Peanut Butter Granola Bars

Granola bars are excellent if you want a quick treat, but often I find that there are a lot of hidden ingredients and calories in the stuff you buy, so I like to make my own. It's actually really easy, and they taste 10 times better, so just get at it guys!

Ingredients:

2 cups oats
1 cup puffed rice cereal
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
8-10 dates soaked in 1/2 cup water overnight
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine oats, rice cereal, and salt in a bowl.
2. Mix together honey and peanut butter and melt in microwave for 30-60 seconds.
3. Blend the dates and water until it's like a syrup.
4. Combine oat mixture, honey mixture and dates and stir together until it shapes a dough.
5. Press into a pan and freeze for 1 hour.
6. Melt chocolate chips and drizzle over the chilled granola bars with a fork.
7. Freeze again until it is hard and cut into pieces.

Paleo Chocolate Chip Banana Bars

I have a love for chocolate and bananas. Banana is like the greatest natural sweetener of them all if you ask me. So if you have some ripe bananas go ahead and use them for baking and don't just throw them away!!! Also I really think you should try this recipe, because it's seriously one of the best things I've ever tried, and completely guilt free, also for vegans!

Ingredients:

2 bananas
1/2 cup almond butter
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients except chocolate chips in food processor and blend on high for 1-2 minutes. Scoop out batter into bowl and add most of the chocolate chips, gently mix to evenly distribute.
2. Press batter into 8x8 pan greased with Coconut Oil.
3. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over top and bake for approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
   
   
   
   

Quinoa Bars with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

To be honest his didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to. The chocolate stuck to the pan instead of the bar, and I added too much water, so it got kinda smushy instead of being crunchy... Next time, I will add more peanut butter instead of water to get the oats and quinoa to stick. But besides from that, these bars were really good and has a ton of fibre and other good stuff. And who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate?

Ingredients:

1 cup oats

1 cup cooked quinoa

2 tbsp cococa powder

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup cashews

one portion Chia seed pudding

pinch of salt

2 tbsp agave syrup

1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave and spread on a piece of parchment paper. Pour shredded coconut on top of the chocolate before it hardens. Let it sit while you prepare the batter. 

2. Mix oats, quinoa, cocoa powder, and chia seed pudding in a bowl. Cut almonds and cashews into smaller pieces, you still want them crunchy. Mix the rest of the ingredients into the bowl. If it won't stick very eel together add a little more peanut butter or agave syrup. 

3. Pour the batter on top of the chocolate and freeze until it has hardened. 

4. Cut into little bars and enjoy with a cup of Chocolate Mocha or some cold milk.

 Enjoy!