With these really 'nutritious' cereal bars....I start the new section in the blog "Nutritious and Delicious".
My friend 'G" is really into eating nutritious,organic and homemade foods. She is a big inspiration for me to get up and make my own whole grain cereal bars and 'Healthy' cookies ( recipe coming soon). All these years M has been taking a cereal bar for breakfast, but never did I think of making one at home!! It was a eye opener the other day....when I met G...who by the way is a 'superwoman'...with so much energy and enthusiasm..you can hardly hold her hand in what all she can accomplish in a day!! Hats off to her!!
Here is the link where I got the idea for this recipe-
Ingredients:
1 and 1/2 cup Whole grain Quick Oats
1 cup Rice Crispies
1/8 cup Flax Seed meal
1/4 cup each Nuts -Pistachios,Almonds
1/4 cup Raisins
1/8 cup Dark chocolate chips
1/4 cup Light Brown sugar
1/4 cup White sugar- (you can use all brown sugar instead)
1 tbsp Honey
1 Egg
1tsp Vanilla
1/4tsp Cinnamon
1tbsp Canola Oil
1 tbsp All purpose flour
1/4tsp salt
* You can add other nuts like walnuts/pecans or fruits like dried cranberries/cherries etc.
1) Preheat oven to 350F. spread the oats and nuts on a cookie sheet and warm in the oven for 8-10 mins...until slightly toasted. reduce temperature to 325F. Coat a 8*11 inch pan or 9* 9 inch pan with aluminum foil.Spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2) Beat the egg.Mix oil, sugar and all of the above ingredients, stir well.
4) Bake at 325F for 15- 20 mins ....till slightly golden brown.
5)Let them cool and then cut onto bars with a oiled sharp knife
