Last week I posted a web cooking show done by two fabulous hosts Nia (age 6) and Haile (age 9). They have a new blog called Kids Can Cook and they’ve been starting a buzz. As soon as I saw this site I was in love. First of all the site’s “stars” are two of the cutest little girls around. The duo star in their own webshow that teaches kids how to cook! These girls don’t just cook anything, their goal is to teach other kids how to make healthy recipes. Haile was interviewed by my son and talked about how parents don’t have to drive thru McDonald’, but how they can just pack a healthy lunch or snack for their kids! I was floored, and totally impressed by this nine year old! What kid doesn’t like to go to McDonald’s. Amazing! They are on the right track from the start. I hope Haile and Nia can be an inspiration to all of our kids (and us parents)! FYI the girls were just featured on Tucson Morning Blend (their local morning show). On today’s Kids Can Cook episode (which is not made by our site, this is a www.Kids-Cancook.org production) my children, Mya (age 9) and Victoria (age 5) join Haile and Nia as their guests on the Kids Can Cook wevbshow! Let your kids watch to find out how to make these easy energy bars.
FYI when my children and I made another batch of these energy bars I bought everything from the bulk section at Sprouts Market…it was all on sale that week.
Also, you can mix just about anything you want in these. Dried apples or cranberries instead of dried pineapple, pumpkin flax oats, or nutty oats, whatever you like! You can have different bars every week, you are only limited by your imagination. Also, we only used about 1/4 a cup of agave and 1/4 cup of raw honey to get those natural powers working. We reduced it from 1 cup of agave the 2nd time because our family thought 1 cup was way too sweet for us. But, both times they were super delish1
We just watched this and loved it! Matthew wants to make them and he recognized Mr. Scruff music right away
Annett, these sound delicious. Do you have the recipe and ingredients printed anywhere so I can just copy and print it? thanks.
Hi Jessica, I don’t have the recipe/ingredients printed out. I’ll do that one day and add it to the page. Basically it’s 1 cup of all the ingredients, and about 1/4-1/2 cup of agave. You can pretty much use anything you wish to make these. I never make mine the same twice. Sometimes I use dried pineapples, sometimes dried apples and cherries, other times I put in 1/2 cup of roasted edamame or sunflower seeds. If you use nuts I usually use 1/2 cup, and if I use seeds I use about 1/3-1/4 cup, and fruit I use about 1/2-1 cup of each type I put in. I think I just made it more confusing. LOL. To bind it together though make sure you use nut butter and agave or honey.
Hi April, glad you guys liked it. My friend from Kids Can Cook (the mom of the two cute girls) made that particular video so I don’t know the song.
The oldest girl got to meet Michelle Obama recently and has been on tv and speaking at big conferences about kids cooking to inspire families to be healthy. I’m so proud of them!
That is so neat about the oldest girl getting to meet First Lady and spreading the news around the world! WOW, we are inspired…ok, the kids are asking me if I will put out the ingredients like the video…now I gotta get some music. LOL
Thanks Annett, that was helpful. Actually adding sunflower seeds or nuts sounds like a great idea.
I went ahead and printed it up for myself. Here it is in case anyone else would like to copy and paste it…
Energy Bars
1c various dried fruits (cranberries, pineapple, ginger, berries, etc.)
1c oatmeal
1c granola
optional: ¼c sunflower seeds or ½c nuts
1c peanut butter
½c honey
½c agave
Mix all ingredients. Spread into pan over wax paper. Cover with a second sheet of wax paper. Press flat. Remove wax paper and cut into bars.
Thanks Jessica!!! The only thing is.. I would not put 1/2 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of agave. It will be TOO sweet.
Experiment though and see what you like. I’d put 1/2 cup of one of them or 1/4 cup of each if you like. You can also get different types of granola to change the taste. I usually buy 2 types of granola from the bulk bins at Sprouts. I’ll get one granola with pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and flax seed, and I’ll get another one that has different types of nuts in it. You can make endless variations of these bars! Enjoy.
ok. thanks
I’m looking forward to trying them. they will be a great snack to take on our hiking trips 