Granola bars

Well, I like snacks. It's actually healthier to eat more smaller meals instead of fewer larger meals. So I always end up needing a snack mid-afternoon. But do you know how hard it is to find good, healthy snacks? Really hard. Every snack we have in the house seems to have something in it that I either don't like or try to minimize in my diet. And I don't like buying processed foods for many reasons, including health freak reasons and price reasons. So I got to thinking about what I could make that would be quick, simple and yummy. And well the obvious answer was granola bars. I spent a while online trying to find a good recipe and I couldn't find any that I particularly likes. So what do I do? Well the typical Alyssa thing, make my own recipe up. Sometimes it works really wonderfully and well, other times... it's... it's interesting.
So I basically threw together a bunch of ingredients I had in the house that I thought would taste good.

Here's the ingredient that I put in but I think you can basically put in whatever you want.
Toasted chopped almonds
Toasted oats
Toasted sunflower seeds
Raisins
Shredded coconut
Peanut butter
Honey
Coconut oil
Vanilla

I just tossed all the dry ingredients together, mixed the wet ingredients together in a saucepan, tossed the two mixtures together, pressed it all into a pan and cooked it for 15 minutes.

After taking them out and letting them cool I cut them into granola bar sized rectangles and of course since it was an experiment I had to eat one. They tasted really, really good. They we're a bit crumbly so next time I make them I'm going to maybe add a bit more peanut butter and honey to make them stick together better. But overall for one of my experiments they turned out really well. 

~Alyssa <3