Nut-Free Balance Bars

Ingredients:

40g rolled oats 

60g uncooked quinoa

35g raw sunflower seeds

35g raw pumpkin seeds

130g organic or homemade sunflower butter

120g honey (or coconut palm syrup if vegan)

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp sea salt

30g Good4U Vitamin Breakfast Boost

1 tbsp chia seeds

75g dried figs, chopped

2 tbsp dark chocolate chips 

1 tsp coconut oil

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Add oats, quinoa, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds to a large baking sheet and spread around evenly. 

2. Once oven is preheated, put the baking sheet in the oven and toast the oats, quinoa, and seeds for 8-10 minutes. Once done toasting, pour oats, quinoa, and seeds into a medium bowl and set aside.

3. Add sunflower butter, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and sea salt to a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir every so often until the mixture is smooth and creamy. 

4. Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes, then add to the bowl with the oats and quinoa. Stir well to incorporate. 

5. Fold in the Good4U Vitamin Boost, dried figs and chia seeds.

6. Line an 8x4 or 9x5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper; pour mixture in and spread out evenly, then press mixture down in the pan very firmly.

7. Next melt chocolate chips with coconut oil for 20 seconds in the microwave or over low heat in a saucepan on the stove top. Drizzle over bars. 

8. Place pan in the freezer for 20-30 minutes or until chocolate has hardened. Remove bars from pan and cut into 10 bars. 

9. Store bars in the fridge, and enjoy!