My Best Organic

This is a recipe I discovered and adapted recently.  It’s suitable for vegetarians and vegans.  I’ve been trying to find a way of increasing my son’s intake of seeds…he’s happy to eat a few as snacks, but loses interest quite quickly.  With these fruit/seed/nut bars, he’s content to munch away, no problem.  It’s very simple, and took us a maximum of ten minutes from digging out the ingredients through to him eating the first bar.

Ingredients

• A small handful of soft dried fruit - Crazy Jacks’ Apricots are ideal
• A small handful of sultanas
• A small handful of walnuts 
• A small handful of seeds
• A small handful of dessicated coconut

Blend all of the ingredients together until they form a paste, then shape into bars.  No need to bake!  Store in an airtight container in the fridge - probably best to eat within a few days.

Next time I’m going to experiment and use sesame seeds as they are apparently a good source of calcium.  I might try it with partially rehydrated dates instead of the apricots too.

In terms of blender, I use a KitchenAid one in a lovely bright red.  As someone with a poor history with blenders (I’ve killed four in the past few years) this one seems to be holding up pretty well.