Showing posts with label health bar recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health bar recipes. Show all posts

Monday, 20 October 2008

Oatmeal Bar Recipe

It has been so busy in Jeenas Kitchen recently so I am glad to be updating with something I have been craving, my oatmeal bars recipe. I love all kinds of health bars oat bars and flapjacks and will be posting more recipes soon.

This oatmeal bar recipe is so so easy to make and tastes fantastic.

Oats and dried fruits are really healthy and good for you, oats contain B Vitamins and apricots are high in Iron and Vitamin A.


This oat bar recipe is wheat and dairy free.

Try them for yourself they are very tasty.


Ingredients for Oat Meal Bars
8oz Whole Oats
2oz Oat Bran
3oz Dried Apricots
1oz Raisins
1oz Sultanas
4oz Honey
1oz Dark Brown Sugar
3 Tbsp Rapeseed Oil (or sunflower oil)
4 Tbsp Soya Milk
1oz Dark Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Honey
3 Tbsp Soya Milk

'Note....To measure the honey place a small bowl onto your weighing scales and weigh 4oz into it.'


Picture of thick syrup textured honey being poured into a bowl.


Picture of whole oats.


Picture of Oat Bran.



Picture of Unsulphured Dried Apricots and Raisins.



How to make Jeenas Kitchen Oatmeal Bar Recipe


In a large mixing bowl mix together the whole oats, oat bran and dried fruits.



Mix together 3 Tbsp oil, 4oz honey and 1oz brown sugar in a separate bowl.

Mix in 4 Tbsp soya milk.



Add the oats and fruit mixture and mix together thoroughly.

Add half off the oats mixture at a time.



Once fully mixed add 1oz brown sugar, 1 Tbsp Honey and 3 Tbsp Soya milk.

Mix really well.



Lightly grease a flapjack oven tin or brownie tin.

Pat the oatmeal mixture into the tin using the back of a spoon.



Place into a hot oven at 190C for 15-20 minutes of until golden.

Once cooked leave the oat bar mixture in its tray for at least ten minutes.

Slice the oatmeal into bars and leave to fully cool.

Store in an air tight container.



Enjoy Jeenas Kitchen delicious oatmeal bar recipe.



Why not try Jeenas health bar recipe that using treacle molasses.

Thursday, 24 January 2008

Chocolate (Carob) loaf cake health bar recipe


This is an easy Chocolate (Carob) Cake Health Bar Recipe.

You can use chocolate or carob in this recipe. I use carob which is a chocolate alternative and does not contain dairy and is very healthy for you.

If you have never used carob then why not check out: learn about carob

Jeenas chocolate (carob) cake health bar recipe, does not need to be cooked in the oven. You will not get an easier recipe than this one and the taste is divine !

This is such a healthy tasty treat to snack on and contains lots of "healthy ingredients" such as carob, raisins, dates , almonds.

My chocolate (carob) loaf cake health bar recipe, is soft and chewy in texture with bits of nutty crunch and has the smooth flavour of dark chocolate from the tasty carob that makes you want more and more...

The measurements of ingredients in this chocolate (carob) loaf cake health bar recipe, give it a balanced taste that is simply perfect. Good healthy food can be made at home as you can see for yourself, simply follow "Jeenas Kitchen" step-by-step guide below:





Ingredients for my chocolate (carob) loaf cake healthbar recipe:

1/4 Cup Dark Carob Chocolate Pieces or use chocolate
2 Tbsp Low Fat Margarine
4 Tbsp Maple Syrup
Handful Chopped Almonds
8 Dates (stones removed + chopped)
2 1/2 Cups Puffed Rice
1/4 Cup Raisins
4-5 Rich Tea Biscuits (broken into pieces)

'Note... you can use (dark cocoa chocolate) instead of carob. Also any plain biscuit can be used if you can not get rich tea biscuits.'

Getting started on Jeenas "No Bake Chocolate Loaf Cake healthbar Recipe"


Heat up some water in a small pan, take a bowl that will slot over your small pan and place it on top of the pan. Put your low fat margarine and chocolate pieces into the bowl stir through it until it all melts into a chocolate sauce.



Once the chocolate and margarine has melted into a warm syrup sauce pour it into a mixing bowl.



Stir in the chopped almonds, Rich tea biscuit, dates and 1 and 1/2 cups puffed rice mix very well.



Add the raisins and the rest of your puffed rice, mix well.



Line a loaf tin with tin foil.




Pour the chocolate cake mixture into the tin, press firmly down with the back of a spoon.



Fold in the tin foil to keep your chocolate (carob) loaf cake health bar covered. Place into the fridge for 2 hours at the least.



After 2 hours your chocolate loaf cake should be set and ready to eat.



Turn the cake out onto a plate and slice.



You can keep your chocolate loaf cake wrapped up in the fridge for a day or two.




I hope you have enjoyed Jeenas healthy chocolate (carob) loaf cake health bar recipe, as it was simply bliss to eat,so good for you and so very tasty !

Check out my other health bar recipes from Jeenas kitchen:

Health bar flapjack recipe


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