swimming #2

I went again.  The yoof on reception didn't know what to do with the season pass (!), so I said I'd get it punched when I came out, and when I came out there was nobody there, so I got a free swim.

I did two more lengths today, making it 250m (I had a complete arithmetical fail when I posted last time - 8 x 25m does *not* make 400m!), and the new costume is excellent.  Won't be going again now before Tuesday.

Written at Dreamwidth and x-posted

muesli flapjacks

 I wanted to make a cereal bar - something that Pete could take with him cycling, and I could eat after swimming, for an energy hit.  They're so ridiculous expensive to buy, and we have muesli sitting in the cupboard uneaten.

 

I googled a bit, and came up with this:

 

I soaked the contents of a 250g bag of dried tropical fruit in about 5 tablespoons of apple juice for about half an hour.  Then I whizzed them up in the food processor.

 

Put 330g of muesli in a bowl, and melted 225g of marg in the microwave.  Added marg and fruit to the muesli and stirred it well.

 

Put it in a 7" square silicon cake pan, and baked at gas 5 for about 40 minutes.  Cooled in the pan, scoring it into bars when it was warm.

 

They are very nice but not quite the right texture - they need to be a bit stickier, but I don't want to add syrup, so I shall have a mull.

Originally posted at Reactive Cooking