Rose Hip Granola Bar

This is the season for ripe rosehips, pumpkins and sunflowers.

Serving : 12   

    1/2           cup   Coconut Oil
    1/2          cup   Demerara Sugar -- or molasses
  1               tbsp  Honey
  2 1/2           cups  Rolled Oats (gluten free)
    1/2           Cup   Sunflower Seeds -- shelled
    1/2           Cup   Pumpkin Seeds -- shelled
  1               Cup   Coconut Flakes
  1               large Lemon -- zest and juice
  1               Cup   Rose Hips

Preheat the oven to 150C.

Cut rosehips in half remove all fuzz and seeds rinse and blot dry. Chop rose hip meat

Put the sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, chopped rose hips, oats, dessicated coconut, lemon zest and juice into a mixing bowl and mix well.

Put the coconut oil, sugar and honey in a saucepan and heat slowly until dissolved, simmer for 1 minute.

Pour the hot mixture over the dry mixture and mix until all the oats and seeds are coated.

Pour this into a parchment lined 12x12" baking tin,  flatten with the back of a greased spoon and press it down well.

Bake this for approx 30 minutes until golden brown.

Cut it into pieces as soon as it comes out of the oven and then leave it to cool in the pan.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 253 Calories; 15g Fat (46.5% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 18mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 3 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Juniper Sima

Juniper Sima

"A refreshing traditional Finnish Mayday fermented beverage"

Serving Size  : 12

             Metric                                                                      U.S.
  6                Liters  Water                                       1 5/8        gallons  Water
  500            Grams  Brown Sugar                          1 1/8        pounds  Brown Sugar
  100            Milliliters  Molasses                               3/8       cup       Molasses
  20              Grams  Juniper Berries                           2/3       ounce    Juniper Berries
  49 5/8        Grams  Ginger                                     1 3/4       ounces  Ginger
  4 1/16        Grams  yeast                                           1/8       ounce    yeast
  4                Lemons                                                4                           Lemons
  8                Grams  Sugar                                           1/4      ounce    Sugar


Crush the juniper berries a little so they're more ready to release their
aroma, slice the ginger. Wash lemon with soap and warm water to remove dirt and
waxes, slice the lemons and remove seeds. Add these three ingredients to a
vessel that is large enough to hold all ingredients.

Bring water to a rolling boil, add the sugar and molasses mix until sugar
and molasses is dissolved. Pour over the aromatics.

When the mixture has cooled down to lukewarm, add yeast, stir. Cover the
bucket.

Wait a day or even two. Stir the liquid a few times.

Pour the Sima through a filter then fill bottles.

Add 4 grams (or 1/4 oz) of sugar into each bottle and cap.

Refrigerate for at least three days; its best after a week.

NOTES : Monitor pressure in bottles. Loosen bottle tops to release built up pressure over a sink as needed, re-tighten tops.

Per Serving : 209 Calories; trace Fat (1.3% calories from fat); 1g
Protein; 54g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 38mg Sodium.
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 3 Other
Carbohydrates.