Super Seed Bars Food

SUPER SEED ENERGY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Line an 8 x 8-inch pan with parchment paper. Lightly coat with spray. Set aside.
• Cook coconut, pecans, sesame seeds, and pumpkin seeds in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, for 4 to 5 minutes, or until toasted.
• Place coconut mixture, flax seeds, cranberries, and salt in a large mixing bowl; mix well.
• Add honey and sunflower seed butter; mix well.
• Place mixture in prepared pan. Press down hard to pack mixture evenly in pan. (Packing the mixture will prevent the bars from crumbling.)
• Bake for 14 to 16 minutes. Cool bars completely before cutting.
• Lift parchment paper from pan; cut into 12 bars.

SUPER-SEED SNACK BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line an 8-inch-square pan with parchment paper, leaving extra hanging over 2 sides. Coat the parchment and pan sides with cooking spray.
• Combine tahini and honey in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring, until just mixed and warmed, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and salt.
• Combine coconut, pepitas, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, and hemp seeds in a large bowl. Add the tahini mixture and stir until evenly coated. Press the mixture firmly into the prepared pan.
• Bake until golden, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Using the overhanging parchment, lift out the uncut squares. Place on a cutting board and cut into 25 squares.

SUPER SEED BARS

Steps:

• Line a 9x9 square baking pan with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, quinoa, chia, sunflower, flax, cinnamon, and salt. Stir to combine.
• In a small saucepan or microwave proof bowl, combine the almond butter and date syrup. Warm slightly, and stir well to combine.
• Pour the date syrup almond butter mixture over the dry ingredients, and mix everything together.
• Press the mixture into the prepared baking sheet. Wet hands or an additional sheet of parchment paper over the top can be used to press the mixture smoothly to the edges of the pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool the pan on a wire rack.
• When the seed bars are completely cool, lift the edges of the parchment to lift the bars out of the baking tin.
• Slice into 12 equal bars.
• Separate bars with pieces of parchment paper, and store in an airtight container.

SUPER FOOD PROTEIN BARS

Steps:

• Line a 13-by-9-inch pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl combine the millet, flax seeds, oats, coconut, hemp, chia and maca if using.
• Roughly chop the dates and add to a food processor with the almond butter, cacao, coconut oil, brown rice syrup, 4 teaspoons water, the vanilla extract and salt, and blend until combined. Add to the dry mix and mix until completely combined. Press evenly into the prepared tray and freeze until completely cold and firm, 2 hours.
• Remove and slice into 24 1-by-2-inch bars. Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 months.

SUPER SEED GRANOLA BAR

Steps:

• Place one oven rack at the topmost oven position and preheat oven to 350*.
• On a cookie sheet, mix together and spread out the oats, chia buckwheat groats (or super seed ancient grains from Trader Joes), sunflower seeds and sliced almonds. Roast in the preheated oven, on the top rack, for 15 minutes. Check every 5 minutes during this process and stir the mixture around to get even roasting and prevent burning.
• While the grain mixture is roasting, slice open the dates, discard the pits. Place cleaned dates in a small food processor and process until they form a thick ball.
• Combine the dates, honey, and almond butter in a large saucepan. Heat on medium to medium high, stirring constantly until a thick sauce is formed. Remove from heat.
• When the oats are finished, and while they are still warm, pour them into the saucepan with the almond butter/date/honey sauce. The warmth of the oats will help mix them with the sauce more easily. Add the protein powder and the vanilla.
• Mix all ingredients until all ingredients thoroughly combined. This is a very dry looking mix. Do not add more liquid or it will not bind together in the next step.
• Spray a square pan 8x8 with nonstick spray. Press the mixture into the pan evenly. Place in Freezer to firm up for 15 minutes.
• Remove from freezer and slice into 12 even pieces. Enjoy!