Nutty Chocolate-Chip Granola Bars

Summer is a time for lengthy afternoon swimming & lazy BBQ-ing & ice cold sun tea-ing & long after-dinner walking. It’s a time for late nights out on the patio because it’s still light outside. It’s a time to play in your yard with your kid(s) & enjoy all of the mysteries of childhood (“mama! a bee!!!”) Summer is hardly a time to be slaving away in the kitchen. I’m not a big heat person. I know you’re surprised since I grew up in northern Minnesota, but I’m more comfortable with