Monday, November 4, 2013

Love this, raw food nut bar recipe, seriously easy, and good. And of course modified by me.

Hurry Up Vegan: Five Minute, No-Bake Sunflower Oat Bars

totally stole this photo from Gena's website. Link above, and she has other ways to cook/dehydrate this bar as well.
No-Bake Seed/nut and Oat Bars (vegan/raw/gluten free, and 100% good for your pooper!)
Makes 5-10 bars-ish
-1/2 cup rolled or quick oats (substitute gluten free oats if needed)
-1/2 cup sunflower seeds (raw or toasted) [mix in any seed/nut, pumpkin, walnuts, sliced or crushed almonds, shelled hemp seeds, get creative] 
-1/8 cup dried fruit, and/or cacao nibs
-1 cup peanut butter, or nut/seed butter of choice
-1 T coconut oil [cold pressed, virgin, unfiltered if possible]
-Spices: sprinkle to taste powder ginger and turmeric powder. Both are cancer fighting,
anti-inflammatory, and the ginger will cancel out the turmeric.
If you want a sweet and salty bar, drizzle local honey, unprocessed/unpasteurized, on top when done and sprinkle some Himalayan or Celtic sea salt on top, the more critters/minerals in the salt the better :)

1) Mix oats, sunflower seeds, raisins, and whatever else you want in a large bowl.
2) Use a fork and mix together nut butter and coconut oil. Pour into oat mixture, and mix well, till everything is combined. If it’s too dry, add more nut butter.
3) Cover hands in coconut oil and press mixture into bars or sticks or balls :) and place in a glass baking dish, and refrigerate for 4 hours. When done wrap in baking paper, and keep refrigerated till ready to use eat.

FYI coconut oil melts in your hand, so may be messy, but soooooo good :)