My sister Janice, aka The Blissful Chef (food blog name) lived with my daughter and I for a couple of years and she would make granola on a regular basis using a variety of delicious and healthy ingredients. The house would smell wonderful and the end result is so yummy and good for you. She is a fabulous cook and we miss her and all of the delicious meals we prepared together. We are looking forward to visiting her this summer and cooking together again.

Here is what The Blissful Chef had to say about this recipe:

Yummy Ancient Grains Granola

I have been making granola for years and recently discovered some interesting new ingredients to add - quinoa, buckwheat groats and teff are considered ancient grains and have high nutritional value. You should be able to find most of these ingredients in your local grocery store or health food store. If you are skeptical about these grains, I suggest you try just one of them as a new food item. What I liked about this new version was the added crunch to the mix. The recipe that follows is my adapted version of my hippie granola with added nutrition from the ancient grains. Just goes to show that we can all learn something new every day. In fact these ingredients are good for the body and the brain health!!

Ingredients

1/4 cup quinoa seeds, 1/2 cup buckwheat groats, 2 T teff seeds, grind these with mortar and pestle just long enough to breakdown the seeds a bit.

2 cups large flake rolled oats, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/2 cup sliced almonds or any other type of nuts such as walnuts, cashews, or seeds such as chia or hemp hearts (up to your imagination and taste buds – just remember to adjust wet ingredients if you add more nuts or seeds), 2 t cinnamon

Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl

1/2 maple syrup, 1/2 cup pure unfiltered apple juice

Add maple syrup and apple juice to the dry ingredients

Pour mixture on to a parchment lined baking sheet

Place in 300 degree oven for about 1 hour and stir every 20 minutes. The smell is divine – reminds me of apple crisp

Remove from oven and add dehydrated apples, cranberries, etc. I also add toasted coconut strips.

Enjoy as breakfast or snack.

Janice aka The Blissful Chef

 

I really have to make more of this, it tastes so good and really makes a nice filling breakfast to start your day, and the ingerdients can be changed up according to what you have on hand or what your taste buds are calling for.

~ Tracy

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