Green Thickie's Raw granola bar recipe: The filling Green Smoothie in a bar!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Date Paste Or 1/2 Cup fresh pitted dates. You may need to add a little bit of water if it's too thick.
- 1/8 cup Carob Powder Or Cocoa/ Cacao Powder
- 1/4 cup Ground Flaxseeds Or Ground Almonds or other nuts or seeds
- 1/4 cup Cherries Divided (Or Strawberries or other fruit)
- 1/2 cup Dried Coconut Shredded/ Desiccated
- 1 cup Rolled Oats
Optional:
- 2 cups Spinach Or other mild greens
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
Instructions
- Add the date paste, carob powder, ground flax, HALF of the cherries (1/8 Cup), greens, salt and dried coconut to a food processor and process for a couple of minutes or until well mixed and the greens have been well broken down.
- Stir in the oats and the other half of the cherries (1/8) until well mixed.
Press down into a non stick or greased baking pan and you can either:
- 1) Freeze for 1-3 hours and eat from frozen. Can be stored for up to 3 months. (RAW)
- 2) Refrigerate for 3 hours and eat within 3 days. (RAW)
- 3) Dehydrate in a dehydrator for 24 hours or until firm. (RAW)
- 4) Dehydrate in an oven on the lowest setting with the door open until firm. (Raw if less than 115F)
- 5) Bake in the oven at 180 C/ 355 F/ Gas Mark 4 (Baked)
Notes
- The RECIPE for DATE PASTE can be found here.
- This granola bar recipe is suitable for Special Diets: Gluten free (Use GF Oats or Quinoa), raw (Use raw oats/quinoa), vegetarian, vegan, dairy free, egg free, refined sugar free, wheat free, soya free, salt free (don't add salt), nut free (This doesn't include coconuts)