Well it's Easter and I can't believe I haven't made anything decadent and super chocolaty this year. After all Easter is a very good excuse to munch on chocolate treats and not feel guilty because we're meant to munch on chocolate. Aren't we? Nope not this year, just delicious nutty/seedy, high energy, healthy birdseed bars!!! The truth is I've been trying to be healthy and lose a few extra Mumma pounds and I didn't want Easter to sabotage the progress of 4 weeks. This has taken a whole lot of will power let me tell ya.
So I got into the groove of toasting some oats, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds sunflower seeds and flax seeds in a pan on the stove top. Then on low I stirred and dissolved a jar of brown rice syrup with a big glob of almond butter with 1 tablespoon of vanilla until it bubbled and caramelized which took about 10 minutes. It was then time to poor the wet mix over the dry mix and add 1 cup of dry blueberries and 1 cup of dry cranberries.
After blending both mixtures well I transferred the whole mass to a nonstick cookie tray with sides. I left it to cool (it cools very fast since the rice syrup makes it very sticky) and then cut it up into pretty squares.
And there you have a very tasty and healthy snack. Kinda like granola bars but you know all of the ingredients are wholesome.
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