Description

Energy bars with cranberries
Energy bars. Extremely tasty, with a pronounced honey-nutty flavor, toasted oats and sour cranberry bars, perfect snack and a great replacement for the purchase bars, which are not cheap! They can be made from almost any mix of nuts and dried fruits that you prefer and love, and most importantly - it's very simple and affordable!

Ingredients

  • Cranberry

    0.66 cup

  • Vanilla

    1 g

  • Honey

    0.5 cup

  • Butter

    30 g

  • Brown sugar

    0.5 cup

  • Salt

    0.5 tsp

  • Peanuts

    0.333 cup

  • Walnuts

    1 cup

  • Pumpkin seeds

    0.5 cup

  • Oat flakes

    2 cup

  • Sunflower seeds

    0.5 cup

  • Flax seeds

    0.25 cup

  • Raisins

    2 Tbsp

Cooking

step-0
On a baking sheet, covered with baking paper, place cereal, peanuts, walnuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, flax seeds and salt. PS if you use puffed rice, then fry it is not necessary, and just add to the mixture.
step-1
Mix well and put in heated to 180"With the oven for approximately 7-8 minutes to seeds and flakes are roasted. Be guided by your oven! Place the finished mixture in a large bowl.
step-2
In a saucepan place the honey, sugar, vanilla and butter.
step-3
On medium heat, stirring constantly, cook the caramel, it will take about 5 minutes to the sugar is completely dissolved.
step-4
Cranberries and raisins mix and add to the nut-oat mixture.
step-5
Add to this the mixture is ready the caramel and mix well with a spatula.
step-6
Capacity with sides and size 32х22 lay a baking paper so that it covers and the side, and put the walnut-caramel mixture. Flatten.
step-7
Cover top of baking paper and seal palm. Leave to harden for 2-3 hours.
step-8
Frozen mass osvodit from the mold and baking paper and cut into 12 servings with a sharp knife.
step-9
Each bar is packaging in plastic wrap.
step-10
Now you can take it with you to work or school (children) or school (great kids!)
step-11
All varieties of NUTS contain vitamins A, E and b group, as well as potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Nuts are rich in valuable proteins, which may well replace animal proteins, but to provide the body with the necessary amount of protein is necessary during the day eat nuts of various kinds. Nuts supply the body with unsaturated fatty acids omega-3, omega-6, omega-9. As you know, in the composition of these fats has no "harmful" cholesterol. They contain fiber, which is the most reliable "cleaner" for the intestines. Nuts are indispensable for the transition to a vegetarian diet, and dieting. The fact that nuts reduce appetite, but in the day you should eat no more handfuls. The high caloric content of this product requires us to restrict the quantity, or the desire to improve health can play Your body is a cruel joke, namely, to gain weight or get an Allergy. The combination of walnuts with honey and dried fruits to enhance their nutritional value and enhance the therapeutic effect. The usefulness of peanuts, is that it helps to maintain optimal level of sugar in the bloodstream. For this reason, small volumes of groundnuts useful for patients with different forms of diabetes. More peanuts useful content of compounds of magnesium, normalize blood pressure and metabolic processes in the organism as a whole. But still because of its high caloric permitted its use in small doses. FLAX SEEDS are very useful for people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and thyroid. The inclusion in the diet of flax seeds is the prevention of thrombosis, significantly reducing the risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Regular consumption of Flaxseed in food improves immunity, improves intestinal peristalsis, has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, restores blood flow to the tissues, stabilizes blood sugar, promotes weight loss. PUMPKIN SEEDS and SUNFLOWER seeds - contain large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids makes this product an excellent means of prevention of cardiovascular disease. It is believed that the use of seeds saved from insomnia, stimulates the production of digestive juices, improves immunity, allows you to save the youthfulness of the skin, strengthens bone tissue and normalizes the bowels, liver and biliary tract. OATMEAL, like all products from oats are a storehouse of nutrients. Along with vitamins of group "b" and "P" in their composition a large amount of of such trace elements as zinc, magnesium and iron. However, the most important use of this product is that the oatmeal is almost entirely composed of coarse dietary fibers as cellulose and pectin. Eating oatmeal has a beneficial effect on cardiac function. This happens due to the fact that coarse fiber of oat flakes do not dissolve and swell in the intestine. Thus, they bind bad cholesterol and excess fatty acids in one mass, which is then excreted from the body. In addition, and proven the benefits of oatmeal for diabetes and suffering from obesity. All the same crude fiber, preventing the fast absorption of carbohydrates in the intestines, thereby do not give rise to the blood sugar levels and reduce appetite. SUN-DRIED CRANBERRIES. In addition to the excellent gastronomy of the merits of important and useful properties of dried cranberries. For example, in traditional medicine, this product is recommended for liver, kidney and pancreas. A positive way its use affects and hypertension, diseases of Adisson, fever, ascites, diathesis, disorders of metabolism, and diseases of rheumatoid nature. There are other useful properties of dried cranberries. In particular, it is proved that this medicinal product has antipyretic, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive, anti-sclerotic and antiscorbutic action. In addition, substances in berries have a positive effect on water-salt metabolism, stimulate the activity of the pancreas and adversely affect Vibrio cholerae. RAISINS - the champion of potassium content! Raisins should be included in your diet for people with cardiovascular disease, suffering from vascular dystonia. Raisins strengthens the lungs, heart, nervous system and even suppress the anger and calms the nerves., About the benefits of HONEY written so many that just want to add that for all its beneficial properties this product is beyond any competition! BE HEALTHY! PS Totally disagree with all added options to the recipe! Except for the first, fourth and ninth variants, somewhat similar in composition, but an excellent way of cooking!
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