Blueberry Honey Granola

Hello all you raw-fooders and non-raw-food people who are coming to my blog!

Today I am going to tell you about one of the most life-saving, easiest raw-food recipes I've ever made. Its just granola, but its made with all raw ingredients and dehydrated (thus keeping it raw and not destroying the essential enzymes and good stuffs in the nuts and seeds). By the way, this is probably my husband's all-time favorite thing in the world. He loves it. And it makes the house smell good while its dehydrating.

So, what does it look like?

This:

Blueberries drying with other stuff. :)

So, what I do first is put a layer (about 1/4 of an inch) of honey in my dehydrator. I add a couple drops of vanilla extract and, if I am feeling like it, maybe a squirt or two of agave. Then, I add a random amount of raw (soaked, dried) almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and then a ton of raw oats. You can add whatever nuts and seeds you'd like, but this has become my favorite mixture. 

Process until the honey is all over everything, then spread out on dehydrator trays. I added some fresh blueberries on top because Andrew bought a HUGE bucket at the farmer's market. I dehydrate on 105 degrees until the granola nice and crispy. This time I added a little too much honey so it took about two days to dehydrate! My goodness! But it was SO good.

I would recommend this with almond milk for breakfast or as a quick treat to keep you full between your early green smoothie and your later lunch! 

Enjoy!

My Husband is AWESOME-and bought me a dehydrator

Hello Again!

This weekend, Andrew and I went to Bed Bath & Beyond to spend the last of our wedding store credit. Last time we went, I got a blender. This time, I got a dehydrator!!! Hooray!!! Andrew couldn't think of anything he wanted more than an iron (which we got) so he was fine with spending even MORE of our wedding money on raw food cooking tools! What a sweety. No beer kegerator for him--he is fine with dehydrators, blenders, food processors, hand mixers, upping the food budget, etc. so that I can do the raw thing. What a sweetie! I love my husband...for more reasons than him letting me buy stuff, but also because he lets me buy stuff! Hooray!

So, the first thing I did was get some flax seeds out and attempted some kind of raw cracker!

I know, it looks like a pizza or something, right? Well, these crackers actually have a pizza taste! I used one cup of flax seeds, about a cup of grape tomatoes, and half a red pepper. I threw in some basil and oregano. Oh, I also did a tiny dab of garlic. They taste awesome! Like pizza, I'm telling you! It took a tad bit longer than I would have liked because I used this clear plastic insert so that the crackers didn't smash through those holes--and the bottom didn't dry! So, I had to flip them over. onto the tray after about 5 hours. 

my first dehydrator experience :*)

On another note, I purchased a biodegradable (you can plant them right in the ground for transplanting!!!) "greenhouse seed starter" from a local co-op here in town. I grabbed some organic habanero seeds and PLANTED. I am SO excited for the salsa and raw hot sauce I will make here in the near future! :) :) :)

More on the organic garden to come!