Muesli Bars

Today we tried two muesli bar recipes as part of our Science Fair investigation. We all helped to make them and then we cooked them in the hall kitchen. We tried both and had a vote on which one we liked best. The apple and cinnamon bars were by far the favourite. Here is the recipe. They were very easy to make. We added dried cranberries as well even though they weren't in the recipe. If you make these at home you won't have any rubbish in your lunch box.

Apple and CInnamon Muesli Bars

125g butter
⅔ cup brown sugar
1 Tab honey
1 cup apple sauce
½ cup plain flour
1 ½ cups rice bubbles
1 cup rolled oats
½ cup coconut
1 cup finely diced dried apple
2 tsp cinnamon
½ cup All Bran (or cornflakes)

Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius. Line a 25cm x 30cm swiss roll tin with baking paper.
Combine butter, sugar and honey in small saucepan on a low heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool.
Place flour, rolled oats, coconut, diced apple, cinnamon and All Bran in a bowl and mix well. Mix apple sauce into melted butter mixture, then add to dried ingredients. Mix well.
Press mixture firmly into prepared tin. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. Baking longer will result in a crunchy muesli bar.
Cool in tin. Cut while still warm as crunchy bars will break up if cut cold. Enjoy!

Rubbish

Today Mary Curnow came to talk to us about rubbish free lunch boxes.
She told us that plastic goes to the dump and can’t be recycled. It can take up to 1 000 years to break down.
Mary had photos of 6 lunch boxes. We sorted them into which had the most rubbish to the least rubbish.
Mary showed us some rubbish. She showed us how much rubbish you get if you buy Shapes in the little bags but if you buy a box of Shapes you only get a box which you can recycle. Also, it’s about $1.50 cheaper.