Hello lovelies!
Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. I still have another day of weekend bliss over here, since it’s Victoria Day for us Canadian’s!
This weekend, the weather gods blessed us with beautiful sun on Saturday, but when Sunday came around the rain came out unfortunately.
I spent a good part of the weekend with my sister, grabbing coffee and bringing home a new kitten she got. It is absolutely adorable! I will have to take some pictures next time and show you all them!
I was planning on trying out a new recipe with turkey, but instead was inspired by the chilly weather.
I have been looking for some different breakfast options, because I am usually reaching for the oat bran. Not complaining at all, overnight oat bran is still my favourite breakfast, but I definitely want to mix things up every once in a while. Enter granola.
I was browsing Julie’s site, and saw her granola roundup recipes, I clicked on over to her chocolate protein granola and got inspired to create my own granola recipe!
I have about 4 pounds of carrots hanging out in my fridge. So when life gives you carrots, make carrot cake granola. Duh. 
Carrot Cake Granola (inspired by Julie’s chocolate protein granola)
Ingredients
- 2 cups oats (I used gluten-free)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon stevia (feel free to adjust to your taste)
- 1 tablespoon ground coffee (I used pumpkin spice coffee)
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon egg whites
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil (or other oil)
- 1/2 cup carrot puree (I made my own, but feel free to buy already made carrot puree, carrot baby food, or use canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie granola)
To make carrot puree. Steam carrots until you can puncture a knife through them. Process into a food processor. Easy peezy. Or as I said above, just replace with pumpkin puree, it would be pumpkin pie granola, still darn tasty I’d say.
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix dry ingredients into a bowl, melt the coconut oil and mix together wet ingredients, add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until everything is thoroughly coated together.
- Grab a baking sheet and line with parchment paper, spread granola evenly onto the parchment.
- Put granola in the oven for 10 minutes. Take out and stir, putting the granola back in for another 10 minutes. Stir again, and place back into the oven for another ~5-10 minutes (will depend on oven).
- Allow to cool for 20 minutes.
Makes four 1/2 cup servings.
This is so good. I enjoyed it the next morning over a bowl of greek yogurt. Filling breakfast, with a serving a veggies first thing in the morning. Sounds good if you ask me.
It tastes great alone, and probably with almond milk poured over top as well. I served it with a side of coffee of course.
Delicious and healthy, great combination.
I think I have found myself my new favourite granola recipe!
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I’m off and ready for the week to come. It’s a short week, so I think it will be a great one.
Hope you’re all having an awesome day!!
xox,
Lisa
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Yum what a grand recipe! Sounds delish
this looks amazing Lisa! I haven’t made my own granola before because no recipes ever really appeal to me, but I would actually make this one!
Thanks love! It’s so good! I hadn’t come across any I would make either, so decided to take it into my own hands
What a cool recipe! Got to love carrot cake flavored anything
I actually have never tried carrot cake before! Isn’t that kind of weird? I’m not much of a cake fan.
That granola looks AWESOME!! I haven’t made homemade granola in a while but I’m thinking today could be a great day for some
Yay! I’m e-mailing you now!!!
Thanks my love! Yay, I’m happy you won
LOVEEEEE this recipe!!!!! such a good healthy protein option! i love the idea of adding protein powder to it too
i have to be honest that i’ve never made homemade granola! things just might have to change haha
Try it out! This was my first time making granola too. I had never really thought to make it before the other day, we don’t have very cool flavours where I live, so I decided to make some myself
This looks like such a great recipe, I love homemade granola!
This was my first time ever making it! I’m a fan now!
It’s pouring rain here in NYC : (
I usually eat breakfast on the go now and I started getting obsessed with Nutrition bars. Unfortunately these caused me to start gaining weight so I’m looking for new breakfast options also!
xo
Jocelyn
I hate rain! It finally stopped here! Oh man, breakfast on the go is tricky. I want to try making homemade granola bars, but none of my recipe have turned out exactly as I want yet!
What a great granola recipe! I would totally give it a try but for the last few months I’ve been really limiting my grain intake! I do still have them every so often though!
It was SUPER hot in Chicago this weekend. I think it got up to 90 both days! It cooled down today and is barely in the 70s. That’s Chicago’s crazy weather for you!
I’ve been trying to make this one grain free! It was pretty good with semi-ground/sliced almonds instead of oats, but would probably be better with mixed nuts. We have pretty nutty weather over here too! It goes from sun, to rain, snow, hail, all in a day! Weather is weird haha
Happy Victoria Day! I’m jealous
Looks like a yummy recipe!
Thank you! You guys in the states will be lucky next Monday for memorial day though!
This looks good! I would probably like the pumpkin one even more, especially with some greek yogurt mixed with protein powder!
How awesome you get today off! I get next Monday off for Memorial Day and I’m already looking forward to it!
I love pumpkin! I’d probably like it better actually haha, I just ran out of my canned pumpkin so decided on carrot instead. I love having Monday’s off, makes the week go by much faster!
mmm carrot cake granola – sounds so fancy & yummy
It’s so good!
You always do have great recipes Lisa… I am seriously liking the sound of this one! Store-bought granola scares me, with all the sugar and oil in there and the serving size is just so smalllll but this version is so much more improved! Thanks for the idea pretty lady
Thanks Tessa
Yes, I agree with store bought granola, it scares me too! Lots of added sugar and oils that I don’t like too much!
Whoa, this sure looks tasty.
I love how creative and healthy your recipes are. Seriously, I’d love for you to prep all my food!
Xxx
Thanks!! I love cooking, so I love to prep for other people too! I’m always cooking for my sister
It looks yummy ! Do you think I can replace the coffee with defatted cocoa?
Yep! I think that should work well
Carrot Cake Granola looks amazing!! I am obsessed with the one from Nature’s Path, but a homemade version would be ideal! Def gonna have to try this! ps, I miss Victoria sooo much! Did my first year of undergrad at UVic & my brother still lives there. Please make a pit stop at Willie’s Bakery on Johnson street for me!
I definitely like homemade because you can control everything that goes in it! Oh wow, that’s so cool! Victoria is pretty decent. Not when I’ve lived here my whole life haha. I love that Bakery, it rocks!