Good Morning with Granola :)

I must admit I have never been a breakfast person, for me good strong coffee and orange juice is the best thing in the morning. However I do love my good old  porridge with honey and on Sundays we usually  have eggs. I have to confess,  once and again we love English breakfast:)))

So when I visited one of my acupuncture sessions I was told that I must include good breakfast in my healthy diet. So means goodbye sausages, fried eggs and bacon. I started to look for alternatives.
My first day of healthy diet consisted of two prunes and espresso:) Well, at least something:)
And then....I discovered Granola. I knew that such a thing existed in all supermarkets as a dry product, but I wanted my own baked granola.

So I'm going to share this my very favourite breakfast recipe. I haven't created the recipe from scratch, but added my own stamp by adding or removing an extra ingredients. Some of my friends already enjoying this healthy breakfast. Only Jason does not agry with such a "rabbit food" its too much nuts and seeds for him :) But I do love to have it with plain Greek yogurt, spoon of honey and topped with 3 spoons of granola.Heaven!..Enjoy!

2tbsp.vegetable oil

125 ml.maple syrup

2tbsp.honey

1tsp.vanilla extract

300g.rolled oats

50g.sunflower seeds

4tbsp. sesame seeds

50g.pumpkin seeds

100g.flaked almonds

100g.dried berries(cranberries,etc.)

Method:

1.Heat oven to 150C.Mix the oil, maple syrup, honey and vanilla in a large bowl.Tip in all remaining ingredients, except dried fruit. And mix well.

2.Tip the granola onto two baking sheets and spread evenly. Bake for 15 min.then mix in dried fruit(you can leave dried fruit out, and bake it with out, then use fresh berries with your granola like blueberries,or wherever is in the season)and bake for 10-15 min.more. Remove and scrap onto flat tray to cool. Serve with cold milk or yogurt. The granola can be stored in an airtight container for up to a month.

Nutrition:259 kcalories.6g.protein.28g.carbs.15g.fat and 13g.sugar.So is not that bad at all:) You can buy all the ingredients at the healthy food stores, but I found it cheaper if you buy from the supermarkets at  the baking ingredients section.xxxx

My love for wild flowers

Hello to all of you out there :) Thank you for stopping by Vintage Peonies blog.This is my brand new blog space! So please make yourself at home and enjoy.There is plenty more to come so check back often :)

Within days of getting engaged I was already having this ultimate wedding fantasy - beautiful grounds with fields of wild flowers, big and blousy peonies, they are just perfect for that vintage look, relaxed mix of rustic florals and folksy touches......

Reality of course has set in since, and I realised that a lot of planning, sourcing, and penny counting is going to be involved:) So there I am reading piles of wedding magazines and browsing around wedding blogs, looking for some inspirations:)  I will be posting my own ideas and doing lots and lots of D.I.Y ! For now I hope you will enjoy my bargain finds, my car boot treasures, my secret recipes from my own kitchen, travel adventures  and stories from the photoshoots around  beautiful wild flower fields...With Love.