Granola and Snack Chunks#

General Components#

• Grains
  • Oats
  • Quinua
  • Rice
  • Wheat
• Nuts
  • Peanut
  • Almond
  • Cashews
  • Walnut
• Seeds
  • Sunflower
  • Pumpkin
  • Sesame

Ingredients#

• Grains (6 cups)

• Nuts/Seeds (1 cup)

• Banana/Apple/Applesauce (3 units)

• Dates/Plums (1/2 cups)

• Flax Meal (1/2 cup)

• Nut/Seed butter (3 tablespoons)

• Lemon Juice and Zest (3 tablespoons ~ 1-2 lemons)

• Flavouring and Spices

  • Cinnamon
  • Turmeric
  • Ginger
  • Pumpkin Spice
  • Cocoa
  • Vanilla/Coconut/Cinnamon extract

Variants#

• Choco-Banana: Banana Chocolate
• Orange Spice: Orange, Fresh Ginger, Pumpkin Spice
• Tropical: Dried mango, uchuva, coconut
• Berries: Dried blueberry, raisins, plums, strawberry powder

Instructions#

• Add moist ingredients with the flax meal to the food processor
  • Optionally, heat some water to soften the dates and plums. Dry them before adding to the food processor
• Mix dry ingredients and combine with moist ingredients
• Add to an oven tray over parchment paper or a silicone mat
• Toast for 2 hours at 250 C, check and mix at the 1 hour mark
  • It will dry quicker when using a convection over or a large air fryer. You would probably need about 1 hour at a similar or lower temperature
• Leave to cool in a flat surface
• Add other dried ingredients such as blueberry, raisins, mango, uchuva, coconut, chocolate nibs/chips
• Store up to 1 month, can be freezed for more

Tips#

• The flax meal and nut/seed butter help by binding the ingredients which allow you to make chunks
• Lower temperatures could help in keeping the original nutrition of the ingredients and reducing excessive harmful by-products of high temperature cooking