Easy Recipes and Advice for Gluten Free Folk


"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die." Alfred Lord Tennyson

Having a gluten free house is just a way of life for us. I am willing to do whatever it takes to ensure my son (and my husband) is healthy and thriving. I don't care about sacrifices or inconvenience when I get to see the wonderful, rambunctious boy being wonderful and rambunctious. I wondered if we would ever get to see him be that way. We thank the wonderful heavens every day for this boy and as stewards of this amazing creature we will do absolutely anything for him. Nothing is too hard.

Gluten-Free Recipes

Gluten-Free Recipes
I have scoured numerous recipe books and the internet for decent gluten free recipes I have also adapted awesome gluten filled recipes to safe ones .I will keep posting my favorite recipes (the ones that turn out and the fam will eat.)

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Homemade Granola




Last year I got this great idea to start eating greek yogurt. I'm not a big yogurt fan but I love it with granola. Guess what? My family does too. We learned this fact when they were eating a box of granola a day. It gets expensive. Especially when we have to search for a gluten free kind. So, I decided to make it myself. My last batch was great. And half of it was gone by morning, so my kids must agree. Here is the recipe. I triple it when I make it.
Granola
3 c rolled oats
3 T brown sugar
1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1/3 c honey
1/4 c coconut oil (you can substitute any oil)
1 t vanilla
1/2 c chopped pecans (can use slivered almonds)
1/2 c sunflower seeds
3/4 c rice krispies
1/2 c coconut
1/2 c dried fruit (I used apricots).
Preheat your oven to 300.
Combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, honey , salt, oil and vanilla in a saucepan and mix to combine. Bring to a boil and then take off heat.
In a large bowl combine oats, pecans, sunflower seeds and coconut. Pour sugar mixture over the top. Stir until everything is wet. 

Then you spread this wet mixture about 1/2 inch thick on a cookie sheet that you have sprayed with cooking spray (or rubbed with oil). 


Bake until the top is a golden brown, about 20 minutes.


Place browned ingredients into a large bowl and add dried fruit and rice krispies. Stir to combine. 


Good luck keeping it in the house. It's great. And mostly healthy.

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