Recently I saw a buckwheat granola recipe on Kath Eats. Buckwheat in granola? It sounded awesome, and I happened to have some ready to use in my pantry! I took my buckwheat inspiration and got to work making my own granola (full recipe at the end).
In addition to oats and buckwheat, I added some raw sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds I had on hand. (I also ended up throwing in some almonds, but didn’t decide that until later.)
For my fat of choice I decided to use coconut oil, as I felt that would lend a delicious subtle flavor to the granola.
I mixed the coconut oil with raw agave, my sweetener of choice. Can we talk about how amazing this mixture smelled!?
Combine thoroughly and bake away!
This is the perfect granola to make during a TV show – takes an hour to bake (at 300) and you can get up a couple times during commercials to stir it. 
Maybe I should’ve called this TV granola?
Immediately when you remove the granola from the oven, add your golden raisins and coconut.
Voila.
It was perfect on top of this morning’s smoothie for some crunch. My smoothie had frozen peach, frozen mango, almond milk, water, chia seeds, vanilla brown rice protein powder, spinach and ice.
Buckwheat Granola (alias:TV Granola)
- 2 cups oats
- 1 cup raw buckwheat
- 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup raw almonds
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup raw agave
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut (mine was the reduced fat unsweetened kind)
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
Combine all of your ingredients except for the shredded coconut and raisins and mix thoroughly. Bake in a 9×13-inch baking dish for one hour at 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Every so often (about every 20 minutes) stir the granola. (This is simply to prevent the granola from burning on top and to get the granola evenly toasted.) Immediately when your granola is done, add in your shredded coconut and golden raisins, stir, and let cool.
Enjoy!
This is so good. I kind of want to put some in a baggie, go get some tart fro yo from Mochi’s and add my this as my own topping. Any Jax friends want to go? I’ll bring some for all!
This looks amazing – I love all of the ingredients! Can’t wait to try it.
This looks wonderful!! I make granola ALL the time, but I never thought to throw some buckwheat in there! Hmmmm, ideas forming for my next time around!
That granola looks delish! I need to give it a try!
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