Hi there - Yes Larabars are great!  I found them before I started the program (today is day 5!) and I love them.  They have some amazing flavors (the Pecan Pie is great). I have not been eating them while on USD I really haven't found the need as the food that is specified is doing it for me.  However once I finish I plan to re-stock them in my pantry and in the office for those emergency snack times.

Good luck

Patti 

jtaysmith World Traveler, Gourmet Cook, Bonne Vivante

 FAUX LARA BARS 

Ingredients:

1 pound or 2 Cups pitted organic Medjool dates

1 1/4Cups pecans}

1 Cups almonds }  toasted 15 minutes @350  Variation:

Instead of pecans substitute 5 oz. dried cherries, but don’t toast them of course.

  Preparation:

Toast nuts on a cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.

Place dates almonds and pecans (or cherries) in a food processor and process to desired fineness, some small chunks remaining. I think that doing this while they are still warm might be an advantage. Mixture will form a ball and clean the sides of the container.Spray a small pan with vegetable spray, [I used a Pyrex pan about 7 X 12”]. 

Place the mixture into the sprayed pan and with a piece of aluminum foil to fit pan size press mixture down evenly. (Lara Bars are ½” thick)Remove foil and discard.

Place pan back in still warm oven (turned off) for 10-15 minutes.  Remove, cool and cut into pieces of desired size.  Wrap each piece in Saran Wrap.  Enjoy! 

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