Buckwheat Cacao Granola

Here we are, yet again with another granola recipe! This time, we're combining the crunchiness of buckwheat seeds and rolled oats with the chocolate-y taste of cacao powder, making this granola the perfect breakfast for the ones with a sweet tooth.

A simple and easy recipe to make, requiring only 10 minute to whip together, 20-ish minutes to bake and 5 minute to prepare in the morning. You can enjoy this granola with some yogurt (sadly, I don't have any plant based on hand *cry*) or some plant based milk with bananas, frozen fruits, cinnamon and let's not forget the nut butter.

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ingredients:

-2+1/2 cups rolled oats

-1 cup buckwheat seeds*

-3/4 cups coconut flakes

-2 tbsp (tablespoons) cacao powder

-1 cup walnuts, chopped**

-1 tsp (teaspoon) cinnamon

-pinch of salt

-1/2 banana, mashed

-3/4 cups peanut butter***

-1 tsp vanilla extract

-couple of tbsp of desired sweetener (optional)****

*you can find buckwheat seeds either in supermarkets( from Vitalia) or you can buy them in bulk, like I do, from Bako

**you can use any other combination of nuts, doesn't have to be only walnuts

***you can use any other nut butter here. You can also substitute it with tahini, like we did in the previous granola recipe

****if you want your granola to be a bit sweeter (I find it sweet enough with the banana only)

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directions:

-turn your oven on at 180 degrees Celsius

-combine all of the "dry" ingredients in a big bowl and stir to combine

-to that, add all of the "wet" ingredients, such as banana, peanut butter and vanilla extract

-when everything is well incorporated, prepare a baking dish, line it with baking paper and transfer the mixture onto the surface

-bake it for about 20 minutes or until lightly golden. Keep an eye on it and stir it occasionally (at least once while it's baking)

-when it's done, leave it to cool off completely before transferring it to an air-tight jar/ container

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I'm a big fan of crispy food, so I definitely enjoyed this granola, with its cocoa+peanut butter flavor. It makes a delicious and filling breakfast or dinner (I sometimes have it in the evenings as well), it makes a great snack to crunch on and you can never go wrong with topping your smoothie with a bit of delicious granola!

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Just to make things even better, here's Queen B telling you to enjoy your life because it's short. So, make the damn thing you wanted to do since you can remember, eat that chocolate or dessert you're restricting yourself from and just live YOUR life and truth and make sure it's a good quality life. Bye Bye! xx

Did you try this recipe?

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thank you. much love. xx

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