Lärabar & Pear Mix
Normally, I don’t ballyhoo specific brands, but when there’s one company doing something right (out of hundreds that aren’t), they deserve special mention, and perhaps even a recipe or two developed just to suit their product…especially when that recipe makes an incredibly satisfying and fresh breakfast in one minute flat.
Enter Lärabar: the only snack bar I’ve found that doesn’t have any refined sweeteners, cheap fillers, or a mouthful of unpronounceable chemicals. Lärabars are simply dates, nuts, dried fruit, and the occasional spice or (unsweetened!) coconut flakes or (unsweetened!) cocoa. Not surprisingly, they list their ingredients right up front on each bar rather than hiding them underneath the folded flap on the back the way most snack/granola bar manufacturers do. When I first found them — and Lärabars are in virtually every grocery store, by the way — I almost cried in happiness because I’d finally found a company that makes a top-notch “convenience” food. (I’d given up thinking such a thing was possible.)
Lärabars make a fantastic breakfast or snack — I just got back from a two-week trip traveling through Spain, and I took about 24 Lärabars with me. Only three made it back home, among them the Pecan Pie (dates, pecans, almonds) that I incorporated into my breakfast the morning I woke up in my own bed again.
To make fruit-and-nut breakfast (or dessert or snack), simply cut up a Lärabar — any flavor will do — and a crisp fruit like an apple or a pear. Drizzle with a bit of honey if you like, sprinkle with a bit of cinnamon if you like, and dig in! This particular blend of Pecan Pie and pear tasted like…well…a pecan pie with pears on top. Quick and delicious!
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Tags: breakfast, convenience food, dates, dried fruit, granola bar, Lärabar, nuts
