Hi, I've been thinking about making a nutrionbar that's raw and complete and portable. Here's my concept:
Healing Honey Active 15+ from sunfoods (it's raw. organic, etc.)
ground raw walnuts mixed in to make a paste
Then I was going to add superfoods( all raw and organic of course): wheat grass or "sun is shining" green superfood mix from sunfoods, raw cacoa nibs or powder, hemp seeds, gogi (which I think I can get fresh) and/or incan berries, acai powder, maca powder, and camu camu powder. Possibly fresh ground raw vanilla beans as well.
Then I was planning on sealing them in a glass container and letting them sun-dry.
Any advice on storage? the recipe itself? How many nutrients would be lost in the process? Thanks so much!
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Hmm. Not sure. I'm guessing you can find recipes as a basis, but I'd go for fresh fruits and dehydrate them a bit. I don't think powders have much part in our moisture-rich bodies. :) Fruit and nuts combo does cause gas to some people - it's bad food combining.
Good point about the fruits--but in this particular recipe I'm more concerned with getting a bunch of raw nutrients in as water is more widely available. Fruit and nut combos have never really been a problem for me but thanks anyway. What kind of recipes would you suggest I look for? Do you know of any?
Larabars don't have many ingredients and you could make those:
http://www.larabar.com/food/larabar/
Cookie and treats under this link has some bars: http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
Thanks!
oh! Does anyone have any info (guesses, really) one the shelf-stability of these and perhaps how to improve that?
That's a good question. I'd put some lemon juice in it, maybe, and keep it in the fridge. A long, long time ago I made banana cookies that were dehydrated and they got moldy (big, fluffy, white mold) within 3 days! :o :( I was sad at the time. :)
Lemon juice! Great idea...salt wouldnt taste great, but do you think a little sea salt would help? I'm actually not too concerned about taste.
What about storing them in waxed paper and then plastic? Got any more eco-friendly ideas?
You can get unbleached parchment paper at most health-food stores. Not sure where you live.....
I don't know if processed salt will cause them to last longer or not.
It would probably be Celtic Sea Salt which is minimally processed, mabey I'll include a little anyway for taste-balancing and minerals. I probably can find some, thanks for the tip!
Supposedly wheat grass is most beneficial when used within 30 minutes of juicing.
I was thinking of just the grass...not the juice.
Oh...but our bodies can't extract the nutrients out of plain wheatgrass because of all the fiber.
I've read reputable sources saying it's nearly as good as juicing if you chew the grass thoroughly and spit out the fibre.