The Basics

A major key to eating healthy is stocking your kitchen with healthy food. Another key to eating healthy is staying distracted. I find that I spend much less time snacking when I'm doing something and cooking is my favorite distraction. So I put two and two together and decided to stock my kitchen with my own kitchen basics. Preparing kitchen basics at home ensures control over the quality of ingredients and quantity of certain nutrients within the final product. My granola recipe is high in Omega 3's and fiber, low carb (the carbs in it are complex carbs), and delicious. Enjoy!


|| GRANOLA ||

2 c. rolled oats

1/2 c. sliced almonds

2 tbsp. flax seeds

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 c. agave nectar

1 tbsp. maple syrup

1/2 dried cranberries

vegetable oil

Set oven to 350 degrees F. Combine all dry ingredients except dried fruit in mixing bowl. Add wet ingredients and coat dry ingredients well. Lightly grease baking pan with vegetable oil. Bake granola for 10 minutes total or until golden brown. Mix the granola after 5 minutes of baking. Once golden brown, remove from oven, mix in dried fruit, and let cool before storing.