Make Your Own Gift Basket

In today's economy, people are making crafts to save money. This season, make gift baskets for friends and family. To encourage healthy eating habits, fill baskets with high-fiber fresh fruits, home-baked treats, and a jar of a natural fiber supplement.

Stick in a can or two of juices, so your friends can make healthy drinks like The Aloha (pineapple juice with a rounded teaspoon of Original KONSYL or KONSYL Easy Mix) and The Ruby Flip (V-8 juice or fruit punch with a teaspoon of the fiber supplement). Write out the recipes on festive stationery. See our website for more fiber-rich drink ideas.

Bake a pan of Fiber Bars and present them in a holiday tin. Or, mix up just the dry ingredients (flour, salt, nuts and baking powder) and put in a plastic bag or pretty container with the recipe below on a nice card for a great-tasting gift.

Fiber Bars

1 box brown sugar
1 1/2 sticks low fat margarine
3 eggs
2 tbsp Konsyl
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup of your favorite nuts
3 cups wheat flour
1/2 tsp (or less) salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder

Pour melted margarine over brown sugar. Add beaten eggs and 1 tsp vanilla.  Sift together flour, salt & baking powder. Add to sugar & egg mixture. Fold in Konsyl & nuts
.Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean