Jun 2nd, 2009
Grain-ola
I’ve made granola before using a few different recipes so I was interested to see how this one turned out. Granola is pretty flexible; mix together oats, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, sweetener and some kind of oil and bake until browned. This recipe was no different aside from varying the quantities of a few ingredients. It also called for orange zest which I omitted since I’m picky with citrus flavour and don’t feel like it belongs in granola.
I like the ingredients used in this recipe (coconut, honey, coconut oil) and I think next time I’ll try for more of a tropical variation as suggested in the recipe by using macadamia nuts and tropical dried fruit. I used walnuts, dried apricots and raisins in the batch I made and it was delicious. Why spend the big bucks on “deluxe” granola at the store when it’s so easy to make and customize your own?
I’ve eaten this with almond milk, sprinkled on top of a sliced banana and with yogurt, and by the handful. Such a versatile breakfast and snack food!
[...] I love recipes like this! Take a list of base ingredients, plus what you need to stick them all together, and then play around with the flavours. Ok, so that’s not exactly what it says in the recipe, but that’s essentially what you can do… similar to the granola recipe. [...]