This afternoon has been both productive and lazy.
Lazy in that Ryan and I spent an hour by the pool reading magazines…
And productive in that we started packing up pictures and things around our apartment for our big move.
In the middle of the laziness and productivity, we ate!
Lunch included Asian veggie burgers with carrot sticks and bread and butter pickles.
Snack time occurred shortly after when I decided to get a jump-start on my latest freelance piece and do some recipe experimenting in the kitchen.
I present to you, cinnamon chia seed granola!
Yum!
If you love the taste of cinnamon and nutmeg and the textured crunch of chia seeds, this granola will be right up your alley.
I made a small batch and between me and Ryan it was completely gone in about five minutes.
Cinnamon Chia Seed Granola
(Makes four 1/4 c. servings)
Ingredients:
- 1 c. old fashioned oats
- 2 tbsp. chia seeds
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 1 tbsp. canola oil
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- Combine oats through nutmeg in a small bowl and stir.
- Slowing stir honey and canola oil into oat mixture until oats are adequately coated.
- Spread granola onto prepared cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- Let cool until oats become crunchy and enjoy!
Yet another totally addicting, totally delicious granola recipe!
Gotta get back to packing. Up next: Candles and other decorative items!
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I love Sundays for hte fact that they can be productive and lazy! 🙂 Mine has been enjoyed in a similar fashion.
I love Chia seeds and I loveee Cinnamon! I’ll have to try out this recipe. 🙂
I love love love Oxygen magazine! It’s full of fantastic workouts and words of wisdom…and that veggie burger looks so good! delish lunch. Wow…cinnamon + chia + crunchy oaty goodness = very very tasty and very very moorish, i expect, lol! 😛 best of luck with your packing, Julie! xyx
Oooh, this looks simple and delicious! You know I’m a fan of granola! 🙂
Very hip way to change up typical “granola”. Soild. Ps you mentioned Ryan and yourself read magazines this afternoon, I assume the one you snapped a picture of is Ryans.
obviously. he adores cosmo, as well.
I figured…havent met a well rounded man whom does not love him 120 pages of good Cosmo gossip a month..ha…good luck on the move and again very hip your freelance projects involve food! Just living the dream now!
Oh YUM! If it’s 1/2 as good as your PB Granola I’m sold!
i like the pb granola better (it’s my fav!), but this one was really good!
I freaking looooove Elizabeth! I’m glad she got on the cover. Slash chia seeds are my addiction. I love simple granola recipes!
Yum that granola does look tasty. Perhaps Ill make it when its not so hot out. Any luck on the apartment search?
nooo. we were supposed to see 4 places w/ a realtor in ocala today, but our appt. was postponed until tomorrow. i’m hopeful!
I still have yet to try chia seeds. I think this confession officially kicks me out of the health bloggers club.
Sounds wonderful! Homemade granola is so good!
SO glad you posted this!…. I’m seriously off to make it now! (I’ve been needing to make some all day) THANKS, Julie!
I love productive and lazy days! That granola sounds delicious! You seriously are so awesome at coming up with simple and yummy recipes
That granola looks great & the ingredients seem pretty healthy too! 🙂
ohhh this looks wonderful! 🙂
I have been away for a bit with our move but I hope your packing means that you two found the perfect place to rent! Best wishes with your packing! 🙂
Good luck packing! I’ve moved a lot in the past 10 or so years (since graduating high school), and the packing and unpacking never seems to get any easier!! 😛 But at least you have Ryan there to help you!
Hey Julie, I just wanted to let you know that your blog is so inspiring to me! I love seeing that you never restrict any foods from your diet (especially desserts! <3 ) and how you have the perseverance to work out every day. Of all the health blogs I've checked out, yours is definitely the most realistic in regards to a healthy lifestyle: all foods in moderation, and exercise to keep fit. Keep doing what you're doing!
I hate to be stupid, but what are chia seeds and what do they taste like? Just found your blog and love it!
Lovelovelove your granola! this is amazing 🙂
Not to rain on your granola-parade, but I read recently that you shouldn’t eat chia seeds raw because they will actually contribute to dehydration…you know, because they are such little water fiends, they will steal yours. I dunno how true it is, I think I read it on the Raw Food Rehab blog (not trying to pimp other blogs here, just in case you wanted to follow up on it). Maybe because you baked them this wouldn’t happen? Dunno, just a thought 🙂
Yum that really does look like awesome granola. I love chia seeds and literally add them to everything I can manage to 🙂 Genius to put them in granola!
Dang, Elisabeth Hasselbeck! Go on wit’ yo bad self.
What are the condiments on your veggie burger? It looks just like those tiny onions that they put on McDonald’s burgers. (If I remember correctly…I haven’t had Micky D’s in a looong time!)
Laziness + productivity? Sounds like a successful Sunday to me!
That granola looks yummy- I’ve always been intimidated by the idea of making granola homemade!
Granola looks great! I always forget how easy it is to make until someone else makes it!
I really need to try and make granola, I have never done it! Crazy I know… Maybe this week I will try out yuor recipe, thanks for sharing 🙂
really simple and great recipe!! I do love al those flavors combined so this would = WIN big time. 😀 Hope your packing work goes well guys!
It’s official. I don’t trust myself around granola anymore. I made some this week and demolished it in less than a day. I asked my bf if he had been sneaking handfuls without me seeing—nope. All me. Cute, right?
Where do you buy chia seeds? I used to get them at Trader Joe’s but don’t live near one anymore 🙁 Sooo sad. I tried Greenlife last week but no luck! This recipe looks delicious!
With your granola, does using honey cause it to clump? I’m hoping so 🙂
Good luck with the packing — I think it is good to start like you did: pictures, then decorations, etc.
Your granola sounds fabulous!
It’s not a good Sunday unless I spend at least 2 hours doing nothing. Love the looks of the granola!
Oh wow, I’ve never tried putting chia seeds in my granola! That sounds so good though!
That dinner looks amazing…especially the burger part w/ the relish bun…from a girl with little to appetite tonight…I can honestly say I would scarf that!
You are a granola-making machine! You come up with the best granola recipes.
Ooooooh, another granola recipe! I hope this one is just as good as your peanut butter one. I think I ate the entire batch in a day last time. Oops! 😉
Next time you quit your day job, you can come and be my personal chef! I loooove all of your creative, healthy recipes! How often do you go grocery shopping!?!
Ohhh that granola looks sooo good!
hi julie! i’m pretty obsessed with your blog. (pretty=completely). you’ve inspired me to start working towards being able to blog, freelance, and work from home. someday! 🙂
question for you: what do you do with your old magazines? save ’em or toss ’em? i love magazines and have saved every issue i’ve read from the past 2-3 years. crazy, i know… but i couldn’t part with them! but they’ve been piling up, so today i went through, pick out my favorite articles, and recycled a BIG stack. i hope i won’t regret it in the future! just wondering what you do with your old mags!
thanks 🙂
That granola looks and sounds delicious! The best part is I already have all of those ingredibets in my pantry!! Have a great Monday!
I hear you on the packing thing! Considering the two weeks before I move are completely jam packed (and I will be out of town days move the actual move), I’ve been trying to pack as much as possible. It sucks. Especially when you have been settled for years. In college it was easy to move once a year. Now, it’s much harder, especially since I’m the only one moving, the roommates are staying along with all of their stuff that has mingled with mine for years.
that looks like a great granola recipe. So simple too, love it!
mmm that looks really good! Thanks for sharing 🙂
I absolutely love your granola recipes. I have made them all and always have a stash in the cupboard. I usually eat it with fruche or yoghurt, but sometimes I just eat it by itself.
Can’t wait to try this new one. Thanks so much for sharing your recipes. I am eager to try the peanut butter energy bites but still have not got around to make them, something else always gets in the way – like your granola. My favourite is the Peanut Butter granola. I have it with vanilla yoghurt and about 1/2 a tsp of chocolate nesquick powder.
Have fun packing – I say fun because I love packing and having a good clean out at the same time.
That granola looks awesome!
ahhhh! i’m actually scared to try any of your granola recipes because i have a feeling they might become an addiction! i have a weakness for sweet crunchy things with a hint of cinnamon 🙂
Reading magazine is one of my favorite ways to relax and de-stress!
I love your granola recipes! I made you peanut butter one and I think about it every time I see my oats int he pantry.
I need to make some more soon. 🙂
Looks so yummy! I can’t keep granola in the house as it’ll be all gone in a few minutes!
Ohh this sounds great, I think I’m going to make it for my sister as she adores granola…and cinnamon
I’ve seen a lot of recipes calling for chia seeds that I want to try. Where do you buy them? I’m a novice chia seed consumer!
Good luck on your packing! That must be quite an excitement!