Coconut Date Granola

Don’t be fooled: granola sounds healthy, but it’s often high in sugar, unhealthy fats and oils, and is packed full of fillers and unnecessary ingredients. Homemade granola is a cut above anything you can buy in the store. And you can so easily customize it by adding your favourite ingredients. Not to mention, your house will smell amazing – like you’ve been slaving in the kitchen all day!

For the perfect breakfast, construct a delicious parfait by layering your granola with protein-packed plain greek yogurt, fresh fruit and cinnamon. You can also eat it as a snack, use as a topping for a baked apple, bake into muffins or bread, sprinkle on oatmeal for some crunch, add to smoothies, and put in pancake batter. Granola also makes a great gift!

Granola will keep in an airtight container for a few weeks (although I can’t say it ever lasts that long without being eaten in my house…)

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Coconut Date Granola

Source: Carolyn Berry

Ingredients:

• 3 cups large flake oats
• 1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds
• 1 cup chopped nuts (I used almonds & pecans)
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 tbsp canola oil or light-tasting oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Put all dry ingredients together in a large bowl and mix together.
3. Add the remainder of the ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together until well combined.
4. Spread granola evenly between 2 cookie sheets. Bake for ~20-25 minutes, stirring once halfway through baking.
5. Add chopped dates to granola once cooled. Store in an airtight container.

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Welcome! I’m Carolyn, a Vancouver based registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, marathon runner and foodie. My passion is creating simple and nourishing recipes to share with you! I hope you enjoy looking around.

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