Posts Tagged ‘wheat germ’
Sweet Potato Squares
Cookies & Bars • Tags: agave, healthy breakfast, Noble Pig, oatmeal, wheat germ
Maybe you’ve noticed we love sweet potatoes. Either you’ve noticed it, or you’ve just read the words ‘We love sweet potatoes.’ too many times on this site. We’ll say it loud and proud, ‘We love sweet potatoes!’ A while ago, we were surfing through the site of the oh so Noble Pig, and there was a recipe for Banana-Oatmeal Bake. The short ingredient list resulted in this tray of what appeared to be utter deliciousness. We knew we had to make it. Only one of us is a big banana fan (that’d be Amir), so of course, the original recipe would’ve been enjoyed, but we made a couple of changes that seemed as though they fit everyone’s tastes. That of course included the incorporation of our favorite vegetable–the sweet potato.
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Orange Ginger Granola Bars
Cookies & Bars • Tags: bars, coconut, dessert, ginger, granola, honey, orange, sesame seeds, sunflower seds, vanilla bean paste, wheat germ
A big thanks goes out to Nature Valley, Quaker Oats, and even Kudos (please don’t deny you’ve ever had a Kudos) for supplying us with hand held snacks during our school days. We shoveled these bars down like on tomorrow. When you were a kid, you didn’t think too much about high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated soybean oil, but occasionally those sneaky buggers did find their way into some of your snack foods. Including some granola bars. Considering what actually goes into a granola bar, it’s nice to know that you can whip them up anytime at home. And you can put whatever it is you want into them and leave whatever you want to avoid out of them. Like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated soybean oil. Easy enough right? Right.
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