I had a lucky streak with the mail last week:
And I just received some Granola from Love Grown Foods
Their products are free from:
- Free of Refined Sugar
- Free of High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Free of Trans Fats
- Free of Hydrogenated Oils
- Free of Artificial Flavors
- Free of Preservatives
- Free of Gluten
- Free of Genetically Modified Ingredients
This one was great. Full of cranberry flavor. I love cranberries and don’t eat them all that often so this was a nice treat.
And this flavor is what I’d call classic granola. Raisins, cinnamon, almonds. Lovely. The little snack packs will be perfect for Scott’s lunches and Skylar’s car snacks.
But this one stole the show. Of course. How could chocolate not steal the show for me?
A perfect balance of sweetness, chocolaty-ness, and goodness, indeed.
If you’re looking for quick and easy granola, granola bars, and granola-ish ideas that you can make at home, check out these 5 recipes:
1.Homemade Granola (Vegan, GF, 20 minutes to make)
2.Biggie Microwave Banana Oat Cakes (Vegan, GF, 3 minutes to make)
3.No-Bake Vegan Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Energy Bars (with protein option) – Vegan, GF, freezer-friendly, fast
4. Microwave Chocolate Peanut Butter and Oat Snack Bars (Vegan, GF, 5 minutes to make)
5. Microwave Blueberry Banana & Oat Cakes (Vegan, GF, 5 minutes to make)
From my last post on Blue Foods and Fun Toppings, it was entertaining to read what your favorite toppings for foods are. Peanut and nut butter was mentioned frequently. Not surprising that blog readers love their nut butters.
And blue foods like blueberries or blue chips, also popular with you all.
Questions:
1. Do you like Granola?
Yes, I love it!
I love oats and have an entire post dedicated to 25+ recipes of mine using oats or oatmeal. Check that post out if you want any oat-based recipes and I also discuss oats and gluten, there.
2. Do you make your own granola or granola bars? Or do you buy them?
I make my own, all the way. Except for when I am lucky enough to be gifted some granola.
It’s easier, faster, usually healthier, and always cheaper for me to make my own granola and granola/snack bars.
3. Fave granola/granola bar recipe (if you make it) or brand/type if you buy it?
I gave you 1- 5. What are yours?
P.S. If you’re just catching up on posts, here are mine since Friday:
I hope everyone’s had a great weekend! What did you do?
MMMM that granola looks great. YUM.
The granola looks awesome!! The cranberry and pecan especially catches my attention. I’m a cranberry lover, too!
I don’t buy granola or bars unless…I don’t know…major sale, maybe? It’s one of those things that the fun packaging and flavors always lure me in but I always end up putting back because I know I can make it myself to save money and probably be happier with the result ;)
Wow all of those granolas look tasty!!! And I love that they don’t have any bad ingredients in them
I buy Vega bars now. I just tried them and they are very tasty! I anticipate they will be a welcome addition to my busy clinical days, as I barely have time to go back to my office for a snack! I will stick it in my clinical bag and I will eat it between patients. This will hopefully help with my afternoon slump after a day of nonstop patient care!
How sweet are those anyway? One of the reasons i only occasionally eat cake is because i can’t stand sweet things. I only eat cake with little to no sugar, i’m just built that way.
That Granola looks tasty though…
not overly sweet. make your own granola using any of my recipes and just omit/reduce the sugar…that will take care of it :)
Oh, never thought to reduce the sugar in the recipe… i’ll try it and see how it works, thanks for the tip.
I love your oat cakes recipe! Just made some in fact – banana with some vanilla…mmmm!
sounds good :)
I looooove granola. Like, I don’t even buy it because it’ll be gone too fast. I could eat it all in one sitting, and most store bought granolas aren’t that good for you. I actually just made some granola bars, but I’m not feeling so well so I haven’t tried them yet. The kids love them so I like to have a supply. The ones I make the most are actually Oh She Glows frosty no bake cakes. I think of them as granola bars. They’re so easy and you can switch up ingredients really easily :)
try my no bake bars that I linked in this post, i think you’ll love them. and so will your kids :)
Now that you mention it, I have made them before. I had totally forgotten till I looked at the ingredient list. They’re fantastic. Thank you for the recipe :D I also just tried your chocolate chia seed pudding as an after workout snack the other day. Omg, it was amazing :D
Love Grown looks great—I’ve never heard of it.
I always make my own though, then I can put what I want in it, and it is way cheaper!
My fave granola would not be overly sweet.
I love homemade granola bars/granola and make them all the time! They’re so so easy, too. As for storebought granola..I actually don’t eat it much unless it’s a little over yogurt or something like that because a lot of it’s loaded with sugar.. Those bags looks awesome, though!
I loooove granola! I can’t wait to try Love Grown Foods’ version:)
I just recieved their granola. I like it! a little goes a long way. Perfect for those granola bars.
:)
I just bought a new version of Bear Naked ( I think) and it has cherries, choc covered almonds and granola and it’s sooo good! I love any kind of granola with chocolate.
man, the mail man must be crushing on youu ;)
Lucky lady! Great goodies you scored this week :)
I like granola, but like Gabriela, self-control is hard.
Right now I’m loving Udi’s Vanilla granola!
I loooooooove granola but never buy it because I have zero self control in its presence. I have a vivid memory of being in tenth grade and sitting out on the patio talking to my best friend on the phone, demolishing an ENTIRE bag of Bear Naked granola as I did so. 8 servings. That’s what’s up.
That being said, my favorite brands are Bear Naked and Nature’s Path. And I like it best either totally plain or with chocolate chips!
Thanks for the vinyasa yoga rec, btw- I tried a class this morning and it’s definitely way more my style!!
owwwwww- so lucky! What a great freebie. I <3 granola and granola bars. I home make both pretty much weekly. How are you doing? Hope the weekend has been fabulous
I make my own granola bars and granola every week. I do keep some Pure and Larabars stored in my pantry because they travel really well!