Looking for a healthy breakfast option? Then look no further! This maple granola recipe is not only delicious, but also extremely nutritious and easy to make. With such a diverse amount of ingredients, this recipe is chock-full of fibre and protein which will help keep you full until lunch.

If you're not already aware, consuming adequate fibre is extremely important for your health and can actually help you lower your risk of heart disease, strokes, type 2 diabetes and bowel cancer. Likewise, consuming adequate levels of protein is also extremely beneficial to your health, and amongst many other things, it functions as the building block for bones, muscles, cartilage, skin and blood. It will also help keep you feeling satiated throughout the day.

This healthy maple granola recipe is also vegetarian and can easily be made vegan by replacing the honey with rice malt syrup or extra maple syrup.

Taste & Consistency

My maple granola recipe has a light crunch to it, and with an assortment of seeds, nuts, spices (and other ingredients), every mouthful has a diverse flavour kick. This recipe is naturally sweetened with ingredients like honey, maple syrup and vanilla essence; however, I didn't want it to be overly-sweet. Thus, I spent a fair bit of time adjusting this recipe to ensure that it's sweet enough to enjoy for breakfast and keep you coming back for more, but not sweet enough to be have that sickly sweet taste that you'd only expect out of processed cereals with a high sugar content.

Healthy Maple Granola Recipe

Serves: 10. 1 cup per serve (approximately 75 grams)

Ingredients

• 4 cups oats 
• 3 cups puffed rice 
• 1 cup mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans)
• 1 cup mixed pepitas and sunflower seeds 
• 1/4 cup coconut flakes 
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp raw cacao (optional)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence 
• 3 tbs maple syrup 
• 1 tbs tahini 
• 1 tbs honey 
• 2 tbs coconut oil

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160 Degrees Celsius and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. Roughly chop the mixed nuts and place in a large bowl.
3. Add oats, puffed rice, mixed seeds, coconut flakes, cinnamon and raw cacao to the bowl with the nuts. Mix together.
4. In a jug, add the maple syrup, vanilla, tahini, honey and coconut oil. Place in the microwave for 30seconds to warm. Stir to combine all wet ingredients.
5. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix with hands.
6. When all combined, spread out the mixture over the baking tray.
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
8. Enjoy with fruit, yoghurt and milk of your liking

Hot Tips & Conclusion

This healthy maple granola works great as a cereal replacement. If you're a little time poor in the mornings, you can just pour some milk over the top. However, my favourite way to consume it is to sprinkle it over the top of some yoghurt or a smoothie bowl. It can also be consumed by itself as a healthy snack throughout the day!

If you loved this recipe and are looking for some more tasty, healthy and quick breakfast recipes, then I highly recommend checking out my overnight oats recipe. It takes less than 5 minutes to make at night, and it will be completely ready to grab and eat the next morning.

And if you're looking for a healthy drink to go alongside your breakfast, then checkout my turmeric latte recipe.