G3 Granola

I love breakfast, but I never have time to make it during the week. Over the past few months, I've been elevating my oatmeal game throwing everything from chia seeds to goji berries into my Nature's Path GF Oatmeal. It is delicious but due to a lot of stomach issues and my ALCAT results (a post for another day), it was recommended I try a grain free breakfast. That included ridding my breakfast of gluten free grains. 

I tried some of the Whole Foods grain-free mixes and they tasted delicious but were far too expensive. So, I looked up a few different recipes and came up with my own cost-efficient gluten-free grain-free gut-friendly granola (say that 10 times fast!). It's delicious heated up or cold with sheeps-milk yogurt or almond milk. Let me know if you throw something different in yours, I'm always looking for ideas! 

First, take pecans, almonds, walnuts, and dried berries and mix them in a bowl. A few of the recipes I consulted said to add the berries in halfway through baking, but I just added them in from the start and it tasted yummy. Then, add in the coconut flakes and Maca powder. 

In a sauce pan, heat up the coconut oil, maple syrup, and nut butter of your choosing. Once melted and combined, pour over dry mixture and stir. 

Place on a greased baking sheet and put in the oven on 320 for 20 minutes. Watch this closely because the granola can go from delicious to disgusting the minute the almonds burn! Move the mixture around after 20 minutes and set back in the oven on 340 for 5 minutes to finish. Set out to dry overnight (you can place it back in the same mixing bowl) and place in a container when finished.