Muesli Bars – Trying to come up with healthy nut-free lunch box fillers can be tricky. This recipe can be altered as to what you have in the cupboard. A great mid-morning or mid-afternoon snack too
1 ½ cups sunflower seeds
½ cup pumpkin seeds
2 Tbsp. ground linseed
1 Tbsp. chia seeds
½ cup desiccated coconut
4 figs (roughly chopped)
¼ cup currants
1 tsp maca powder
½ tsp cinnamon
4 Tbsp. coconut oil (soft)
2 ½ Tbsp. tahini
1 ½ Tbsp. raw honey
2 Tbsp. cacao powder (optional – we make variations, some with and some without)
1 Tbsp. filtered water
•Place sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, linseed, chia seeds, coconut, and figs in food processor.
•Blitz until chopped.
•Add in currants, maca powder, and cinnamon.
•Blitz for a further 30 seconds.
•Add remaining ingredients.
•Process until mixture comes together.
•Tip mixture into tin lined with grease proof paper, and using wet finger tips firmly press down mixture and refrigerate.
•Cut into bars once hardened.
•Best stored in refrigerator.
NOTE – Figs can be replaced with a different dried fruit alternative, if preferred (e.g. organic apricots)
