Chocolate & Orange Spiced Granola

This grain-free Chocolate Granola makes a fabulous low carb breakfast. My review of The KetoDiet Cookbook.

I will be the first to admit that I hate doing cookbook reviews. Here’s the deal: I get at least 4 to 5 press releases for new cookbooks a week, most of which come with a request for me to review the book. If I accepted every cookbook review that came my way, I’d spend all my time making other people’s recipes and have no time for creating my own. And if I did that, I might as well rename the blog “All Day I Dream About Cookbooks”. Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, now does it?

So I decided long ago only to review those cookbooks that I already know will be fantastic and that fit my audience’s needs to a T. And The KetoDiet Cookbook is exactly that. Written by my friend Martina Slajerova of The KetoDiet App and The KetoDiet Blog, I barely had to glance inside the pages to know it would be full of amazing low carb recipes for healthy living. I’ve always loved Martina’s recipes and I know she’s got a great spirit too. So this was exactly the sort of cookbook review I was happy to say yes to.

It really is a glorious cookbook, with over 150 recipes suitable for anyone on a low carb or ketogenic diet. Everything from breakfast to dinner to (my favourite) dessert. You aren’t going to go hungry with this cookbook in your hands! For this review, I considered making a meatball recipe or one of Martina’s awesome bread recipes. But my kids were craving cereal. I had run low on breakfast ideas for them and so the Chocolate Orange Granola seemed just the thing. Confession, though. I actually left out the orange zest this go round because I knew it would be a tougher sell for them. So I  just made chocolate spiced granola, which they loved. LOVED! In fact, my son demanded that I make some again very soon. Which I will, of course. Happy to oblige, when it comes to healthy low carb breakfast recipes.

So if you are looking for your next low carb cookbook purchase, I highly recommend The KetoDiet Cookbook. It’s a shoo-in for any health-conscious cookbook collection.

Chocolate & Orange Spiced Granola

This grain-free Chocolate Granola makes a fabulous low carb breakfast.

5 from 5 votes

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Breakfast

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 10 servings

Calories: 334kcal

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds
• 1 cup pecans
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• ½ cup almond flour
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
• ½ cup whey protein powder (unflavoured or chocolate)
• ½ cup Swerve sweetener or other erythritol
• ¼ cup cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoon orange zest
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg white
• ¼ cup butter or coconut oil melted
• 15 to 20 drops stevia extract
• 2 tablespoon water

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 300F and line a large, rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Roughly chop almonds and pecans. In a large bowl, whisk together nuts, coconut, almond flour, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, protein powder, sweetener, cocoa powder, orange zest, cinnamon, and salt.
• Add egg white, melted butter or oil, stevia and water. Mix until it resembles crumbly dough.
• Transfer to prepared baking sheet and bake 30 to 40 minutes, turning pan halfway through cooking. Remove and let cool.

Notes

Serves 10. Each serving has 15.7 g of carbs, 10.6 g of fiber, 13.2 g of protein, 28.9 g of fat, 334 calories.

NET CARBS = 5.1 g.

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate & Orange Spiced Granola

Amount Per Serving

Calories 334 Calories from Fat 260

% Daily Value*

Fat 28.9g44%

Carbohydrates 15.7g5%

Fiber 10.6g42%

Protein 13.2g26%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.