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Protein granola: The essential breakfast snack.
A healthy, satisfying breakfast is so important for a productive day – I cannot believe there are people that do not eat breakfast. I used to do it too, but then I noticed that I am overeating in the evening. That is why I am not hungry in the morning – so I change the cycle – big satisfying breakfast and not so late light dinner. This was such a game changer for me – started feeling light, clear in my mind and was definitely having better night sleep. So, start your day right!
Although breakfast is so important – the morning is the time during the day when most of us are lacking time to prepare the breakfast. That is why it is so great to have something that you can eat in the morning and do not need 30 minutes to cook. Prepare this healthy protein granola – it is full of protein and cinnamon flavor and in combination with some greek yogurt or quark cheese the best start into the day, if you want to stay lean and healthy.
How to prepare protein granola
Ingredients
- 150 dry red lentils
- 30 g maple syrup
- 30 almond butter
- 50 g rolled oats
- 20 pumpkin seeds
- 30 g dry apricots
- 15 g almonds
- 15 peanuts*
- ½ tbsp of cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
- Pour 300 g of water into 150 g of dry red lentils and cook for 10 minutes in an open pot. Rinse off in cold water and let them chill for 20 minutes.
- Mix cooked lentils with ½ tbsp of cinnamon, 20 g of maple syrup and put everything into a baking tray. Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 160 C or 320 F. Mix often, so your mixture gets dry and does not get burnt.
- Mix 10 g of maple syrup, 30 almond butter, 1 tsp vanilla sugar, and a pinch of salt. Add 50 g rolled oats, 20 pumpkin seeds, 30 g dry apricots, 15 g almonds, 15 peanuts and lentil mixture. Mix properly together.
- Place into a baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes at 160 C or 320 F. Mix everything quite often for healthy protein granola to get dry but not to get burnt.
Nutrition
Tips & hacks for the recipe
*My original recipe contains peanuts, but in a video you can only see almonds. My boyfriend is extremely allergic to peanuts, so I made healthy protein granola without peanuts this time. But it tastes amazing and is a little bit higher in protein, if you use peanuts.
