because we are all spending much more time at home, i have not been meal prepping as much. leisure evenings mean we have plenty of time each night to get a dinner together.
i used to spend my sundays chopping, slicing, and baking for the week. i still slice a few bananas to freeze for smoothies, but my prep these days involves a loaf or two of bread [4] and my weekly granola. [5]
normally, i make all the granola we eat. if you’ve been to the blog before you know how i feel about homemade (it is always better than store bought). while i was doing the shopping a few weeks ago, i saw that whole foods had bulk chunky flax granola. it looked 100% homemade so i splurged. it was AMAZING!
the whole foods granola was chunky and chewy. it was basically a chewy granola bar broken into pieces. it was perfection and i knew i had to make it for myself.
to get clumps i added oat bran to the oats (you could also use oat flour or wheat germ) and did not stir the granola mid-way in the baking time. for soft granola clusters i used more honey than i normally use, and cooked the granola at a lower temperature and for less time.
the end result was exactly what i was looking for. this flax granola is ALL clumps, and they are soft and chewy just like the whole foods granola that i cannot walk past without grabbing a handful.
enjoy!
URLs in this post:
[1] : https://www.wellfloured.com/chunky-flax-granola/
[3] Image: https://www.addtoany.com/share
[4] bread: https://www.wellfloured.com/category/bread/
[5] weekly granola.: https://www.wellfloured.com//?s=Granola&submit=Search
[6] Print Recipe: https://www.wellfloured.com/chunky-flax-granola/print/
[7] Flaxseed Meal: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075XBTZDC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B075XBTZDC&linkCode=as2&tag=wellfloured02-20&linkId=f030faa112e033f13c1917469ac643f1
[8] Oat Bran : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O8NM48/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001O8NM48&linkCode=as2&tag=wellfloured02-20&linkId=72bf39e42002bf43a34f562383f1903c
[9] Rimmed Baking Sheet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015CQZKLU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B015CQZKLU&linkCode=as2&tag=wellfloured02-20&linkId=a6f82cdb1ce7f09c21d9ff36cea96066