I know, I know. My title today is suuuuper cheesy and obvious. I DON’T CARE. This is our granola at home. It is the one we have for breakfast EVERY DAY. And I promise you it’s delicious. Okay, let’s try this once more. I think I might have overreacted.
Today I’m sharing a recipe we completely love at home. It’s actually part of our every day breakfast. As a matter of fact, every time I prepare it -every 10 days or so, I make a double batch and it’ll be good for those ten days only. I mus confess that sometimes I will eat my fruit just because I want the granola. I’m going to ask my husband if he is more disciplined, or if he does the same, haha!
Now, let me tell you a bit about how I got to this delicious mix. Well, I think it’s delicious. I hope you get as big a hearty pamper when you have it as well. When I started reading the labels of everything I was buying at the grocery store, I started becoming conscious about all the ingredients in the products we didn’t need to eat. I have stopped buying many if not all of those products and they haven’t found their way back home. But let us focus. We can talk about that some other time.
Then, at work we needed one day some granola and my chef proposed that instead of buying it, we taught the children to prepare it by doing a quick demonstration. We agreed then on the ingredients and prepared it every chance we got. The kids were at awe and the parents came back to ask for the recipe since this one wasn’t on their recipe packets they each received after class. Everyone who asked me, got it verbally. I then immediately decided to do the same at home.
So, this is the recipe I ended up writing according to our dietary needs and taste. You may adjust it to more or less cereal or grains as per your habits.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup almonds
- ¼ cup pecans
- ¼ cup walnuts
- ¼ cup hazelnuts
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- ¼ cup shredded coconut, unsweet
- ¼ cup craisins
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
To Prepare
- Add all dry ingredients (rolled oats, almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, shredded coconut, craisins, salt, and cinnamon) to a big enough bowl and mix.
- In a smaller bowl mix the vanilla essence, grapeseed oil, and honey.
- Incorporate the liquid mix to the dry ingredients and mix well. Place on a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. It should get golden toasted.
- Take out of the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes. You may serve it or use it immediately or you may store it in an airtight glass container such as a Mason Jar once cooled down.
