fruity flapjacks

fruity flapjacks

I did a 12 week wholefood detox a couple of years ago but it got boring so I added a snack, its not a perfected recipe more of a guide, if you need a pick me up mid morning/afternoon its perfect and extremely healthy.

1 pint Porridge oats
1/2 pint Raisins
1/2 pint Dried apricots
1/2 pint Mixed nuts(brazils, almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts)
1/4 pint sunflower and Pumpkin seeds
handful of Sesame seeds
450g pot of clear honey

Mix raisins, apricots, nuts, sunflower/pumpkin seeds in a blender but be careful not to puree, you want everything slighty chunky and well mixed.
Preheat oven, gas 4. grease a baking tray lightly with sunflower oil.
Now mix your blended concoction with the oats and honey(warm first, makes easier),keeping the mixture fairly even, spoon out you gooey mush into your tin and level out and make firm keeping it almost an inch thick, sprinkle the sesame seeds on top.
put on the bottom shelf for around an hour or until browned slightly on top, take out, leave to cool, segment into snack size pieces while still warm, store like a cake.

This is extremely delicious and healthy, very high in protein and fibre, packed full of vitamins and minerals, very low in fat, sadly a high natural sugar content bumping up the calories.

I've made these loads of times, spend attention to your ingredients, keep them wholesome....