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Whole Grain Chews

These bars are dense and satisfying, perfect mid- or post-workouts over an hour long. They are sweetened with all-natural ingredients–honey, dried fruit, and natural peanut butter. Honey is made up of fructose and glucose and is a simple, or single-molecule sugar. This means that it enters your bloodstream quickly–translating to more energy bang for your buck.

All that aside, they’re just plain tasty and convenient. And they fit perfectly in laptop bags, glove compartments, and even dainty purses.

Yield: 36 servings

¼
cup almonds, roughly chopped
2
cups rolled oats
¼
cup dried apricots, chopped up
½
cup dried cranberries
¼
cup pumpkin or sunflower seeds
¼
cup sesame seeds
½
cup Red River Cereal (Canada only) or Bob’s Red Mill 10 Grain Cereal
½
cup honey
¼
tsp salt
1
cup peanut butter
1
tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 350, and toast the oats, almonds, and pumpkin/sunflower seeds on a baking sheet until just golden and fragrant. (Watch carefully, they burn quickly!)

2. Add the fruit and seeds to the oat and nut mixture. Mix well.

3. Bring ½ cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add cereal, stir and remove from heat. Allow to sit for 2 minutes.

4. Add peanut butter, honey, salt and vanilla to the pan and return to medium low, stirring often for 7 minutes. The mixture should start to shine and pull away easily from the sides of the pan. Stir constantly to avoid it sticking to the bottom. Do not overheat.

5. Add the warm peanut butter mixture to the oat mixture, and combine thoroughly. Press very firmly into an 8×8 glass or metal pan (place a piece of foil that matches the size of the pan on top and press with your hands.) Leave to rest for at least 2 hours. Cut in 36 small squares and freeze indefinitely, or refrigerate/wrap and keep at room temperature for up to a month. Since the ingredients are all non-perishable, they will likely go stale before they go “bad.”

Nutritional information per 1/36th of a pan (one small square, fits perfectly in a bike bag!): 80 calories, 2 grams fat, 13.5 carbohydrates, 1.7 grams dietary fiber, 2.5 grams protein.