SUPER energy BARS !

These bars are RAW... That is, dehydrated... in a dehydrator. If you don't have one... TOUGH LUCK. But you can get a pretty good one for under 70$. This is my first use of my dehydrator... Christmas Gift. Thanks Mom & Dad!!! ... I mean... "Santa"...

Makes 50+ bars.

FREE OF soy, dairy, sugar cane, egg, wheat/gluten. Low starch.
Contains Tree Nuts.

Dehydrate at 95-105 degrees (F) for 12-18 hours.

Put all the following ingredients in a chopper/blender/food processor/appliance of your choice. I had to do it in rounds, not all at once, because my chopper holds 3 cups, and this stuff amounts to like... A LOT more than that. Then combine all the mush in a BIG bowl. Like the biggest bowl you have. If you can't get some of the things on this list, don't sweat, just replace them with something of similar liquid content or just leave them out!

I got almost everything in this recipe from Trader Joe's... except the mucuna (order from internet... it's sort of a specialty item... promotes release of HGH naturally and makes the brain happy)... And the chia, which can be found at most health food stores. It's a great source of omega 3 fatty acids. I got the ginseng tea at the first oriental grocer. Ginseng is easy to find at any Asian grocer.

I lined two of my dehydrator trays with very thin slices of banana or orange and spread the bar mix on top of that. Gives it a nice flavor/kick/looks pretty!

RAW NUTS (soak overnight in 1/2 TBSP sea salt & clean water. Drain before blending/chopping)
***Leave some whole or more coarsely chopped, depending on what consistency you'd like your bars to have.
1 c almonds
1 c walnuts
1 c brazil nuts
1 c pepitas (pumpkin seeds, shelled)


FRUITS (preferably organic, esp if you want to include the peels of some of them!)
***Chop coarsely then put in the food processor! You can also leave chunks if you prefer.
2 apples
2 bananas
1 small ripe papaya... WITH seeds
1 ripe mango
1 ripe pineapple, with its juices
2 c prunes
1 lb cranberries. I cooked mine in 1/2 c water on the stove for 5 minutes before adding. If you aren't too lazy to wait for them to cool, you can put them in the chopper after cooking! (However I was to lazy to wait for them to cool so I left mine whole and mixed them in)

OTHER SUPER INGREDIENTS!
1 c flour - I used almond flour. They usually have it at Trader Joe's. If you want to omit or replace it, I would recommend one of the following GF flours, made by BobsRedMill: quinoa, fava bean, brown rice, hazelnut. Or any GF flour of your choice. Even buckwheat, perhaps? I generally don't get a "gluten free flour mix" because there is usually added potato/tapioca starch. Which may be fine for you! But I do much better with lower starch flours.
1/4 c raw honey, dissolved in...
juice of 1 Lemon
5 packets of instant korean ginseng tea (mixed into the cranberry sauce or lemon/honey liquid before adding)
1/4-1/2 cup mucuna seed powder (aka mucuna bean aka mucuna pruriens aka velvet bean powder)
1-2 c chia seed powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground clove
2 tsp ground ginger

OTHER THINGS I DID NOT ADD, THAT YOU COULD ADD IF YOU WANT...
('cause I think it might be kinda good)
gogi berries
coconut oil
coconut flour or chopped/ground coconut meat
more nuts/seeds of your choice
dried dates (I don't like them because I think they're too sweet, but you may like them better than prunes!)
cocoa powder or chunks of chocolate (keep in mind that chocolate may contain dairy/sugar)
spirulina or other green superfood powder
protein powder (but watch out for soy & dairy!)
flax seeds
hemp seeds
raisins
brown rice syrup

So... Take a deep breath... Wow. That's a lot of ingredients. Yes, it took me a really long time to make these. But the salvation of my body is at stake! (I'm a huge proponent of a raw/natural/paleo diet! ... Even though I don't always follow it completely)

You can be patients, or you can be patience!