Breakfast: Granola

Here we are- back to breakfast. I just like breakfast. Somehow there is an inherent permission to utilize much less variety and less complicated meals. So here's my granola recipe. This simple but delicious breakfast weaned us off storebought cereals until we were ready to graduate to overnight oats. Give it a try!

Granola

Ingredients:

½ cup coconut oil

½ - ¾ cup honey

one capful vanilla

cinnamon

6 cups rolled oats 
Optional: 1 handful of dates, food processed and mixed in as an extra sweetener

Toppings to taste: raisins, craisins, apple pieces, slivered almonds, ground flax, chia seeds etc.

1.    Melt honey and oil together on low temperature

2.    Mix in cinnamon and vanilla

3.    Once the mixture is completely melted and combined, add oats

4.    Stir until coated

5.    Mix in any other add-ins

6.    Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper

7.    Pour the mixture onto the sheets, spreading to make a thin, even layer

8.    Bake at 325* for about 10-15 minutes, then take out and add the dried fruit. This will prevent the dried fruit from burning and also allow you to mix the oats up a little since those around the edge tend to cook faster
9. Put back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes. Watch closely because it can go from golden brown to burnt very quickly.

I mix up plain Greek yogurt with honey and put mix the granola in

My husband adds frozen berries and pours milk over it

 I don't really have anything else to say about this except: let me know what you think!