I’ve finally found a breakfast cereal that I like!
Not that easy when you have to avoid wheat. On a side note I challenge you to check cereal boxes across all the brands to find one that does not contain wheat. Even cornflakes contain wheat….. seriously.
And yes, I can hear you all saying, but but but what about porridge!
Here’s the thing folks, I HATE PORRIDGE. It has to be the most disgusting food of all times. It is a major source of amusement with Alfie, that I actually make really delicious porridge for others, but won’t touch it myself.
Okay, that’s out of the way.
The only way for me to go was to start making my own breakfast cereal… I chose to make granola.
This recipe is as flexible as you want it to be with regard to what ‘dry goods’ you put in, but the coconut oil and honey are a staple in this house anyway.
I haven’t checked the ‘use by date’, it doesn’t really last that long as guests love it too, but I would say it lasts 2 or 3 weeks in an airtight tin.
Oldfarm Granola
Ingredients:
- 300 gr Oatflakes
- 50 gr Linseed
- 50 gr. Sunflower and/or Pumpkin seeds
- 20 gr. Sesame seeds
- 50 gr. dried fruit – current batch has diced mango in it, but I’ve used cranberries, and sultanas too.
- 2 tbsp. coconut oil
- 40 gr. runny honey
Method:
Preheat oven to 150 deg. centigrade.
Line 2 x swiss roll tin with baking parchment.
Mix all dry ingredients together. Melt coconut oil and honey together, and pour over dry ingredients
Spread mix out on baking parchment.
Bake for 23 minutes.
Allow to cool and store in an airtight tin or jar.
This is how I had mine this morning 🙂
Oldfarm Granola with yoghurt and homegrown strawberries
Enjoy!
A Year In Redwood 
I have been making my own granola for a couple of years now. You can substitute fruit puree for the honey, or any other sort of liquid sweet stuff (I like maple syrup). I don’t add my dried fruit until after cooking and cooling and that way I can have sticky dates in there, which I like so much better than any other dried fruit! I never make it the same way twice these days, but it’s so good to only add ingredients I like rather than suffering hateful raisins etc!!
I’m sure that, like me, you will be making it for years to come 🙂
Yes, I’ve added maple syrup too when I’ve not had our own honey 🙂
Granola made. Thanks Margaret! Gluten free oats, will have with mixed fresh fruit and o% yogurt for yummy brekkie in the office all week!
Delighted! Enjoy it!
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