So for the past few days I've been couch-bound due to an injury I sustained on my knee. I talked to the partner of a physical therapist who knows a good deal about the matter and has experienced similar injuries. She has identified my shoes as the culprit and says that they haven't been very supportive on my long walks. This past weekend I walked over twenty miles with friends and the injury I've sustained to my knee is the result. Thus, on top of that, two miserably boring days off from work is what I get.
With all the free time I had, I spent some trying and find things I could do to occupy myself that didn't include Facebooking, instant messaging, and continually refreshing my Flickr pages. I sifted through numerous bookmarks looking for suggestions of activities I could do in a time like this. I finally reached my bookmarked recipes folder and came across a recipe for homemade granola that looked easy and very rewarding. I hadn't made my own granola bars before now, so I thought why not give it a try?!
When some friends came over to pay me a visit and to see how I was doing, it didn't take much convincing to get them to help me out with the recipe and share the fun. The recipe we used was inspired by recipe from this blog entry, here. Thanks to the folks over at Joyful Abode! We used toasted oats, almonds, brown sugar, local wildflower honey, maple extract (due to a lack of vanilla), dried pineapple, dried banana, raisins, craisins, and dried papaya to make these healthier-than-store-bought, HFCS-free granola bars and we're proud!
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