Hot or Cold Good Stuff Granola

You can eat this granola in chunks for a snack, crumbled on top of your yogurt or ice cream or even use it as a great hot cereal. Check it out.

4 cups rolled oats
1 cup uncooked quinoa
1/2 cup ground flax
1/2 cup roughly chopped almonds

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil

1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt

In a large bowl mix first 4 ingredients together, set aside.

In a saucepan mix brown sugar, honey and oil together and heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour over the dry stuff and mix together. Cutting through with 2 spoons works well.  

Spread out on a large parchment lined cookie sheet and sprinkle with cinnamon and salt.
Press down with back of spoon.
Bake in a 250 F oven for 40-45 minutes.

Some of it will come out in chunks.  Good to pack for snacks. While the rest will be loose.  Just store it in a cookie tin or jar until ready to use.

For one serving of hot cereal just take 3/4 cup water and bring it to a boil. Stir in 1/3 cup of granola and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the water is absorbed.  Top it with dried cranberries, cacao nibs, raisins, coconut....just about anything your heart desires. And a little milk or cream doesn't hurt either.

And here it is with some coconut yogurt and cried cranberries.