Nutty Granola

A very easy-to-make granola recipe that is delicious and the best snack ever. All the girls at my office eat this with yogurt every day. It’s awesome! If you don’t have some of the dry ingredients, just add more of what you do have. Walnuts are a fine substitute for pecans. You can also try dried blueberries instead of or with the cranberries.

Step: 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step: 2

Stir oats, almonds, coconut, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, pecans, and salt, together in a large bowl.

Step: 3

Stir butter and honey together in a small saucepan over low heat until the butter is fully melted.

Step: 4

Stir vanilla extract into the melted butter.

Step: 5

Pour butter mixture over oats mixture; stir until evenly coated.

Step: 6

Spread the mixture onto 2 large baking sheets into single, even layers.

Step: 7

Bake in preheated oven 10 minutes. Remove from oven and gently turn the granola. Continue baking until golden brown, about 10 minutes more.

Step: 8

Set granola aside to cool to room temperature; transfer to a large bowl.

Step: 9

Gently fold cranberries into the granola.

Per Serving: 263 calories; protein 5.4g; carbohydrates 34.5g; fat 12.7g; cholesterol 12.2mg; sodium 162.1mg.

Eating healthy breakfast to continue the day had become a good habit. It’s a best way to start my day off healthfully. The sweet hit from the fruit wakes me up and bring me power to make on the morning. The sweetness is often vilified as the root of all disease, but sweetness is also loaded with fibre, which is great for your stomach system and helps keep you feel full longer, and not want likely grab a snack out of the vending machine before lunchtime.

Making fruit a morning habit is simple . Simply put the fruit in your refrigerator next to the sweet drink or on the table next to your cereal pan , or move your coffee maker or tea kettle — somewhere where you’ll see it. Before you eat the rest of your food , eat your fruit. If you’re not normally a breakfast person.

Giving your stomach energy a bit of sweetness in the morning is important to move your metabolism for the 24 hours and fuel to your brain, which, incidentally, requires a continuous supply of sugar in the form of process glucose, amounting to around 120g daily. There is also substantial evidence to backup the idea that a diet high in fibre can lowering your risk of a count of of cancers. And of course, you benefit from all the other supplement and antioxidants in fruit, which keep you powerfull and healthy.