GF SF Pumpkin Spice Granola

What is one of the most versatile snacks? Granola. It can be eaten with milk as a cereal, a topping for yogurt, and just a crunchy snack. A lot of store bought granola are full of fat, sugar, and gluten. They also have low nutrition levels.





I've made granola at home a few times before and it has turned out great.








Pumpkin Spice Granola





Ingredients:


1/4 cup maple syrup


1/4 cup honey


1/4 cup grapeseed oil


2 tablespoons pumpkin spice


dash of Cinnamon, all spice, and nutmeg


1 teaspoon on vanilla


2 teaspoons of salt (I like mine salty sweet, you might want to half the salt)


1/3 cup flax meal


2 heaping tablespoons of vanilla rice protein powder


1/2 cup water


1 and 1/2 cups of nuts (I used walnuts)


4 cups gf oats


** optional**: chopped dates, raisins, cranberries, etc. I didn't have either of these on hand but I highly recommend the dates. They are delicious in this.





Mix all the ingredients minus the oats and nuts. Stir in the oats and nuts until evenly coated. Spread onto a greased cookie sheet and bake at 300 for roughly an hour. Check every 20 minutes to avoid burning the stuff. It also helps to stir the mixture around when you check.

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Gym: 15 min each: Elliptical, stair climber, row, treadmill, recumbent bike, elliptical. Free weights for arms and core.





No running group tonight. My legs need some rest.