Granola Bars & Growing Spinach

This week has been fairly empty of exciting activities.  In fact, all that happened was work, gym, sleep and mostly eating!  The only exciting event that occurred was the realisation of a fabulous TV show, The Great British Bake Off.  I have my work friend, Ruth, to thank for this new addiction and I already cannot wait until the next episode!  Actually, come to think of it, my weekend baking events were inspired by both TGBBO and the NHS website (which is GB's national health services website - and I highly recommend it)!

NHS Granola Bars - No Extra Sugar!



This looks like the most delicious granola bar I've ever seen (there is absolutely no bias judgement in this statement at all...).  In all seriousness though, this granola bar is yummy!  It is so simple too; just mashed bananas, dried cherries, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, oats and some butter to hold it all together.  ALSO, the recipe makes 6-8 bars depending on how thin you want them to be.  So, I'm now all set for breakfast/morning tea every day this week!

My Spinach is growing!!! :)



While my granola bars were in the oven I decided to check on my spinach in the backyard and GUESS WHAT!?  They have sprouted!  So it looks like there might be spinach before winter comes along (although I could say that winter has nearly already started in England).  Along with the spinach, my housemate's broccoli has sprouted as well and we've decided between the two of us that we might plant some herbs in the big wooden pots that are already available in the garden.  Soon enough, we'll have an entire garden full of scrumptious foods and herbs.

After creating my granola bars and checking on my spinach, I went right ahead and watched a movie in remembrance of Robin Williams.  As we all have heard in the media, Robin Williams passed recently due to an apparent suicide.  Now, although my blog has a more energetic, up-beat and positive side to it, I think the death of this particular human being is a moment where we should be thankful for such an inspirational actor.  Whether he died due to what the media is suggesting or not, I think we should all be aware of our friends and family and the mental state they are currently in.  With mental health becoming a more accepted illness or rather an illness in which the world is becoming more educated in, it should definitely be an issue that more people need to be aware of.  So make sure you check up on your friends and family everyone!

Have a good week and I'll be back next weekend with a bunch of exciting stuff and an exceptionally exciting piece of news -- it might possibly be my best post yet!  There may or may not be an infamous TV celebrity involved...