I know I’ve told you all a million times about how I can’t do wheat. The most restrictive thing about being wheat intolerant is the lack of breakfast cereals.
I kid you not. Take a look at the list of ingredients on any breakfast cereal pack….. they all list wheat in there somewhere, except for porridge.
I hate porridge. I hate it so much. It is not even the flavour, it is the texture. I remember being practically force-fed it as a child. Totally yuck.
However, the totally weird thing about me, is that I’ll actually eat oat flakes ‘raw’ as in a muesli or granola…. but not cooked.
I’ve often made muesli here but after a while it gets a bit boring, so lately I decided to revisit the whole ‘granola’ concept. When I was a kid we did not have granola. I think I first heard of it when I went to the States, and yet, now it is everywhere. Again, however, you have to search for a ‘wheat free’ version.
Oldfarm Granola
The solution for me is to make my own. I’ve been experimenting, and I think I’ve cracked it with this recipe.
This amount lasts me a couple of weeks but I wouldn’t necessarily eat it every day. It is also really nice to just ‘snack’ on whenever you pass the jar, so it just may not last quite as long as you think.
Obviously, you can substitute whatever seeds you like – this is just the mix that works for me.
Ingredients:
- 140 g organic oat flakes
- 25 g linseed
- 20 g sunflower seeds
- 10 g flax seeds
- 10 g sesame seeds
- 50 g dried fruit of your preference – I’ve used mango, apple, sultanas.
- 2 tbsp coconut oil – melted.
- 40 g runny honey – I used our own which is so delicious
Method:
Preheat your oven to 150 deg C/300F/Gas 2.
Mix all your dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Melt your coconut oil and mix in the honey.
Add the oil and honey to your dry ingredients.
Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Spread your mixture onto the tray.
Bake for about 23 minutes. Allow to cool.
Store in a jar until you are ready to use.
As you can see you can vary this as much as you like by adding toasted almonds, coconut, pumpkin seeds… whatever takes your fancy.
Let me know if you try it. 🙂
A Year In Redwood 
Ooh, I love granola. I’m with you on the porridge thing. We were force fed it during Lent just before we were forced out to early mass, so I think I associate it with penitence! I’m not a huge muesli fan – I find some of them a bit chewy. But granola I could eat all day. I make about a kilo at a time as it just seems to vanish! Topped with a but of natural yoghurt – yum!
And at this time of year… a few raspberries…. breakfast heaven 🙂