Ingredients

Grain (2 cups) • old fashioned oats • quick oats • crisp brown rice • granola

Sweetener (3/4 cup) • honey • agave nectar • brown rice syrup • pure maple syrup

Nut Butter (1 cup) • natural peanut butter • almond butter • cashew butter • sunflower nut butter

Seeds or wheat product (1 cup except for 1/4 chia seeds) • ground flaxseed • whole sesame seeds • wheat bran • wheat germ • pepitas(pumpkin seeds) • chia seeds

Powdered protein (1 cup) • vanilla whey protein powder • nonfat dry milk powder

Nuts or Chips (1 cup) • chopped walnuts • almonds • cashews • sunflower nuts • dark chocolate chips • carob chips

Dried Fruit (1 cup) • raisins • dried cherries • dried gogi berries • chopped dried apricots • chopped dates • chopped prunes • chopped figs

A winning mix?

QUICK OATS

HONEY

ALMOND BUTTER

WHEAT GERM

VANILLA WHEY PROTEIN POWDER

1/2 CASHEWS 1/2 WALNUTS

CHOPPED PRUNES

Preparation

Pick one ingredient from each group. Mix with your hands; do not use as much sweetener as is called for. Put the almond or peanut butter in the microwave on low to soften to make it easier to mix. More fruit will make it sweeter.