Food For Thought

Patricia Kelly and Peggy Nelson share knowledge on allergen free foods and snacks.

Granola Bar Recipe

1/4 cup coconut oil ( or butter)

1/3 cup honey

1/3 cup brown sugar (optional)

1/2 tsp Vanilla (optional)

2 cups of granola bar mix or your own granola mix

Optional to add 1/2cup of dried fruit, nuts, chocolate chips. (keep in mind nut allergies of other students)

Directions:

1)Preheat oven to 350F

Lightly grease pan or line with parchment paper

2) soften coconut oil (or butter) in a small sauce pan over low heat

3) In a medium bowl mix oil, honey, brown sugar, and vanilla til smooth

4) add Granola Mix and stir til coated

5) scrape mixture into pan and press down firmly & bake for 20-25 min

6) let cool down completely before removing from pan & cut into desired sizes.

We used whole grain oats, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, golden flax seeds and puffed quinoa in our granola mix.

 

Top things on our list for snacks, food for school trips:

Oats.

Sandwich meat

Honey O’s

Almond butter

Assorted fruits and fruit salad

Sun butter (sunflower seed)

Strawberry Jam

Assorted vegetables

Blackberry chia seed jam

Fish candy

Cheese

Hard boiled eggs

Pepperoni sticks

Banana bread

Muffins

Cookies

Yogurt

Bean crisps

Tuna with crackers

Crackers

Nut free granola bars

Lemonade.

Vanilla ice cream

Water