04 November, 2010

Reach Worthy Granola

Alot of us work at a desk. And at a desk you feel the need to reach; the need to reach for coffee, for a midmorning snack, for an afternoon snack, for your neighbor’s candy dish. Get rid of that reach guilt and make something you can be proud to reach for. Whip up a simple batch of tasty and healthy granola and reach for it all morning and all afternoon.

You can use your granola as a trail mix, as your morning cereal or to top off your fruit and yogurt.
Make a big batch on Sunday and bring it to work all week long.
Reach on my friends!

2 tablespoons hot water
1/2 cup honey
2 spoonfuls of natural peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup almonds; 1 cup pecans (or 2 cups nuts/seeds of choice)
1 cup of dried cherries (or dried fruit of choice)

Preheat oven to 275 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a small saucepan on medium, heat 2 tablespoons of water, ½ cup of honey 2 big spoonfuls of peanut butter and vanilla. Combine oats, almonds, pecans and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the contents of the saucepan to the dry ingredients and stir until all ingredients are moist. Pour the contents onto the cookie sheet and cook for 40-45 minutes or until browned. Remove from oven, let cool, add dried fruit and package into ziplocs.