Comments on: Oat & Fruit Breakfast Bars: Dairy, Egg, Sugar, Flour, Nut & Gluten- Free

By: Brenda Bennett

Brenda Bennett — Wed, 22 May 2024 20:48:50 +0000

I’ve got many dairy free recipes for you here; https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/category/ingredient-free/dairy-free/

By: Jean Gauss

Jean Gauss — Wed, 22 May 2024 20:38:30 +0000

I’ve recently been told by my doctor to go “dairy free”. This is quite a blow as I am addicted to cheese. Milk, ice cream, I can give up but giving up cheese and butter is going to be hard. How about some recipes on what I can prepare for meals?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:13:29 +0000

In reply to Tricia O.. I'm sorry we have never froze it because it gets eaten pretty quickly. If you do pleas let me know how it holds up.

By: Tricia O.

Tricia O. — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:57:13 +0000

Do you think these would freeze well?

By: T. Bergenn

T. Bergenn — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:14:18 +0000

In reply to Lissa. I would recommend stevia in this case. Xylitol would be okay, but I would vote for stevia for a diabetic.

By: T. Bergenn

T. Bergenn — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:12:08 +0000

In reply to Brenda.

Even more nutrient dense than flax is chia (which also must be opened for us to receive most of the nutritional benefits, which include tons of Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids). I get my chia from NorCal Superfoods. It’s grown organically in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Additional benefit — chia’s shelf life is 2 years, while flax’s shelf life is 2 months. This is due to MORE antioxidants in chia, which preserve it naturally.

I DIG THE RECIPE YOU’VE POSTED HERE!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:49:10 +0000

Help! I want to,try this for my picky eater son but in your nutritional work up at the end, I didn’t see how many grams of sugar and he’s borderline diabetic and I know that dates are super duper sweet. I was hoping to find/invent if I need to a breakfast bar cookie that has xylitol as a sweetener. It’s good for teeth and gums with no bad mood swing effects like aspartame… The dates seem like it would be many grams of sugar? Do you think I could skip the dates and add some xylitol? Do you have thoughts on xylitol and organic z sweet? Both granulated sugar substitutes ,with no bad aftertaste… Lissa

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:20:01 +0000

I used diced figs instead of dates, and pumpkin seeds instead of sunflower seeds. For dried fruit, I used dried bing cherries and blueberries. Instead of coconut, I added some chopped pistachios. I also used some raw honey. My husband loved them!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 04:06:36 +0000

This recipe sounds awesome! Do you think it would be ok to skip the flax seed? My son is allergic to both flax and sesame (in addition to wheat, eggs, peanuts and tree nuts). Idealy I’d like to make the bars without the flax and use sun butter.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:34:58 +0000

In reply to mary h. Maybe if you have a high powdered blender it would work the same.

By: mary h

mary h — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:44:06 +0000

I don’t have a food processor. Any way around that? These sound good and I am looking for something to make for a quick on the go breakfast. I plan to try your oatmeal cups as well. Thanks. 🙂

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:16:57 +0000

Do you have any suggestions for subbing out the coconut? We don’t care for shredded coconut.

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:08:57 +0000

The avocado worked very well in place of the banana. I did add 2 TBS of applesauce and 1 banty egg for some extra protein. They were very soft and chewy but the taste was great. I only needed 1/8 tsp stevia powder. I use the straight stevia. Not sure it that is what you are using since you used a tsp. Next time I plan to add a bit more oatmeal.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:46:23 +0000

In reply to Teri. hmmm that might work! let me know if you try it!

By: Teri

Teri — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:35:37 +0000

What do you think about avocado in place of the banana? My husband hates bananas (weird, yes, I know). I first thought applesauce too, but saw your comment about watery so I thought avocado would have the closest consistency to banana with just a little applesauce added.