Granola and Yogurt Parfaits

Ingredients

2  cups  regular oats
1/3  cup  ground flaxseed
1/4  cup  chopped walnuts
1/4  cup  chopped slivered almonds
2  teaspoons  ground cinnamon
1/3  cup  orange juice
1/3  cup  honey
1/4  cup  packed brown sugar
2  teaspoons  canola oil
1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
Cooking spray
1/3  cup  dried cranberries

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300°.

Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl.

Combine orange juice, honey, and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat just until sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in oil and vanilla.

Pour honey mixture over oat mixture, stirring to coat. Spread mixture in a thin layer onto a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 300° for 10 minutes; stir well. Bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Spoon granola into a bowl; stir in dried cranberries. Cool completely.

Note: Store completely cooled granola in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.
Nutritional Information (Serving Size = 1/2 of granola)

Calories:196 (31% from fat)Fat:

Fiber:3.6g

Fat:6.8g

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I’ve decided today that I’m not going to bake as much anymore. I’ve been baking a lot of yummy treats lately because that is what foodgawker seems to like. Instead, I’m just going to be baking healthier treats like this one. Granola! I love homemade granola now. Before, I made it and my fiance and I just ended up munching on it, since I didn’t have any yogurt at all.  For lunch this is what I had.

Tonight for supper, I am making a pasta dish that calls for canned clams but I am going to try canned tuna instead. I’ve been eating a lot of canned tuna recently. This week at our grocery store, tuna packed in water is only 48 cents for a can! Some time later on tonight, I will be posting this recipe. For, now I am off to watch New Moon.