Personal Notes

This is my EVERY WEEK granola and once you’ve made this you’ll realize how easy it is to riff off of by adding tahini (for a nutty taste), coffee grounds (a perfect use for ground you’d otherwise throw away!) or swapping out some of the spices for turmeric to make a savory granola.

Why should you make your own granola? Store bought granolas often have added sugars, seed oils, or are sneaky blood sugar spikers because they have brown rice or oats, leading to a high carb count. My granola is mostly nuts and seeds so it’s packed with micronutrients and it’s blood sugar friendly. It’s also so much more cost effective to buy nuts in bulk at Costco and make granola at home vs. buying a bag (often in plastic) every week!

Ways I eat this every week include:

• On top of organic greek or A2 yogurt with berries and cinnamon
• In a small cup with 1/4 cup almond milk as an afternoon snack
• On top of smoothies for a little crunch
• In a small cup with 1/4 cup almond milk + some dark chocolate chips as an evening, post-dinner treat
• BY THE HANDFUL 😋

There is truly nothing better than when your house smells like granola, so this is one of those little things I do every week to not only support my metabolic health but bring me JOY at home.

About the Recipe

• Serving info: 1/4 cup, total servings about 24
• Number of colors: 6 colors
• Ingredient spotlight: Cinnamon!
  • I love adding cinnamon to my granola + adding more on top my yogurt when I make a yogurt bowl. Fun fact, compounds in cinnamon mimic insulin, increasing glucose uptake, and research shows doses of 1-6 grams per day can lower blood sugar in people with diabetes. You can read more about cinnamon and blood sugar here!
• Total time: 5 min to prep + 40 minutes to bake
• Diets: Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, low carb

Ingredients

• 5 cups of nuts and seeds of choice (I like pumpkin seeds, slivered almonds, pecans, walnuts, pistachios)
  • Optional: Swap out 1 cup of nuts for 1 cup of sprouted oats. When I’ve tested this on my CGM I’ve found I can maintain blood sugar balance with just a minimal amount of oats.
• 1 cup raw, unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup flax seeds or hemp hearts (YAY FIBER!)