Weekend cooking: Granola bars and hazelnut chocolate spread

This morning I made granola bars, partly to use up pantry ingredients in preparation for our move, and partly because K loves them. Well, he loves the kind that comes in a box. He ate one little piece and pushed his plate away. I asked him why he didn't like them and he replied that they had "too much stuff." JW and I liked them. But I don't know what we'll do with all of them. I just sent a birthday package to my father with cookies and brownies that was a big hit. Maybe I'll send a sequel package full of granola bars.

I also made this hazelnut chocolate spread to use up the leftover hazelnuts from my birthday cake. I used a little olive oil because it was the only oil we had on hand, but it worked well. Next time I wouldn't use so much confectioner's sugar. It was cheaper and healthier than Nutella, and I only made half a cup instead of having a giant jar tempting me. It was so quick and easy that I'm sure I'll make it again.

The kitchen in the new house is pretty awful, as I've mentioned before, but at least after we move, I'll be able to cook without worrying about immediately cleaning up and disposing of all the evidence.

(P.S. - I was going to write a separate house/moving post, but then I looked back at my old posts and realized it would be repetitive. Nothing's really changed, except that we got a bad deal on our mortgage and didn't do anything about it until it was too late to change. This whole moving thing is still seeming like a little bit of a financial disaster and a home downgrade, and I'm still hoping that one day it will all seem like a good idea. That day has not yet arrived.)