Ingredients

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

Preparation

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a small pot, melt the coconut oil, sunflower butter and honey. When the texture becomes homogeneous, remove from the heat then add the eggs. Brew.
• 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 fruits then the seeds while continuing to stir.
• Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan with coconut oil then add 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 brown.
• Remove from the oven then leave to rest for around ten minutes before cutting them into individual portions.
• The bars will keep for 5 days in an airtight container.

Véronique Cousineau, naturopath

Notes from the naturopath:

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 will notice that my recipe contains a good amount of fat, and that is intentional! By pairing fats with fiber and proteins, we achieve better glycemic stability and more sustained energy.