I am not very good at having breakfast before I leave the house. Staggering around in a caffeine-deprived haze, grunting monosyllabic responses to any question, gathering a ridiculously vast number of belongings into my bag and then bracing myself for the onslaught of my commute, is about as  much as I can manage before 8am.
Which means that by 10am I am absolutely starving. In some offices it is possible to stash a box of cereal or porridge for such occasions, but I have now discovered an even easier alternative: the breakfast bar.
There are a multitude of these in the shops, but they’re not particularly generous, often packed full of not-so-great ingredients, and can be an expensive habit. The homemade variety are incredibly easy to make and of course you choose your favourite things to go in them. The recipe I used is from Nigella Lawson and makes a pretty big batch. I couldn’t get hold of exactly the same ingredients, but I really don’t think it matters, so mine were made with cashew nuts and raisins and the only seeds I had were sunflower. But they were delicious nevertheless:
I’ve already made some more, this time with peanuts and mixed fruit, and I have a packet of dried cranberries at home waiting for batch No.3. The only warning I would give is make sure they don’t over-cook, otherwise they go very hard.
A brilliant breakfast/snack on the go!
RATS! there is milk in them and not the lactose-free kind and I so wanted to make some.
YES. I make something similar and they’re absolutely fabulous to have on hand when you’ve got to rush out the door. I haven’t made any since I moved. Must work on that this weekend, I think!