Honey Nut Granola {Clean Eating}

Honey Nut Granola. Even the name sounds as delicious as it tastes. Serve it up instead of boxed breakfast cereals for a fast and easy school morning breakfast.

Honey Nut Granola

It's really easy to make your own homemade granola from scratch.

Not only is it so much cheaper than the store bought option, but you know what's in it down to the very smallest little seed. No refined sugars. No preservatives. Only the wholesome whole grains, seeds, nuts and real honey you put in it.

We make a batch of granola every single week. It takes a couple minutes (guess you could do it under a minute if you tried) to prep before simply popping the tray in the oven to bake.

I can make a whole weeks worth of honey nut granola while I'm folding the washing.

Don't waste money buying this anymore. Just don't. Homemade granola is too easy, tastes amazing and you get that warm fussy feeling eyeing out the jars you've just filled with home baking.

Uh yes, try not get upset watching the kids munch their way through it two minutes after you filled it.

What's In Clean Eating Honey Nut Granola?

The base of this honey nut granola is Oatmeal, as per most store bought granolas. After that, it's padded out with nuts and seeds and some coconut for added sweetness and to give it some texture.

To get the granola effect you then bake it with butter and honey (or you could use maple syrup) and it becomes a clumpy, sweet bundle of deliciousness.

You could add some dried fruit to this granola but as I have other granolas I make with fruit in, I've left this as a regular honey nut version. If you're going to add fruit it needs to be dried as it has to cook with the granola mix in the oven. If you like you could add:

• Raisins
• Dried banana
• Dried cranberries
• Dried strawberries

Is Honey Nut Granola Clean?

Luckily for us granola is a Clean food. Many of the store bought granolas contain artificial flavors and preservatives.

Of course I'm not going to add these and really, the sugars in the honey do a good job of preserving the cereal anyway.

If you buy store bought granola, check the packet ingredients and make sure it's Clean. You might be surprised at what's been snuck into it!

What Is The Healthiest Way To Eat Granola?

There's a few ways you can eat this granola but here are a few of our favorite ways to eat it:

• With milk and nothing else. Ice cold milk, honey nut granola, it's hard to beat!
• Yogurt - Add a couple of table spoons of Greek yogurt for a thicker creamier breakfast
• Yogurt and fresh fruit - As above but with a chopped banana or a handful of blueberries.
• Frozen fruit - Add a cup of frozen raspberries and let them defrost over the cereal. Pop it in the microwave for a couple of minutes to help the process along if you're short on time

How To Make Honey Nut Granola

Ingredients

• 2 Cups Wholegrain Oats
• ½ Thread Coconut
• ½ Cup Almond Flour
• 1 Cup Sunflower Seeds
• ½ Cup chopped nuts Any
• ½ Cup Honey
• ¼ Cup melted butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 150'C
• Line two baking trays with parchment paper
• In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients together (coconut, almond flour, seeds and nuts)
• Gently heat honey, butter & vanilla until slightly warm and runny. Pour over dry ingredients
• Use your hands or a wooden spoon to mix together well
• Spread mixture on to the two baking trays
• Bake in preheated oven for 15. Stir. Bake for another 10 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight container

Honey Nut Granola Recipe