How I did it: Last year I bookmarked Orangette's acclaimed adaptation
of a Nigella Lawson recipe, but it had quite a bit of honey and brown
rice syrup so I knew I'd go Seriously Nutty if I made it. I also found
a few apple juice-sweetened recipes but they still contained a fair
whack of oil or butter.

Then recently in one of those random blog excursions, I was staring
at a photo of a cupcake then clicked a link then another then another
and landed on a blog called Delicious By Nature where there was a granola with no oil, just one tablespoon of maple syrup and a blasted-up banana as the main sweetener.

It sounded too weird to possibly work, but work it did! It was
proper crunchy like the Seriously Nutty stuff, but with a mild
sweetness that falls into my personal definition of a genuinely healthy
breakfast. No bullshit calories here. I was worried it would taste too banana-y but the flavour is subtle.

Lessons & tips: Use non-stick paper or a non-stick tray rather than lining your tray with foil.

Resources: Delicious By Nature

Oct 09, 08:50AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer