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Granola Bars

März 16, 2008 um 9:28 · Gespeichert unter bell pepper, granola, jelly, mustard, nut butter, snack, sweet

So I’m back at work. I’ve been here for an hour and my bosses are chatting next door. Oh well, that gives me time to update my blog! I don’t mind chilling a little longer ;)

Last night I had a toasted pita pocket. Not whole wheat, but at least with sunflower seeds ;)
One half with mustard & red bell pepper, the other half with the all-time favorite peanut butter & jelly.

Yeah, as you may be able to tell I wasn’t really in the mood for cooking.

This weekend I made Rominas Granola Bars. The recipe sounded wonderful, exactly like what I was looking for. Sadly I think I pressed them in the pan too much because they tasted pretty gum-like. Or I should’ve left them in the oven longer.

I topped it with peanut butter because it was rather dry. That kind of helped, but nevertheless I wasn’t able to eat more than one half.

I’m sure they would’ve tasted great if only they had turned out like hers. I will give them a try again some time and get them right!


8 Kommentare »

  Jennifer wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 1:49

It’s always hard to go back to work after being on vacation isn’t it? I took a three day weekend (so am off today) and I don’t want to go back tomorrow. :-)

I like your idea for the mustard/bell pepper pita pocket.

Too bad your granola bars didn’t turn out. They look beautiful though!

  Lizzy wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 1:59

Totally! Although I’m not having much to do so far, but still… getting up this morning was so hard =p
Enjoy your day off! Have you planned anything?

I think I spread mustard on anything. I rarely have vegan spreads so mustard it is ;)

I was just as disappointed because they came out looking perfect, shape wise and so on. But I haven’t given up on them yet!
This batch will be air dried and fed to my moms horse ;)

  Romina wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 2:02

I’m sorry your granola bars didn’t turn out. Try baking them for a few less minutes. I check mine every 10 minutes or so to make sure it doesn’t get too hard. They look really good! Way better than when I made them, hehe. =)

  Happy Herbivore! wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 2:40

I am making Romina’s bars today!! I hope mine look half as pretty as yours~!

p.s. PB&J is always my default meal. I love it!

  Lizzy wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 2:49

Romina – Thanks, I’ll try this the next time =)

Happy Herbivore – Enjoy them =) And I’m sure they will, just press the mixture as hard into the pan as possible and they should look like mine, ha ha!

It’s such a classic, eh? I doubt I’ll ever get enough of it.

  ChocolateCoveredVegan wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 4:59

Haha, I hope you didn’t stick the two pita sides together!

  jenna wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 7:16

Homemade granola bars??!! This has my name all over it. I will have to try these…

ps- your dinner looks so good…I can never make up my mind either as to what I want and peanut butter is most always involved! :)

  Lizzy wrote @ März 17, 2008 at 10:37

Katie – Ha ha, I was so careful so that they wouldn’t touch, but I still got some pb on my bell pepper. Ah well, better than mustard on my jelly =p

Jenna – Do this! If they hadn’t turned out that dry I would’ve brushed them with a thin layer of dark chocolate. Ah well, next time!

Ha ha that’s so true! When I can’t decide on something I’ll go back to good old pb&jelly =p


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