I'm in the phase of pregnancy where I'm up from 1-3 consistently… fun, right!?! When I'm up hurling and turning, I can't resist the urge to consider things to make! I generally need to get up and have a nibble of a few sorts. A few evenings ago I was longing for banana bread granola so seriously! As well as could be expected put together at 2am was squashed bananas finished with walnuts. It stifled the yearning for the night, however I woke up the following day to make this formula!
Oats, walnuts and bananas are high in dissolvable fiber, which lower cholesterol. Beginning your day with a dish of granola is a sound expansion to a heart solid eating routine! I see numerous patients with raised cholesterol who effortlessly bring their numbers around receiving an entire nourishments consume less calories high in plant-based sustenances.
Low-sugar granola is a simple approach to fuse oats into your day!
Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 3 cup old-fashioned oats
- ¾ cups chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup wheat germ (sub flax meal for a GF version)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ tablespoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup coconut oil (or oil of your choice)
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cacao nibs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mash ripe bananas and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine oats, walnuts, wheat germ, sea salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a small sauce pan over low heat melt coconut oil, stir in maple syrup and vanilla.
- Add coconut oil mixture to oats, stir in mashed bananas. Mix until well combined.
- Evenly spread onto two baking sheets. Cook for 10 minutes, use a spatula to mix granola and cook for an additional 10 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool and stir in cacao nibs.
I included cacao nibs, yet smaller than expected chocolate chips, sunflower seeds, dried blueberries, flax seeds or hemp seeds would make awesome increments!
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