Our version of Healthy Granola Balls

Original recipe is from http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1642

Here’s my version … (it’s nut-free, and you can make this as organic as you want)

2 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup ground flax
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground tumeric (because Canadian Living and Chatalaine have been raving about it and it tastes like nothing at all!)

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup candy covered sunflower seeds (purchased at Bulk Barn)
1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped pumpkin seeds (also from Bulk Barn)

1/2 cup agave nectar (or honey)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 can of drained pureed chick peas

1 cube of pureed beets

1 cube of pureed spinach

1 cube of pureed sweet potatoes

1. Preheat the oven (or toaster oven) to 350 degrees.

2. In large bowl (I used my Kitchen Aid mixer), mix together everything from the oats, down to the ingredient above the honey/agave nectar . Make a well in the rest of the ingredients.

3. Roll in to small balls like cookies and put them on a cookie sheet, I used Pampered Chef stoneware.

4. Bake for about 20 minutes, but watch the baking time. If you leave them in too long they’ll be dry. I like mine a bit chewier. Cool.

If you try them let me know how they turn out for you! Any questions? Please let me know.