Pack a Snack

I'm sorry about my absence the last few days. We moved to a different place so I've been busy packing, unpacking and all that good stuff. We're all settled now and I'm back online!

Today I'm giving you a recipe that I got from my brother. He is a great cook and makes the best healthy snacks. A few years ago he and his wife started eating more organic food and they've noticed the importance and benefits of it. Now they eat pretty much all organic! 

This snack is perfect for when you're on the run in the morning, doing endurance workout for longer than 1 hour, or when you just have no other option besides fast food. Remember though, don't let this be a replacement of your daily 8-12 servings of fruits and vegetables (2 pieces of medium sized fruit). Always try to make time to have fresh and real food! "Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food" - Hippocrates.

Ingredients:
- 4 ripe bananas
- 4 eggs
- 350 grams old fashioned oats (not quick oats!) + 150 grams almond meal
- dash of ginger powder
- zest from 1 organic lemon
- juice from 1 lemon and 1 orange
- 15 drops of stevia
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- Optional 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
- 100 grams of dark chocolate (at least 72%), or use dark chocolate chips

Directions:
Mash bananas to a smooth paste. Whisk eggs, add bananas and add the rest of the ingredients. Taste to see if there is a good balance between sweet and sour. Add chocolate and mix it up. Spray the pan with either olive oil or use coconut oil, put mixture in pan, and make it into a big chunk of half an inch high. Use a wet spoon to press the mixture down so it's a solid square. Bake for 45 min at 300 F (150 C). Let it cool and cut into bars. You can even freeze the bars for later too!