How about a healthy snack for in between? You only need 6 ingredients for these delicious superfood bars! 😍Are you also a snack lover and, like me, always need something to eat in between? 😄
Pumpkin seeds are one of our local superfoods and are a real mineral bomb, as they provide us with a lot of zinc, magnesium, iron and copper. They also contain many essential fatty acids and almost 30% protein, which has a very high biological value. And did you know that pumpkin seeds even expel parasites? You’ll find more infos about pumpkin seeds below.
Have fun trying it out! ♥
Pumpkin & Poppy Seed Bars
ingredients
- 200 g pumpkin seeds
- 4 tbsp poppy seeds
- 3 tbsp puffed amarant
- 3-4 tbsp maple syrup
- 50 g coconut oil
- 1 tsp sea salt
instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180° C top and bottom heat.
- Chop half of the pumpkin seeds. Mix with the other half and all the dry ingredients.
- Heat the coconut oil and add to the mixture together with the maple syrup and mix well. It should now be a sticky mixture.
- Pour onto a baking tray lined with baking paper and spread (approx. 5mm thick). Press down carefully but very well with a spoon.
- Bake for approx. 20-30 minutes until firm. Let cool briefly and cut into equal-sized pieces.
This recipe is
vegan / gluten-free / without refined sugar
References:
- https://www.zentrum-der-gesundheit.de/artikel/proteine/kuerbiskerne
- Course Book Healthy Nutrition by Ingeborg Münzing-Ruef