Healthy Bites : Muesli Slice

After a simple and tasty breakfast I got to spend most of today alone with my Mr 4.  We took a relaxed stroll to the library after he helped me put sourdough loaves in their tins to rise, we chose a small toy at the shops and brought a cookie at the bakery - he was so excited.  After lunch he got to spend 2 hours immersed in lego - 4 year old bliss!

Breakfast: Crushed tomatoes, garlic and basil on homemade wholemeal toast

We also tried out a different way of making muesli bars for afternoon tea (and Pappa Bears lunch boxes).  A lot of recipes I've tried involve toasted oats, nuts and seeds held together with an almost caramel mixture of honey, sugar and golden syrup - not very healthy.  With a good helping of sultanas no sugar is needed in our newest version, no butter or oil either - and the kids demolish them.

Muesli Bar Recipe
Makes 9-12 bars

1½ C Oats
1 C Nuts and Seeds (I used half cup cashews, and topped it up with flax and sunflower seeds)
½ C Sultanas (or other dried fruit)
1 t Cinnamon
½ C Flour
½ t Baking Powder
1 Egg
320ml Milk
1 t Vanilla Extract

Preheat oven to 190C.  Line or grease 22cm square tin.
Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and beat wet in another.  Mix wet into dry ingredients and pour into prepared tray and bake for 35-40 minutes.  Cut while still warm.



And our sour dough turned out really nicely too =)