Re: Homemade NT granola bars

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> Heidi wrote<snip>

> " I also picked up two beef hearts: they were $1.29/lb, no bones,

> no fat -- easy to dehydrate. They are dehydrating now! So far

> so good. Beef hearts are too low-fat to work by themselves

> as a lunch, but maybe combined with something. Or made

> into pemmican. I'm playing around with the idea of adding

> some cocoa powder to melted coconut oil, ghee, coconut,

> and chopped nuts with a teeny bit of sweetener or dried

> fruit, and making " chocolate " to go with the jerkey. "

>

> Hi Heidi,

> Can you keep us posted on the results of this chocolate

experiment? Also

> does anyone out there have an NT acceptable recipe for something

that is on

> the order of granola bars--trying to find good snacky foods for

the kids.

>

> For whatever it's worth here's a progress report on the slooooooow

dietary

> conversion of my hubby.

> I'm still in the process of slowing trying to NTize our entire

diet. We're

> doing pretty good, but my husband has been slow to convert. He's

the

> ultimate skeptic (and sweet tooth). He is making progress though

which I

> sometime fail to see because it seems so slow. After a hiking

outing that

> he packed the lunch for he told me about his adventures and I

begin to see

> that he is listening and trying to change. He was looking for

juice and he

> said it took him forever to find something without high fructose

corn

> syrup--but he persisted. He got fresh fruits and veggies. He got

roast

> beef for sandwhiches and wanted rolls to put it in (I have not

come up with

> a bread the kids will eat and usually give them ezekiel bread at

home but

> hubby won't eat that)he couldn't find any he wanted and ended up

with Wonder

> bread (Yuch) although he new this isn't what he wanted he got it

instead of

> making a new trip. Than he wanted beef jerky--he said and I

quote " I just

> wanted it and I purposely didn't look at the label because I knew

if I did

> there would be something bad in there and I didn't want to know "

Hey this

> is great progress and I'm cracking up because he got Pemmican

brand jerky

> which is " 96% fat free " (No suet in this stuff--had a good chuckle

over

> that). I'm just now working on my beef jerky so hopefully will

come up with

> something everyone will like. I try to remember that I'm going

against the

> great wave of popular culture and that can be slow going and small

successes

> need to be celebrated. So thanks for being part of the place I can

> celebrate my small successes.

> --

About GRANOLA BARS:

I just made a very simple and I think NT acceptable granola. I

flaked some whole oats (you can buy oatmeal also). Then I soaked

the oats in enough water and whey just to dampen them. Kept this in

a warm spot for a day or so. To these damp oats I added raw honey

(a dark one), rapadura, maple syrup and vanilla to taste (not too

sweet) Also added some salt and a heaping scoop of coconut oil,

melted. Spread this mixture on a sheet of parchment paper and

placed on a perforated pan in my small convection oven at 250

degrees. When mostly dry, I put in a 150 oven to finish. Tastes

pretty good. You could add cinnamon too.

Now to make bars, I am guessing that I could use whipped egg whites

as a binder (like Sally's holiday pecans), add some raisins, or

other dried fruit and chopped soaked nuts as desired, even carob or

choc chips. Then form and bake. I think I'll try this and then let

you know. Any other ideas?

Pam