Homemade energy bars lower in calories, cost than store

When you’re shopping for energy bars, you’re met with hundreds of choices. With ingredients ranging from brown rice syrup to added fiber, they may sound like healthful choices, but many of them are little more than costly and conveniently packaged calories.

To avoid those calories, you can look for bars made with whole foods and simple ingredients like nuts and seeds with a little honey to hold them together. Or you can try our recipe for Sweet & Salty Energy Bars, which benefit your health while saving you money.

Convenient foods that provide energy are not new. In Roman times, soldiers ate fruitcakes made from barley, nuts, pomegranate seeds and honey. Long ago, Native Americans traveled with pemmican, a nutrient-dense mixture of dried meat, fat and berries. In the 1960s, astronauts mu