Healthy Granola Recipe

Originally posted by "ramonahill" on the old Athletic Progression forum.


Klu asked for this at spin tonight. So here goes:

Note this is a lot less sweet than store-bought granola...

This granola is hearty and a little goes a long way. It’s great to sprinkle over yogurt or mix a bit into your regular cereal.



700g old fashioned rolled oats (or can mix in other flakes such as spelt, kamut, barley etc)

120g sunflower seeds

120g white sesame seeds

250g applesauce

3 tsp ground cinnamon

1.5 tsp ground ginger

3-4 Tbsp honey

70g light brown sugar

250g whole natural almonds

1 tsp salt

2 Tbsp sunflower or canola oil

300g raisins

Mix everything together except the raisins. Spread thinly onto 2 large baking sheets and bake in a 325F oven for 40 min – 1 hour, stirring every 20 min or so. It’s done when it’s lightly browned all over. After it cools, add the raisins.

Lots of great variations can be made by changing the nuts and fruit. Here are a few of my favourites:

Banana Coconut Cashew (so good!)

Use mashed banana instead of the applesauce, shredded coconut instead of sesame seeds and cashews instead of almonds.

Pumpkin Maple

Use canned pureed pumpkin instead of the applesauce, maple syrup instead of honey, pumpkin seeds and craisins instead of sunflower seeds and raisins.