Coco-Nutty Granola


This is a delicious granola recipe from Sarah Wilson's IQS book.

I love breakfast but i have never been a big cereal eater as i've always known that cereal is loaded with sugar, so I would often opt for a 'healthier' muesli options, but a lot of muesli's are also loaded with sugar (especially fructose - honey, dried fruits etc). After reading IQS i soon realised that fructose is the enemy! Fructose makes us eat more as its a molecule that doesn't allow hormones to tell our brains when we are full and to stop eating. Fructose also converts directly to fat - it's not used straight away as energy but converted directly to fat - see Sarah Wilson's "I Quit Sugar" book for more information about fructose and its effect on your body.

You will notice that instead of sugar/honey i am using rice malt syrup. Rice malt syrup (can also be called rice syrup or brown rice syrup) is made from fermented cooked rice. It is only made from rice and water and doesn't contain fructose.

I love this granola recipe - it is a healthy breakfast option that has so much crunch and flavour. I serve the granola with natural full-fat yogurt (low fat yogurts tend to have added suagr - they can often contain up to 6 teaspoons of sugar).

Ingredients

3 cups of coconut flakes
2 cups of nuts and/or seeds (roughly chopped/use your activated nuts if you have any - I used cashews, macadamia's, pumpkin seeds & sunflower seeds. You can use one type or a mixture)
2 tablespoons of chia seeds
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
80g of coconut oil or organic butter (melted)
3 tablespoons of rice malt syrup (optional) 

 Method

1. Preheat your oven to 120℃ and line a tray with baking paper.

2. Add all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix.

3. Spread the mixture out evenly on the baking tray.

 4. Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes, turning halfway through. The longer you cook it for the darker and crunchier it will be.

5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

6. Once cooled serve with natural full fat yogurt or store in an airtight container.

Enjoy x

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