Yesterday I read an article about parents who, when packing a suitcase for their child for camp, filled 1/3 of the baggage with sweets. I guess they were hoping that every day the child would eat just a few sweets, relishing their taste. The reality will be different. The sweets will disappear in three days, the child won't eat anything else, and the pocket money will be spent on more sweets.

I am not a proponent of a total ban on sweets. I like to eat good cookies or chocolate. I think that children who can't eat sweets at home, go at them without self-control when their parents aren't around. Too many sweets isn't good either. At school we have children who can't climb up to the third floor without panting.

Due to these thoughts, my son and I have prepared some healthy and sweet muesli bars. The preparation of this is similar to the oat cookies (link) I made. Instead of rolled oats I added boiled millet groats, whose goodness is well known.

The recipe comes from www.mamdziecko.interia.pl

Ingredients:
180g of millet groats
400ml of milk
150g of dried cranberries
50g of sunflower seeds
35g of desiccated coconut
20g of sesame seeds
50g of chopped nuts
1 banana
2 tablespoons of honey
1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder

Heat the oven up to 180C. Cover a baking sheet with some baking paper.
Sluice the millet groats with hot water, strain, pour the milk and boil for 15 minutes (without stirring). Leave to cool down.
Crush the banana with a fork, add the millet groats and the rest of the ingredients. Stir thoroughly. Put the mixture on the baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Leave to cool down and cut it up any way you like.

Enjoy your meal!