Recipe: A well-balanced, whole food, delicious meal in 5 minutes or less.

I have tried to find an especially easy meal to get about 500 calories in a good balance of fat, carbohydrates, and protein. It should accomplish the following:

• local food
• variable and extensible according to seasonality and availability
• whole food
• organic
• delicious
• well-balanced nutrition
• raw food

I think I found it.

Fruit with granola and nut butter:

• 1 apple, diced
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup muesli or fine granola
• 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter

In a 2 cup bowl, combine granola and peanut butter into a paste, dice and add apple, add raisins and mix.

It is addictive. It’s so delicious that I crave it, and have had it every day since I first made it. The fruit adds a bright sweetness, the raisins add a chewy licorice depth, the granola brings a crunchy texture, and the peanut butter holds everything together. At 8 grams of fat, 10 grams of protein, and 87 grams of carbohydrate, it is very close to my nutritional percentages that I try to get for the day. The sugar is all fructose, and it has no refined sugars. The ingredients are local and organic. I could make the raisins myself, and have a plan to start drying fruit this season. It’s raw food, whole food, good food. 440 calories for the whole bowl.