Homemade Brain-Friendly Granola
Homemade Brain-Friendly Granola
This week's snack is a bit more labor intensive than last week's - but TOTALLY worth it.
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I have shopped around for a clean granola option and finally found that making my own was the healthiest route to take. I love love love having this granola on the counter for whenever I need a topping for yogurt, oatmeal, and/or a smoothie. Also delicious just eating it by the handful. 🥜
A few notes on the recipe - first of all, recipe inspired by MakingThymeForHealth - they have great GF/DF inspo. For the 2 cups of nuts, I use a combination of walnuts, macadamia nuts, and/or pecans. As for the seeds, I love using pumpkin seeds (natural source of magnesium!), hemp seeds, and chia seeds. All super brain-forward options. Just mix ingredients all together in a bowl, spread out on a baking sheet, and bake for ~20 minutes until nuts are golden at 325F.
One last thing - last week I took the time to organize my spice rack alphabetically. I had been finding that visually searching for each spice was a LOT of saccadic/eye work and I wanted to minimize this while cooking. The alphabetical move has been a game changer, and this weekend I will be tackling organizing the pantry categorically so that I have to do less visual searching every time I need something. ✅
Happy cooking!
The Concussed Chef
