Tired with a growling stomach after a few hours of trekking? Do you feel like vomiting with the same trail food over and over and over again?! Or are you the type who eats midnight snack even in the dead of the night while communing with nature? GORP is okay but you need something heavier in the belly. Jelly ace is tasty and moist but still would not pack a punch just like Trinidad over Dela Joya. The alternative --- ENERGY BARS! BUT… they are not quite available. The next best thing --- HOME MADE ones!!! It may even be your dessert for the evening.

1. Cream the butter. (Let it stand at room temperature for about 30 mins. so you won’t have a hard time squeezing it.) Add the brown sugar until both of these ingredients become fluffy.
2. Beat in the egg, then add together salt and mashed bananas. (Be sure to mash bananas properly.)
3. Stir in the remaining ingredients: oats, raisins, and cashew. Mix all of it very well.
4. Pour it in a greased 9x13 inch pan. (You can use melted butter or margarine.)
5. Bake at 350 degrees F at ~30 mins. to an hour until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Let it cool and refrigerate. Then cut and wrap it.

Make sure you watch over the baking time since overdoing it makes the finished product too dry and hard. Let it cool and Refrigerate in order to make it compact. It somehow crumbles if you plan to eat it straight from the oven. After eating one sliced bar, gulp a couple of ounces of water or any liquid. You will feel the oats expanding in your food chamber. Instant fullness!!