Low Calorie Granola
My homemade low calorie granola recipe is a great alternative to store bought granola. It's easy to make and it keeps for several weeks, which means that you have a healthy breakfast ready to go on those busy mornings!
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 104kcal
Ingredients
- ¼ cup uncooked quinoa optional, replace with ¼ cup rolled oats if you don't want the added crunch of toasted quinoa in your granola
- 1½ cups rolled oats
- 2 Tbsp ground flax seed
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds or any other seed you like
- ¼ cup sliced almonds / cashews / pistachios or any nuts you like
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- ¼ cup maple sSyrup replace with monk fruit or stevia for a sugar free option
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- ¼ cup dried fruit raisins, cherries, cranberries - just make sure there is no sugar added
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spread oats and quinoa on a parchment lined baking sheet, toast in the oven for 10 minutes, stirring once.
- Remove oats/quinoa from the oven, pour into a bowl and add all of the remaining ingredients.
- Spread back onto a baking sheet, pressing it down into a uniform layer, and bake at 300 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until it's just starting to get golden brown.
- Carefully flip parts of it with a spatula around the 15 minute mark, making sure not to break up the clusters. Bake for another 5-10 minutes until lightly golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool on the baking sheet (on a cooling rack). Make sure it cools for at least 15 minutes before serving, but longer is better as the granola will crisp up the longer it cools (I let mine cool for 30 minutes prior to serving and it tasted great).
Notes
- Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
- Use your favorite dried fruits in this recipe.
- To save time, get a bag of mixed nuts and chop them up (that way you don't have to add each type of nut individually!)
- Serve with unsweetened Greek yogurt for more of a protein hit
- If you don't have coconut oil you can use olive oil
- When you add the pre-cooked granola to the baking sheet, press it down with a spatula to create a uniform layer. This helps keep the granola from burning and also helps to create those little granola clumps that are so fun to eat!
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 104kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 97mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g