Currently Cooking

Instead of currently reading or listening I'm now creating a Currently Cooking post for every week on my blog. Each post will include a favorite recipe of mine that I'm cooking this week.

Here's the first one! For all you wannabe hippies out there....

Basic Granola

4-5 cups of oatmeal
1 cup of almonds (or your favorite nut)
1/2 cup flax seeds
1 cup of raw sunflower seeds
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/3 cup coconut oil (or vegetable oil, but coconut oil tastes great!)
1/2 cup honey
1 cup raisins (or your favorite dried fruit) optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients together and put on a lightly greadsed cookie sheet. Bake for 20-30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until golden brown. Keep an eye on it so it doesn't burn!
Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan stirring every few minutes to prevent sticking. Once cooled store in an airtight container or bag.

**Cook's tip: Honey is so sticky that it won't all come out of your measuring device, well when adding honey to a recipe you will usually be adding oil as well. Just use the same measuring device for each ingredient but add the oil first. When you put honey into a measuring device coated with a small amount of oil it will slide right out! Tadaa**