Simple snacks and summer just go together!
Mugs has been an avid hiker her whole life, even hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada!
Are you a granola mum like me? As we get into our busy summer activities, it is so great to have nutrition packed energy sources easily at hand. Seeds, grains, dried fruits, nuts – all of these make high density calories that are easy to pack around and can keep you feeling satisfied on long days playing out in the sun. They also make great for a simple boost before or after our yoga class.
Recipe for delicious and nutritious.
But so much of what is in the grocery stores is salted or sugared or baked which diminishes the nutritional value. Finding good quality raw food snacks can be difficult and expensive, too.Granolas and trail mixes are an easy snack to make ahead at home. The best part about that is you can customize them in any way you like!
We can also use this opportunity for sprouting and soaking several of the ingredients. Doing this has wonderful nutritional and digestive benefits, as Mugs outlines below. Sprouting seeds, to activate the dormant life force within them, is just so delightful to me. More About Sprouting Seeds..It is a powerful demonstration of how prana is alive in all things. Choosing foods that bring that life force to our own bodies is such a vital part of yoga philosophy. Soaking the groats helps to make it easily digestible, as well as making the hearty grains just a little easier to chew. Mugs recommends buckwheat but there are others types of groats to choose from as well. More About Groats.
As a young woman, Mugs hiked the challenging Pacific Crest Trail with her talented artist sister, Jo C Willems. To handle the tough terrain and long distance, you can bet they relied on simple, nutritiously dense food. I wonder if they packed granola? Check out the blog series she shared last summer all about that journey and the yoga she explored along the way: Part 1 of Yoga on the Hiking Trail. While I may not be planning a walk of 2600 kms, as I prepare for my own camping adventure, I’m excited to try Mugs’ Raw Granola Recipe. I thought you might enjoy this archived article too!
Mugs’ Raw Granola with Sprouted Seeds and Groats
I like granola but I prefer it without any added sweetener and that is hard to come by. I created this very easy recipe based on one from the book “Uncooking with Raw Rose” by Rose Vasile, which is a great book to introduce you to raw foods. I leave out the date-apple paste so this recipe is quicker and the only sweetener comes from the raisins or dried cranberries.
The groats are sprouted and the seeds are soaked. Soaking and sprouting seeds and grains activates and multiplies nutrients like Vitamins A, B and C. It also removes anti-nutrients or compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients, making them more digestible.
Ingredients:
2 cups buckwheat groats
1 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 cup flax seeds
1 cup raisins or dried cranberries
1 cup unsweetened shredded or shaved flakes of coconut
1 cup raw cashews or pecans, slightly chopped
Method:
Try your homemade granola with a little almond or soy milk for a delicious breakfast.
Soak the groats in water for about 1 hour, then drain and let them sprout overnight, then rinse them well. Soak the pumpkin seeds 4-6 hours, then rinse them well. Dry the groats and seeds in your dehydrator or oven at a low temperature (about 115 degrees F), which takes about 2 hours depending on how thinly you spread them out.
In the meantime, mix together the coconut flakes, nuts, raisins and flax seeds. Add the groats and seeds from the dehydrator once they are dry. Store in a jar with a tight lid.
Top with a tablespoon of raw hemp hearts and sliced banana, apple or fresh berries. Serve with raw almond milk (or any milk of your choice). If you aren’t eating totally “raw”, then this goes great with yogurt or non-dairy coconut milk yogurt.
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