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Servings:

Ingredients

• 8 cups organic oats
• 4 cups organic puffed brown rice
• 1 cup chopped nuts like walnuts, almonds, pecans (you can add more nuts for more protein if you wish)
• ¼ cup flax seeds
• ½ cup organic canola oil or olive oil
• 1 cup maple syrup or honey
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (adds sweetness without sugar)
• ½ cup dried unsweetened coconut
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup shelled sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds

Extra Healthy Granola

This granola recipe has protein from nuts, omega 3′s from flax seeds and is low in sugar. We are a busy family so when we cook, we do it in bulk to last for many meals. Feel free to cut down this recipe and adjust it to your taste – for example, sometimes I add a bit of salt.

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MAKE IT

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients and mix well. My kids love to help mix.
3. For an easy clean up, place parchment paper over 3 to 4 cooking sheets.
4. Spread out the granola mixture. If it’s too thick, the granola won’t toast evenly. Cook for ten minutes, and then remove from the oven and stir so that the granola can toast on all sides.
5. Repeat this process about 3 times, or until it is lightly browned.
6. Place back in clean, dry bowl and mix in raisins, sunflower seeds, or other dried fruit or seeds of your choice.
7. Store in airtight container.

Note:My kids don’t like whole walnuts, but they don’t notice them when they are chopped finely and are mixed up into the granola. I like to include them because they are so healthy and full of protein.

CLEAN IT

Use unbleached parchment paper to reduce the toxic dioxin pollution released during the chlorination process.

GREEN IT

Skip the parchment paper altogether and invest in some silicone baking mats which can be re-used thousands of times.

MAKE IT FUN

As Fab points out, kids love helping mix!