{"id":748,"date":"2019-01-31T07:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.flywheelsites.com\/?p=748"},"modified":"2021-07-05T07:45:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T14:45:50","slug":"the-best-package-free-granola-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/the-best-package-free-granola-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"The best package-free granola bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sustainable snack food is critical when thinking about a closed loop kitchen. Before taking a mindful approach to zero-waste \/ low-impact eating I would find myself with an excess of Larabar wrappers, somehow in every single pocket of all of my bags? Do these things multiply? While snack bars are usually my go-to, finding one without a bunch of filler or sugar was hard enough. Finding a bar with sustainable packaging was almost impossible! It\u2019s such a conventional food item for a while I didn\u2019t even register you <em>could<\/em> make your own. After a bit of experimentation (and one batch of granola bars turned granola) <strong>I realized a DIY snack bar is way tastier and much better for you and the planet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2209-1-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2209-1-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2209-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2209-1.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2236-1-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2236-1-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2236-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/granola_bars-2236-1.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Snack food seems to be a tough obstacle to navigate when cutting out food packaging. The accessibility of waste and lack of time to prep has us reaching for the quickest, easiest option at a moments notice. Also I\u2019m snacky mid afternoon, always, I know this about myself and yet am still unprepared. So let\u2019s change that. This 30 minute recipe will give you some newfound freedom from snack bar packaging and make you feel good about your mid afternoon food options! (And for real, they are SO good! A perfect texture + flavor combination \u2013 seriously just try \u2018em.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s your favorite package-free granola bar mix-in?<br>Let us know if you give this a go! #closedloopcooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stay hungry,<br><\/em>Hawnuh Lee<br>Closed Loop Cooking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable snack food is critical when thinking about a closed loop kitchen. Before taking a mindful approach to zero-waste \/ low-impact eating I would find myself with an excess of Larabar wrappers, somehow in every single pocket of all of my bags? Do these things multiply? While snack bars are usually my go-to, finding one &#8230; <a title=\"The best package-free granola bars\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/the-best-package-free-granola-bars\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The best package-free granola bars\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Homemade granola bars that you don\u2019t have to feel guilty about! Toasted oats, nuts, and seeds with your favorite nut butter that are perfect for an afternoon snack.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[226,315],"tags":[356,357,358,359,380,360],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/closedloopcooking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}