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WW Recipe of the Day: Nigella’s Sugar-Free Breakfast Bars
A huge fan of Nigella Lawson’s original breakfast bar recipe, I decided to try her new, improved breakfast bar recipe (from Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food (affiliate link), which she describes as, “gluten-free, dairy-free and enough seeds to make you start sprouting.”
These healthy breakfast bars contain no processed sugar and are brimming with good-for-you ingredients. Make these bars on the weekend, and you will be set up for the week if you are someone who needs to grab-and-go in the morning.
How Many Calories and WW Points in Nigella’s Healthy Breakfast Bars?
According to my calculations, each bar has about 200 calories.
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(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
6 SmartPoints (Green plan)
6 SmartPoints (Blue plan)
6 SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Recipe Notes
I thought these breakfast bars were very good. Chewy, satisfying and not overly sweet. I made a couple of changes based on what I had available, switching out Goji berries for dried cranberries and skipping the cacao nibs.
Adapt these bars to what you like and have on hand. You can, for example, use sunflower seeds in place of flaxseeds, or half and half rather than all flaxseeds, and you can also use puffed rice or buckwheat flakes in place of cornflakes.
If you cannot get hold of medjool dates, then use 12 ounces pitted dried dates and up the water to 14 fluid ounces. And they’ll take about 10, rather than 5, minutes to cook until they are soft enough to mash to a purée.
Here’s the video with Nigella making these breakfast bars…
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Nigella Lawson Breakfast Bars 2.0
Ingredients
- 9 ounces medjool dates
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2/3 cup goji berries (I substituted dried cranberries)
- 1/2 cup shelled pumpkin seeds
- 1 cup brown flaxseeds
- 1/2 cup cacao nibs (I omitted them)
- 3 tablespoons chia seeds
- 1 cup cornflakes
- 1 cup rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and line the bottom and sides of a 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- Pit the dates and tear them with your fingers into a small saucepan. Add the cinnamon, cover with 1 cup cold water, bring to the boil and let bubble for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, and beat with a fork until you have a rough purée.
- Put all the remaining ingredients into a large bowl, add the date mixture and mix until everything is combined.
- Scrape the mixure into your prepared tin and press it down evenly.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, until firm and set, and golden on top and darker around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack, allowing the bars to cool in the baking pan before cutting into pieces.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 6 SmartPoints (Green plan) 6 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 6 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 5 PointsPlus (Old plan) Breakfast Bar Recipe Variations:
Use sunflower seeds in place of flaxseeds, or half and half rather than all flaxseeds. Substitute puffed rice or buckwheat flakes for cornflakes. If you can’t get hold of medjool dates, then use 12 ounces pitted dried dates and up the water to 1-1/4 cups. They’ll take about 10, rather than 5, minutes to cook until they’re soft enough to mash to a purée.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: Adapted from Simply Nigella by Nigella Lawson
Nigella’s Original Breakfast Bar Recipe
Less “healthy,” but still one of my favorites!
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Hi. How do you storethere bars? Do you wrap them seperately? And in the fridge?
I store them in an airtight container in the fridge. You can individually wrap them if you want but it’s not necessary. ~Martha
Lovely to make and really useful as a snack. I placed the mixture into 16 muffin cases ‘to grab and go’ I added 100% black melted chocolate with a small amount of peppermint essence over the top. Must ration them !!!
Love these as you can use whatever seeds you have. The dates also hold them together well. They are satisfying and healthy, whilst taking off the sweet craving.
Love this! I will definitely make again. Same as above, I didn’t have gogi berries but I did have crasins!
Not completely sure about these at first and the walk I made them for (with a gluten free vegan) was postponed so most of them went in the freezer for a couple of weeks. I’m pleased to report that when the walk was rescheduled the bars were defrosted and went down pretty well – I think the freezing process allows the flavours to mingle and the texture to soften in a good way. I wouldn’t make again for a non-vegan (on cost grounds as well as taste) but if you need a vegan snack and have the time, allow them to ‘age’ in the freezer for better results!
I’m Pre diabetic ,easy to make and great tasting
I made them using pitted dates as the Medjool in Western Australia are pricey! I think the suggested amount of water made them too soft and moist!! Mel
I live in Australia so what do i use instead of cocoa nibs as i do not know were i can get them.Thank you
Any type of chopped chocolate should work.
You can get them in Australia at any supermarket in the health food section or any health food store.
Breakfast is very important, it plays an important role for the energy of the day, you should eat breakfast full.