March 14, 2014

Paleo Coconut Cacao Nib Granola

Name: Paleo Coconut Cacao Nib Granola
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc); 1 cup mixed seeds (sunflower, pepitas, hemp, etc); 1 cup almond flour; 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut; 1/3 cup Swerve Sweetener; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/3 cup coconut oil (melted); 1 egg; 1/2 cup cacao nibs

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This delicious paleo low carb granola recipe whips up in less than 30 minutes. Dairy-free and grain-free. See just how easy it is to make this healthy keto breakfast with my new how-to video!

Cereal. It’s what we all grew up eating for breakfast, right? And when you decide to follow a low carb, paleo or keto diet, you find yourself stumped. You wake up, bleary-eyed, and head downstairs. You pour yourself a cup of coffee, take a few sips and reach for the cupboard. You open it and you suddenly pull up short. Where are the boxes of cereal? They’re not there! Your tired brain can’t quite handle this information so early in the morning. It refuses to believe that you could be so silly as to let yourself run out of that ultimate breakfast food. Why on earth didn’t you put it on the grocery list last time? Oh wait…that’s right. Because cereal and grains aren’t paleo or keto approved. Oh damn. Now what?

Easy Low Carb Granola Recipe

I think you know what I am going to say here. Make your own! Let’s face it, if you are on specialized diet, you can’t just head to the store and pick up convenience foods like cereal and bread. You can sometimes order them online but I always look at the ingredients and think “Well, gee. I could make that!”. I absolutely HATE spending money on something I know I could make easily enough at home. “Easily” being the operative word here. And when it comes to homemade cereal, you can indeed easily make it at home. This low carb Paleo Granola recipe whips up in less than half an hour. So even if you just got up, all bleary-eyed and in need of caffeine, you could have your cereal. Better yet, if you make a big batch, you can store it in the fridge for several weeks.

I’ve made a few different kinds of low carb granola and cereal, and I had one reader thank me for making it without coconut. Guess he wasn’t a coconut fan, but I sure am and it got me pondering a tasty version with some large flaked coconut. And some coconut oil, to really play up that flavour, because I adore it. Then some cacao nibs to add a hint of chocolatey flavour, which pairs so well with coconut. If you haven’t tried cacao nibs (also called cocoa nibs) yet, I think you should. They are chocolatey but not sweet and make a great addition to cookies and cakes, and of course, granola. And they are virtually all fiber, so they make a great low carb food. Just don’t buy them at discount places like Marshalls. I bought a bag that tasted burnt and were just awful. If I hadn’t known what real cacao nibs tasted like, I would have written them off altogether. It’s worth paying a little more for a quality bag if you really want the cacao nib experience!

Paleo Coconut Cacao Nib Granola

Making your own low carb granola is easy and delicious. This paleo low carb granola recipe whips up in less than 30 minutes. Dairy-free and grain-free.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword low carb granola

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 240kcal

Ingredients

2 cups nuts almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc
1 cup mixed seeds sunflower, pepitas, hemp, etc
1 cup almond flour
1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
1/3 cup Swerve Sweetener
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup coconut oil melted
1 egg
1/2 cup cacao nibs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300F and line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine almonds and other nuts or seeds. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some bigger pieces in there too.
Transfer to a large bowl and add almond flour, flaked coconut, sweetener of choice, and salt. Drizzle with coconut oil and stir to combine.
Add egg, and toss until mixture begins to clump together. Stir in cacao nibs
Spread mixture evenly on prepared baking sheet and bake 20 to 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden brown.
Remove and let cool.

Notes

Serves 15. Nutritional counts will vary depending on what seeds and nuts you use as the base of your granola. The way I made it:

Each serving has 10 g of carbs and 6 g of fiber (if you use Swerve). Total NET CARBS = 4 g.

240 Calories; 21g Fat (73.2% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 6g Dietary Fiber; 14mg Cholesterol; 90mg Sodium.

Nutrition

Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 21g | Fiber: 6g

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