Covid Snacks - Make Your Own Healthy Cereal Bars

One of the things about being at home all the time, especially if you're not used to it, is the continuous access to the fridge. It's all too easy to think I'll just have a quick coffee, and maybe a biscuit or three while I wait for the kettle to boil....you know the scenario. Or if you're a bit bored there's the Standing in Front of the Open Fridge Door Wondering What Can I Eat Syndrome?  Or is that just me...? 

Anyway, short of installing a padlock with a timer on the fridge door, it may be worth thinking about stocking up on slightly healthier snacks than chocolate hobnobs, and kitkats.

I posted my recommendations for making your own cereal bars some years ago, -  it has been one of the most visited posts I've ever done, you can still read it here.  Since then there has been a bit of a downer on carbohydrates, so you might want to think of having some little bags of chopped veg ready to eat in the fridge as well, or maybe little cheese cubes if you're trying not to have sugar. But these home made cereal bars  can really be much better for you than commercial efforts which are very high in sugar and not so much on the seeds nuts and oats which you can adjust according to your own taste if you make your own. I would probably substitute a light flavourless olive oil for the sunflower oil I recommended back then to help keep your Omegas balanced, but otherwise I still use the same basic recipe and adjust according to what's in the store cupboard. 
Happy snacking.