggs in a food processor and pulse until the mixture is finely chopped. Add the syrup and eggs and pulse until the mixture is well combined. It will resemble a coarse paste.
Transfer to the baking pan and spread evenly. Bake until just done, about 20 minutes. Cut into 20 squares."
Apparently these are good to freeze & take out in the morning for a delicious treat in mid morning
My version turned out like this
I also decided that as I was having something healthy to eat now that the bars were made that a low fat hot chocolate was in order.
Having seen these in the supermarket the last few times I decided to give into temptation and purchase an Options low fat Belgian Brownie Hot Chocolate Drink
It was 60 calories of (in compared to others that I have tried) of yumminess
This evening, after having family pop round and have a taste of the energy bars, I am going to have to make another batch and so might try adding some sour cherries, dried blueberries for a little variety as it was so easy to make putting everything into the food processor.
Tomorrow I shall be tackling Lemon Curd in a bid to make it more healthy. Now time for some sleep ready for a work out in the morning so I can afford the calories to have another one of the energy bars!
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