Why hello strangers!
All I can do is apologise for my lack of blogging in the last month. The most annoying part is that I love doing it when I get round to it and when I get started- I have just had the busiest month ever and have now started full time work so it will be even more difficult but hey-ho... Challenge accepted! On a similar note, I've found it really hard to find things to blog about. Any suggestions or requests are always welcomed!
For this post, I thought I would let you guys know about my spontaneous invention that I have not quite found a name for. They are that good, they need a name! Suggestions welcome again (damned imagination, or lack of it...)
They are great for snacks, and are all completely home-made (which means additive free) and adjustable to suit what you have laying around your house which is always a good thing to hear. I feel a lot of ingredients can be hard to get a hold of or expensive to buy, which is why I love these as most of you will have these things around the house or can get them at a local supermarket for super cheap!
I like to think of them as little bars of heaven. Ha! They are very like Nutri-grain bars in terms of texture and size and handy-ness (They are lovely along with a lunch or a biscuit alternative with your tea!)
Without further ado, here is how I made the little bars!
 |
| 1- In a blender blend your dry ingredients. The main ones being porridge oats, branflakes, protein powder (not essential) dry fruit, seeds or nuts, cinnamon, dark organic chocolate and any other thing you fancy! |
 |
| 2- Once blended, pop into a large bowl to rest while you make your wet ingredients |
 |
| 3- Next make your 'wet' ingredients to make a sticky paste. In a blender, I used one large banana, 1 large scoop of peanut butter (organic is best) and in this first time round I also added some apple juice. (Weird, I know) You can also just use skimmed milk or water to make the consistency right. (It is meant to be rather sticky!) |
 |
| 4- Fold in all of your ingredients together to create a gloopy mass of wonder |
 |
| 5- Line a large square dish that is suitable for cooking with low fat butter. Excuse my manky photo-bombing foot. |
 |
| 6- Pat your mixture down with a wooden spoon so that it is equal levels all the way around |
 |
| 7- Pop it into the oven at high heat for around 15- 20 minutes |
 |
| 8- Take a 'Me cooking' selfie whilst they are in the oven. This is essential or the bars wont work. |
 |
| 9- Take your babies out of the oven and leave to cool and slice into little bars! |
 |
| 10- Once cooled, enjoy! I wrapped mine up in tin foil and took mine down to my gym like a cute wee auntie or something. The men appreciated my gesture! *I wouldn't put these in the fridge as it dried them out* |
And there we have it! Simple, home cooked healthy snack bars in under 30 minutes. They were beautiful, I cannot get over how simple they were to make and that I just made it up out of my own head. If you try to make my bars (or come up with a better name than Emily's Healthy Snack Bars, because that name sucks) let me know because I would love to see you try them!
Have fun and stay healthy!
Emily xx
