People are always looking for some healthy snack recipes for children. We always play it safe when we are traveling somewhere. There is always bottled water in the back, and we normally try to put together some healthy snacks to take with us. The last thing you really want is to be out somewhere, and start to get hungry. You will then end up with headaches and stopping at the closest thing to get some food. Not a good situation at all.
For the kids, we just don't buy anything bad for the house. I normally make my own granola and keep this around. The kids love it. They eat it plain, and also with almond milk. The granola is not 100% raw. But, I do add all of the raisins, cranberries, and nuts at the end. This keeps this part raw.
For the recipe, I sort of just wing it. But here is the basics:
- 3 - 5 cups of organic oats
- 1 cup of raw oat groats soaked for 24 hours
- 1/2 cup of raw honey
- 1/2 cup of raw agave nectar
- 1/2 cup of 100% pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup of raw coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg
- dash of salt
I heat the honey, nectar, syrup, coconut oil cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt at a low heat to mix everything up pretty good. You must keep stirring this at a low heat. Try not to get it above 105F. Then I add this mixture to the oats and groats and mix around. Ensure the oats are all wet and sticky.
Dehydrate this at 105F for about 24 hours. I keep the heat lower just because there is plenty of information out there about the 105F temperature concerning raw foods. When it is all done, remove from dehydrator and allow to cool
Once cool, we place ours in a cereal tupperware thingy. I then add as many nuts, cranberries, and raisins as I want. All of the nuts are raw, and we make sure to keep them that way.
If you keep this around, you just can not go wrong. It is a healthy snack recipe for children.
Let me know if you have anything else you add to granola so I can try it.
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