As I am sucrose intolerant I find it easier to make my own breakfast cereal than read all the ingredients on all the packets of muesli’s available in the supermarkets. This is by no means the cheaper option, but it is the healthier choice.

© granola

ingredients:

2 ½ cups rolled oats

½ cup sunflower seeds

1 cup mixed raw nuts

½ cup wheat germ.

1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds

½ cup desiccated coconut

Zest of one lemon

80mls canola oil

160mls honey

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup chopped dried fruit

½ cup raisins

½ cup cranberries

1 stick cinnamon

method:

heat the oven to 180° Celsius

place the ingredients up to and including the lemon zest into a bowl and mix

in a sauce pan heat the oil and honey

when the honey has melted remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract

mix into the dry ingredients and place onto a baking tray

bake for 40 minutes, turning the mixture over once to prevent burning

add the dried fruit, raisins and cranberries

place back in the switched off oven for an hour turning the mixture every now and then to prevent burning

store in a sealed container with the cinnamon

Cooks Notes:

I have an LG light oven and do the first baking at 160° Celsius and the drying out at 40° Celsius

Tandy

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