Snack Bars

Believe it or not, there are some commercially made products on the market that an SCDer can eat.  People have gone through great label reading measures, including contacting manufacturers to create a list.  These SCD safe lists are the most comprehensive that I've found. 

Prepared Products
Prepared Products 2
SCD official List

With that being said, I was happy to see a snack bar on the list; the Larabar.

Having a special needs child, a 2 year old, a 3 month old and working full time, I could live off of snack bars.  Unfortunately, these little things are expensive.

The great part about the SCD diet is that it's simple...as are the products that we can eat.  Knowing that, a lot of SCDers have made their own Larabar like concoctions.  There are a bunch of recipe's out there to make your own!!

I took this ratio breakdown from a fellow Blogger and plan on trying it out.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup nuts
  
• Almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios, hazelnuts, etc.
• 1 cup sweet dried fruit
• Dates, raisins, figs, prunes, etc. 
• 1 cup filling (optional)
  
• Dried cherries, dried blueberries, dried apricot, dried pineapple, cranberries, dried mango, dried coconut, dairy free chocolate chips, coffee beans, shredded carrot, etc.  
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp flavoring (optional)
  
•  Cacao, vanilla, cinnamon, citrus zest and juice, ginger, mint, cloves, coconut oil.

Directions:
Soak the dried fruit in warm water for 5-10 minutes.
Gather remaining ingredients and pour into a food processor.
Drain the fruit and add to the food processor.  Process for 30 – 60 seconds or until the mixture sticks together when pinched with your fingers.
Pour into a loaf pan and press firmly into bars with a spatula.
Chill for 10 minutes and then cut into 6 bars.  Store refrigerated for up to two weeks.

If you're in a hurry, you can shape the dough into balls instead.  Store refrigerated for up to two weeks.
If your bars seem too dry, you can add up to 2 tbsp of warm water as needed.  Alternately, if your bars come out too wet, simply throw them in the dehydrator for a while until they firm up a bit.


Here are some bloggers with great larabar recipe's:

Chocolate Covered Katie (I tried/liked the Thin Mint recipe)
Living Crunchy 
DAMY Health 
I Eat Neat 
Real Food Real Deals