Sprouted Sesame Seed and Peach snack bars

A couple weeks ago I posted about making sprouted pumpkin seed and date snack bars, and how I wanted to try this with various seeds and fruits in the interest of making grain-free snacks.
This time I decided to sprout some raw sesame seeds.  They sprouted for 2 days.

Yep, they really did sprout.  They look kind of funny but they actually smelled good.

I took a plate full of peaches from a farm down the road, skinned them and then mashed with a potato masher.

After this I stirred in the sprouted sesame seeds.  I decided at that point I should have had about twice as many peaches, but I couldn't do anything about it right then since it was late and the farm stand was closed.

 

The mixture filled two trays for the dehydrator.  Since the peaches were so juicy I used the two free samples of tray liner I got back when I bought my food dryer, but wax paper would work as well I think.

I spread the mixture pretty thin because it was so juicy I was afraid it would take a long time to dry.

But today when the dryer was done, I found that I could have left them thicker and I definitely should have had more peaches.   They are still cooling so I haven't cut them into bars yet, but I snuck a taste and they are pretty good.

In other news, my sister helped me rewire my stove.  Well more like I helped her as she did most of the work, in exchange for my taking care of her cat while she was gone on vacation.  Help with a project is so much better than any other kind of payment!

The problem -- icky old wiring inside my old stove, and a couple burners that no longer worked.
Neither of us had worked on a stove before, but the wiring was pretty straightforward once you got the back of the stove open, and there is a good used appliance/appliance repair and parts store in the next town over, so we had no problems in figuring out how to do the rewiring.  It just took a long time.
The wiring from the burner switches to the burners was all replaced and new burner receptacles were installed.  The wiring from the oven switch to the elements in the big oven on the right were also replaced, as they looked pretty nasty also once we got inside the stove.  And what did we find works better for shrinking the heat sleeves on the new burner receptacle wires, better than a match or lighter?  An embossing gun that's what.  Talk about girl power! :)
I wanted to replace the oven thermostats also, as neither of them works very reliably.  Unfortunately though I found out they quit making replacement thermostats for this stove model in 2003, so I am out of luck in that regard.  The store suggested I try scrubbing the thermostat tube with steel wool to see if that helps it, so I will try that one of these days.  I have also tried sending an email directly to Sears just to double-check, so I will see if they say anything back.  Personally I don't shop at Sears and prefer to spend my appliance dollars elsewhere that I get better customer service and things that are easier to repair.  But, I can't change the fact that a past homeowner long before my time was a Sears shopper.  The appliance repair store people sort of groan when you tell them it's an old Kenmore you need parts for.

Here is the rewired stove, all nice and cleaned up with new burner pans also.  I'm waiting for the store to get one more large burner in stock.  Older appliances are generally built so much sturdier than newer ones, so I am happy to give this old stove new life and keep it running for many more years.