Ingredients
Granola with a Crunch
- 3 cups slow cook oats
- 1 cup mixed nuts and seeds sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, chopped walnuts, pecans, cashews, or almonds
- ½ cup dried unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ tsp or to taste cinnamon
- Dash of salt
- ½ cup or to taste maple syrup or honey
- ¾ cup raisins or chopped dried fruit (optional
Fruit Yogurt Parfait
- 2 cups fresh or thawed unsweetened fruit chopped (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, mango)
- 2 cups Greek plain yogurt – lower fat
- 2 cups granola (ingredients above, instructions below)
Instructions
Granola Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients except raisins.
- Spread out on a rimmed baking sheet lined with Parchment paper.
- Bake 30 minutes or a little longer, stirring occasionally.
- Mixture should brown evenly.
- For a crunchier granola, cook a little longer, taking care that it does not burn.
- Remove from oven and add raisins or dried fruit.
- Cool, stirring occasionally until granola is room temperature.
- Store in a sealed, airtight container.
Parfait Instructions
- Evenly distribute half the granola into the bottom of four parfait dishes (1/4 cup per dish).
- Add ½ cup of fruit to each dish, then ½ cup of yogurt per dish.
- Garnish with remaining granola (approximately ¼ cup per dish).
Notes
Recipe from Laura Kalina’s cookbook – Low GI Meals in Minutes.
Nutrition Tip: Fresh fruit is not always in season. Check out the unsweetened frozen fruit available in bags at your grocery store.
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