Almonds and Apples Food Bar

Quantity: 20 Bars: 250 calories each

The World's Strongest Couple and authors of The Happy Body share this recipe for Almonds and Apples Food Bar.

Ingredients
1 cup of dried, unsulfured, and unsweetened apples-275 calories
1 tablespoon of dark chocolate: 85% cacao-135 calories
2 cups of dried dates-605 calories (the weight with pits)
¾ cup of prunes-350 calories
3 tablespoons of roasted and milled flaxseeds-90 calories
1/4 cup of sunflower seeds-95 calories
2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds-75 calories
1 1/4 cups of almonds-900 calories

Preparation

1. Place apples and chocolate in the Cuisinart and blend until the mass becomes dark brown and smooth.
2. Add the rest ingredients in the order as follow:
3. • dates (pit them first)
   • prunes
   • flaxseeds
   • sunflower seeds
   • pumpkin seeds
   • almonds

   Blend all the ingredients together until the mass becomes evenly distributed but still chunky.

4. Stop when the mass is dough-like.
5. Remove the mass from the Cuisinart and place it on the kitchen board.
6. Form a loaf by kneading the mass that is approximately one inch high and
7. 2 inches wide.
8. Cut the loaf into even 20 bars.
9. Wrap the bars in plastic or paper.
10. Keep the bars in the fridge or cool dry place