Despite the cool temps around here this summer, I’ve been craving a lot of cold cereal with fresh blueberries. Bye bye hot oats, hello cold ‘n’ crunchy cereal. I recently found a new granola that I like, Nature’s Path Agave Plus. After polishing off the box, I decided to make a version of my own. Have you ever made granola? Oh boy, it makes the house smell divine!
Recipes of the past:
I really enjoyed this simple granola, but my homemade version is 18x better. What the heck are tocopherols anyway?
Good 4 U Granola
- 4 c. rolled oats
- 1 c. raw sunflower seeds
- 1 c. chopped pecans
- 1/2 c. unsweetened coconut
- 1/4 c. ground flax
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 c. + 2 T canola oil
- 1/4 c. + 2 T agave
- 1 T vanilla
Mix together the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a separate, smaller bowl, mix together oil, agave and vanilla. Pour liquid over oat mixture and combine thoroughly. Place onto a baking sheet in a thin, even layer. Bake @ 350* for 30 minutes, stirring ever 10 – be careful, it burns easily.
It’s also quite delicious layered with 0% plain Greek yogurt and fresh b-berries, along with a Banana Chocolate Coconut Muffin. However, this tasty breakfast didn’t do my hunger justice after a hilly ‘n’ chilly 52-minute run. When’s lunch?
An Oat Note:
Jenna made enough granola the other day to feed an army, so she’s giving away a hot pink bag of her 5 star resort recipe!
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YUMM!! I’ve been wanting to make my own granola for a while now…looks like I have a recipe! Thanks for sharing. :)
I don’t think it’s possible to have too many good granola recipes. This one sounds great of course! ;)
Yum! I love the cup the granola is in – so cute!
The muffin looks really good, and it’s such a good combo.
send me those cooler temps, please, along with the perfect muffin. that looks so yum.
Love Nature’s Path Hemp Plus granola. Perfect combo with greek yogurt, but I agree about not getting filled up on it.
I adore granola! :) And thanks for stopping by the other day – it is always a pleasure to meet other college runners!
The recipe looks awesome!! I really need to try making my own granola. I think I’ll start with this :)
yum… i see pecans, cinnamon, vanilla and coconut all in one recipe. 4 of my favorite ingredients!! :) i love that you’re so creative! i wish i could come up with recipes like that, haha.
Love blueberries with my cereal! I’ve been eating them like crazy too. I just made some blueberry muffins this morning.