the 'from scratch' diaries: oatmeal and banana breakfast bars

sundays for me are for homemade breakfasts. period. 

lunch and dinner can be outside of the home, but nothing cuddles me more than a sunday breakfast at home. 

for our family, it is truly the only day where we can groggily roll out of bed, stumble into the kitchen with bedhead and just go about it slowly. 

anyone else with me on this?

the only problem i was seeing is the repetitiveness of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon and milk. 

sure it's only once a week, but variety is nice. 

variety though, means experimenting, stepping out of the comfortable pancake zone once in a while.

when i told this to my husband, he kinda raised one brow. see, he jokes that 50% of our groceries are used in experiments, which don't always turn out.

but what would life be about if we didn't try something new, and stepped out of our comfort zone, right? that's the beauty of it. even if it doesn't turn out, you tried. you can say proudly that you didn't crouch in fear of the outcome, but you actually tried.

 

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i had seen a recipe for oatmeal and banana cookies which calls for basically those two ingredients, and i thought instead of making them into little balls, i would just flatten the mix out, bake it and cut it into little squares. 

lo and behold it worked. 

i mean there really isn't a whole lot of kitchen science going on here, but sometimes kitchen experiments can either be an epic fail, or a win. 

in this case they were a good win. 

not necessarily in the aesthetics department, i'll admit that to myself, but in flavor they were given two thumbs up by my people.

i can add oatmeal and banana breakfast bars to my resume now. 

oatmeal and banana breakfast bars

ingredients:

4 ripe bananas

1 cup or so of quick oats

cinnamon

2 pinches of nutmeg

1 cup of strawberries

honey

how to:

take 3 of the bananas and mash in a bowl, mix in cinnamon and nutmeg and quick oats thoroughly.

in a small baking pan, spray non stick spray or spread butter to bottom of pan to prevent from sticking.

spread oats mix and press down to make sure it's all even. 

bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes. 

for spread: in blender mix strawberries and banana with honey (about 2-3 tablespoons). it should be a yogurt type consistency. when bars are baked, spread strawberry and banana mix over bars. place in oven for another ten minutes or so.

let cool and cut into equal squares. 

makes approximately nine bars. 

enjoy!

 

 

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