Whole-Grain Granola Pancakes

Posted on May 15, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

Any health enthusiast will tell you that eating breakfast every day is a vital part of maintaining a healthy diet. Often times, we spend our mornings just trying to make it out the door on time let alone think about making a fully balanced meal. Now there are plenty of fully suitable grab-and-go breakfast options that would be just fine for these type of crazed mornings; however, today's recipe is all about comfort food and peaceful mornings.

Whenever I think of a nice leisurely weekend morning, my mind brings me right to the idea of pancakes. One of the things I love most about them is the fact that they are so versatile. I've made everything from pumpkin pecan, to red velvet to carrot cake, but my most recent obsession has been granola pancakes! Surprise!

I'm not talking about simply adding a touch of granola on top of your stack as a nice garnish, I mean adding a generous portion of fresh granola right into the batter. The sweet granola becomes spread throughout the fluffy cakes which adds not only wonderful flavor but an awesome texture. So next time you grab the Bisquick, think about adding a few touches to take your average flapjack into a gourmet delicacy.

Whole-Grain Granola Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2/3 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup Purely Simple Nuts About Granola
sliced strawberries and banana (optional)

Directions:

Heat griddle or 12 inch skillet over medium high heat. Spray with cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, beat eggs, yogurt, and water with a whisk until well blended. Pour the egg mixture into the flour and gently combine. Fold in the granola until mixed throughout.

For each pancake, pour slightly less than 1/4 cup of batter onto hot griddle. Cook pancakes 1 to 2 minutes or until bubbly on top. Turn; cook 1 to 2 minutes on other side or until golden brown.

Place 2 pancakes on each serving plate. Top with sliced strawberries and banana.

Vegan Granola Pie Crust {Gluten Free}

Posted on May 8, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

Many people think that vegan or gluten free diets are limited when it comes to dessert. It's true that most confections are based on dairy or wheat ingredients; however, baking to satisfy these dietary restrictions is easier than you think….it just takes a little creativity.

This recipe is a perfect staple for many cheesecakes, pies or bars. It uses just three ingredients which are most likely in your kitchen right now. We suggest using our Plain Jane Gluten Free flavor to ensure that this can also be enjoyed for someone who may have a gluten intolerance.

Vegan Granola Pie Crust {Gluten Free}

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Plain Jane GF granola
1 tsp sugar
1/3 cup vegan butter or margarine, melted (such as Earth Balance)
water as needed

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Process the granola in a blender or food processor until fine. Add melted butter and sugar. If mixture is still crumbly, add a bit of water until it's fully processed.

Gently press into a pie tin. Bake for 6-8 minutes.

NEW NAG The Bar {GIVEAWAY}

Posted on April 17, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

Many of you have been asking for it and we've finally delivered!

If you enjoy a fresh baked granola bar that tastes authentically homemade than these are for you! The chewy bars are a replication of our delicious artisanal granola. Simply grab a bar for ideal on the go snacking that packs an impressive 6g of protein and 4g of fiber.

The Nuts About Granola Bars are available now at our York and Lancaster Market locations and will soon be available to purchase online. Until then, we want to share a taste with one lucky reader. Simply leave a comment on this post with which flavor you'd like to try most and you will be automatically entered for a chance to win a sampling of each of the new granola bar flavors.

Contest will be open until Monday, April 23rd and a winner will be announced in next week's post.

NAG’s New Local Organic Clothing Line

Posted on April 12, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

At Nuts About Granola, we are more than just freshly baked oats! We offer a full line of gift products that make the perfect present for someone nutty enough about granola as we are!

Our latest creation is the new logo design on our local organic cotton t-shirts and sweatshirts.

Not only do we strive to provide the most natural and local ingredients when it comes to our granola, but we feel the same about offering it with our clothing line as well.

The first 25 people to pre-order the new t-shirt or sweatshirt will receive a FREE water bottle.

Now you can eat your granola and wear it too.

Tell us what you think. What are your thoughts on the new design for our clothing line?

April Featured Flavor of the Month: Janetha

Posted on April 5, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

A new month and a new Featured Flavor with one of our many favorite bloggers, Janetha. What we love most about this girl is her real life approach to sharing her insight, her flashbacks, and of course all of the inspiring meals and moves. Whether she's in the kitchen whipping up protein muffins or pounding some iron at the gym, it's safe to assume that she's doing what she loves for her and no one else. We were thrilled to see how she would put our April Featured Flavor to use and just as we imagined, she outdid herself with two fantastic recipes. Head over to Janetha's blog for a full recap on the recipes but for now, please enjoy her review on College Staple.

Flavor of the Month- College Staple

Featured Blogger- Janetha, Meals and Moves

How often do you eat granola?

At least a handful a day! It is way too accessible. I tried to put it up high so my short little self could not reach it, but now I just resort to hopping on a chair to grab my daily handful…or five.

In your own words, describe your featured flavor granola.

The College Staple PB&J Granola it EXACTLY what I expected! Every bite tastes just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but with the chewy granola texture I love so much. It is a perfect marriage!

In your opinion, what is the best way to enjoy granola?

I will often eat granola over Greek yogurt or with a protein shake because I have this mentality that I need some protein in every meal.. but if we are being honest here (and we are!) my favorite way to eat granola is in a bowl, with milk, and a spoon, of course.

Thanks Janetha!

And because we want you all to experience Peanut Butter and Jelly granola, we're featuring this flavor on special this month! Exclusively for the month of April, College Staple is being sold online at a discounted rate.

Custom Blend for BLEND

Posted on March 29, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

Nuts About Granola is a proud sponsor of the 2012 BLEND Blogger Retreat held in Boulder, CO from May 4th-6th. We could not think of a better way to show our support than to create a custom BLEND for the event. The best part… you get to pick the ingredients!

Votes will be collected between March, 15 2012 beginning at 12:00am and April 15, 2012 ending at 12:00pm. The winner of each category will be used to create the custom blend.

The new flavor will debut at the 2012 BLEND Retreat. All retreat attendees will receive a free sample of the flavor as well as a discount code they can use themselves and/or pass along to their readers to purchase the flavor online at www.NutsAboutGranola.com.

The new flavor will be available for sale to the general public beginning Monday, May 7, 2012.

Go here and vote for the Custom Blend now!

Voting Rules and Regulations:

You must be 13 or older to vote.
No purchase necessary.
One vote per person.
No compensation will be given for voting.
There will be no individual winner.
Nuts About Granola has the right to use any and all information collected in conjunction with with this survey for its own promotional use, royalty free.

St. Patrick’s Day at Central York Market

Posted on March 22, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

The luck o’ the Irish was in full swing this past weekend in York, PA as the city celebrated its annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The Nuts About Granola team lived up to the saying, “everyone is just a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day” by working the stand in complete green attire. Instead of the usual fruit and yogurt parfaits, a green spin was put on the standard with Sarah’s own creation of the Shamrock Parfait using green yogurt and Chocolate Mint Cookie granola.

The parade began promptly at 1:00pm, as locals marched the streets with a record turnout of over 10,000 people. The best part about the day was seeing all of the new faces that came out to the market and got to experience what the City of York is all about.

Blogger Featured Flavor of the Month

Posted on March 13, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

We're thrilled to kick off a new series that features a few of our favorite bloggers showcasing all of the unique flavors Nuts About Granola has to offer.

Starting this month, we'll be putting together a monthly series of posts that stars a fabulous blogger using one of our delicious flavors. See how they incorporate NAG into their daily eats, find out what their favorite use for granola is, and much more. You can also take advantage of special discounted offer of the flavor we feature that month.

Check out who will be joining us for the fun….

Julie – Peanut Butter Fingers

Janetha – Meals and Moves

Monica – Run Eat Repeat

Anne – fANNEtastic Food

Courtney- Sweet Tooth Sweet Life

Allie- Live Laugh Eat

Kristin – Iowa Girl Eats

Clare- Fitting It All In

Kathleen- The Daily Crumb

Chelsey- Clean Eating Chelsey

Check back Thursday for our first featured post!

What is your favorite Nuts About Granola flavor or which one would you most like to try?

The Story of a Warrior {NAG Raises $500 for Cancer Relief}

Posted on March 8, 2012 by LaurenPodolsky

Last summer, the blog community came together in a monumental way to help one influential blogger who had recently been diagnosed with Lymphoma. To say that Susan is one strong woman would be an understatement. Her story is deep, her journey was unthinkable, and yet same came out on top as she continued to inspire others through her pain. In our eyes, that makes Susan a warrior.

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When we heard about Susan's story, we knew we wanted to help. It was also at this time last year that Nuts About Granola teamed up with Cancer Warrior, to create a line of granola that would do more than simply satisfy taste buds.

Warrior Crunch was developed with cancer patients in mind. This energy rich granola is full of whole grains, almonds, anti-oxidant rich cherries and dark chocolate.

We first unveiled this unique flavor blend as a continuation to The Great Fundraising Act, organized by Janetha. All proceeds on sales from Warrior Crunch from August 1st to October 31st would be donated directly to Susan and her relief efforts.

Word caught on and we decided to make another debut of this worthy campaign at the 2011 Healthy Living Summit in Philadelphia, providing all attendees with a sampling of Warrior Crunch in their swag bags.

After all was said and done, we are proud to say that with the tremendous help from the blogging community, we raised $500 for Susan.

Susan is an inspiration to us all and now lives cancer-free. Making people happy with granola is what we're all about but changing lives with granola is our dream. All it takes is one cause, one purpose and one delicious bag of baked oats.

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