Those just transitioning from a SAD (Standard American Diet) lifestyle to a high-raw/Eighty Percent Raw (www.EightyPercentRaw.com) lifestyle will likely appreciate ideas for how to begin improving their existing diet in a tasty and healthy way.
Here’s another of my favorite breakfast ideas which will satisfy your yearning for a sweet breakfast cereal but will minimize your cooked/grain, dairy and refined sugar consumption. Try it and let me know what you think!
Natural Applesauce with Homemade Granola and Soy Creamer
1 to 1-1/2 c. raw (preferably) or All-Natural Applesauce
1/2 c. Homemade Granola (recipe to follow)
3 to 4 Tbl. Store-bought Soy Creamer
Just put the applesauce in a bowl, top with granola, spoon soy creamer on top and enjoy! Simple, delicious, and MUCH more healthy for you than many other “traditional” breakfast foods! *Here’s my “off-the-cuff” recipe for Homemade Granola (I just tossed the ingredients into a bowl, mixed them and toasted it in the oven…measurements are approximate.)
Homemade Granola
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/3 cup brown flax seed, ground in coffee grinder
1 cup raw almonds, chopped
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 c. dark agave nectar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
Sprinkling of sea salt
Spread on ungreased cookie sheet and toast in 400 degree oven about 20 minutes. Stir and return to oven for an additional 10 or so minutes. Allow to cool. The toasty deliciousness is fabulous and even though this isn’t raw (you absolutely COULD just use this raw instead of baking it!) it’s still a MUCH healthier alternative to most store-bought breakfast cereals. Also, if you follow the recipe your meal is MOSTLY natural applesauce and the granola just supplies a nice, toasty, crunchy addition so you feel like it’s a REAL TREAT! The soy creamer adds richness and makes you feel the same satisfaction you get from putting milk on cereal without all the negative aspects adding dairy can cause in our bodies.
