Nut & Seed Granola

These make great snacks or treats but if you feel like some primal crunch for breakfast – crush

some up into a bowl and add some cold unsweetened almond milk for a terrific treat!

Ingredients:
3 cups assorted nuts & seeds (almonds 4g sugar, walnuts 2.6g, sunflower seeds 2.6g, etc)
1/4 cup fresh cranberries (fresh has 4g sugar, dried has about 65g)
2 cups shredded coconut (unsweetened)
¼ cup coconut oil
½ cup sunflower seed butter
½ cup honey or maple syrup (honey has 82g of sugar per 100g, maple syrup has 68g sugar
per 100g)
¼ tsp vanilla extract, optional (13g of sugar per 100g)
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp chia seeds

Directions:
1. Line a baking dish or tray with baking paper and set aside.
2. Combine nuts and seeds into large bowl
3. Remove 1 cup of nuts & seeds mix and chop into small pieces
4. Place remaining 2 cups of nuts & seeds in blender and pulse till chopped quite finely – You
should end up with a good mix of small and fine pieces
5. Return nuts & seeds to mixing bowl. Stir in dried cranberries and add coconut. Stir well
combining contents together
6. Place a small saucepan on a low-med flame and add coconut oil, sunflower seed butter &
honey, vanilla, salt & cinnamon to cook. Stir until mixture bubbles and then remove from heat
7. Pour hot liquid mixture over nut mixture, stirring to combine. Add chia seed if you haven't
already. Mix well.
8. Pour the combined nuts-and-honey mixture into prepared tray and press together using wet
hands or spoon pressing firmly to ensure ingredients are well packed together.
9. Leave mixture to sit for 2 hours, cover and then place in freezer for at least 1 hour
10. Remove from freezer and cut into chunk sized pieces or muesli bars slices with a very
sharp knife. You can eat like this or serve crumbled up for a grain free cereal with coconut or almond milk!

Article Source: Sugar Free Recipes: Low Carb Low Sugar Recipes on a Sugar Smart Diet by Peggy Annear