Bariatric Breakfast Bars

Why spend a lot of money on commercial breakfast bars, often full of sugar, when you can make your own healthy and nutritious ones? These weight-loss surgery friendly ones have wholegrain crispy cereal, oats and nuts in them and are bound together with honey and no-added sugar peanut butter. They will keep in a tin for about a week and are perfect for breakfast on the run! I shall also be handing them out at the weekend for Hallow’een – no one would guess they are a healthy treat.

It should be noted, of course, that if you have a nut allergy or a problem with honey (bypass patients may) then they are not for you.

BARIATRIC BREAKFAST BARS

Ingredients

75g wholegrain Shreddies cereal

20g Rice Krispie multi-grain shapes cereal

65g flaked almonds

35g porridge oats

5 tbsp clear honey

150g no-added sugar peanut butter

Method

1.  In a large bowl mix the Shreddies with the Rice Krispies, almonds and oats.

2.  Put the honey and peanut butter in a small pan and heat very gently until hot but not boiling. Add to the cereal mixture and mix well to combine.

3.  Spoon into a 20-cm square, shallow, non-stick cake tin (spray with a little Frylight if your tin is not non-stick) and level the surface, pressing down well.

4.  Allow to cool then cut into 16 squares or bars to serve.

MAKES 16

WLS PORTION: 1

Suitable for Vegetarians

CALORIES:  130

PROTEIN:  3.4g

CARBOHYDRATE:  12g

FAT:  7.3g

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