Keto Granola

▪️ Time: 45 min ▪️ Level: easy ▪️ Budget: medium

Homemade granola is so much better than store bought, and it's really not that hard or time consuming to do it yourself, definitely worth it! This granola is a crunchy, golden blend of toasted nuts, seeds, and natural sweetness, baked until perfectly crisp. Naturally gluten-free and keto-friendly, it’s high in protein and full of satisfying texture and flavor. Enjoy it with yogurt, milk alternatives, or straight from the jar for a nourishing, feel-good snack.

This recipe will only be stated in cups and not in grams, because it's even easier to toss together like that. If you don't have a cup measure at home, you can use a small coffee cup as a measure of 1 cup.

Keto granola

Ingredients

• 1 cup pecan nuts

• 1 cup walnuts

• 1 cup shaved almonds

• 1 cup pumpkin seeds

• 1 cup coconut chips

• ¼ cup chia seeds

• 2 egg whites

• 4 tbsp honey

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil

• 2 tbsp almond butter

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp sea salt

Method

1. Preheat to 160°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

2. Put ½ cup of pecans and walnuts in a large bowl, put the other ½ cup in a food processor or blender and pulse a few times until the nuts broken up into fine pieces. Be careful to not pulse too much, you don't want nut puree.

3. Toss the nut crumbs together with the whole nuts in the large bowl. Then add the almonds, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds and coconut chips.

4. In a small bowl, mix the egg whites with the honey, oil, almond butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon and sea salt. Pour over the nut mix and combine until all the dry parts are covered by the wet mixture.

5. Spread out evenly over the baking tray and bake for 15 mins. Break into pieces, flip over and bake for another 8 mins. Then break up into smaller chunks, and bake for the last 6-8 mins, making sure the nuts don't turn brown.

6. Let the granola cool down and transfer to a container. Serve with yoghurt or milk.

Wine pairing

Since this is usually consumed as a breakfast dish, the alcohol pairing will be left out for this recipe ;-)