One of my favorite parts of summer is the abundance of fresh fruit everywhere. As much as I’m already craving cooler weather, I’m going to miss all the fruit! We had a big carton of blueberries that needed to be used up and these healthy blueberry banana chia bars were the perfect recipe. These oat bars could easily be a tasty breakfast, afternoon snack or even with a scoop of ice-cream on them for dessert. I love recipes like this that rely on natural sweeteners like ripe bananas in place of brown or white sugar. Even better that these can be made with frozen blueberries and enjoyed year-round!
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Ingredients
Blueberry Chia Jam
- 2 cups blueberries fresh or frozen
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
Ingredients
Blueberry Chia Jam
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Instructions
for the chia jam:
- Combine blueberries and maple syrup in a saucepan over medium heat. Warm the berries for 5-10 minutes (depending if fresh or frozen) to draw out their liquid. Heat to boiling and stir every so often as the berry liquid begins to thicken.
- Next, add in the chia seeds and stir to combine. Heat for another 3-5 minutes and then remove from heat. The longer the 'jam' sits the thicker it will become.
Recipe Notes
recipe via running with spoons
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We have SO many frozen blueberries from my Nana’s yard! I am absolutely making these soon!
This recipe has my name all over it, especially since I have all of the ingredients already at home!! I am going to have to give these things a try.
That looks so delicious and a recipe I could totally do lol
This sounds so good and I love anything with blueberries!!!!
I’m definitely going to make these. I know Oliver would love them too!
These look so delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Hey, this looks so interesting and delicious at the same time. Thank You for this!!