CRUNCHY QUINOA & BUCKWHEAT GRANOLA

There have been a few requests for a Health Yeah! breakfast cereal. Sorry it's taken me this long!

This simple, crunchy, flavour packed granola is so incredibly easy and rather therapeutic to make. Free of refined sugar, gluten, and dairy, it pairs perfectly with your milk of choice or as a delectable dry snack.  The recipe can easily be adapted with what ever dried fruit, nuts or seeds you have on hand.

You'll need

• 1 cup raw buckwheat groats

• 1/3 cup raw or puffed quinoa
  
• 3 Tbsp chia seeds
• 1 cup whole rolled oats (Oats can contain traces of gluten, finding a certified GF brand is the best way to ensure no gluten)
• 1/2 cup raw almonds, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
• 1/2 cup raw walnuts, pecans or macadamias, or all of the above! coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup shredded coconut and/or coconut flakes
  
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup dried kiwifruit
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup 100% pure maple syrup (to your preference
  
• 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

Adapted from Hungry Hungry Hippie

Directions

In large mixing bowl, combine oats, buckwheat, quinoa and chia seeds.

Chop nuts coarsely and add to the bowl along with seeds and coconut, and mix well. 

Add liquids (melted coconut oil and maple syrup). Note - using 100% pure maple is important for the flavour (and health factor) of the cereal. If you don't have real maple, substitute with 1/4 cup honey rather than imitation maple syrup.

Spread onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake for 60 minutes at 110 degrees C. 

Receive copious praise from your family or flatmates as you make the house smell incredible. 

Once toasted, let it cool and then break apart (it crumbles easily if you pull the ends of the baking paper together).


Enjoy! But not all in one go if you can help it!