One of the more popular articles on this blog is No Granola is Good Granola which outlines why granola or muesli made with rolled oats or other grains is not only very indigestible but potentially harming your long term gut health – possibly even contributing to autoimmune disease like allergies or worse. Even homemade granola made with soaked or sprouted oats is not a very digestible choice at all which initially can come as a shock to granola lovers who thought it was a healthfood.
I don’t like to point out problems without also providing a solution if possible. For you granola fans out there, here is a recipe from San Diego Weston A. Price Chapter Leader Kim Schuette and founder of BioDynamic Wellness and GAPSInfo.com that should satisfy that hankering for a bowl of granola without compromising your digestive function.
grain free granola (nutola)
Makes about 1 gallon
ingredients
3 cups raw almonds
3 cups raw walnuts
3 cups cashews
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 to 1/2 cup coconut oil (where to find)
1/4 cup raw honey (where to find)
2 cups raisins or chopped dates
1 cup shredded coconut (where to find)
1 Tbl vanilla
1 Tbl cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt (where to find)
instructions
Soak and dehydrate nuts and pumpkin seeds (click here for a short video lesson on how to do this which greatly improves digestibility and nutritional absorption).
*If you don’t have the time or inclination to soak and dehydrate raw nuts and seeds yourself, please click here for suppliers of raw nuts and seeds that have already been soaked and dehydrated for you.
Chop nuts. It is easier to chop the different nuts if they are not mixed together.
Mix nuts. Combine coconut oil, honey, vanilla, cinnamon and sea salt in saucepan over low heat until fully mixed. Pour this over nuts and mix well.
Add raisins and shredded coconut. Store in airtight container. Best refrigerated.
Serve with raw milk or cream and add some berries if desired.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
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I love your recipes! Are you on Pinterest? If not, you really should add that option on your blog.
Do you eat this wet and not bake it slow or dehydrate til crunchy?
I would imagine that the honey and coconut oil would cause it to harden up a little as it cools. I am going to give this a try after I am done the Gaps Intro.
love this. thank you.
Thank you for this recipe!!! I can’t wait to try it out!! I’ve thought about just going ahead and making my old granola recipes a thousand times, luckily I never gave in. Your timing is perfect.
Yeah, she’s on pinterest.
thank’s for this i got another idea.
I discovered this summer that if I put enough cinnamon in my yogurt it tastes like granola.
I do miss a bowl of granola every once in awhile, will be making this now. Thanks for the recipe and all your healthy tips!
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Oh thank you. I haven’t had granola for so long. This may be my granola fix
I was wondering if having a bowl of soaked oatmeal is different from using soaked oatmeal in a granola recipe. Although I have never seen a recipe for it.
Thanks for this recipe. Looking forward to trying it.
Yum i want to make this!!!
I made something similar to this the month that I did the paleo diet.
I used coconut milk (made it myself) and no honey….basically just crushed nuts.
YUM. A great break from the omelettes I was eating every. single. day.
You will find this nutola much more filling than granola too. When a food is indigestible you just eat it and eat it, feel full and then are hungry again a short time later.
@Rebecca, Yes, I am most definitely on Pinterest and all my recipes get pinned if you want to see them all together on one board: http://pinterest.com/HealthyHomeEcon/
We love no-oat granola!
Thanks for this recipe! I will try it and add some sprouted grains such as buckwheat and/or buckwheat. I have found a sprouted “granola” at our local whole foods store and I really like it, plus is doesn’t sit in my stomach like a brick like regular granola does.
Don’t get me wrong … I love my oatmeal. Just not as granola as it is not cooked thoroughly enough to be digestible. Toasting briefly in the oven is not a sufficient final step for cooking grains. Soaked and thoroughly cooked oatmeal on the stovetop is fine.
Is that 1 tablespoon of vanilla and in what format, essence, extract or seeds scraped from the pod?
One problem for us… my son is allergic to coconut. What can we substitute?
Maybe palm shortening or cocobutter? It’s possible to find food grade CB on ebay but it is not cheap
I’ve been wanting a recipe like this……….thank you.
Hi Sarah
After reading your article last time and not eating gluten I made your spelt cereal on oats and buckwheat. I basically did the same thing with oat, rice and buckwheat flour. Also I made up the same coffee cake with soaked overnight rolled oats, sultanas, nuts etc and crumbled it and dried it out. I ended up with a great granola that was soaked and cooked properly.
I cant wait to try this nut one.
take care
Enjoying a small bowl of this nutola for my night time snack.,very tasty. Hoping my kids will find it tasty tomorrow for breakfast! Thank you!
I made a half batch of this but substituted the honey with maple syrup because my husband is allergic to honey (or whatever pollen the bees used). I will have to find a recipe for soaking oatmeal so that I can continue to eat that for breakfast, but am hoping that my husband likes this (he will not eat mushy oatmeal cereal). It was crazy expensive to buy all of these nuts organic. I added the pumpkin seeds in with the nuts (the recipe doesn’t mention what to do with the seeds). I just used seeds from the pumpkin my husband carved. Also, off topic, but I’ll have to search your site–do you know anything about low iron and 15 month olds? The doctor just prescribed iron for my daughter. Also, her lead level is 4 so I’m worried (we live in an old house). Just thought I’d write that since I’m worried, even though this might not be the right place.
Well, unfortunately my husband’s review was that it was edible except for he had to spend the entire time eating it having to pick out the pumpkin seeds. I guess soaking them in salt water and dehydrating them wasn’t enough. Maybe the recipe should specify that you need to buy roasted ones? What kind did other people use? I just used ones that came out of our carved pumpkin.
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Where do you buy your raw nuts? I find them to be very expensive at health food stores. Is there a reasonable Internet option?
Beautiful recipe! We gave some away as a Christmas gift this year. It was well received.
Can you explain why it’s ok to eat oatmeal (rolled oats), soaked and cooked, but it’s not a good digestable option to have it in granola?
What is the process for soaking and dehydrating Pumpkin Seeds?
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