I lovingly refer to my daughter as the fussy one.
She wasn’t always this way.
I used to be so proud of my veggie eater.
She would actually get excited when she saw you reach for the peas.
Now, I have to bribe her with the promise of dessert just to get a bite of something in.
Meat …never
Eggs…nope
Vegetables…not unless it’s COVERED in ranch, and then only carrots and broccoli on occasion
Her diet consists of:
berries
yogurt
granola
and fries
Seriously, that’s pretty much it.
Unless you include sweets:)
She eats yogurt and granola everyday – sometimes for breakfast and lunch.
She’d eat it for dinner as well if I allowed it.
I’m such a MEAN mommy.
This is the reason I started making my own yogurt.
I couldn’t afford not to.
Granola is also a wee bit pricey, and a lot if it is not all that healthy.
So now we are making that as well.
Stella prefers it plain – and then she adds fruit with the yogurt.
This is a very basic vanilla granola, and would be great with dried fruit of any kind.
Vanilla Granola:
2 1/2 cups of oats
1 cup of almond meal (or slivered almonds)
1/4 cup of coconut oil
melted with 1/4 cup of brown sugar and 2 tbsp of honey
2 tsp vanilla
combine the oil, brown sugar, and honey
melt and stir in the vanilla
pour over the oats and almonds
combine well
Bake on a lined cookie sheet @300 for 30 minutes
stir and continue baking another 15-30 minutes until toasted
cool completely before storing in an airtight container
I still am not going to let Stella eat granola for all three meals, but at least I feel better about the granola she’s eating.
enjoy
About Heather @French Press
I love this – I’ll have to try it. I love granola but refuse to pay the high price for it! I have all those ingredients already in my pantry! And my kid is the same way, although yours runs more to the healthy. Mine would live on nuggets if I allowed it!
Hi. Happy to be a new follower and also to find a new granola recipe. this one looks good (and simple!). Found you through the Feed My Friday Blog Hop. Hope to connect with you.
thanks for stopping by
It is fun to make granola now and then! Your pic of the granola with rasberries is so pretty!
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Stella’s breakfast is a lot like mine–I love my yogurt, berries and granola every morning! In fact, I look forward to it each night
this homemade granola looks so easy and a lot cheaper than what I’ve been buying. Plus, can you resist those huge hunks of granola clusters? I think not!
I think she does as well – she will often ask at bedtime if we have yogurt left:)
Heather,
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Michelle
I’m finding myself putting ketchup on my 3-year-old niece’s baked chicken nuggets so she’ll eat them. But, fruit she’ll always eat!
yum
i’ve never used
coconut oil before
but i’ve been seeing lots
of things to do with it
i guess i need
to get some!
thanks for sharing
this yummy recipe
at Fridays Unfolded!
alison
I love homemade granola, and this recipe sounds very good! I need to make up a batch.
I have yet to make my own granola…but am so tempted. One the to try this weekend list!
That sounds great! I love granola
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