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Recipe: An Autumnal Granola

November 8, 2020Food & Drinks, Lifestyle

One of my favorite things to prepare in batch and have around the house is granola, it’s really easy and one of my favorites to have for breakfast or snack. Back in Hong Kong or France it was quite easy to find organic granola in supermarkets but since coming to Japan I realized it was either overpriced or most of the times actually not really healthy and mixed with lots of preservatives and sugar. The good thing about making your own granola is that you know each of your ingredients you are gonna be putting into your body, and you can select your favorite ingredients to put in.

Clockwise: oats, pumpkin seeds, sliced almonds, dried figs, apple crips, sunflower seeds, apricots, pecans & goji berries
covered in a generous coating of maple syrup & coconut oil

My basic granola recipe is super simple. I like to use a base of oats then add some of my favorite nuts and dried fruits and then mix it with a mixture of coconut oil and sweetener of my choice. For today’s granola I decided to put together an autumnal fruits & nuts selection such as some pecans, pumpkin and sunflower seeds with some dried figs, apricot and some apple chips. I wanted this granola to nearly look like fallen autumn leaves by using the most “fall” ingredients. I think this selection came together well in terms of those colors don’t you think ? As for flavoring I used some pumpkin spice, with maple syrup as sweetener to add that cozy flavor.

Plain yoghurt topped with granola and easy peasy apple compote (another one of my recipes)
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Autumnal Granola

A cozy fall flavored granola perfect for breakfast or a little snack.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Course: Breakfast

Equipment

  • oven or microwave oven
  • a big bowl
  • tray

Ingredients

  • 300 g Rolled Oats
  • 100 g Sunflower Seeds
  • 65 g Roasted Pecan Nuts
  • 30 g Sliced Almonds
  • 100 g Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
  • 20 g Dried Apples or Apple Chips
  • 30 g Sliced Dried Figs
  • 100 g Chopped Dried Apricots
  • 60 g Goji Berries
  • 1 Cup Coconut Oil (melted)
  • 1/2 Cup Maple Syrup
  • 5-6 Tbsp Pumpkin Spice ( cinamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, cloves)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 170C.
    Then mix all of your chopped dried fruits, nuts and oats along with your spice mixture.
  • Melt your coconut oil ( I use the microwave for about 30sec at 600w), and add that with some maple syrup to your granola mix and make sure that everything is well mixed and coated with your coconut oil/ maplesyrup.
  • Once everything is well coated, transfer into a baking tray. I like to line mine with prachment paper for easy cleanup afterwards. Spread your mixture out and bake in the oven for about 15 mins.
  • At the 15 mins mark, take your tray out and mix around your granola once before putting it back in the oven for another 15 mins. This ensures that everything gets nice and toasted.
  • Take your granola tray out of the oven and let it cool down on the counter. Once cooled down, break them up with your hands and transfer into a container for storage

I love making these granolas on a Sunday afternoon/evening to help me kickstart the weeks healthy breakfasts. I hope you enjoyed this recipe and try it out and don’t forget to tag me on your creations @avec_louie and #aveclouiecooks. You can also find the recipe for my easy peasy apple compote here on the blog.

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Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Louie and I’m a Muay Thai fighter and content creator living in Tokyo. I guess if I’m to define myself it’ll be as a grandma in the body of a young slightly tomboy girl.  My passion in life are my two dogs, cooking, interior design and nature. I’ve always done things myself and my way and this blog is a platform for me to show you guys how I live and enjoy life. 

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LOUIE  | スタイリッシュなワンちゃんライフ 🐶
🇯🇵GoToトラベルで12月に5日間のロードトリップをワンちゃんたちとしました!1日目は千葉県香取市。素敵な江戸時代の建築を保った佐原町。ここはワンちゃんと nipponia_sawara ホテルに泊まりました!

🇬🇧 When we took advantage of GoToTravel and went on a 5 days long road trip with our dogs! First stop: Chiba Katori a hidden little  Edo town. We stayed with our dogs at  nipponia_sawara
🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all 🇬🇧 First week of 2021 done ! How are you all feeling so far ? I had a super foodie start of the year, and off course the year can’t start without a bowl of ozoni ( traditional Japanese new year food). Every household has their own twist to this dish. My family does a very light dashi stock flavoring and we finish off with some Yuzu skin  and Mitsuba leaves . 

🇯🇵 2021 1週目皆さんどうですか?今年のお正月はやっぱりお雑煮でスタート!うちのお雑煮は出汁が薄味でゆずと三つ葉を入れます。。。 皆さんはどんなお雑煮食べますか?

🇫🇷Première semaine de 2021 fini! Comment vous sentez vous ? J’ai commencé l’année avec beaucoup de bonne nourriture et surtout du ozoni, un petit plat traditionnel qu’on mange au nouvel ans au Japon. Chaque famille ont different façon de préparer ce plat, chez nous la soupe est très claire et on rajoute de la peau de Yuzu et un peu d’herbes de Mutsuba
🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden 🇬🇧We ended 2020 with a shoot for studio_oden and it was such a surprise to be on maoizm new year card! 

🇯🇵2020の終わりは studio_oden の撮影で占めました!そして maoizm からの年賀状になりました🥰 

🇫🇷A la fin de l’année 2020 nous avons fait un shooting pour studio_oden qui font des photos en tenue japonaise avec un twist moderne ! Et on a fini par être sur les cartes de nouvel ans de maoizm
Happy Belated New Year to you all... I started th Happy Belated New Year to you all... 
I started the new year slow and quiet and took a little break from social media for a bit... I don’t like the feeling of being dependent on it which is why i decided to take a step back and chill a bit on Instagram this year.
🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soo 🇬🇧 In japan the decorations come down as soon as Christmas is over and we put up all the new year decorations but I’m thinking this year I’ll just do it the European way and keep them up 

🇫🇷 Au Japon ils enlèvent les décorations de noel des que c’est fini et mettent les décorations de nouvel ans mais je pense garder mes décorations jusqu’en janvier comme en Europe

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🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your 🇬🇧 Do you wait till Boxing Day to open your gifts or do you do them on Christmas morning ? We learned that we’re really bad at waiting in recent years 😩

🇫🇷 Quand j’étais jeune on attendais le 26 ( Boxing Day) pour ouvrir les cadeaux. Maintenant on a moins de patience et on arrive même pas à attendre jusqu’au soir du réveillon. 

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#noel #joyeuxnoel #noel2020 #espritdenoel #pèrenoël #calendrierdelavent #cadeaudenoel #cadeau #joyeuxnoel2020 #joyeuxnoelatous #noël #deconoël #sapin #sapindenoel #sapindenoël #christmasfood #famille #christmaslover #tree #メリクリ #decorationdenoel #おしゃれ #tenuedujour #クリスマス #コーディネート #コーデ  #christmasornaments #ornaments #ootd
🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Mer 🇬🇧 Our first Christmas family portrait ! Merry Christmas to you all 🎄 

🇫🇷 Notre premier portrait en famille ! Joyeux Noel a vous tous ! 

🇯🇵初めてのクリスマスの家族写真! 皆さんメリークリスマス

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🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call wit 🇬🇧 Started this morning with a long call with grandpa and got to cooking for Christmas Eve. Even if we can’t be with family this year it reminded me how much we’re grateful that all our family and friends are healthy this year. 

🇫🇷 J’ai commencé la journée avec un long appel avec mon grand-père puis j’ai cuisiné pour le réveillon. Ça m’a rappelé que même si nous ne pouvons  être en famille, tous nos proches sont en bonne santé et c’est le plus important 

🇯🇵今日はおじいちゃんと一緒に長い間電話をしてからクリスマスイブの支度を始めました。今年は家族から離れた一年でちょっと寂しいけどみんな元気だか良かった🥰

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🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday 🇬🇧 Got dressed up to go last minute holiday shopping  because we both know I’m in sweats 90% of  this Christmas 

🇫🇷Cette année je suis en jogging 90% du temps donc pour changer  j’ai choisi jolie tenue pour aller faire les courses de Noël

🇯🇵 今年のクリスマスはパジャマしか着てないから おしゃれしてクリスマスショッピング行ってきました

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