comforting fall spiced granola

Things I really enjoy about food freedom?

Making tasty, flavourful foods. Not plain and boring
diet-foods, because I know, low calorie/low fat will
decrease the satisfaction factor, which will probably
leave me ravenous even after eating.

Coming up with a new recipe – even when I don´t know
if ti will turn out good – because I know, food doesn´t
always have to be perfect and it´s not waste of
calories.

Forgetting about the granola in the counter instead of
obsessing over it.

Being able to just stop eating when I am satisfied,
because my body trusts me, that we are not going on
another famine soon (or ever again).

Being able to share food spontaneously because I did
not track the calories beforehand and I know, if I am
still hungry afterwards, I can just have something else
as well.

Snacking guilt free on granola when I feel like it.

✨What are your favourite things about finding food
freedom?✨

comforting fall spiced granola

Course: breakfast, snackDifficulty: Easy

Total time

40

minutes

Pumpkin is so versatile. And yes – pumpkin in sweet foods is absolutely divine! You should give this one a try. I finished the whole batch on my own in only two weeks – that´s how good it is!

Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats

• 1/2 cup puffed quinoa

• 1/4 cup soy flakes

• 2 tbsp ground flax seed

• 1/3 cup chocolate chips

• 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice*

• 1/2 tsp sea salt

• 1/2 cup pecans

• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree

• 1/2 cup maple syrup or (chestnut) honey

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/3 cup melted coconut oil

Directions

• combine all the dry ingredients
• add the wet ingredients and give it a good stir.
• spread the mixture on a baking sheet and bake it for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Take it out, and let it cool down completely before you brake it into chunks.

Notes

• make your own pumpkin pie spice:
  4 tbsp ground cinnamon
  1 tbsp ground ginger
  2 tsp ground cloves
  2 tsp ground allspice
  1 tsp ground nutmeg
  (only use 1/2 tsp of this mixture for the whole batch of granola!)