Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Award-winning Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal, Dates And Assorted Nuts Energy Bars

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The ingredients needed to make Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal, Dates And Assorted Nuts Energy Bars:

1. Make ready 1 1/2 cups Rolled oats
2. Make ready 1 packed cup Pitted dates
3. Get 1/4 cup Good quality honey (or agave syrup)
4. Prepare 1/4 cup Creamy peanut butter (or almond/ cashew butter)
5. Get 1 cup Raw or toasted mixed nuts (I used almonds, pistachios and pecans)

Steps to make Healthy No-Bake Oatmeal, Dates And Assorted Nuts Energy Bars:

1. Chop the assorted nuts and keep aside.
2. Process dates in a food processor until small bits remain (this may take about 1 minute or so). It should form a “dough” like consistency and will roll into a ball.
3. Dry roast or toast the rolled oats in a non-stick pan for a few minutes until the color has change to a light brown. Take care not to burn the oats.
4. Place the oats, chopped nuts and dates in a bowl and set aside.
5. In a small saucepan, warm honey and peanut butter over low heat. Stir and pour over the oats mixture and then mix, breaking up the dates till well combined.
6. Once thoroughly mixed, transfer to a dish/ pan lined with aluminium foil/ parchment paper so they lift out easily. Press down until uniformly flattened. Cover with aluminium foil/ parchment paper or plastic wrap, and let it set in the refrigerator or freezer for 25 to 30 minutes to harden.
7. Remove the set bar from the dish and chop into even bars. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. These stay well.
8. Notes
9. I used home-made peanut butter and not store-bought to make it a completely healthy snack free of any preservatives. But you could use store-bought ones too.

Try Using Food to Boost Your Mood

Many of us have been trained to believe that comfort foods are bad and must be avoided. Often, if your comfort food is basically candy or other junk foods, this holds true. At times, comfort foods can be very nutritious and good for us to consume. A number of foods actually do boost your mood when you consume them. If you seem to feel a little bit down and you’re in need of a happiness pick me up, try a couple of these.

Eggs, believe it or not, can be really terrific at fighting back depression. Just make sure that you don’t throw away the egg yolk. The yolk is the part of the egg that matters most in terms of helping you cheer up. Eggs, specifically the egg yolks, are rich in B vitamins. The B vitamin family can be terrific for lifting up your mood. This is because they help improve the function of your neural transmitters, the components of your brain that affect your mood. Eat an egg and jolly up!

Put together a few trail mix of nuts or seeds. Peanuts, cashews, sunflower seeds, almonds, pumpkin seeds, and so on are all fantastic for helping to raise your mood. This is because these foods are rich in magnesium, which helps to raise your production of serotonin. Serotonin is a feel-good chemical that dictates to the brain how to feel at any given point in time. The higher your levels of serotonin, the better you are going to feel. Nuts, along with bettering your mood, can be a superb source of protein.

Cold water fish are great for eating if you want to fight depression. Tuna, trout, mackerel, herring and wild salmon are all rich in omega-3 fats and DHA. These are two things that promote the quality and the function of your brain’s grey matter. It’s true: eating a tuna fish sandwich can seriously raise your mood.

Grains can be great for overcoming a bad mood. Quinoa, barley, teff, millet, etc are all good for helping you feel better. These grains fill you up better and that can help elevate your moods as well. Feeling famished can actually bring you down! The reason these grains elevate your mood is that they are not difficult to digest. They are simpler to digest than other foods which helps kick up your blood sugar levels and that, in turn, elevates your mood.

Your mood could actually be helped by green tea. You were just expecting to read that here, weren’t you? Green tea is rich in a certain amino acid referred to as L-theanine. Research has proven that this amino acid stimulates the production of brain waves. This helps improve your mental acuity while having a relaxing effect on the rest of your body. You likely already knew it is not hard to get healthy when you drink green tea. Now you are aware that green tea helps you to lift your moods also!

You can see, you don’t have to turn to junk food or foods that are terrible for you just so to feel better! Try several of these instead!