Oatmeal Caramel Bars

This is a great breakfast bar. Tried it many times and love it!

Ingredients

2 and 1/3 cups all purpose flour
2 cupts oats
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
2 sticks butter
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
2 cupts pecans - chopped
8 oz caramel
Baking tray (13 x 9 x 2) with foil

Bake Temperature: 350 degrees C

1. Mix 2 cups of flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda.
2. Melt butter. (Double boil) Mix into the dry mix (above)
3. Reserve 1 cup of crumb (the above mix). Press the rest in baking tray.
4. Bake 15 minutes at 350 C till lightly brown.
5. Mix chocolate chips and pecan in a bowl.
6. Mix caramel and 1/3 cup of flour in a bowl till smooth.
7. Remove baking tray (after baking 15 minutes or so). Sprinkle nuts and chips into the baking tray.
8. Drizzle the caramel mix.
9. Spinkle the 1 cup crumb.
10. Bake another 20 -25 minutes
11. Cool before cutting into bars.

High Fibre Craze

A high fibre diet is possible! 30 grams a day is do-able.
Garbanzo beans - about 14 grams
I buy the raw beans from Sprouts. Soak about 1/4 cup for about 4-6 hours. Boil for about 10 minutes with some spices. They are really good.

High fibre bread with peanut butter - 8 grams
Walmart sells a special peanut butter with 2 grams for 2 tablespoon

Yogurt bran - about 6 grams - 1 and 1/4 cup
This is a good snack

Steam broccoli - 2 grams - 1/2 cup

Edamame - about 5 grams
Take about 20 pods.

Sesame Cereal from Greenmax
About US$5.30 for 20 packets
4 gm per packet
I need to add sugar
From Chinese grocery stores

Go to the following website - the info there for amount of fibre is great!
http://www.lowfatweekly.com/fiber_content_chart.htm


This is good for losing weight, and for diabetic patients.