Granola Bars

Here's my latest favorite snack.  I adapted this recipe based on one a friend gave me.  For my family, this is a delicious, guilt free, healthy snack.  I like them as much as cookies.  The recipe is very flexible.  Experiment with the ingredients and come up with your own version.  My recipe is doubled - divide in half if you want less or your mixer is on the smaller end.

9 c rolled oats

3 c whole wheat flour

2 t baking soda

2 t vanilla

1 c chopped pecans

2 c craisins

1 bag of organic chocolate  chips

1.5 c melted butter

2-4 c liquid sweetener (I use honey and maple syrup)

1.  Mix all the dry ingredients.

2.  While mixing on low, slowly add melted butter.

3. While mixing on low add liquid sweetener until mixture starts to come together--not one big ball but enough so that you can press it together.  Experiment with this and you'll find the texture that works best.  

4.  Press into a large jelly roll or bar pan. 

5. Bake at 325 for 20 minutes

6.  Cut into bars.  Keeps well in an airtight container - but it won't last more than a couple days if your family likes it as much as mine does.

It would be good crumbled in a bowl like cereal with milk over it.  I'd love to hear other people's versions of this.  So many flavor possibilities....I want to experiment with ripe bananas and coconut butter.

Mentoring the Hero Generation

I'm so excited for this seminar.  Most TJED seminars I've attended have been pretty expensive but worth every penny.  This one is cheap and will be amazing.  I've seen this presenter before and she's so inspiring.  Come with me!  Here are the details:

Mentoring the Hero Generation


Presented by: Aneladee Milne

April 17, 2010
8:30 am- 5:00 pm
Renton, WA
Pre-register $30, $40 couples
Send check to
Moira Caswell
LEAPS
4417 S 338th St
Auburn, WA 98001
Questions? leapsinfo@yahoo.com

Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Adams and your children all have something in common--Parents. You can make the difference. This entertaining and inspirational seminar will cover the following:

Your children have been identified by historians as the next Hero Generation. Find out what this means and how your children will be the heroes of the 21st Century. Learn more about a Thomas Jefferson Education and how implementing its
principles in your home can make your children want to study in their spare time.

Get a vision of Scholar Phase so you can guide your youth in gaining a vision of their mission. Learn effective parent mentoring skills. Effective parent mentoring can make all the difference in the success of your young scholars.

George Wythe College invited Aneladee Milne to present this seminar with Oliver DeMille. Now it comes to you!

Meet the Presenter : Aneladee Milne is a pioneer in applying Thomas Jefferson Education principles, presenting on the application of leadership education throughout the western United States and Canada . She is the co-owner of
Leadership Education Mentoring Institute (LEMI). She is one of the founders of the South Davis Liber Academy. She has mentored students who have won the George Wythe College Andau Scholarship for the past several years. Aneladee and
her husband Don have home schooled their six children since 1989. She is a graduate of George Wythe College, author of The New Commonwealth Schools, co-author of the Lost DaVinci's, and several "Scholar Projects" such as The Key
of Liberty America, Key of Liberty Canada and the Shakespeare Conquest.