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Easy Spiced Coconut Granola

February 5, 2017 by elkeliving 1 Comment

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easy spiced coconut granola

 

 

What’s in your granola? I searched out several popular brands of granola and checked out their ingredient labels, and what I found was disappointing! The good news is you can make this easy spiced coconut granola in just minutes!

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Some Granola ingredients to look out for!

To the consumer words like “natural” and “nourishing” can be far from true and definitely misleading! When I simply turned them over to read the label, these popular granola brands were full of hidden MSG, GMO’s, soy, and even BHT! This is the last thing we want when we are trying to make healthy choices, and it can be very frustrating. Who wants to think they are starting their morning off healthy only to feel side effect symptoms like nausea, rapid heartbeat, headache, and drowsiness. These are just a couple of the symptoms that these processed pre-packaged foods can cause.

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As if it wouldn’t be enough to stop there, some of the brands had added “vitamins”. That’s good right?….. Wrong. While this may look good on the box, all the synthetic vitamins we ingest from juices to fruit snacks, cereals, and milk can cause health problems in the long run. I recently read that synthetic vitamins in large quantities can have a drug-like effect, and can cause the same symptoms as the vitamin deficiency itself. These vitamins are treated like toxins in our bodies! It mind-blowing how misinformed we can be when it comes what we are putting in our bodies. The bottom line is what we are putting in our bodies is one of the most important things we can do!

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You may ask….What should we do?

spiced coconut granola

Make our own! You may think you don’t have the time, but this simple recipe mixes up in less than 10 minutes and the best part…. You are in control of what you put in!There are so many options for what you can add into your homemade granola!

easy spiced coconut granola

Options for add-ins for homemade granola

  • Dried cranberries, raisins, or cherries.
  • Seeds. (pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds are great choices!)
  • Your choice of nuts. Almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts.
  • Banana chips or chocolate chips.

granola with coconut milk

granola with coconut milk
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Easy Spiced Coconut Granola

Many storebought granolas are labeled "nourishing" or "natural" but have you ever read the label closely? It's super easy to make your own spiced coconut granola at home!
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time25 mins
Total Time35 mins
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy spiced coconut granola, homemade granola, spiced coconut granola recipe
Servings: 15 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 cups quick oats or old fashioned oats
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds Buy organic chia seeds here
  • 1 tablespoon whole flax seed freshly ground
  • 1 ½ cups unsweetened coconut flakes
  • ⅓ cup walnuts or pecans optional
  • ½ teaspoon pink salt or sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom
  • ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ⅛ teaspoon ginger
  • ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon  maple syrup
  • ⅓ cup melted coconut oil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 250.
  • In a nutri-bullet or coffee grinder, grind flax seeds to a powder.
  • In a medium bowl mix all dry ingredients.
  • If coconut oil is solid melt in a small saucepan over low heat.
  • Pour melted coconut oil and syrup over dry mixture.
  • Stir well with a wooden spoon.
  • Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. I bought a non- toxic cookie sheet and I love it!
  • Spread granola mix evenly over cookie sheet.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes or until lightly brown on top.
  • Remove from oven and let cool completely.
  • Store in a ziplock bag or mason jar.

Notes

*Coconut oil can be refined or unrefined. Using unrefined will give you more of a coconut flavor.
*I like to eat this granola as a breakfast cereal with coconut milk. It's also great as a topping for yogurts or fruit!
*You can add things like cranberries, raisins, or almonds.
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  1. Raspberry Cream Overnight Oats with Chia Jam – Elke Living says:
    April 19, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    […] and that was good, they are quick, and healthy. I also make them homemade granola bars and granola (the day before of course) energy balls etc…. overnight oats is just another quick breakfast […]

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