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Express the granola in you

A zesty crunch or smooth-baked layer; chefs are discovering the greater gourmet of granola. These flavour-packed morsels add a scent and savoury substance to ordinary dishes that is unexpected and ultra-healthy for a whole new attitude of nouveau cuisine.

Try them with milk, yogurt, apple sauce, rice or soy milk, or add them to your favourite dishes for delicious decadence that is supremely healthy.

Recipes
Ruth's Chia Apple Crisp Combine 7 sliced apples, ½ cup of sliced dried apricots, ¼ cup of raisins, ½ tsp. of cinnamon, ½ tsp. Mix in ¼ cup of honey and ¼ cup of raw sugar or ½ an orange, and ¼ cup of Chia. Pour into 8- by 13-inch pan, coated with coconut oil. Top with 1 ½ cups of LFB granola (we prefer Essential or Natural blends), ¼ cup of loose hemp and ¼ cup of coconut oil. Bake at 375 for a ½ hour.
Essential Banana Delight Using a blender, mix together 1/4 cup of natural yogurt with a banana and 1 to 2 soupspoons of lemon juice (to taste). Put the creamy liquid into a bowl and generously sprinkle with grilled walnuts and LFB Essential granola. (Makes 1 to 2 portions).
Divine Choco-Yogurt Mousse Whip ½ cup of whipping cream until fluffy and then, using a spatula, gently fold in ½ cup of natural yogurt (2%). Add 3 to 5 soupspoons of cacao powder (or to taste). Refrigerate for 1 hour. Put the mixture into sundae dishes and sprinkle LFB Divine granola over the top. (Makes 2 portions).
A Dishful of Vitality Prepare a fruit salad of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, bananas... whatever you fancy. Cut the fruit into small pieces. Cover with vanilla yogurt and sprinkle with LFB Vitality granola. For a more elegant dessert, macerate the fruits in a 1/4 cup of dark rum, Grand Marnier, Sambuca or Frangelico for at least an hour. Cover with whipped up vanilla cream for more decadence… or, if you’re feeling sensible, a mix of half yogurt, half whipped cream.
Aphrodisiac Snack Melt 100 g of black chocolate (ideally 70 % cacao). To spice things up a bit, add a pinch of cayenne or espelette pepper (to taste). Mix ¼ to ½ cup of LFB Aphrodisiac granola into the melted chocolate making sure to cover the cereals with the chocolate. Spread the mixture on waxed paper and refrigerate for an hour. Break into pieces and serve as a snack or take some on your hike or cross-country ski trip. For something more fruity… add some dried fruits or nuts (raisins, grilled almonds, dried cranberries…) or for some warmth… why not add pieces of candied ginger ? (makes 1 to 2 portions…if you feel like sharing !!).
Banana Granola To Go Mash a banana (or two) with your favourite LFB granola blend and spread it generously between two pieces of crispy baguette. Et voilà - a tasty, easy to eat sandwich – to go.

Recipes

Ruth's Chia Apple Crisp

Combine 7 sliced apples, ½ cup of sliced dried apricots, ¼ cup of raisins, ½ tsp. of cinnamon, ½ tsp. Mix in ¼ cup of honey and ¼ cup of raw sugar or ½ an orange, and ¼ cup of Chia.

Pour into 8- by 13-inch pan, coated with coconut oil. Top with 1 ½ cups of LFB granola (we prefer Essential or Natural blends), ¼ cup of loose hemp and ¼ cup of coconut oil. Bake at 375 for a ½ hour.

Essential Banana Delight

Using a blender, mix together 1/4 cup of natural yogurt with a banana and 1 to 2 soupspoons of lemon juice (to taste). Put the creamy liquid into a bowl and generously sprinkle with grilled walnuts and LFB Essential granola. (Makes 1 to 2 portions).

Divine Choco-Yogurt Mousse

Whip ½ cup of whipping cream until fluffy and then, using a spatula, gently fold in ½ cup of natural yogurt (2%). Add 3 to 5 soupspoons of cacao powder (or to taste). Refrigerate for 1 hour. Put the mixture into sundae dishes and sprinkle LFB Divine granola over the top. (Makes 2 portions).

A Dishful of Vitality

Prepare a fruit salad of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, bananas... whatever you fancy. Cut the fruit into small pieces. Cover with vanilla yogurt and sprinkle with LFB Vitality granola. For a more elegant dessert, macerate the fruits in a 1/4 cup of dark rum, Grand Marnier, Sambuca or Frangelico for at least an hour. Cover with whipped up vanilla cream for more decadence… or, if you’re feeling sensible, a mix of half yogurt, half whipped cream.

Aphrodisiac Snack

Melt 100 g of black chocolate (ideally 70 % cacao). To spice things up a bit, add a pinch of cayenne or espelette pepper (to taste). Mix ¼ to ½ cup of LFB Aphrodisiac granola into the melted chocolate making sure to cover the cereals with the chocolate. Spread the mixture on waxed paper and refrigerate for an hour.

Break into pieces and serve as a snack or take some on your hike or cross-country ski trip. For something more fruity… add some dried fruits or nuts (raisins, grilled almonds, dried cranberries…) or for some warmth… why not add pieces of candied ginger ? (makes 1 to 2 portions…if you feel like sharing !!).

Banana Granola To Go

Mash a banana (or two) with your favourite LFB granola blend and spread it generously between two pieces of crispy baguette. Et voilà - a tasty, easy to eat sandwich – to go.