Poor pear, it had been sitting in the fruit bowl forgotten for far too long. Only strawberries and oranges have been making it into Lennox’s belly lately. He sees them {or anything red that resembles strawberries} and starts signing for “more”. I’m now trying to teach him “strawberry” to make things easier for myself. Liking ginger pear the combo from my smoothie yesterday I was thrilled when I saw a ginger pear granola recipe in Brendan Brazier’s Thrive Fitness book. Highly recommend any of his books by the way! His recipe is a Ginger Pear Salba Granola and claims to be a “unique granola that has inflammation-reducing properties and a tasty-zing of ginger”. Seeing as it was still the AM {and I was still in my jammies} I opted to tweak the recipe and not jam out to the health food store with another $50 in groceries I don’t really need. My creation went something like this:
Ginger Pear Hemp Granola
1 cup steel cut oats
1/2 cup hemp protein
1/2 cup chia seeds
1/2 sesame seeds
1 cup chopped almonds
1 pear peeled and diced
1/2 cup {or more} raisins
2 tbsp xylitol
pinch of pink Himalayan sea salt
1/4 cup hemp oil
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 tbsp apple juice
6 drops doTERRA ginger oil
Directions: Preheat oven to 250. Mix dry ingredients. Blend liquid ingredients. Combine. Mix well. Spread on baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour or till almonds appear toasty. If you are patient unlike me, let cool, then break up into small cluster.
Personally I was quite pleased with the outcome. I was scared it was going to be all hemp tasting. When it wasn’t I was thankful I now had a recipe to use all that hemp oil on {not a fan of the flavor myself}. Next time I will try adding goji berries and some sunflower seeds{mine seem to have sprouted legs and walked away on me}. What would you add or change to this to make it your own?
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- Green Ginger Pear Smoothie (veganfamilia.wordpress.com)
