Quick, no-bake granola bars

Ingredients: 145 g of pitted dates. You can also use prunes. (1 cup) 85 g of honey. For a vegan version, use maple syrup. (¼ cup) 125 g of traditional oat flakes (1 ½ cup) 70 g of chopped hazelnuts or any other nuts (⅓ cup) 30 g of pine nuts, pumpkin or sunflower seeds (⅓ cup) 60 g of dried cranberries or raisins (⅓ cup) 1 pinch of salt Preparation: Place the dates and honey in a food processor and blend to a creamy, easy to spread paste. Add the oat flakes, chopped hazelnuts, pine nuts and dried cranberries. Blend again until everything is well mixed. Pour the entire mixture into a baking dish previously lined with baking paper. Press the dough into an even layer. Let it sit in the fridge for 30 minutes. Take the dough out of the container and cut it into bars. Wrap the ones you are going to take with you for the ride. The recipe yields 8-10 bars. You can store them in the fridge for 1 week or freeze them wrapped in aluminum foil. Nutrition information: If you cut out 10 bars, each one has 202 calories, 7 g of fat, 30 g of carbohydrates and 4 g of protein.

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