Seed Cereal
This yummy alternative to boxed cereal makes a delicious breakfast or layer to a yogurt parfait. Tastes great with Manitoba Harvest hemp milk.
Seed Cereal (adapted from Cranberry Maple Granola from the cookbook Raw Food, Real World)
What you will need:
1 apple cored and chopped
1 cup dates
½ cup water
½ cup of unrefined liquid sweetener
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp orange zest
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp sea salt
2 cups sesame seeds
2 cups sunflower seeds
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup dried cranberries
½ cup flax/chia seeds
Coconut oil or butter
How to do it:
Step 1: Soak all the seeds 2 hours or longer
Step 2: Soak Cranberries.
Step 3: Coarsely chop all the seeds (except the chia/flax seeds) with a few quick pulses in the food processor and the transfer to a large mixing bowl. Stir in flax/chia seeds.
Step 4: Place apples, dates, water, maple syrup, lemon juice, orange zest, vanilla, cinnamon and salt in the food processor. Stir into the seed mix.
Step 5: Mix in the cranberries.
Step 6: Spread onto 2 large cookie sheets oiled with generous amounts of coconut oil or butter. Dehydrate in the oven at the lowest temperature until crunchy (about 6-8 hours).
Enjoy!