Summer Fitness Challenge Week #4- Nutritional Tip

Special thanks to Kim Corrigan-Oliver of Your Green Baby for this weeks nutritional tip and recipe!

Tip:
Include healthy snacks in your day to keep blood sugar levels stable and energy levels up.

Recipe:
Granola Bars
½ cup brown rice syrup
1tsp vanilla
2 tbsp coconut oil
¼ cup nut or seed butter 
1 cup cereal flakes (any whole grain flake)
½ cup rolled oats
½ cup brown rice crisp cereal
½ cup dried fruit (raisins, dates, apricots, cranberries, blueberries, cherries, etc)
¾ cup coarsely chopped nuts and seeds, any combination (almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)

Gently heat syrup, vanilla, coconut oil, and nut or seed butter in a large sized sauce pan until melted; stir in remaining ingredients and then pat into an 8 inch x 8 inch pan.

Refrigerate at least 1 hour and then cut into squares or bars.