Ingredients

• _1/3 cup of honey
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• ½ cup sunflower butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups of rolled oats (certified gluten-free if required)
• 1 cup Nature's Path® Hemp Plus® granola
• 1 cup buckwheat flour
• 3 tablespoons chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup dried fruit (or chocolate chips for more decadent bars)
• ½ cup mixed seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, hemp)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a small saucepan, melt coconut oil, sunflower butter and honey. When smooth, remove from heat and add eggs. Stir.
• Mix the dry ingredients (oats, granola, flour, chia, cinnamon) in a medium bowl.
• Add the oil mixture to the dry ingredients and stir vigorously.
• Add the dried fruit, then the seeds, while continuing to stir.
• Grease a 9 x 13 cake tin with coconut oil, then fold in the soft-bar mixture. Feel free to use your hands and press firmly to distribute the mixture evenly.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until the sides turn golden.
• Remove from oven and let stand for ten minutes before cutting into individual portions.
• The bars will keep for 5 days in an airtight container.

Véronique Cousineau, naturopath

Naturopath's notes:

This recipe is very well balanced. I love passing these bars on to my kids for school snacks or enjoying them with a nice chai tea.

You'll notice that my recipe contains a fair amount of fat, and that's intentional! By pairing fat with fiber and protein, we achieve better glycemic stability and more sustained energy.