Everything looks so green around the neighborhood. It’s nice to see the new planted trees on Smith Street and the Greenmarket back. I like to eat something healthy before I go for a run so this week I decided to make homemade granola bars.
I went to Sahadi’s to get the nuts and dried fruit. Most of you probably know about Sahadi’s, but if not, this is a special store to visit. It has been in the neighborhood since 1948. I got dates, figs and almonds to mix with the rest of the ingredients I had at home (oats, cranberries, raisins, cinnamon, honey and sea salt).
It only took me about an hour to make the granola bars, but the funniest thing happened right after. I was thinking/hoping the bars tasted good when I heard Matthew call my name multiple times from the living room. His voice sounded like there was trouble…and there was. Well, we live on the fourth floor and a bold squirrel entered our apartment through the fire escape window. The squirrel was determined to find the roasted nuts and oats.
Matthew managed to get the squirrel out of the apartment immediately through the same window with the help of an Eames chair — like a lion tamer. Hilarious!
I never saw our little visitor, but that is the best review for my first experiment with granola bars. I’m now excited to experiment more…
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