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Often during the first trimester cereal is all you can stomach in a
morning, unfortunately most shop bought cereals are laden with
sugar and provide little nourishment for you and your baby. This
quick and healthy granola recipe not only tastes delicious but is
full of goodness too.
Healthy Granola (serves 4)
•
160g old fashioned
rolled oats
•
2 tbsp. melted
coconut oil
•
2 tbsp. honey
•
50g mixed nuts
chopped
•
20g seeds such
as pumpkin or
sunflower
•
30g raisins
1.
Preheat your oven to 180ºc ( fan) and
put the oats in a mixing bowl.
2.
Mix together the melted coconut
oil, honey and pour over the oats
mixing well to ensure all the oats
are covered.
3.
Spread the oats out on a baking
sheet and bake for 7 minutes.
4.
Remove the oats from the oven, stir in
the nuts and seeds and return to the
oven for a further 7 minutes.
5.
Remove the mixture from the oven
and leave to cool, once cool stir in
the raisins.
6.
Serve with milk or Greek yoghurt. Top
with blueberries for a superfood boost.