HEALTHY NO BAKE ENERGY BARS (Great for energy boost through the day)

HEALTHY NO BAKE ENERGY BARS

(Great for energy boost through the day)

Six months ago I changed my diet to vegetarian. I didn`t have many problems adapting to the change. But in the first month I`ve noticed that I don`t have much energy. So after a little experimenting with different types of bars I finally adapted a few different recipes to satisfy my energy needs.

 This is very easy and fast recipe to make.  The beauty of it is that you can adapt it to your own personal diet.

Ingredients:

-        1  1/2 cups of oats (toasted)

-        2 cups of rice crispy cereal

(You can change the ratio of rice crispy cereal and oats; if you like you can put more oats)

-        1/4 cup of butter

-        1/4 cup honey

-        1/2 brown sugar (you can use regular sugar if you don`t have brown)

-        1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional)

-        1/2 teaspoon of salt (optional)

(Personally I don`t put salt and vanilla, I don`t like the taste)

-        1/3 cup of chopped dry fruit of your choosing (raisins, cranberry etc.)

-        1/3 cup of baked nuts of your choosing (almond, hazelnut etc.)

If you don`t like nuts you can put baked seeds (pumpkin seeds, sunflower etc.)

-        2 teaspoons chia

-        2 teaspoons flax seed

Preparation:

Soak the chia and flax seeds in a fresh juice until you get a paste (about 10-15 minutes).

Mix the oats and the rice cereal in a large bowl.

In another container mix the seeds/nuts, the chia and flax seed paste, chopped dry fruit.

Put the honey and sugar in a pan on medium heat, caramelize the ingredients (and whisk in the vanilla and salt if you chose to add them).

Put the caramel over the oats and rice cereal and mix it well, then add the mix of all the other ingredients. Put the ingredients in tray and press them very firmly together. Press hard so they don’t fall apart when you cut them. 

Refrigerate for two hours, then cut them in to desirable pieces. Store them in an airtight container.

You can always adapt this recipe to your liking. In the mix you can put shredded coconut, chocolate chips, peanut butter, jelly, jam etc. Have fun.