Dark Chocolate Apricot Granola Bars

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Time needed: 25 minutes

Serving: 5

                                  Ingredients

·         Brown sugar: ½ cup

·       Coconut oil: 2 tbs

·       Wheat flour: ¾ cup

·       Rolled oats: 1.5 cups

·        Dark chocolate chips: ½ cup

·        Apricots, chopped: ½ cup

·        Ground cinnamon: 1 tsp

·         Egg whites, beaten: 2

·         Applesauce: ¼ cup

·         Vanilla extract: 1 tsp

                                       Directions

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          Preheat your oven at 350 F.
 Grease baking pan with oil.
 Take a bowl and mix coconut oil and brown sugar. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
 Take another bowl and mix oats, raisins, flour, cinnamon and apricots.
  Now stir in the refrigerated mixture in this mixture and add vanilla, applesauce  and egg whites. Mix well.
  Pour this batter into greased baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. Cool down  for 1.5 hours and then cut into bars.

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Lobster Mac & Cheese

This dish is a comfort food with style! Outstanding choice for someone who needs an attractive dish without breaking the budget or needing a culinary degree. Sure to impress your guests!

Ingredients:

o Butter: 7 tbsp plus for greasing
o Bread crumbs: 1 cup
o Salt & pepper
o Flour: 1/3 cup
o Milk: 4 cups
o Cheddar, grated: 2 cups
  o Grated nutmeg: 1 tsp
o Mustard: 1 tsp
o Elbow pasta: 1 lb
o Steamed, shelled, cut lobster in pieces: 3 lb
o Chopped parsley: 2 tsp


Directions: o Heat oven at 325 F. Grease baking dish.
                  
                   o Take a skillet and heat 2 tbsp butter on medium heat.
                       Stir in bread crumbs and cook for 2 minutes.
                      

     o   Take a saucepan and heat remaining butter and stir in flour. Cook for 2  minutes.

     o   Add milk, cheese, mustard, nutmeg, salt and pepper.

     o   Remove from heat and close the lid.

     o   Boil water in a pot and cook pasta with some salt.

     o   Drain pasta and put into a bowl.

     o   Now put over cheese sauce and lobster. Mix well.

     o   Put this mixture into baking dish and top with crumbs topping.

     o   Bake for 30 minutes.

     o   Garnish with parsley.

Serve warm with garlic bread and a glass of  crisp Prosecco or a pink fuzzy slipper!