PB Granola No-Bake Breakfast Bars

This recipe is loaded with protein, fruit and fiber to start off your day. I made it thinking it would be a snack, but after I tasted it I realized how filling it was. Much more fit as a breakfast meal. As you may know, eating protein keeps you full for longer periods of time than most carby cereals. One serving Kashi Go-Lean alone has about 1/4  of your daily protein value. The recipe I made today has three. And did I mention you don't have to bake it?

What You'll Need:

3 cups Kashi Golean cereal

1 cup oatmeal
2 tbs flax seed

1/2 cup dried blueberries or craisins

1/4 cup raisins

1/2 cup coconut shavings (optional)

1 cup sliced almonds

3/4 cup honey

1/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup Smart Balance Peanut Butter 

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Now before you go crazy trying to get your peanut butter and honey into measuring cups and then back out again, let me make it easier for you:

- Smart Balance Peanut Butter hold 2 cups of pb, so you can just spoon out a little less than half the jar when needed.

- A Shop Rite brand honey jar holds 1 cup honey, so you'll need 75% to go into your saucepan.

What to do...

1. Line a 9 x 13 inch sheet pan with foil. (This will be to pull out the bars later, so make sure the foil is long enough to grip when your bars are in the plan.)

2. Mix oats, flax seed, Kashi cereal, craisins, raisins, coconut and almonds in a large bowl. Looks yummy, right?

I only had whole almonds, so my friend Olive and I got a bit creative to make sure our almonds were in pieces... (If you look real closely, you can see she is wearing the new Crackle nail polish!)

3. In a saucepan, mix honey and brown sugar. Bring to a boil while stirring. Then add peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until blended.

4. Pour over cereal and fruit mixture, mix well. Now press your mixture very firmly into your foil-lined pan. 

5. Refrigerate so it congeals and cut into bars.

Enjoy your breakfast!

Love,

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