Oatmeal and Apple Granola Bars
Oatmeal makes a delicious granola bar
We went on a trip to Lake Powell with my sister in law’s family one year. We brought oatmeal to make for breakfast for us and the kids thinking it was an easy meal to pack. My nephew, who was probably 9 or 10 said, “What are you eating?” I said, “Oatmeal.” He said, “Oatmeal for Breakfast???” I said, “Of course! Don’t you have oatmeal?” and he said, “Yeah, for cookies, but not for breakfast!”
According to “The World’s Healthiest Foods,” Oats are the most nutrient-rich out of all the grains. That’s great because they are so versatile too. So why oats? Excellent source of manganese, good source of fiber and vitamin B, high in protein, helps lower cholesterol, stabalizes mood by maintaining blood sugar, and they are available year round.
How can we get our kids to eat more oats?
- Hot oatmeal
- oatmeal cookies
- granola
- granola bars
- Added to baked goods like breads, cakes, muffins
- Used to thicken ground meats or stews
- Ground in to oat flour as a replacement for other flours.
The Quaker website has 126 pages of kids favorite recipes that uses oats! I can’t guarantee they are healthy, but if you really need to use up some oats in your food storage, it’s a nice place to browse.
I tried a recipe in a healthy eating book, of course it was for cookies. Once again, I was the only one who liked the cookies. I think their expectations are too high. Maybe I shouldn’t have called them cookies and they would have accepted the flavor and texture better. Maybe I just need to stop making real oatmeal cookies for a while so they don’t compare the healthy version. The dough was pretty sticky.
- I toasted 2 cups of rolled oats. Let them cool.
- Added some cut up dried apples
- a handful of sliced almonds
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt.
I mixed up the dry ingredients then added
- 3 egg whites, and 1 tsp vanilla extract.
I rolled out some small balls and baked at 350 for 15 minutes. Each cookie had 54 calories, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of protein, and 1 gram of fat (not saturated).
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